Telegram-herald., 1889-09-17

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l-g Ee 19W she wo1-1 party tks fsitA az
repair t-e aIcleut tex p-es-sy, EAu bul.-
/ EeN ones &c the O9as. AAG ever she crep'
deeper a11 mere aeeF late ny heart. ia -
/ 4cUgEL, uo8 t111 a. t1lags else had gaES
frcn ne. 4 .earIec - leYs her wila - tA<
DDspeut sA.ssl9n q ny aching sen ] 1s1
l4-E-t lsfL 50 ne D4t C-sg34tr1 S loTe. ard
! ltH-1et ny lie G3c-t Il, alG bfcodea o'sE
/ 7 IS . ult5E g er Aer cay t41e. AID taes
: TIE very s-tlor q my shane became ny
a., ly dearest dear, Sad j loved Aer VITA :
VIA Ceep lgYe THAI grew and grew. I'll i
seemed 70 swallow Up tie p..sl and make
+ The present - = cream. For she had con-
f o-ered me, sAs had robbed gne of my houor
s1d steepcd re 10 the lips ia SHANE. ara ],
poor, 0laded wretchi ! KISSED tie rod that
snote re aud was her very slave.
Ay, even u9W, IL those dreams which WI
I come when s-eep Un-ecEs the secret heart,
ard sets 81 is terrors free 70 ro2m through
TIE open halls u thought, seen 70 ZEE her
royal form, - erst l saw II, come with arms
o4tstretcned aud loves own light shining
ia her deep eyes, w-la Fps apart and fow-
lng locks, aud stamped upon her fAcs tie
lock Of utleF tenderness tA@t she alone
could wear AZ, stu. as<er al tie years,
seem 20 see her cone - erst she came, and
F. suI wake % know her al unutterable lie.
And thus enc day she came. She had
red II haste. she said, from some great
council summoned concerning the wars Of
( Antony IN Syria, and she came, as she had
( left the council, IN all her robes Of state,
and II her hand the scepter, and on her
brow the ura1s 6iadem Of gold. There she
sat before me laughing; for, wesrying Of
then, she lad told the envoys, 20 whom she
gave audience in the council, that she was
called from their presence by sudden
message come from Rome, and 10 her the
Jest seemed merry. Suddenly she rose
took the ciadem from her brow, and set IL
on my hair, and on my shoulders her Royal
chl&mys, aad IN my hand the scepter, and
bowed the knee before me Then, laugh
ing again, she kissed ne on the lips and
said was, indeed, her King But, remem-
bering how had been crowned in the halls
or AOouthis, and remembering also that
wreath OF roses whereof the odOr haunts
me yet, rose pale with wrath and cast the
trinkets from me, king her how she
dared 10 mock me-her Gagged birds And
methinks there was that about me that
startled her, for she fell back
NAY, Harmachis,' she said, ''be not
wrothl How knowest thou that | mock
theei How knowest thou that thou SHALT
not be Pharaoh in fact and deedl"
What meanest thouT | said "Wllt
thou, then, wed me before Egypt How
else can l be Pharaoh nowf'
She cast down her eyes. "Perchance,
love, IT'S in my mind 70 wed thee" she said
gently.
"Listenp she went on. "Thou growest
pale here in this prison, and little dost thou
eat. Gainsay me noti know II from the
slaves. have kept thee here Harmachis,
for thine own sake, that is so dear 10 me;
and for thine own sake, and thy honor's
sake. must thou still seem TO be nv prison
er. Else wouldst thou be shamed anG slain
-ay, murdered secretly. But here can l
meet thee no more; therefore tomorrow
will free thee in all save in the name, and
thou shalt once more be seen al Court as
my astronomer. And this reason VIII give
that thou hast cleared thyself; and, more
over, that thy auguries as regards the war
have been auguries of truta-as, indeed,
they have, though thereon have no cause
TO thank thee, for methinks thou didst suit
thy prophecies 10 ht thy cause. Now fare
well; for L must return to those heavy
browed ambassadors; and grow not so sud-
den wroth, for who knows what lay como
TO pass 'twixt thee and mel'
And, with littlo nod, she went, leaving
1t on my mind that she had it in her heart
10 take me TO husband. And, OF a truth.
GO believe that, at this hour. such was her
thought. For, if she loved me not, still she
held me dear, and as yet she had not
wearicd Of ne.
On the morrow Cleopatra came not. but
Charmion came-Charm. .on, whom had not
seen since that fatal night OF ruin. She en-
tered and stood before me- with pale face
and downcast eyes, and her first words
were words OF bitterness.
Pardon me-" she said, in her gentle
voice, "in that / dare to come to thee in
Cleopatra's place. Not for long is thy Joy
delayed, for thou shalt see her presently
shrank at her words, as well | might,
and, seeing her vantage, she seized it.
II come, Harmachis-R no morel I
come to tell thee that thou art freei Free
thou art TO face thine own infamy, and see
It thrown back from every eye that trusted
thee, even as shadows are from water /
come TO tell thee that the great plot-the
plot Of twenty years and mOre-is at Its
utter end. None have been slain, indeed,
unless It's Sepa, who has vanished. But
ell the leaders have been seized and put in
chains, or driven from the land. and thelr
party is no more. The storm has melted
ere it burst. Khcm is lost, and loss forever,
for her last hope is goncl No longer may
she struggle-nOw FOR all time must sho
bow her neck 10 the yoke. aud her back TO
the rod Of the oppressorr'
| groaned aloud. "Alas, was be-
trayed" l SAID; "Paulus betrayed u.s.
Thou vast betrayed Nay. thou thvself
10 49, 49, 81.
didst not slay Cleopatra when thou vast
swornw
"She drugged me-" said again
go Bsrmachis'' answered the pitiless
girl. chow low art thou fallen from that
Prince whom once knewi thou who 6ost
not scorn 70 be a liar Yea, thou vast
drugged -drugged with a love philtrei
Yea, thou didst sell Egypt and thy cause
for the price OF a wantOn kissl Thou Sor-
row and thou Shamel" sse went on. point
ing her finger a. ne and lifting her eyes 70
my face, 'th0u Scorn thou Outcssti-
and thou Contempt Deny it if thou canst /
AZ, shrink from me-snowing what tSou
ar, wei EiaTst thou shriuki Shrink and /
crawl % Cleopatra feet, and kiss her
sandals til such time ss is peases her /
70 trsupie thee in thy kindred dirt. bat 4
from al honest fox shr1ak'-sh-fnkfi
Ny soul quivered beneath the lash Of I
her bitter hate, bat l had 20 words TO an
swer
How comes Il. 4" 7 said 81 lsst IN heavy
voice. shat thou. TOO. art not BETRAYED. bat +
A. here 70 taunt ne. thou who once didst 4
swear thst thol didst 1--we met Being a
rousn, hast tnou no pity Tor the frailt7
1f manf"
''dT name was rot cn the lists she sad,
l-crp'nE her DARK eTes "He-ein ia an
,lrrr-.ri-E- hetraI ne a-sn O IIarrnschfsl !