Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-11-24

stand thou there, she said, lifting hel
face for the first time. Come not near
me. Harmachis l trust thee not. Per
chance thou hast found another dagger.
Now what hast thou to say: BY what
right didst thou dare 10 break in upon my
talk with the R0mans'
/ felt the blood rush through me like q
storm. bitterness and burning anger took
hold upOn my heart. ''What hast thou to
say. Cleopatra" | answered boldly.
where is thy oath sworn on the dead
heart Of Menka-ra the everything? Where
now thy challenge to this Roman An
tOny2 Where thy oath that thou wOuldst
call me husband in the face of Egypt
and / chOked and ceased.
well does il become Harmachis, who
never was fOrsworn, TO speak to me OF
oaths" she said in bitter mockery. and
yet, o thou most pure Priest of Isis; and
vet. % thou most faithful friend who
never didst betray thy friends; and yet o
most steadfast, honorable and upright
man. who never didst barter thy birth
right, thy country and thy cause for the
price Of wOman's passing love; by what
token knOwest thou that my word vOidE
THY taunts viii not answer, CleOpa-
ira. I said. holding backmy heart as best
I might: "fOr / have earned them all,
though not from thee. BY this token,
then. 1 know il. Thou goest TO visit An
tony: thou gOest, as said that Roman
kuave. 'tricked in the best attire, 10 feast
with him whom thou shouldst give to
vultures for their feast. Perchance, for
aucht know, thou art about TO squander
those treasures that thou hast tilched from
the body of Menka-ra, those treasures
stored against the need Of Egypt, upon
want0n revels which shall complete the
shame of Egypt. By these things, then,
know thou art forsworn, and l, who,
loving thee, believed thee, tricked; and
bv this. also, that thou who didst but yes
tenight swear TO we'd me, doth to-day
cover me with taunts, and even before
that Roman put me TO an open shame
To wed thee. And did swear TO wed
the Well. and what Is marriage: Is 1t
the union of the heart, that bond beauu-
full as gOssamer and than gossamer more
light. which binds soul 20 soul as through
the dreamy night Of passion they float,
q bond TO be. perchance, melted IN the
dews of dawns OR is it the iron link OF
enforced, unchanging union whereby
# sinks the one the othermust be dragged
beneath the sea of circumstances, there,
Ike punished slave, to perish OF una
vcidable corruption. Marriage l to
marry. I 20 forget freedom and court
the worst slavery of our sex, which, by
the selfish viii OF man, the stronger, doth
sfu bind us to- "a bed rOwn hateful, and
enforce a service that love mayhap nOlon-
yer hallows. OF what use then, to be
Queen. if thereby l may not escape the
evil of the meanly born: Mark thou.
Harmachis. Women being grown hath
but two lbs to fear, death and marriage;
and of these twain is marriage the more
vile for i'm death we may ind rest, but IN
marriage. should it fail us, we must md
hell Nav, being above the breath Of
common SANDER that would blast those
who of true virtue viii not consent to
stretch affections bonds, l love, Harma-
machis. but marry mott
And yesternight thou didst swear that
thou wouldst wed me and call me 10 thy
side before the face of Egypt.
And yesternight the red ring round
the moon did mark the coming OF the
storm. and yet the day is fair. But who
knows that the tempest may not break to-
morrow Who knows that l have not
chosen the easier path to save Egypt from
the Roman. Who knows, Harmachls,
I that thou shalt not still call me wife;
Then no longer could / bear her false
hood. for saw that she but played with
me. And so l spoke that which was in
my heart.
cleopatra. " 1 cried, Chou didst swear
[ TO protect Egypt, and thou art about TO
betray Egypt 20 the Roman. Ihou dldst
swear 20 use the treasures that l revealed
I no thee for the service Of Egypt, and thou
/ art about 90 use them to he her means OF
shame 90 fashion them rs letters for her
wrists Thou didst swear 10 wed me,
who loved thee, and for thee gave all,
and thou dOst mock me and reject
I Therefore I say-with the voice OF inc
dread Gods say it-that on thee shall fall
I the curse of Menka-ra, whom thou hast
robbed. indeed Let me go hence and
work ont ms doom. Let me go o, thou
fair shame thou living Lie. whom have
loved TO my doom, and who hast brought
up0n me the last curse Of doom. Let
me hide myself and see thy face nc
more
She rose In her wrath, and terrible she
was to- see.
"Let thee 20 70 stir up evil against me.
Nav. Harmachis, thou shalt not go 10
build new plots against my throne, l say
that thou too, shalt 90 20 visit Antony
I'm Cilicia and there, perchance, l viii let
thee row And ere I could answer, she
had struck upon the silver gong that hung
nigh To- where she was,
Ere its rich echo had died away there
entered from one door CharmiOn and the
waiting women, and from the other q file
of guards four of them of the Queens
body guard, mighty men, with winged
helmets and long fair hair
''Seize that traitor" cried Cleopatra,
/ pointing Co me. The Captain Of the guard
it was Brennus saluted and came to-
ward me with drawn sword.
But l. being mad and desperate, and
little caring if they slew me, flew straight
ut his throat and dealt him such g heavy
f. blow that the great man fell headlOng and
I his arms clashed upon the marble floor.
And as he fell l seized his sword and tar
get and, meeting the next who rushed on
me WITH a shout, caught his blow upon
I the shield. and in answer smOte with all
my strength. The sword fell where the
neck is set into the shoulder and shearing
through the Joints Of his harness slew
Inn. so that his knees were loOsened and
/ he sans down dead. And the third. as he
came I caught upon the point Of my
sword before he could strike, and il
pierced him and he died. Then the last
rushed ON me with cry Of "Taranis o."
and l. TOO, rushed on him, for my blood
was ahsme. And the women shrieked,
only Cleopatra said naught but stood and
watched the unequal fray. We met and
struck with an my strength, and a
mighty blow it was. for the sword shore