Telegram-herald., 1889-09-10

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w2s se.c1rLL1g a. Alex2z@r-a. ste
seat IL EA sua clossiy g-es t-cled
Ll--l.t as 80 Eay F.et. fsr - lA@i SO
Iefsz .-e~x1t, tzs - - t1s r41er wn4ca
lsa reached Ter th-t there Was treasure
~ "a TIE Great PyrsU.a t1At - o. Oa-
F1r, .Sisz ever w4slefll. SIC was ever ll
H-1t 81 money. ia l-1 eetnolkht nsf q
cp~Allg tcs Pyramid. Bat re laughed
a. Esr telling her Tue Pyramid w4s Tie
b1rylEK pace ~ tie Divine Ca-fu, snd
tLsg nA-g1l kues he % - secrets. Then
sEs VAS a. gere1. aud saore th4l - surely
Is SIC ruled IN kgypt s1e would te@r =
co~E, stone BY stone, ald discover Tie
secret 81 - heart Atzln he -2ugeed, AID
IA tie words q Tie provsr6 wasch they
have here a. Alexandria tc.1 ber thai
Mountains i've longer than Kings There
ca she smiled 81 hls ready answer aud let
ain 20. Also lay EEcle sepa tod ne that
on the morrow should see this Cleopatra
Fer it was her birthday las. indeed II was
g.so mins), 4nd, dressed ss the Holy Isis,
she would pass in state from her palace OF
the Lochias - the Serapeuu 70 Ofsr sac
rince az the shrine Of the false GCa who
slts therein. Aud he said thereafter that
the fashion whereby should gam entrance
% tie household Of tie Queen should DC
contrlved.
Then. being very weary, / went % rest
but could s.eep little for TIE straugeness u
the place. The noises ia the streets, and the
thought OF the morrow. While u Was yet
dark, rose. climbed the star 10 the roof of
the house, and waited. Presently the suns
rays shot out Ike arrows. and lt upon tie
white wonder OF tie marble Pharos. where
CT the light ius tAltly SANK and uled, as
though indeed, the sua had killed H. Now
the rays Eel upon the mar Die palaces OF tho
Lochias where Cleopatra lay, aud lit them
up I'll they famed Ike jewel set on the
dark, cool bosom OF the sea Away The
light few, kissing the Soma's sacred dome,
wherein Alexander sleeps, touching The
high tops Of Thousand palaces and tom
pies; past the portlc0ex Of the great mu-
scum that loomed near az hand, striking
the lofty shrine where, carven Of ivory, Is
the image OF the false God Serapls, and at
last seeming 10 lose itself ia the vast and
gloomy Metropolis. Then, as the dawn
gathered into day, the great food
Of brightness rbrimming the bowl
OF night flowed into tho lower lands
and streets, aud showed Alexandria red IA
the sunrise as the mantle OF king, and
shaped as a mantle The Etesian wind
came up from the north aud swept away the
vapor from the har0Ors, so that | saw their
blue waters rocking a thousand ships |
saw, tOo that mighty mole OF the Hepta-
stadium; / saw the hundreds OF streets,
the countless houses. the innumerable
- 4.
a queen betwIxt MareOtis and the ocean,
and dominating both, and was filed with
wonder. This, then, was one city ia my
heritage Of lands aud ciuesl Wei, 1t was
worth the grasping. And having looked
my full and fed my heart, as it were, with
the sight Of splendor, l communed with
the Holy Isis and came down from the
roof.
In the chamber beneath was my uncle
Sepa l told him that l had been watch
ing the sun rise over the city Of Alex
andria.
"Sor' he said, looking at me from beneath
his shaggy eyebrows; land what thiukest
thou of Alexandria"
~ think il is like some city OF the Gods"
i answered.
"Ayi" he replied, fercely, "a city OF the
Internal Gods-a sink OF corruption, a bub-
bling well OF iuiquity, q home Of false faith
sprin ging from false heartsl / would that
not one stone Of II were left upon another
stone, and that its wealth lay deep beneath
yonder watersi would that the gulls were
screaming across its site, and that the
wind, untainted by Grecian breath, swept
through its ruins from ocean 10 Mareotis
o Royal Harmachis. let not the luxury and
beauty Of Alexandria poison thy sense; for
in their deadly air Faith perishes aud Reli-
RiOn can not spread her heavenly wings
When the hour comes for thee to rule,
Harmachis, cast down this accursed city,
and as thy fathers did, set up thy throne in
the white walls of Memf For tell thee
that for Egypt Alexandria is but a splendid
gate Of ruin. and while il endures all ma
tions Of the earth shall march through il 70
the plumber Of the land, and all false faiths
shall nestle in 1t and breed the overthrow
OF Egypts Gods"
Imade no answer. for there was truth IN
his words. And yet to me the city seemed
very fair to look on. After we had eaten.
my uncle told me il was now time to set
out 10 view the march of Cleopatra. as she
went ir triumph 10 the shine Of Scraps.
For although she would not pass TIL with
in two hours Of the midday, yet these peo-
pie OF Alexandra have 50 great love Of
shows ana idling that had we not presently
set forth by no means could we have como
through tho press Of the mUltitudes who
were already gathering along the highways
where tho Queen must ride so we went
out 10 take our place upon a stand, fashioned
OF timber, that had been built al the side of
the great road which pierces through the
city, even 10 the Csnopc Gate. For there
IN ny uncle had purchased right 20 enter,
and that dearly.
And with much struggle we won our way
through the great crowds that were a.
ready gathered in the streets. TIL We
reached the sc2folding of timber. which
was rooted in with a. awning and gayIy
hung with scarlet cloths. Here we seated
ourselves upon a bench and waited for
some hours, watching the multitude press
past. shouting. singing and talking loudly
in many tongues. A. length came soldiers
% clear the road. clad. after the Roman
fashion. iu coats of chain srmor After
them marched hera'ds enjoIniug silence
fwnerest the pop4iace sang and shouted al
the more loudly, and cryrg that Cieo-
patra, tre Qpeen. was coming Then foi-
lowed & thousand Ciiician skirrnishers. a
thousand Thracans. a thousand Macedo-
mans. ard a thousand Gsn.s, each armed
aster &c fash- m % their own country.
Then passed Eve hundred men - those
who arc called thc Fenced Horsenen. fer
both men and horses were together COW
e-ed wifh armor Nert came youths ard
uaiders sumrfsogs drsred ard wearing
golden crowns. ara 7ritt flsn1 images sv1.
boiling Davsu6 y ~. Morning ana Noon.
t6e Heavens ard fhe Earth. After thrs~
cane manY FAR women pouring perfumes
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