Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-15


 he road tho banqueting chamberr' Wc passed On, to find ourselves in nar- row passage, and, leaving the eunuch to bar the door, advanced till VIC came to @ I curtain. Through this we went, and found ourselves in c vaulted chamber, iil-lishted from the roof. On the further side of this rude chamber was bed of rugs, and there 1 ca crouched tho lguro Of q man, his face hid in tho folds of his toga.
 Most noblo Antony" oaid Charmion, | drawing near, sunwrap thy face and heark- en unto me, for bring thee tidings."
 Then he lifted up his head. Marred was his face by sorrow; his tangled hair, eris- zled with years, hung about bis hollow e7eo and whito on his chin was tho stubblc of an unshaved beard. Seualid was his rooe, and moro wretched his aspect than that of the poorest beggar ct the Temple gates. To this, then, had tho love of Cleopatra brought the glorious and renewed Antony, ofore- time Master of Half tho Wocldi
 "What will ye with me, Lady,n ho cskod, 'who would perish hero elone7 And who IS this man who comes 60 gaze on feilca and forsaken Antonys"
 This is Olympus, noble Antony, thot wise physician, tho skilled in cuguries, of whom thou hast heard much, and who Cleo. patra, ever mindful of thy welfare, though but little doth thou think of hers, hath sent CO ullnlSLer to tncc."
 "And can thy physician minister to grief such as my griefa Can his drugs give me back my galleys, Try honor and my peacea Nayl Away with thy phyeicicn! What is thy tidingsa quick-out with itl Eeth Can idius. perchance, conquered Casars Tell me but that, and thou shalt have province for thy guerdon-ay! end i9 Octavtanus is dead, twenty thousand sestertia to lll it's treasury. Speak-nay; speak noti fear the opening of thy lips as never feared an earthly thingl Surely the wheel of Fortune hath gone round and Canidius hath con- quercd? Is it not soa Nay-cut with itl can no more!'
 70 nebla Antonyl" she eaid, "steel thy heart to hear that which ' needs must tell thee! Canidius i3 in Alexandria. He hath fled fast and far, end this Is his report. For seven whole days did the legiors wait tho coming of Antony, a5 aforetimc, to lead them to victory, putting aside the offers of the envoys of Cesar. But Antony came l not. And then twas ruulored that Antony had fled to Taenarus, drawn thi:her by Cleopatra. The man who first brought that tale to the camp the legionaries cried shame on-ay, and beat him. to the deathl But ever it grew, until at length there was no more room to doubt; and then, O Antony, thy officers slipped one by one away to Cesar, and where tho officers go there the men follow. Nor is this all the story; TOT thy allics-Bocchus of Africa, Tarcondi- lnotus of Cilicia, Mithridates of Con- magene, Adallas of Thrace, Philadclphus of Paphlag gonia, Archelsus Of Ccppadocia, Herod of Judaa, A74sntas of Galauia, fole- mon Of Pontus, and hs%lchus of Arsbla-all, all have lied or bid their generals fly back to whence they came; and already their ambassadors do crave cold Casar's elem ency."
 "Hast done thy croaking, thou raven in 8 peacocl1's dress, or is thero more tc cone!' asked the smitten man, lifting n.s white and trembling face from the shoiusl ot his hands. "Tell mo more; say that Egypt's dead in allher beauty, say that Cctavja:,,:s lowers tt the Cauepc gate, and that, tf z,!, l by dead Cicero, all tho ghosts oi ;>: j,: audlbly shriek out lhe fall of Antonvl Aca, gather up every woo that can c',rwhelm those who once were great, and ]; 50 them on the hoary head of him whC-.--in thy gentleress-,tho art still pleased io 7;G~,G tho noble Antonyp' D
 "Nay, my lord, have done"
 May, and so have ! done-do1e, quite donel Iris altogether finished, and thus seal the end,' and snatching Q sNu.;l frc .il his couch he would, indeed, have slain him. self had not sprung; forward and grasped his hand. For it was not my purpose that