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

| Wlen OnarmlOn, ruSDlug lOIWdlu, luiCN
herself upon me, and, calling them
Dogs" desperately thrust her body be-
fore them in such manner that smite
they could not. Now Brennus, with an
oath. seized first one and then another,
and cast them from me.
''Spare his life, Queen" ne cried, in his
barbarous Lstin. by Jupiter he is a
brave man Myself felled like an OK in
the shambles, and three Ofmy boys finish
ed by man without armor, and taken
unawares? l grudge them not to such a
man, A boon, Queen. Spare his life
and give him to me-"
"Ay, spare him. spare him." cried Char
mion, white and trembling.
Cleopatra drew near and looked upon
the dead and him who lay dying as l had
dashed him to the ground, and on me,
her lover Of two days gone, whose head
rested now on Charmion's white robes.
Il met the Queens glance. Spare
not" gasped; co cietis." Then flush
gathered on her brow, methinks it was a
| flush Of shame.
"Dost love this man at heart, Char
mion. she said, with little laugh, that
thou trustest thy tender body 'twixt him
and the knives Of these sexless hounds -
and sic cast look Of scorn upon the
eunuchs. nm
Nay" answered the girl tiercely. But
can not stand by to see a brave man
murdered by such as these.
'Ay." said Cleopatra, 'he is brave
man, and calamity he fought; never have
l seen so fierce q fight even in the games
at Rome Well, l spare his life: though
It's weak of me, womanish weak. Take
him to his chamber and guard him TIL ne
/ is healed or-dead.n
And then my brain reeled, and great
sickness seized upon me, and l sank into
the nothingness Of swoon.
Dreams, dreams, dreams. without END
and ever changing, as for years and years
I seemed to toss on 8 sea of agony. And
through them a vision of q dark-eyed wom-
ans tender face and the touch OF white
hand soothing me to rest. Visions, too,
of a ROYAL countenance bending at times
over my rocking bed-a cOuntenance that
I could not grasp, but whose beauty How
ed through my fevered veins and was
q part of me visions of childhood ana OF
the Temple towers Of Abouthls, ana OF
the white-haired Amenemhat, my father
-ay and an ever present vision OF 'hSt
dread hall in Amenu, and OF the snisli
altar and the spirits clad IN lame. lnere
I seemed to wander everlasungly' ealing
on the Holy Mother, whose memory !
could not grasp; calling ever and IN VAIN.
For no cloud descended upon the altaI
and only from time to time the voice peal
ed aloud: "Strike out the name OF Har-
machis. child of Earth, from the living
book Of Her, who Was and Is and snail
Be. LOST lost iOst''
And then another voice would answer;
Not vet not yet. Repentance is at
hand: strike not out the name of Harma-
CHS. child of Earth, from the living Book
of Her. who Was and Is and Shall BE.
BY suffering may sin be wiped away"
I woke to find myself in my own cham
her in the tower of the palace. So weak
was I that l scarce could lftmy hand, ana
| life seemed but to 1utter in my breast as
autters diving dove. I could not turn
my head: could not stir; yet in my heart
there was n sense Of rest, and OF dark no
bic done. The light hurt my eyes; smut
them, and as Ishut them heard the sweep
Of romans robes Upoa the stair, and q
swift. light step that well knew /; Wa7
that Of Cleopatra
Sae catered, ard hsy flo.fsll drew nigh.
I felt her come? E'erJ pulse IN my poor
frame best az answer 60 her football, and
all my mighty love and hate rose from the
darkness Of lay dsathiike sleep ana Tens
mejn their struggle She lea1ed over me;
her ambrosial breath played upon my face.
1 could hear the heating Of her heart
Lower she leaned, till ct last her bps
touched ne scftly On the brow. Poor
mar ~ I heard her muImer. Poor, weak
owing man! Fate hath been hard 10 thee
Too coed vert thou 20 be tde sport OF such
q one gs I TIE PAWN that must move IL
nv play of policy Alb Harmacbisl thou
shouldst have ruled the game! They could
eivs tnee learning, those plotting priests
| ont knowledge of mankind they could not
Give the nor fence thee 'gainst the march
Of Natures law. And thou dldst love me
with all thy hearl-ah, well 1 Know IL!
Man like, thou didst love the eyes tnat, AS
pirates lights, beck0ned thee 10 SNIP
wrecked ruin, and diost hang doting On the
/ lips that lied thy heart away and call tnee
'slavs'l We'll, the game was fair, for thou
wouldst have slain me; and yet l grleye!
So thou dost die? and this IS my farewell
10 theel Never may we meet again on
earth; and pegchance, tits well; Tor VINO
knows. when my hour OF tenderness ID
mast now I might deal with thee dldst
tbou live? Thou dos. die, they say
those long faced fools, who, if they let thee
die. shall pay the price! And w1ere, tnen'
shsl we meet again when my last tnro"
ia tbroWn? We shall he eqaal there,
in ,be kingdom that Oriris rules. a
little tina, few years-perchance
tomorrow. and we shall meet;
then. knowing all I am, how wilt tnoI
greet me there? Nay, here, as there, stlll
must thou love me; for injuries car not
touch the immortality Of such love as
thine! Contempt alone can, like scld. est
away the strong love of noble hearts and
reveal the pitiful truth in it's poor naked
ness. Still must thou love me- Harmachisi
for whatever my sins, yet am l great and
set above thy scorn. Would that l could
nave loved thee as thou lowest me! Al
most did so when thou sleTest those
guards; and yet, not quite.
oh. what a fenced city is my heart,
that none can take it, and e'en when l
throw wide open the doors no man may
win its citadel! Oh, to put away TINS
loneliness and lose me in another's soul.
Oh for wear, month, an hour to quite
forget policv, peoples and my pomp OF
nIace. and be bat q loving woman! Har-
nschis fare thee we'll Go join Great
Tulius. whom thine art called up from
dssth before me, and take EgypPs greet
jprs to him. All, well I fooled thee; and
I fooled Cse7ar-perohance before It's done
fate will find me and myself shall De
fooled Harmschis, fare thee well!'
She turned to 60, and as che turned l
heard the sweep OF another dress ana Inc
I;,bt fall of another wOmsn's foot.
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