The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-12-21

thishali OF 4roans, Icare not what Il bo.
Now, the palace door IS open, and there's
he road I 8 the banqueting charnberl r.
We passed on, to find ourselves in q mar
row passage, and, leaving the eunuch td
bar the door, advanced till we came to Z
curtain. Through this we went, and found
ourselves in 9 vaulted chamber, ill-lighted
rom the roof. On The further side of this
rude chamber was 8 bed Of rugs, and there.
u crouched the figure Of aman, his face hid
b the folds Of his toga.
.t4ost noble Antony said Charmion,
frawing near, Tnwrap thy face and heark-
On unto me, for bring thee tidings,"
Then he lifted up his head. Marred was
his face by sorrow; his tangled hair, griz-
lied with years, hung about his hollow eyes,
md white on his chin was the stubble Of an
unsha7ed beard. Squaid was his robe, and
moro wretched his aspect than that Of the
poorest beggar at the Temple gates. To
this, then, had the love Of Cleopatra brought
the glorious and removed Antony, afore-
time Master Of Half the Worldl
ssWhat will ye with me, Lady" he asked,
''who would perish here alonee And who
is this man who comes to gaze on fallen and
torsaken Antony7''
'This is Olympus, noble Antony, that
wise physician, the skilled in auguries, 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
to minister to thee"
s'And can thy physician minister to grief
such as my grief: Can his drugs give me
back my galleys, my honor and my peace2
Nayi Away with thy physicianl What is
thy tidingsq quick-out with it! Hath Cam
idius. perchance, conquered Caesar1 Tell
me but that, and thou shalt have q province
for thy guerdon --ayl and If Octavianus is
dead, twenty Thousand sestertia to I'LL its
treasury. Speak-nay; speak notl fear
the opening Of thy lips as never feared an
earthly thingl Surely the wheel Of Fortune
hath gone round and Canidius hath con-
quereda Is it not sol Nay-out with It'll
can no morei'' II
80 noble Antonyr' she said, .'steel thy
heart to hear that which needs must tell
thee! Canidius is in Alexandria. He hath
fed fast and far, and this is his report. For
seven whole days did tho legions wait the
coming of Antony, as aforetime, to lead
them to victory, putting aside the offers OF
the ENJOYS Of Caesar. But Antony came
not. And then twas rumored that Antony
bad aed to Tenarus, drawn thither by
Cleopatra. The man who first brought that
tale 70 the camp the legionaries cried shame
on-ay, and bes.t him to the death! But
ever it grew, u1atil at length there was nc
moro room to doubt; and then, o Antony,
thy officers slipped one by one away to
Caesar, and where tho officers go there the
men follows Nor is this all the story; Tor
thy allies Bocchus of Africa, Tarcondi'
motus of tCilica, Mithridates Of Com,
magene, AEdallas of Thrace, Philadelphus Of
Paphlagorlia, Archelaus Of Cappadocia,
Herod of, Jud@a, Amyntas of Galatia, Pole
mon of .NPontus, and Malchus of Arabla-all,
all have fed or bid their generals fly back
to wlnence they came; and already their
amba 4ssadors do crave cold Caesar's elem.
ency'y."
s.|aast done thy croaking. thou raven in q
~. Sacocks dress, or is there more to Gomez
asked the smitten man, lifting his 9hite
, and trembling face from the shelter Of his
hands. s'Tell me more; say that Egypt's
dead in all her beauty, say that Octavianus
lowers at the Canopic gate, and that, headed
by dead Cicero, all the ghosts of hell dc
audibly shrek out the fall of Antony! Yea
gather up every woe that can o'erwhelm
those who once were great, and loose them
on the hoary head Of him wholn-in thy
geutleness-. thou art still pleased to name
sthe noble AntonyV"
t:Nay, my lord, have DONE"
'sNay, and SO have done--done, quite
done TITS altogether finished, and thus
seal the end" and snatching sword from
his couch he would, indeed, have slain him
self had not sprung forward and grasped
his hand. For it was not my purpose thai