The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-11-16

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lneId ne dear, and Is sheS had not
ypearieds az me.
al tie s,1,tx. row Cleopatr 3 came not hut
Char ion came harmon uthonlI had NOT
seen sinoe that fatal nigh ii ruin. She en-
tered and stood efore me with BALE face
and downcast eyes, and her first words
were words OF bitternees
81 Pardon me- u she said, In her gentle
voice, Yin that / dare To come to- thee Ia.
Cleopatra s place. III Not for long is thy JOY.
delayed, for thou shalt see her presently
Is shrank at her words, az we'll might,
and, seeing her vantage, sig ssseized it.
II come. Harmachis Royal no more
thou art to face thine own infamy, and see
it thrown back from every eve that trusted
thee. even as shadows are from water. ]
plot Of twenty years and more--ls at It's
utter end. None have been slain, indeed.
unless tits Sepa, who has vanished. But
ali tha leaders have been seized and but ain
chains. or driven from the land, and Their
party is no more. The storm has melted
ere 1t burst. Khem is lost, and LOSS forever,
for her last hope is gone ltSSN No longer may
she struggle-now for all time must she
bow her neck to the yoke, and her back TO
the rod Of the oppressorl II Sz3 ! s1s
trayed - said ssPaulus betrayed us. =
g Thou vast betrayed2 Nay, thou jtnyself
vast the betrayerl How came it that thou
didst not slay Cleopatra when thou vast
alone with her? Answer. thou for
sworn j, s.8. 0
tsShe drugged me.''I said again.
so Harmachis p answered the pitiless
girl. chow low art thou fallen from chat
Prince whom once / knew! thou who dost
not scorn to be liarl Yea. thou vast
drugged- drugged with a love philtrel
Yea. thou didst sell Egypt and thv cause
for the price Of a wanton. s kiss! Thou Sor-=
row and thou <Shamel', she went on. point-
ing her finger at me- and lifting her ewes to
nv face, ssthou Scorn thou Outcast!-
and thou Contempt Deny it il thou canst.
Ay, shrink from me-knoWing what thou
art, well mayst thou shrink Shrink and
crawl to Cleopatra 1eet, anG KISS her
sandals till such time as it pleases her
to trample thee in thy kindred dirt; but
from all honest folk MISUNDERSTANDING t.t
Ny soul quivered beneath the lash OF
U0I UlGUGE udG0s wv i lAt1u uO WOIu6 w dill
swer. 0
How comes it'll said at last in a heavy
voice, ssthat thou, too, art not betrayed, but
art here to taunt me, thou who once didst
swear that thou d1dst love me? Being a
woman, hast thou no pity for the frailty
ct man?'
.sMy name was not on the lists" she said,
dropping her dark eyes. therein is an
opportunity! betray me also, o Harmachisl
Ay, tits because once did love thee-dost
thou, indeed, remember it!-that feel thy
fall The more. The shame Of one whom we
once have loved must in some sort become
our shame, and must ever cling to us in
that we blindly held thing so base close to
ourinmost heart. Art thou also, then, a fools
Wouldst thou, fresh from thy royal wan
toms arms, come to me for comfort--to me
Of all the worlda''.
"How know T. said, that it was not
hon who. in thv Jealous anger. didst betray
air nlans + Oh armion. lonpag Sepa warned
"a aeyains - 1hae and ~ . tr1th now that /,
,ecalI-,, ri
u,Tis like a traitor.n she broke in. red
1enino to her brow. s.to think that ali sre
,f his family and hold a common mind!
Nav betraved thee not: twas that poor
xnave Paulus. whose heart failed him at
kha last. and who is rightly served. Nor
will STAY to hear thoughts so base. Ear
nachis-Royal no moreI- Cleopatra. Queen
# Egypt. bids me say that thou art free,
and that she waits thee in the Alabaster
Ham,
And shooting one swift glance through
her long lashes. she curtsied and was gone.
So once more came and went about the
Court though but sparin ely, for my heart
! ! !: !; ];