The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-20

thrown open in the door, and an aged
eunuch, looking forth, roughly asked our
business.
Our business is with the Lord Antony"
said Chsrmion.
ssThen 1t is no business, for Antony, my
master, sees neither man or woman"
"Yet will he see Us, for we bring tidings.
Go tell him that the Lady Charmion brings
tidings from the army"
TIE man went, and presently returned.
The Lord Antony would know if the It'd
ings be good or i'll, for, if i'll, then will he
none of it, for with evil tidings hath he been
overfed of late"
s.Why-why, tits both good and III. Open,
slave, ] will make answer to thy masterr'
and she slipped purse of gold through the
bars.
We'll WELL" he grumbled as he took the
purse, ssthe times are hard, aud likely to be
harder; for when the lions down who will
feed the iackal! Give thy news thyself, and
il it do but draw the noble Antony out of
this hall of Groans, care not what II be.
Now, the palace door Is open, and there's
the road to the banqueting chamberr'
We passed on, to find ourselves in a mar
row passage, and, leaving the eunuch to
bar the door, advanced till we came to a
curtain. Through this we went, and found
ourselves in yaulted chamber, nl-lishted
from the roof. On the further side of this
rude chamber was q bed Of rugs, and there
on crouched the figure of a man, his face hid
in the folds Of his toga.
Most noble Antony" said Charmion,
drawing near, 'pnwrap thy face and heark-
en- unto me, for bring thee tidings."
Then he lifted up his head. Nsrred was
his face by sorrow; his tangled hair, griz-
zled with years, hung about his hollow eyes,
and white on his chin was the stubble Of an
unshaved beard. Squalid was his robe, and
more 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 World,
what will ye with me, Lady," he asked,
''who would perish here slouel And who
Is this man who comes to gaze on fallen and
forsaken Antonyi"
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 ply sician minister to grief
such as my grief! Can his drugs give me
back NY galleys, my honor and my peacea
Nay, Away with thy physicianl What is
thy tidings! quick-out with it, Hath Can
idius, percbauce, conquered Casarl Tell
me but that, and thou shalt have province
for thy guerdon-ay! and if 0ctayianus is
dead, twenty thousand sestertia to fill its
treasury. Speak-aay; speak noti l fear
the opening of thy lips as never feared an
earthly thing! Surely the wheel Of Fortune
hath gone round and Cani1ius hath con-
queredi Is it not 500 Nay-out with it J
/ can no morei"
20 noble Antony" she said, steel thy
heart TO hear that which needs must tell
theeI Canidius Is in Alexandria He hath
fed fast and far, and this is his report. For
seven whole days did the legious wait the
coming of Antony, as sforetime, to lead
them to victory, putting aside the offers OF
the ENJOYS of Caesar. But Antony came
not. And then twas rumored that Antony
had fed to Tauarus, drawn thither by
Cleopatra The man who first brought that
tale to the camp the legionarfes cried shame
on-ay, and beat him to the deathi But
ever 1t grew, until at length there was no
more room 10 doubt; and then, o Antony,
thy officers slipped one by one away to
Cesar, and where the officers go there the
men follow. Nor is this all the story; for
thy allies-Bocchls Of Africa, Tarcondi-
motus Of Cilicia, Mithridates Of Com
magene, AdaIlss of Thrace, Philadelphus Of
Psphlagonia, Archelaus Of Csppadocia,
Herod Of Judaa, Amyntas of Galatia, Pole
mon Of Pontus, and Malchus Of Arabla-an,
al have fed or bid their generals fly back
to whence they came; and already their
ambassadors do crave cold Cesar's Glenn
ency."
aHast done thy croakinR. thou raven in q
peacocks dress. or Is there more 10 corneF
asked the smitten man, lifting his white
and trembling face from the shelter Of his
hands. .'Teu ne more; say that Egypt's