The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-28


fAisA. rer VIXEN tho invisisie conceived
The order % the aniyers~. lie Get within lie
r'an thts seed II woinau's love that BY ts
mcss uDcygal growth IL Doomed a. bring
about equality OF law For nov IL lifss the
low Ia heights un,cls. and now n kring 60 ne
uccic IA the level Of Tho dust Aud thus.
While woman. that srrs, surprase 81 Nature.
70, Coed and Eyt can never grow stara
for stll che siands. aud. blind with love.
shoots the shuttle OF oar fate. snd pun
swee, water ln,c the cup Of bitterness, ami
poi>ons the wholesome breath % ufc with
the doom ~ her desire. T'ara THE way and
turn that. b 10 at hand ~ meet the. uer
weakness is thy strength. her might IL lay
undoing. OF her thou arl 10 her sAoa
soest Hhe 10 Thy slsvs. YET he,ds shes
captive, ~ her touch hoocr wtthcrs. i~rks
cisn. and barriers fall she 10 inmate -
occAn, che 10 variable - heaven. AID her
name IL tho unforcsecu. Man, strive no, 10
escape srosn woman and The hove Of woman /,
FOR, Nv where thou wilt, che 10 yet Thy fate,
and whs,c'er thoa buildes, thoa bulldsss Il
for hcr'
AID thus II came "a psss shsi I. Har~a.
chs. who bed put aucA matters far FROM
me, was yet doomed 70 tall by tho thing ]
held o. no sccouat. For. see. THE Char.
mon; che loves ns-why, I kpcw not ~
her " thought che lcarucd 10 love nc,
and VI hes love came what shAll bs tcid
Bull. knowing nsught, trvated her evea - .
sister, walking - II were hand In hand with
her toward our common end.
And - the tine passed Oh till. 81 length,
oil things were made r~&dy.
II Was the nigh, before the night when
49, Ala. ka..t N-n -
inss In the pAissc. That very DAY he'd I sccn
Sepa, And with him the captains II Q band
OF nve huadred men. who shoud bur~t into
the palace 81 midnight on the uscrrow,
when ! had slain Ci~opatra the Queen, and
put the Roman and the 0sliic .~csionar,~s
10 the sword. That very dav had ! cub
orned the Captain ~i'saius. who, since I drew
him through the gates, was my wills siAve.
Half BY fear and halt by promises 81 vrra,
reward ! had prevailed upon him. Tor his
was the watch, ~ tho ai.nal gu III. morrow
nigh, 10 unbsr that ANAL gate which faces
10 the east.
All wa made rcsdy-thc flower of Free
dom that he'd bccn I'VE and twenty years
In growth was q the pc,at Of bloom In
every city. from Abu unto Athue. armed
companies were gathered. and from their
walls spies looked out, awaiting the SON
ing ~ the messenger who should bring
tidin4s that Clcopatra was 10 mor~. and
that h~Armschis. the Egyptian. had seised
the throne. All was prepared. triumph
hung 10 my hand as u rips frui, to the hand
os tho plucker. Yet. As I eat III the roya
feast my heart WAS heavy, and . shadow OF
coming wo- lay cold within my mind. "a,
there In . piacc NJ honor, nigh To tbs
majesty ~ Cleopatra, and looked down the
lsDcs Of suests, bright with gems and gar
landed with flowers, marking those whom
] had doomed Ia die. There before m~ 10,
C~icups,rA's self. In ell her beauty. which
thrilled The bcholdcr - he 10 thrilled BY the
rushing OF the midnight gale. or by the
sight OF stormy wa,ers. ea,cd on her ~
shc touched her llps with wine and toy~,
will tho chaplet Of roses on her brow, In
thinking me Of the dagger beneath IN,
rob that ] he'd sworn 70 bury IT, her breast
Again, and yet again. ! gas~d and strovs
10 hAtr her. strove 10 rejoice that she mus
die-anA could not There. too. b~h,ns
~hcr--WAtchinR me now - ever. with heq
dsep frtnsed eycs was the lovely Isd!
Chsrmioa. Who, 70 look 81 her ianoccn
fncc, would believe that b was The sette'
% hat snarr wherels shouid aisersbl,
perish the Queen who loved her, VIII
would dream that locked In her RtrAsI
brcsst Wal tbe secrrt 81 % auch deaihs
gased, and grew stck ~ heart becsase
nust ssoat NY throne with blood. md b,
evil swcep away tha evil of The land. 4
thsi bout I wtshcd. iedeed. that ~
nsught hut ZONE humbie hvsbAsdmsn. wh
In its seascu pwa and In tts s.asot
esrners tA~ golden eraiai Aiss' the ~
that he'd bsead doomed to sow wss sh~ r~'
Nod Of Death. and now ] must reap "
fruit of the hsrvsssi
"why. usrmschis. what slls th~~t" ssl
Cleopatra. sniiias her slow smile. "ns
The soldea stein Of starr evt tangled. ~
a~stronomss, Or doat thou plss sosne ses
feat Of maStrt Ny what 10 u, thst tho
dost y poorly 9rsrs our fcsst Nay. noe
did DOT know. hsv,as osde ipsuir
thereca. shsi thiaes 20 low - We pso
women ere far bssesih thy gsse. Why.
should sWesr hat 9ros hsd feasd ~
out, Hasnsrhisr"
"Nsy, sAsa ! - seAred. q 0sssa."
saOWsra1 The ssvvast ot The ssas mAsh
cot the soaiIsv lGAt q woass's syes. a.
therein he 10 hsppy."
C1sopstra leased kerssif toward ne. ln,t
Ing On ~ long and stssdily 10 socA fashLs
that despite ny vii shs blood Suffered q
my hesri
"Bosss not. b proud Eeyvsssa." Oh
satd 10 D loS voice which scae bat ! %
Cnsrmioa could hear. '',sst wrrhsece Tho
dost trmps me to mstrh ny ssaste ssAins
thine. What woman ~ forgive thss ~