Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

more with joy. and kissed the old wife. and
made her gifts, bidding her tell me that
ever she kept her VOW, and waited for my
coming and the hour of vengeance. So,
having learned many secrets, Atoua re-
turned again to Tape.
And in the following year came messen-
gers to me from Cleopatra, bearing asealed
roll and great gifts. Iopened the roll and
read therein:
ssCzeopatro to OlympHs. the learned Eoyptias
scho dspcllsth In the Vasley Of Deoth by Tdpe!
sThe fame Of thy renown, o learned
Olympus, hath reached our ears. Tell
thou, then, this to us, and if thou tellest
Alright greater honor and wealth shalt thou
have than any in Egypt: How shall we
win back the love of noble Antony, who 10
bewitched of cunning Octavia and tarries
long from usa''
And herein saw the hand of Charmion,
who had made known my renown to Cleo
patra.
All that night I took counsel with my
wisdom, and on the morrow wrote my
answer as it was put into my heart to the
destruction of Cleopatra and of Antony.
And thus wrote:
ssOympus the Eoyptian TO Cleopatra the
Quecni
sGo forth into Syria with one who shall
be sent to lead thee; thus shalt thou win
Antony to thy arms again, and with him
gifts more great than thou canst dream"
And with this letter I dismissed the
messengers, bidding them share the
presents sent by Cleopatra among their
company.
So they went wondering.
But Cleopatra, Selling on the advice to
which her passion prompted her, departed
straightway with Fonteius Capito into
Syria; and there the thing came about as
had foretold, for Antony was subdued of
her and gave her the greater part of Cilicia,
the ocean shore of Arabia Nabathea, the
balm bearing provinces of Judaa, the prov
inces of Phenicia, the province of Coelo-
Syria, the rich Isle of Cyprus, and all the
library of Pergamus. And to the twin
children that, with the son of Ptolemy. Gle
opatra had borne to Antony, did he impi-
ously give the names of ''Kings, the Chill
dren of Kings''-of Alexander Helios, as
the Greeks name Ra (the SUM, and of Cleo
patra Selene, the long-winged (the moon).
These things, then, came to pass.
Now, on her return to Alexandria Cleo
patra sent me great gifts, of which would
have none, and prayed me, the learned
Olympus, to come to her at Alexandra; but
it was not yet time, and would not. But
thereafter did she and Antony send many
times to me for counsel, and ever I coun-
seled them to their ruin, nor did my
prophecies fail.
Thus the long years rolled away, and !,
the Hermit Olympus, the dweller in q
tomb, the eater of bread and the drInker of
water, became by strength Of the wisdom
that was given me of the avenging Power,
once more great In Khem. For ever grew
wiser as trampled the desires of the flesh
beneath my feet and turned my eyes to
Heaven.
At length eight full years were accom-
plished. The war with the Parthians had
come and gone, and Artavasdes, King Of
Armenia, had been led in triumph through
the streets Of Alexandria. Cleopatra had
visited Samos and Athens; and, by her
counseIing, the noble Octavia had been
driven, like some discarded concubine, from
the house of Antony at Rome. And now,
at the last, was the measure of the folly of
Antony full even to the brim. For this
master of the world had no longer the good
gift of reason-in Cleopatra was he lost,
even as had been lost And therefore, in
the event, did Octavianus declare war
against him.
And as slept at night in the chamber of
the Harpers, in the tomb of Pharaoh that is
by Tape, there came to me vision OF my
father, the aged Amenemhat, and he stood
over me. leaning on his staff, and spoke,
saying:
t.Arise, my son the hour of vengeance
| is at hand! Thy plots have not failed; thy
prayers have been heard. By the bidding
of the Gods, as she sat in her galley at the
| fight of Actium, 1 filed the heart Of Cleo
patra with fears, so that she fled with all
her feet. Now is the strength of Antony
broken on the sea. Go forth, and even as
shall be thy mind, so do thou.''
In the morning awOke, wondering, and
went to the mouth of the tomb; and there,
| coming up the valley, saw the messengers
of Cleopatra, and with them a Roman guard.
'What will ye with me now" 1 asked
sternly.
"This is the message of the Queen and of
great Antony" answered the Captain, bow
| ing low before me, for was much feared
of all men. 1.-THE Queen doth command thy
presence at Alexandria. Many times hath
she sent, and thou wouldst not come; now
doth she bid thee TO come, and that swiftly,
for she hath need of thy counsel"
land if say Nay, soldier, what thens"
''These are my orders, most holy Olym-
pus: that by force bring thee"
laughed aloud. s'By force, thou fool |!
Use not such talk, lest smite thee where
thou art. Know, then, I can kill as well as
curer'
''Pardon, I beseech!' be answered,
shrinking. 81 say but those things that
am bid.''
s'Well, I know it, Captain. Fear not, I
come"
So on that very day departed, together
with the aged Atoua. Ay, l went as Sc
cretly as had come; and the tomb Of the
divine Rameses knew me no more And
with me took all the treasure OF my father,
Amenemhat, for 1 was not minded to go to
Alexandria pty-handed, and as a sup
plant; but rather as a man of much wealth
and condition. Now, as I went, learned
that Antony, following Cleopatra, had, in
deed, fed from Actium, and knew that the
end drew nigh. For this and many other
things had l foreseen in the darkness at
Tape, and planned to bring about.
Thus, then, I came to Alexandria, and
entered into house which had been made
ready for me at the palace gates.
And that very night came Charmion unto
me-Charmion, whom for nine long years /
had not seen.
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