Thomas County cat., 1890-02-06


thereunder bade them not 20 ssx wno -
might Be. but send NO aad to Ceopo&rA
Rather, said, aust they make peace WITH
Cesar. for BY Cesar's grace only could tho
worship Of the Gods endure in Khem. ga
having taken counsel Of the holy Apis, TIM
promised In public . give help 70 CieopS
ira. but in secret sent an embassy to Casas.
Thus then It came to pass that bus istlo
aid did Egypt give TO its hated Aacedoaiaa
Queen. Thenco from 4emd I came once
moro 70 Alexandra. and having made ~
port, continued my secret work And. In
deed, the Alexandrians could not easily b
stirred, for, ss they say in the markes
place, 1.-THE ass looks st the burden and =
blind to tho master" So long had Cleopa-
ira oppressed them that the Roman was
Hike welcome fnend.
Thus the time passed on, and every niehs
found Cleopatra with fewer friends than
that which had gone before, for In evil dayU
frieads tiy like swallows before the frost
Yet she would not give up Antony, whom
she loved; though to my knowledge did
Caesar, by his freedman, Thyreus, make
promise to her Of her dominions for herself
and for her children II she would but slave
Antony, or even betrsy him bound. But
hereuntO woman's heart (for still she had
Q heart) would not consent, and, therefore
Of necessity must we hold him to her. lest
Antony escaping or being slain. Cleopatra
might ride out the storm and yet be Queen
Of Egypt. And this grieved me. because
Antony, though weak, was still brave man
and great; and moreover, in my own heart
/ read the lesson Of his woes For were We
not akin in wretcheduess? Had not the
same woman robbed Us Of empire, friends
and honorl But pity has no place in poll
tics, nor could 1t turn my feet from the path
Of vengeance it was ordained that I should
tread. Cesar drew nigh; Pelusum fell:
the end was at hand. Twas Charm;on whe
brought the tidings to tie Queen and An
tony. as they slept in the heat Of the day.
and with her came.
"Awake!" she cried. "Awakei This II
no time for sleepl Seleucus hath surren-
dered Potassium unto Caesar, who marches
straight on Alexandriar'
With great oath Antony sprang up and
Cleopatra by the arm.
''Thou hast betrayed me-by the Gods I
swear It'll Now thou shalt pay the pricelr
And snatching up his sword he drrwit
'Stay thy hand, Antouyr she cried
tit is false-naught know CT thisr And
she sprang upon him, and chung about his
neck, weeping. 'NaughL know !, nv Lord
Take thou the wife Of Seleucus and his lit
tie children, whom I hold in guard, and
avenge thyself. o, Antonyi Antonyl why
dost thou doubt met"
Then Antony threw down his sword upon
the marble, and, cast lg himself upon the
couch, hid his face, and groaned in litter.
ness Of spirit.
But Charmion smiled, for she it was whe
had sent seer tly to Seleucus, her friend
him to surrender forthwith.
saying that at Alexandria would no fight be
made And that very night Cleopatra took
all her great store Of pearls aud emeralds-
tho,e that remained Of the treasure of Men
ka-ra-all her wealth Of gold, ebony, ivory
and cinnamon, treasure without price. and
placed it in the mausoieum Of granite,
which, after our Egyptian fashion, she had
built upon the hill that is by the Temple Of
The holy Isis These riches she piled up
upon a bed of flax, that when she fired IL
all might perish IN the flames and escape
the greed Of money loving Octavianus. And
n this tomb hanceforth she slept. away
from Antony; but in the day time still she
saw him at the palace.
But little while after, when Caesar with
Ill his great force had already crossed the
Canopic mouth o. the Nile, and was hard
IN Alexandria, came to the palace whittier
Cleopatra had summoned me. There ]
'ound her in the Alabaster Hall, royalY
lad, q wild light in her ewes, and with hi
[ras and Charmion, and before her guarfy:
md stretched here and there upon the ma
Die, bodies Of dead men, among when ~
me yet dying.
"Greeting, thou Olympusi" she cried
Here is q sight to glad q physicians heart
men dead and men sick unto deathp'
"Whal dcest thou, O Queen" I said
Ihrighted.
"What do I! 1 do Justice On these GRIM
nails and traitors; and, Olympus, !
earn the ways Of death. Six different
nlsons have ] caused In b. qiven tn thess
ayes, aud with an attentive eye have
a.ched their working. That man." and
nc pointed to Nubian, "he went mad and
sved Of his native deserts and his mother.
e thought himself child again, poor fooli
nd babe her hold him close to her breast
nd save HIM from the darkness which
rev near. And that Greek, he shrieked,
nd shrieking, died. And this he wept and
rayed for pity, and In the end, like cow
ID, breathed his last. Now, note tho
gyptian yOnder, he who still lives and
roans; the first he took the draught-thc
,adliest draught of all they swore and
It the slave SO dearly loves his life he will
1t leave It'll See, he yet strives to throw
10 poison from him; twice have given
m the cup, and yet he is athirst What .
.unkard have we herei Man, man, know
t thou not that in death only can peace
!, foundi Struggle no more, but enter into
st." And even as she spoke, the man,
th great cry, gave up the spirit
''Therei' she cried, tat length the farcen
ayed-away with those slaves whom
reed through the difficult gates of Joyi"
d she clapped her hands But when they
d drawn the bodies thence she drew me
her and thus she spoke:
Olympus, for all thy prophesies, the end
at hand. Cesar must conquer, and and
Y Lord Antony be lost. Now, therefore.
e play being well nigh done, must make
ady to leave this stage Of earth in such
shion as becomes Queen. For this cause,
en-. do make trial Of these ] oisons, see
hot in,