Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-03

Deashi Come, Antonyr' And, with one
| glance to heaven, she drank and cast the
! goblet to tie ground.
Then at last came the moment Of my
pent-up vengeance, and Of the vengeance
of Egypt's outraged Gods, and of the FAM
| ing of the curse of Menka-fA
| aWhat is thiss' she cried. y grow cold,
| but die not. Thou dark physician, thou
! hast betrayed meI''
sPeace, Cleopatrai Presently shalt thou
die and know the fury of the Godsl The
curse Of ke1std-ra hath fallen! It il finished
Look upon me, womani Look upon this
marred face, this twisted form, this living
| mass OF sorrow! Look! looki WHO am Tn
She stared upon me wildly.
s'Ohl OH" she shrieked, throwing up
| her arms; cat last know theei By the
Gods thou art Harmachisi Harmachis
risen from the deadI''
"Aye, Harmachis risen from the dead to
drag thee down to death and agony eternal !
| See thou, Cleopatra: have ruined thee as
thou didst ruin me! I, working in the dark,
and helped OF the angry Gods, have been
| thy secret spring of woe! filled thy heart
with fear at Actium, held the Egyptians
from thy aid, Slapped the strength of
unto thy captains! By my hand at length
| thou diest, for l am the instrument of
Vengeance! Rum do I pay thee back for
| ruin, treachery for treachery, death for
deathi Come hither, Charmion, partner of
| my plots, who betrayed me, but, repenting,
art the sharer of my triumph, come watch
! this fallen wanton dier'
| Cleopatra heard, and sank back upon the
| golden bed, groaning: "And thou, too,
| CharmionI''
| A moment so she sat, then her Imperial
| spirit burnt up glorious before she died.
| She staggered from the bed, and, with
| arms outstretched, she cursed me.
"Oh, for one hour of hfer' she cried !;
Zone short hour, that therein might make
| thee die in such fashion as thou canst not
| dream, thou and that false paramour Of
| thine, who betrayed both me and thee! And
| thou didst love mel All, there I have thee
| still See, thou subtle. plotting priest!'
and with both hands she rent back the
royal robes from her bosom; s'See, on this
| fair breast once, night by night, was thy
| head pillowed, and thou didst sleep wrapped
| in these same arms. Now, put away their
| memory If thou canst! / read it in thine
/ eyes that mayst thou noti No torture
| which I bear can, in its sum, draw
nigh to the rage of that deep soul
of thine, rent with longings, never.
never to be reachedl Harmachis.
| thou slave Of slaves, from thy
triumph depths snatch deeper triumph !.
| and conquered, yet conquer! spit upon
thee, defy thee, and dying doom thee tc
the torment Of thy deathless iovel o An
| tony! I come, my Antony! come to thine
own dear armsi Soon shall find thee, and
wrapped in love undying and divine, to-
i gether will we float through all the depths
Of space, and lips to lips and eyes to eyes
| drink of desires grown more sweet with
| every draughti Or if I find thee not, then
| shall sink in peace down the popped ways of
Sleep; and for me the breast of Night,
whereon shall be softly Graded, shall yet
| Come, Antony, and give me peace!'
Even in my fury quailed beneath her
scorn, for home few the arrows of her
winged words. Alas and alas I it was true.
The shaft of my vengeance fell upon my
| own head; never had loved her as loved
| her now. Ny soul was rent with Jealous
| torture, and thus I swore she should not
| die.
| "Peace!" 1 cried; s'what peace is there
| for theea Oh! We Holy Three, hear now
my prayer. Osiris, loosen Thou the bonds
Of He'll, and send forth those whom I shall
| summon! Come. Ptolemy, poisoned of thy
sister Cleopatra; come, ArSinoe, muir
dered in the sanctuary by thy sister
Cleopatra; come Sepa, tortured to death of
Cleopatra; come, Divine Menka-ra, whose
body Cleopatra tore, and whose curse
who have died at the hands of Cleopatra
Rush from the breast of Nout, and greet
her who murdered you'll By the Link of mys-
tic union, by the symbol Of the Life, Spirits,
summon youP'
spoke, while Charmion, affrighted, chung
to my robe, and the dying Cleopatra, rest
ing on her hands, swung slowly to and fro,
gazing with vacant eyes.
Then the answer came. The easement
burst asunder, and on fiittering wings that
great Bat entered which last had seen
hanging to the eunuch's chin in the womb
of the pyramid Her. Thrice it circled round,
once it lowered DER dead Iras, then it few
to where the dying woman stood. To her it
flew, on her breast it settled, clinging to
that emerald which was dragged from the
dead heart of Menka-ra. Thrice the black
Horror screamed aloud, thrice it beat its
bony wings, and 10! it was gone. Then
suddenly within that chamber sprang up
the Shapes of Death. There was Arsinoe,
the beautiful, even as she had shrunk be-
meath the butchers knife. There was young
Ptolemy, his features twisted by the pol
soDed cup. There was the majesty of Men
kara, crowned with the urseus crown; there
was grave Sepa, his flesh all torn by the
torturer's hooks; there were those poisoned
slaves; and there were others without num-
Der, shadowy and dreadful to behold who,
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