The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-18

sweetly. 80 my mcssrnsvr hAs scaud
thccV' and she p,inicd 10 the corpAc Of
faulas. "faaI be has "a usly lcos. No,
guards"
The doo WAS orcneJ, aud tao arusrd
Gsals s,cppcd Hcruss tho threshold
Take away this carrion, . said Cleopatra.
and nlns " 10 the kitsA' Stay, draw thAi
dagger from HE TRAITOR brcas," Tho men
bowed low. aud tho knife. rGssrd rcd With
blood. wHs dragrs~ from the heart % rsulus
and ala apon the table. Thea G,cy ssl~i
Rim by the head and b~iy and staggered
thence, aud | heard their heavy icc,!A.is -
they bore him down the s,Asrs.
"Mc,hinss, HarmAchss. thou art In IN
evil cAuscT' shc sAli. when tho sound ot,he
footballs had dol away. How ~gciy
10th tho wheel 81 Fortune ,urni ~, fer
that traitor and shc hsiied toward TIC
door by which the corpse Of fAaias he'd
bern ~carre,. II should now tc a. III = hin
10 lcck GA as he IL. and the rel rus, on You
der knife would haze bSen gathered from
my heart
~ I, was fAulas who had ,~,rysi BE
"Ay," she wcnt on, "and when thou
earnest 20 me las, nirlr, wei s.s~ that
thou earnest 10 slAy. whcu. time upon
time, thou dlist place thy hand within Thy
'NNNt . h"'" s"sN ~ NFNlNs htAs
and thou vast gathering. thy ccura1c Ia tho
deed which little thou G,dst love a. DO oh!
i, was . strange, Wild hJgr well worth the
living. and greatly, 'rom momcn, 10 mo
meat. did ] wonder which ~ - ain woald
conquer, as ws matched euNo with guile
and force Ia fur-.
Yea, H~armachls, the guards tramp b.
fore thy door. bu, be- no, deceived Knew !
not that ! do hold thee o. me bv hpnds mcs.
strong than prison CHAINS; knew ] not
that ] am hsdgcd from al at Thy hands by
. fence ~ honor morc hari Tor thee IN pass
than oil tho spears ~ all my ~leelpns, thou
haist been dead Gro now, HArmachis. kr-,
here 10 thy knife" And ale handoi me the
dagger. "Now stay me IL thou ears'" Aud
she Grew near and toro open tho bosom Of
her s,br, and stood waiting with calm eyes
Thou canst not slsy mo- shc went on.
"for there arc things. ~ ] know well, that
no no suoh man ~ thou ar;-mAy do
and live; and this 10 the chief III them to
slay the woman who IL all his own. Nay.
stay thy handi Turn NOT that dagger
against thy breast; for u mo thou nayst
not slsy. by how much tho moro mAyst thou
not slay myself. q thou forsworn Prizes,
Of Isis, Art thou. then, 40 eager 10 face
that outraged Majesty In Amcn,it With
what eyes,. thinhcs, thou, will tho Heavenly
Mother look upiu her sou who, shamcd Ia
Ill things and false Ia HE most ss'rci vow.
comes " greet Her. his life blcod on his
handsi Where. then. Will 10 tho space for
thy a,onemcnt- If, indeed, thou mayst
a~tOncr'
Then I could bear no more. Tor my heart
WAS broken wi,hin me Aias' 4, was ton
,ruc-l dared not do. To such y pass was
! come that ! did not even dare 10 dto' !
hung mysclf uipn tho couch aud wcp'-
wcpt tears NJ blood aud anguish,
hut Cleopatra came 20 me, aud. sca,in.
herself beside me. sh~ s,ruvc Ia comfor,
me. throwing her Artns about my neck.
"Say. Love. look up" abe said. "Ai L.
not Loot for thee. nor an ! snscrcd aga.ns,
thee. We did play . mighty game but -
I warned thee, I matched my woman's
magic against thine, ssd ! have conquered
hut will be oIcn With thee. Both ~
Queen and woman thou hast my p,iy-ay.
and moro, nor DO ! love Ia scc thee plunged
In sorrow. Well WAS u aud night that thou
shouldst strive "a win bscA that thrune NY
father seized. and tho ancirnt liberty Of
Egypt Mysoif rs . lawful Queen hal doa~
the same, nor shrunk from the deed Of
darkness whrrcto I was sworn. Therein.
then, thou hast my sympathy. that go~s
ever out to what 10 great and bold. We'll 10
Il also that b shouidst gricvo over
the greatness 81 Thy fsu Iherran.
then. ~ oman loving wofnsn -,hea
hast my syniaihy Nor 10 ell lost The
plan WAS fs,..sh Tor, a. ] bod. Esypi
never might have stood siono; Tor though
thou hsdst won the crown and country, 81
without . doubt thou mus, havs done. yet
was there The Roman IA b' rcsoHrd with
And Tor thy bnic learn WIS! Little arm ]
known. 1h"T" % no heart IN thls "ijo ana
,hs, beats with . 'ruer love for anr'"ni
hhcm than docs THIS heart ~ mime nay,
not thinc own, HsrtYschis. Hut heavily
havr ] been shacsled hcr",o'orr, fpr war;,
robcl!'ons. 'nv'"s. plots have hemtned me
In on every axle, 30 that ] might not serve
my I~oplr ss ! would. But iho0, Haf
maoh's, shalt show me how. Thou shait be
my counselor and my love. IL ~ slfiiio
thing, Harmschis. IN havc WIN shs scsvt
81 Cleopatra that heart &c on ther'-'hs,
thou w"u'd's have stilei' AZ, thou shslt
unite mo TO my people, and sose'hsr VIII ~r
rcign. linking thus In one u'" roe sedon
ana Va" Old Ibssa 90 ~. 'b4nrs sofH Sos
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