Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-03-06

thou didst ruin mel l. workinginth b dark,
and helped OF the angry Gods, have been
thy secret spring Of wool Jailed thy heart
with fear at Actium, I held the Egyptians
from thy aid. / slapped the strength Of
Antony, I showed the portent Of the Gods
unto thy captainsi By my hand at length
thou diest, for I am the instrument Of
Vengeancei Ruin do I pay thee back for
ruin, treachery for treachery, death for
deathi Come ither, Charmion, partner Of
my plots, who betrayed me. but, repenting,
art the sharer OF my triumph, come wstch
this fallen wanton diein
Cleopatra heard, and sank back upon the
golden bed, groaning: Sand thou. too.
Charmionr '
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 o Of hfef" h cried;
zone short hour, that therein might / make
thee die In such q fashion as thou canst not
dream, thou and that false paramour OF
thine, who betrayed both me n thecl And
thou didst love mel All, there I have thee
still! See, thou subtle. plotting priesti"
and with both hands she rent back the
royal robes from her bosom; "See, on this
fair breast once, night by night, was thy
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in these same arms. Now, put away their
memory II thou eansG I read 1t 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 reached Harmachis,
thou slave Of slaves, from thy
triumph depths I snatch a deeper triumph;
and conquered, yet I conquer! Ispit upon
thee, I defy thee, and dying, doom thee to
the torment Of thy deathless Lowell DAN
tonyi leone, my Antonyi leone to thine
own dear armsi Soon I shall find thee, and
wrapped in a love undytng and divine, to.
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
SHALL sink in peace down the popped ways Of
Sleep; and for me the breast Of Night,
wherein ! shall be softly Graded, shall yet
seem thy bosom. Antonyi oh. I diei
Come, Antony, and give me peacei"
Even In my fury I quailed beneath her
seorn, for home few the ARROWS Of her
winged words. Alas and alas It was trus.
The shaft OF my vengeance fell upon my.
own head; never had I loved her a. I loved
her now Ny soul was rent with Jealous
torture, and thus I swore she should not
die.
"Peacep ! cried; "whas peace Is there
for thee2 Oh! We Holy Three, hear now
| my prayer. Osiris, loosen Thou the bonds
Of Hell, and send forth those whom I shall
summonl 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
for greed she braved; come one, come all
who AVE died at the hands Of Cleopatrai
Rush from the breast of Nout, and greet
her who murdered you'll Blythe link OF mys-
tic union, by the symbol of the Life, Spirits,
I summon you'll"
Ispoke, 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 fittering wings that
| great Bat entered which last I had seen
hanging to the eunuch's chin In the womb
of the pyramid Her. Thrice it circled round,
once it lowered Ger dead Iras, thenri 1t few
to where the dying woman stood. To her 1t
flew, on her breast 1t 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 spran1u mp
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 poi
soned cup. There was the majesty Of Men
kara, crowned with the ur8us 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-
ber, shadowy and dreadful to behold who.