Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-20

patra, ever mindful Of thy welfare. though
but little doth thou think Of hers, hath sent
to minister to thee"
Sand can thy physician minister to grief
such as my GREET Can his drugs give me
back my galleys, my honor and my peacea
Nayl Away with thy physicianl What is
thy tidingsa quick-out with It'll Hath Can
fdius, perchance, conquered Casar2 Tell
me but that, and thou shalt have a province
for thy guerdon-ayi and II Octavianus Is
dead, twenty thousand sestertia to fill its
treasury. Speak-nay; speak notl ! fear
the opening Of thy lips as I never feared an
earthly thingi Surely the wheel Of Fortune
hath gone round and Canidius hath con-
quered3 Is it not soi Nay-out with It'll
I can no more!"
80 noble Antonyp she said, ''steel thy
heart to hear that which I needs must tell
theei Canidius is in Alexandria. He hath
fed fast and far, and this is his report. For
seven whole days did the legions wait the
coming Of Antony, a. aforetime, to lead
them to victory, putting aside the offers OF
the ENJOYS Of Cesar. But Antony came
pot. And then twa rumored that Antony
had fled to Taenarus, draw thither by
cleopatra. The man who first brought thai
tale to the camp the iegionaries cried shame
on-ay, and beat him to the DEATH But
ever it grew, until at length there was no
more room TO doubt; and then, o Antony,
thy officers slipped one by one away to
Caesar, and where the officers go there the
men follow. Nor Is this all the story; for
thy allies-Bocchus OF Africa, Tarcondt-
| motus of Cilicia, Mithridates of Com
magene, Adallas Of Thrace, Fhiladelphus Of
P~aphlagonta, Archelaus Of Cappadocia,
Herod OF Judaea, Arayntas Of Galatia, Pole
mon Of Pontus, and Malicious of ArabIa-all,
ell have fed or bid their generals fly back
to whence they came; and already theiI
ambassadors do crave cold Caesars elem
ency."
"Hast done thy croaking, thou raven in q
peacock's dress, or is there more to come1''
asked the smitten man, lifting his white
and trembling face from the shelter of his
hands. 'STell me more; say that Egypt's
lowers at the Canopic gate. and that, headed
by dead Cicero, all the ghosts of he'll do
audibly shrek out the fall of Antonyl Yea,
gather up every woe that can o'erwhelm
those who once were great, and loose them
on the hoary head Of him whom-in thy
gentleness-thou art still pleased to name
the noble A~ntonyr"
'Nay, my lord, / have done"
NAY, and SO have I d~one-done, quite
donsi IT'S altogether finished, and thus ]
seal the end" and snatching q sword from
his couch he would, indeed, have slain him
self had I not sprung forward and grasped
his hand. For It was not my purpose that
he should die as yet; since, had he died at
that hour, Cleopatra had made her peace
with Caesar, who rather wished the death
Of Antony than the ruin Of Egypt.
cart mad, Antonya Art indeed a COW.
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/ thus escape thy woes and leave thy partner
to face the sorrow out alonei"
"Why not, womana Why mott She would
not be long alone. There's Caesar 10 keer
her company. Octavianus loves q fair
woman In bus cold way, and still Is Cleopat
ira fair. Come now, thou Olympusl thou
hast held my hand my dealing death upon
myself, advise me of thy wisdom. Shall /
then, submit myself to Caesar, and ], Tri
umvir, twice Consul, and aforetime abso
lutte Monarch Of all the East, endure Il
follow in his triumph along those Roman
ways whers1 myself have passed in tri
umph?n
aNay, Sire,"I answered. tIf thou dos,
yield, then art thou doomed. All last nigh
I questioned Of the Fates concerning thee
and this I saw: When thy star draws neal
to CAESARS it pales and Ia swallowed up
OUT WuGu IL p1SS6S 1Eom ufS IAatauC6, t1eI
bright and big 1t shines, equal in glory Il
his owl. AL Is not lost, and while some
part remains, every thing may be regained
Egypt can yet be held, armies can stu b,
raised. Caesar hath withdrawn himself
he Is not yet at the gates Of Alexandria, and
perchance may be appeased. Thy mind Il
it's fever hath fired thy body; thou art sicl
and ans not judge Alright See here,
have a potion that shall make thee whole
for well Skilled am Id the art OF medicine,
and I held out the phial.
"a potion, thou sayest, mani" he cried
srMore like It is poison, aud thou Q muir
derer, sent by false Egypt, who would fai,
be rid Of me now that l may no more be o
service to her. The head Of Antony Is tn,
peace offering she would send to Cesar
sbe for whom / have lost all! Give me tn,
draught. By Bscchusi ! win drink Il
though II be the very elixir Of Deathay
sNay, noble Aptony; It Is no poison, AM
no murderer adj ]. See, will taste It,
thou wilt," and I held {orththe subtitle pc
ton that has power to fire the veins Of men
"Gfye Il me-, Physician. Desperate mel
pre- brave men. Thsrel- Why, what's this
Yours Is . magic draughti My sorrow
seem to roll away like thunder clouds be
fore the southern gale, and the spring Q
HOPE blooms fresh upon the desert OF N,
/ heart Once more anal Antony. and one
, again I zee my legions' spears arsparkie I
thesun, and hear the thunderous shouts Q
welcome - Autony-hetoye4 Antopyf-
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