The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27

counseling 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 and emeralds-
those 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 mausoleum Of granite,
which, after our Egyptian fashion, she had
builtupon the hill that Ii by the Temple Of
the holy Isis. These riches she piled up
upon Q bed Of fax, that when she fired IL
all might perish In the flames and escape
the greed Of money-loving Octavisnus. And
in this tomb henceforth she slept, away
from Antony; but In the day time still she
saw him at the palace.
But little while after, when Cesar with
all his great force had already crossed the
Canopic mouth Of the Nile, and was hard
on Alexandria, came TO the palace whittier
Cleopatra had summoned me. There I
found her In the Alsbaster Hall, royalty
clad, q wild Light In her eyes, and with her
1ras and Chsrmion, and before her guards;
and stretched here and there upon the mar.
ole, bodies Of dead men, among whom lay
one yet dying. aEsI# ~ - Z
''Greeting, thou olympusl, she cried.
Here is sight 70 glad o physicians heart
men dead and men sick unto deathr'
"What doest thou, o Queeni" ! said
sffrighted.
"What do II do Justice on these Grim.
inals and traitors; and, Olympus, ]
learn the ways Of death. Six different
poisons have caused to be given to these
slaves, and with an attentive eye have
watched their working. That man." and
she pointed to Q Subian, "he went mad and
raved Of his native deserts and his mother.
He thought himself child aSain, poor fool
and babe her hold him close TO her breast
and save him from the darkness which
drew near. And that GreelS, no shrickcd,
and shrieking, died. And this he wcps end
prayed for pity, and In the end, like cow.
ard, breathed his last. Now. note the
Egyptian yonder, he who still lives and
groans; tho first he took the draught-the
dcadliest draught OF all, they swcre-and
yet the slave so dearly loves his life he will
not leave IL Sec, he yet strives 10 throw
the poison from him; twice have I given
him the cup, and yet he Ia athirst, What q
drunkard have we herel Man, man, know
est thou not that In death only csn peace
be tcundi Struggle no moro, but enter into
rest" And even as she spoke, the man,
with great cry, eave up the spirit.
"Therei" she cried, atiength the fsroeie
played-away with those slaves whom I
forced through the difficult gates Of Joyr
and she clapped her hands. But when they
had drawn the bodies thence she drew me
10 her and thus she spoke: ss
Olympus, for oil thy prophecies, tho end
Il ct hand. Cesar must conquer, and / and
my Lord Antony be lost. Now, therefore,
the play being well nigh done, must make
ready to leave this stage Of earth in such
fashion as becomes Queen. For this cause,
then, do make trial Of these poisons, see
ing that in my person must Il soon endure
those agonies Of death that to-day give TO
others. These drugs please ne not; some
wrench out the soul with cruel pains and
some too slowly work their end. But thou
art skilled in the medicines Of death. Now,
do thou prepare me such o draughs as
shall, pangless, steal my life away" And
as listened the sense of triumph filed nv
bitter heart, for knew now that by my own
hand should this ruined woman die and the
justice Of the Gods be done.
spoken like Queen, o Cleopatrar'
said. "Desth shall cure thy Ills, and will
b ew such wine as shall draw him down
sudden friend and sink thee in q sea of
slumber whence, upon this earth, thou shalt
never wake again Oh! fear not Death.