The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-29

''Inou naSJ DeIrhycu ine-Dy tne 0OuS
swear it Now thou shalt pay the pricein
And snatching up his sword he drew 1t.
"Stay thy hand, Antonyr' she cried.
"It Is false--naught know !, OF thisl'' And
she sprang upon him, aud clung about his
meek, weeping. "Naught know !, my Lord.
Take thou the wife OF Seleucus and his lit
tie children, whom / hold In guard, and
avenge thyself. o, haionyl Antony why
dost thou doubt met"
Then Antony threw down his sword upon
the marble, and, casting himself upon the
couch, hid his face, and groaned In bitter
ness Of spirit. ,hp se4,} W. q, a,1q qfaG
But Charmion smiled, for che 1t was who
had sent secretly to Scleucus, her friend,
'copnseling him to surrender forthwith,
lsaylng that ut Alexandria would no fight be
made. And that very night Cleopatra took
!all her great store Of pearls and emerelds--
those that remained OF the treasure Of Mem
'ka-ra-all her wealth, Of gold, ebony, Ivory
and cinnamon, treasure without prioo, and
placed II In the mausoleum. Of granite,
which, after our. Egyptian fashion, she had
builtupon the hill that is by the Temple, of
the, holy Isis. These riches she piled up
upon o bed Of fax, that when she fred Il
all might perish IN the flames and escape
the greed Of money-loving octavianus. And
in this tomb henceforth she slept, away
from Antony; but in the day time stili she
saw him at the palace.
{. But little while after, when Caesar with
!all his great force had already crossed the
Csnopic mouth OF the Nile, and was hard
on Alexandria, came 70 the palace whittier
Cleopatra had summoned me- There
found her in the Aiabaster Hall, royalty
clad, wild light in her eyes, and with her
Iras and Charmion, and before her guards;
and stretched here and there upon the mar.
BILE, bodies Of dead men, among whom lay
ono yet dying. tas "
! "Greeting, thou Olympusin she cried.
"Here Is sight 10 glad physician's heart
men dead and mon sick unto DEATH"
"What doest thou, o Queenw said
aftrighted.
"What do II I do Justice on these Grim.
inals and traitors; and, Olympus, ]
learn the ways Of death. Blk different
poisons have caused to be given TO these
slaves, and with an attentive eye have
watched their working. That man. and
she pointed 10 q Nubian, the went mad and
raved Of his native deserts and his mother.
he thought himself child again, poor fool
and bade her hold him close to her breast
and save him from the darkness which
drew near. And that Greek, he shrieled,
and shrieking, died. And this he wept and
prayed for pity, and In the end, like q COW.
ard, breathed his last Now, note the
Egyptian yonder, he who still lives and
groans; the first he took the draught-the
deadliest draught Of all, they swore--and
yet the slave SO dearly loves his life he will
not leave i'll See, he yet strives 10 throw
the poison from him; twice have / given
him the cup, and yet he Is athirst. What q
drunkard have we herei Man, man, know
est thou not that In death only can peace
be tound Struggle no more, but enter into
rest" And oven as she spoke, the man,
with great cry, gave up the spirit.
"rherel" she cried, Eat length the farceis
1layed-away with those slaves whom !
forced through the difficult gates of Joyr'
and she clapped her hands. But when they
bad drawn the bodies thence she drew me
10 her and thus she spoke:
"olympus, for all thy prophesies, the end I
Is athand. Caesar must conquer, and and |
my Lord Antony be lost Now, therefore, |
The play being we'll nigh done, must ! make !
ready TO leave this stage Of earth In such !
fashion as becomes Queen. For this cause, |
then, do mako trial Of these poisons, see |
ing that In my person must soon endure !
hose agonies Of death that to-day give 70 !
others. These drugs please me not; some I
wrench out the soul with cruel pains and /
tome too slowly work their end. But thou
art skilled in the medicines OF death. Now, 1
10 thou prepare me such q draught as
shall. pangless, steal my life away" And
as listened the sense OF triumph filed my
bitter heart, for knewnow that by my own
hand should this ruined woman die and the
Justice Of the Gods be done.
Spoken like 4 Queen, o Cleopatral' !
Iaid "Death shall cure thy fills, and will
bi ew such wine as shall draw him down a
sudden friend and sink thee in sea of
Ilumber whence, upon this earth, thou shalt
lever wake again Obi fear not Death.