Telegram-herald., 1891-04-12


s1stsd through the INTERVENING leaves
OF sfs sxn1lax came tins lo~, sofy oexsow-
ing q the bail buhl
The orgy was now sS RS hesght. the
dishes If pnenscoS ser 5 tongues, TIE ivers
Of scaras hsh. ths sells, fsttrnsd upon the
t.sdies u prozainezss psosle and cooked
IN brIBe, the dishes Of p1acocks brains,
tenierion Of terrap1n aux flles, 10.
Saurerne, boArs stuffed with living birds,
etc, etc, were on the menu
Wines of al kinds, from the vintage so
common at .h-e poet keller or the rSsx
keller 20 tho wines Of Crete and Il Massi-
Gus. were served by Asiaric pages. upon
whose rich AID volaminons flowing hair
the beautiful aud somew hAs tInicky Cleo
patrz wiped the Egyptian gravy from
her taper fingers. Her companion Also
did the same Is soon IS he got onto Is.
but prior 70 that be contented himself
with utlhzing the borrowed vessmenss
Of the absent Antony. Yet We should
not reproach him now. Treading a. he
was upon the borders of . yawning grave.
bat seeing scruss the grooming board the
grinning face Of Death. we may forgive
him If IN an unguarded moment he did
things that were outre.
Toward the close Of the feast num-
mers (both dry and extra dry entersxined
the young people with song, dance and
walk around. The president Of the Cairo
and Egyptian central dropped in on his
way home from the depot and spoke
briefly regarding the tarif. and a local
humorist gave funny little aneodote
and took home cold goose in a news
paper az q reward Of his wonderful Sc
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Then Cleopatra herself arose. She
cast aside her mantle, and stating briefly
III few well chosen words that shs
could not make speech, not having
been constructed in that way, neither
could she sing song or ted a story, she
would, with the consent of the audience,
offer aselection from an Egyptian break
down composed by herself and which
they might like to hear. While the
beauteous queen sashayed up and down
to the lascivious blessings Of lutte the
picnic ice cream came in. Cleopatra said
that she would not chase any, but the
rash young man from the Spring Valley
Milk farm ate heartily Of ii.
As he finished and wiped his spoon on
the hair of a eunuch the gray of the
dawn was stealing in through the rich
hangings Of the hall. An ashen look
also stole over the face of the young
yahoo, and quickly clasping his hands TO
the base Of his chest he gave a startled
cry ike that of tomcat who has un-
Willingly swallowed a hornet with a
mean temperature to it. Not having
read the papers much, he had not no.
ticed how many people were being
moved down by ice cream, and so as
the day began to dawn the rash young ASS
who had loved the queen. and snapped
his life, his hopes, his soul and his
milk route for two dollars worth of good
victuals, curled himself up in shapeless
mass, and kicking two or three times
convulsiveiy, although, of course, it was
worse than useless, he gave up the ghost.
Pouring little vinegar on large
pearl, the naughty queen dropped q tear
the molten gem as one might sherry
flip she turned of the gas, rang for the
undertaken and retired to her apart
meuta
Cleopatra has been harshly criticised
by many modern writers for being so
kind Of wild, but we should remember
that she was called 10 the throne quite
young and needed mothers guidance.
She was very wild as girl, and it has
been intimated that her father was a
clergyman He being very strict, she
finally broke loose and made q good deal
Of talk in Egypt.
Yet Cleopatra had her good points.
She was a good cook and model house
keeper. She is said to have made a pre-
serve out of watermelon rinds that
brought on a war with the Romans
which lasted eight years and caused
much bloodshed.
She reigned quite spell and died
among strangers, well off, but practi-
cally an old maid.
The above is free translation Of an
article written by Theophile Gauticr,
which promised him while in France
should be rendered into the American
tongue as soon rs could get time from
my multifarious duties. Wherever
there was foreign word which could
not translate exactly have sought to
use some of our modern expressions
which, though direct and powerful,
know are rcprehensible. To be repre-
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