Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-13

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Tlss queen gzvs Low laugh a she
proceeded with her drsEing. nov more
cahraly. By 81 Oms, she said. sDogof
Hen. thou an foolharav wretch Yoa
think that with rour castirun impadsnce
ard building rnilk rv1te Fou may win 70
wife QUEEN whoss fame L good fur
column IN every Sunday paper from the
Congo Basin 70 SngapGz- YO1 should
be killed, of course, buf / cannot decide
rst how 70 do Il whether 70 fry yuu
In the fat Ct these negligent eunurf,s and
fed yOa ID ny aquarium or shock F0u
70 death with the ezriy humor q France
I knew not7
'-Q1sen,7 said the youth, row standing
On the ether foot awhile, 81 deserve 70
die. Be clement, bus LEI me die You
VIII find nearly seven dollars worth Of
niIk tickets II my inside pocket Take
them; they arg yours Yen can get
your milk N that war Of nv succe=Or
frse, and milk Is quite an item with any
body who keeps a. much hired help as
you do. Take mr. life. II Is useless 20 me
ance / lore you and vou lore me net
"WeIl, then" said the queen, a. shs
s1nilingiy shed a m0uthtul Of hairpins,
for her smile was wider than she had
thought. 'tyou shall have your wish,
but first you shall know what It i 70
have what we call fun. You Alliance
people think YOU hare some little pleas
ure IN life, but yoa do not Ton are sL-
t-aneons, az we szy, Or not IN II. You are
my guest for this evening You die II
the morning Yon viii Join me ar din
re-, VIII yen not: We keep an ali night
house, and we hare some wassail On hand
orgies that has not been opened yet
May count On YOU
Indeed thou mayst, said the youth,
az be went out into the court yard and
washed his face in therain water barrel,
and walked for time in the dewy grass
20 remove the milk spots from his be-
SCATTERED boots-
Cleopatra now gave orders TO have the
banquet hall prepared, and sent away
70 the village for a fiddler who could
also call Of. She was cool, vet watch
full Of her help. She was everywhere
ordering victuals cooked, the smell OF
hot preserves came from the royal
kitchen, and one eunuch named Olean-
der, who was good man, and pointed
20 himself with pride on account Of his
singularly pure life in the midst Of the
couuptions. temptations and fines and
costs q a court, was sent to the neigh
bors for more sauce plates and two
gallon ice cream freezer.
Rare exotics were gathered 20 beautify
the table, and Egyptian hollvhocks were
massed with sTsrigs Of asparagus and
nice dried grasses az eyether end Of the
voluptuous table. The new cake basket
was on the table with two kinds OF cake
in il. and everything was arranged with
out regard 10 cost
Cleopatra ordered that a bran new
table cloth be used that evening, and
also decided 70 open one Of Bent's justly
celebrated hunting case water crackers.
The hall was resplendent with decora-
tons and articles Of vertu, one painting
being fruit piece, given, all framed, by
the publishers Of The Egyptian at Work,
a weekly publication, which Cleopatra
took On account Of the recipes contained
il it. for she did not agree with it relig-
iously, being a free thinker and general
all around looloo from the head waters
Of the Nile
In the parlor she had tree fungus, on
which she had etched nice winter
scene, copied from a Christmas card.
Meiamoun's eyes stuck out good deal
when he saw ali these glorious things,
for at home they all lived in one room,
and took turns dressing behind the
stove Of mornings. 4 handsome cottage
organ stood in one corner, with a copy
Of Pull for the Shore" living on the
music rack The trappings Of the room
were all rich-very rich, indeed A
drawn rug represented Pharaoh as he
looked in the morgue after the recovery
Of his body and while waiting for iden-
tifcation- His features were somewhat