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

r6orn ard handing him . small key. ths
yeung nzn l1st no time N opening large
leather bs., with EgF ptizn hisr z1srhics
On L. and ending Anrouyis regular bzn-
quoting cloths
Dunring = linen tunic with golden
s1zrs upon Il Ike the costume q ths
Codes Of Liberty, and purple mantle.
hs hsound a EIIst de- bEaf about his
brew. and passed down 70 the dining
hall smelling quite swestiT Of Anto1Ts
hair oI, pe-famed with Lily Of the Vile.
C7sopatra -SrE her ether dress X CO..
sisted of . pale grNn crepe de Chime opzn
At the sides and clasped with golden
bees X was an sTsuing dress. and
therefore almost entirely concealed -
eae SAT at table. On her arms she wore
two strings ot pearls a. big as hickory
ruts, and a pointed diaden valued al
u,zss1Te skull
As she seated her guest beside her she
ciapped her little hands, and instantly
the Egyptian glse club struck I'D a song
called my Gum Tree Canoe, rad lights
sprang cut along the costly dadns Of the
rooms, and concealed fountain IN the
front yard, lighted By beautiful opaline
candles. squirted fully rod high
Huge flames palpitated In TRIPODS Of
brass: giant candelabras shook their
| dishsveled light IN the midst Of ardent
-apors; the eyes Of dark carved sphin1ss
famed with phosphOrscsnt hghrnings;
the bull headed idols brsathed flames.
| the alabaster elephants, IN lieu Of pep
fumed water. spouted. aloft bright col
umns Ct crimson fire: prisulaac iriss
crossed and shattered each ether: soft
music sensuously stole through. IN and
! out among the potted geraniuns, and
siffed through the INTERVENING leaves
Of the smilaI came the low, soft below
| ing OF the huhl buhl
The ORGY was now az its height the
| dishes Of phenieoptsr's tongues, the hvers
Of scarus fish. the eels. fattened upon the
| bodies Of prominent people and cooked
| in brine. the dishes Of peacocks brains,
tenderloin OF tsTapin auI flley, hot
Sauterne, boars stuffed with living birds,
! etc, etc, were On the menu
Wines Of all kinds, from the vintage so
common al the post keller or the ratz
| keller TO the wines Of Crete and of Mazsi-
| Gus, were served by Asiatic pages, upon
| whose rich and voluminous flowing hair
/ the beautiful and somewhat fnicky Cleo
/ patra wiped the Egyptian gravy from
1 her taper fingers Her companion also
/ did the same az soon as he got onto il,
/ but prior TO that he contented himself
| with utilizing the borrowed vestrnents
| Of the absent Antony. Yet we should
not rep7oach him now. Treading as he
| was upon the borders OF yawning grave.
| but seeing across the groaning board the
| griuning face Of Death, we may forgive
him if IN an unguarded moment he did
| things that were outre.
Toward ehe close Of the feast mum
| mers Doth dry and extra dry entertained
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 tariff, and local
humorist gave a funny little anecdote
and took home cold goose in news
paper as reward OF his wonderful ge-
| MUS.
Then Cleopatra herself arose. She
cast aside her mantle, and stating briefly
| in a few well chosen words that she
! could not make speech. not having
been constructed in that way. neither
| could she sing song or tell 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 lascivlous 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 it
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 startled
cry ike that of toncat who has IN
Willingly swallowed hornet with a
mean temperature to il. 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 swapped
his life, his hopes. ms soul and his
milk route for two dollars worth of good
victuals, curled himself up in a shapeless
mass, and kicking two or three times
convulsively, although, of course, it was
| worse than useless, he gave up the ghost.
Pouring little vinegar on large
pearl, the naughty queen dropped tear
for the late milkman. and swallowing
the molten gem as one might a sherry
| flip she turned off the gas, rang for the
undertaken and retired to her apart
ments.
Cleopatra has been harshly criticised
! by many modern writers for being so
kind of wild, but we should remember
that she was called TO 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
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