Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-26

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the Egyptian glee club struck up song
called my Gum Tree Canoe" red lights
sprang out along the costly dados OF the
rooms, and a 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
disheveled light in the midst Of ardent
vapors; the eyes of dark carved sphlnxes
famed with phosphorescent hghtnings;
the bull headed idols breathed flames;
the alabaster elephants, in lieu of per
fumed water, spouted aloft bright col
umns of crimson fire; prismatlc lrlses
crossed and shattered each other; soft
music sensuously stole through, In and
out among the potted geraniums, and
lfted through the INTERVIEWING leaves
of the smilax came the low, soft below
ing of the buhl buhl.
The orgy was now at its height, the
dishes of phenicopter's tongues, the hVers
| of scarus fish, the cells, fattened upon the
bodies of prominent people and cooked
in brine, the dishes Of peacocks' BRAINS,
tenderloin of terrapin aux hlley, hot
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etc, etc, were on the menu.
Wines of all kinds, from the vintage so
common at the post keller or the ratz
keller to the wines of Crete and of Massl-
Gus, were served by Asiatic pages, upon
whose rich and voluminous flowing hair
the beautiful and somewhat inicky Cleo
patra wiped the Egyptian gravy from
her taper fingers. Her companion also
did the same as soon as he got onto 1t,
but prior to that he contented himself
| with utilizing the borrowed vestments
of the absent Antony. Yet we should
not reproach him now. Treading as he
was upon the borders of yawning grave,
but seeing across the groaning board the
} grinning face of Death, we may forgive
, him if in an unguarded moment he d1d
| things that were outre.
Toward the close of the feast mum
e 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
d vay home from the depot and spoke
S briefly regarding the tariff, and local
e humorist gave funny little anecdote
d and took home cold goose in news
+ paper as a reward of his wonderful ge-
o MUS
Then Cleopatra herself arose. She
v cast aside her mantle, and stating briefly
,e in a few well chosen words that she
d could not make speech, not having
,e been constructed in that way, neither
ct could she sing a song or tell story, sh'
"a would. with the consent of the audience
b. offer aselection from an Egyptian break
down composed by herself and whicl
W they might like to hear. While tn
I'd beauteous queen sashayed up and dow
ly to the lascivious blessings of a lutte tn
(. picnic ice cream came in. Cleopatra salt
a. that she would not chase any, but thu
u rash young man from the Spring Vale.
Nv Milk farm ate heartily of it.
K. AS he finished and wiped his spoon Of
"a the hair of a eunuch the gray of tn
I'd dawn was stealing in through the rlc
p hangings of the hall. An ashen loo
al also stole over the face of the youn
rs yahoo, and quickly clasping his hands t
the base of his chest he gave startle
ON cry like that of tomcat who has vi
er willingly swallowed hornet with
ID mean temperature to it. Not havln
,al read the papers much, he had not NJ
rs, ticed how many people were beln
m, moved down by ice cream, and so
he the day began to dawn the rash young a
.geI who had loved the queen, and swaps
DIV his life, his hopes, his soul and h
he milk route for two dollars worth of goC
,m victuals, curled himself up in shapele
A mass. and kicking two or three tim
he convulsively, although, of course, 1t W
nv worse than useless, he gave up the ghoS
an. Pouring a little vinegar on lar
nat pearl. the naughty queen dropped a tie
for the late nilkman, and swaIlowll
the molten gem as one might sher
? flip she turned off the gas, rang for {
undertaken and retired to her apal
meuts.
Cleopatra has been harshly CRITICS
by many modern writers for being
kind of wild, but we should rememh
that she was called to the throne qui
Young and needed a mothers guldan'
She was very wild as a girl, and it b
been intimated that her father was
clergyman. He being very strict, S
finally broke loose and made a good d.
of talk in Egypt
Yet Cleopatra had her good poin
She was a good cook and a model hou
keeper. She is sand to have made p
serve out of watermelon rnds Il
brought on a war with the Roma
which lasted eight years and cauf
much bloodshed.
She reigned quite a spell and d
among strangers, well off, but praH
cally an old maid.
The above is a free translation Of
article written by Theoph!le Gauti
which promised him while in Frai
k should be rendered into the Ameri'
and tongue as soon as 1 could get time fr
% a my multifarious duties. Where
there was foreign word which | co
Tor not translate exactly l have sought
we're use some of our modern eZpressio
and which, though direct and powerful
know are reprehensible. To be rel