The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
The dMichita 1alu Eagle Sunday urning April IL, 1891

congo BASIN 70 singapore. You should
be killed, of course, but I cannot decide
yet how to do it. Whether to fry you
In the fat of these negligent eunuchs and
feed you to my aquarium. or shock you
to death with the early humor of France
know not"
Queen" said the youth, now standing
on the other foot awhile, 81 deserve to
die. Be clement, but let me die. You
will find nearly seven dollars worth of
milk tickets in my inside pocket. Take
them; they are yours. You can get
your milk in that way of my successor
free, and milk is quite an item with any
body who keeps as much hired help as
you do. Take my life. It is useless to me
since love you and you love me not"
"Well, then" said the queen, as she
smilingly shed a mouthful of hairpins,
for her smile was wider than she had
thought, ''you shall have your wish,
but first you shall know what it is to
have what we call fun. You Alliance
people think you have some little pleas
ure in life, but you do not. You are ex-
traneous, as we say, or mott it. You are
my guest for this evening. You die in
the morning. You will join me at din
ner, will you not? We keep an all night
house, and we have some wassail on hand
that has never been used; also can of
orgies that has not been opened yet
May | count on your
Indeed thou mayst," said the youth,
L. ,,,+o 4ba ri
washed his face in therain water barrel,
and walked for time in the dewy grass
to remove the milk spots from his be-
spattered boots.
Cleopatra now gave orders to have the
banquet hall prepared, and sent away
to the village for fiddler who could
also call off. She was cool, yet 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 Clean
der, who was good man, and pointed
to himself with pride on account of his
singularly pure life in the midst Of the
corruptions, temptations and fines and
costs of court, was sent to the neigh
bors for more sauce plates and two
gallon ice cream freezer.
Rare exotics were gathered to beautify
the table, and Egyptian hollyhocks were
massed with sprigs OF asparagus and
nice dried grasses at eyether end Of the
voIuptuous table. The new cake basket
was on the table with two kinds of cake
in it, and everything was arranged with
out regard to cost.
Cleopatra ordered that bran new
table cloth be used that evening, and
also decided to open one Of Bent's justly
celebrated hunting case water crackers.
The hall was Respondent 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
in it, for she did not agree with it relg-
iously, being a free thinker and general
all around looloo from the head waters
of the Nile.
In the parlor she had a tree fungus, on
which she had etched nice winter
scene, copied from Christmas card.
Meiamoun's eyes stuck out a good deal
when he saw all these glorious things,
for at home they all lived in one room,
and took turns dressing behind the
stove of mornings. A handsome cottage
organ stood in one corner, with copy
of 'Pull for the Shore" lying 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-
LITIGATION. His features were somewhat