The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-07-11

ding DER the sea, for mo-
ment casting shadow in her deep eyes.
80 thou art come, Harmachis,' she said,
resting for awhile, as she took my hand
"Counsel me, for never did l need counsel
more, On, what days have the Gods meas
ured out to ne--days restless as the oceanl
No peace have known from childhood up,
and it seems none shall l ever know. Scarce
by q very little have l escaped thy dagger's
point, Htrmachis, when this new trouble,
that, like storm has gathered beneath tho
horizons rim, bursts sudden DER me. Didst
mark that tigrish fop' Well should l love
to IL ap hint How soft he spoke Ay, like
cat he pulred, and all the time he
stretched his claws. DidstmcrlI the letter,
tooG It has an ugly look. l know
| this Antony When was but child bud
ding into womanhood, saw him; but my
eyes were ever quick and took his measure.
Half Hercules and half a fool, with dash
Of genius veining his folly through. Easily
| led by those who enter at the gates Of his
v0luptuous sense; but if crossed, an iron
fee True to his friends, if, indeed, he
loves them, and oftenti;ne3 false to his own
interest. Generous, hardy aud in adversely
man OF virtue; in prosperity a sot and u
slave to women. Howdeal with such man,
whom Fate and Opportunity have, despite
| himself, set on the crest Of fortunes wavel
One day twill o'erwhelm him; but till that
day he sweeps across the world and laughs
at those who drown"
"Antony is but mas" answered, land
man with many foes; and, being but q
man, he can be o'erthrown"
"Ay, he can be o'erthrown; but he is one
Of three, Harmachis. Now that Cassius has
gone where all fools go, Rome has thrown
out hydra head. Crush one and another
Kisses IN thy face. There's Lepidus, and
with him that young Octavianus, whose
cold eyes may yet with smile of triumph
look on the murdered forms of empty,
worthless Lepidus, of Antony and of Cleo
| patra. If | go not to Cilcia, mark thou!
Antony will knit up a peace with these
Parthians, and taking the tales they tell Of
me for truth and indeed there is truth in
them--will fall with all his force on Egypt.
And how thenW
"How then! Why, thenwell drum him
back to Rome"
"Ahl Thou sGyest SO, and perchance,
Harmachis, had / not won that game we
played together some twelve days gone,
thou, being Pharaoh highest well have
done this thing, for round thy throne old
Egypt would have gathered. But Egypt
loves not me nor my Greek blood; and but
now have | scattered that great plot Of
thine, wherein half the land was meshed.
Win these men, then, ARISE to succor me!
Were Egypt true to me | could, indeed,
hold my own against all the force that Rome
may bring; but Egypt hates me, and had as
lief be ruled by the Roman as the Greek,
Still might | make defense had / the gold,
for with money soldiers can be bought
wherewith to feed the nav of mercenary
battle. But have none; my treasures are
4 dry, and though there is wealthln the land,
yet do debts perplex me. These wars have
brought me ruin, and know not how to
find talent Perchance, Harmachs, thou
who art by hereditary right, Priest of the
Pyramids" anG she drew near and looked
me in the eyes, 'perthance, if long descend
ed rumor does not lie, thou canst tell me
where can touch the gold to save thy land
from ruin and mysels from the 81 asp of An
tonyl Say, is IL so!'
thought awhile, and then answered:
"And if such tale were true, and If
could show thee treasure stored by the
mighty Pharaohs Of the most far-off age
against the needs OF Khem, how can know
that thou wouldst iudeed make use of that
wealth to those good ends"
SIS there, then, a treasured" she asked,
curiously. "Nay, tset me not, Harmachis
for Of truth the very name of gold at this
time of want is like the sight Of water In
the desert"
81 believe" sad, "that there is sucn q
treasure, thou Oh myself have never seen it
But this l know, that if it still lie in the
place where it was set, tits because sc
heavy "a curse shall rest upon him who
wickedly aid for selfish ends shall lay
hands thereon that none of those Pharaohs
to whom it hath been shown have dared II
touch 1t, whatever their need"
$780," she said, "they were cowardly
aforetime, or else was their need not great
Wilt thou show me this treasure, then
Harmachism
"Perchance," answered, ~ will show !
to thee, il it still be there, when thou has
sworn that thou wilt use it to defend Egyp
from this Roman Antony and for the wei
fare of her people"
81 swear itr' she said earnestly. "Oh,
swear by every God In khem that IL tho'
showest me this great treasure l will def.
Antony and send Dellius back TO Cllici
with words more sharp than those b
brought Ay, I'll do more, Harmach's: s.
soon as may be, l will take thee TO husband
before all the world. and thou thyseif shal