The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-08-29

With great oath antony sprang up ano
clutched Cleopatra by the arm.
''Thou hast betrayed me--by the Gods I
swear i'll Now thou shalt pay the pricer'
And snatching up his sword he drew it.
"Stay thy hand, Antony" she cried.
at is false-naught know CT thisi" And
she sprang upon him, aud chung about his
neck, weeping. "Naught know /, my Lord.
Take thou the wife OF Seleucus and his lit
tie children, whom / hold in guard, and
avenge thyself. o, Antony Antony why
lost thou doubt mel'
Then Antony threw down his sword upon
'he marble, and casting himself upon the
couch, hid his face, and groaned in bitter
ness Of spirit
But Charmion smiled, for she it was who
had sent secretly to Seleucus, her friend,
counseling him to surrender forthwith,
saying that at Alexandria would no fight be
made. And that very night Cleopatra took
all her great store Of pearls and emeralds--
those that remained of the treasure of Men
ka-ra-all her wealth of gold, ebony, ivory
and cinnamon, treasure without price, and
placed 1t in the mausoleum OF granite,
which, after our Egyptian fashion, she had
built upon the hill that is by the Temple Of
the holy Isis. These riches she piled up
upon bed of fax that when she fired IL
all might perish IN the flames and escape
the greed Of money.loving Octavianus. And
in this tomb henceforth she slept, away
from Antony; but in the day time still she
saw him at the palace.
But a little while after, when Caesar with
all his great force had already crossed the
Canopic mouth o. the Nile, and was hard
on Alexandra, came to the palace whittier
Cleopatra had summoned me. There ]
found her in the AlabGster Hall, royalty
clad, q wild light in her eyes, and with her !,
Iras and Charmion, and before her guards;
and stretched here and there upon the mar
BILE, bodies Of dead men, among whom lay
one yet dying
Correcting, thou Olymprsl" she cried.
Here is sight to glad a physicians heart
men dead and men sick unto DEATH"
"What doest thou, o Queenr" I said
affrighted.
"What do II 1 do Justice on these Grim
inals and traitors; and, Olympus,
learn the ways Of death. Six different
polsons have caused to be given to these
slaves, and with an attentive eye havs
watched their working That man," and
she pointed to Nubian, "he went mad and
raved of his native deserts and his mother.
He thought himself child again, poorfooli
and babe her hold him close to her breast
and save him from the darkness which
drew near. And that Greek, he shrieked,
and shrieking, died. And this he wept and
prayed for pity, and in the end, like cow
ard hreathed his last. Now, note the
Egyptian yonder, he who still lives and
groans; the first he took the draught-the
deadliest draught Of all, they e-and
yet tho slave so dearly loves his life h0 will
not leave It'll See, he yet strives to throw
the poison from him; twice have / given
him the cup, and yet he is athirst. What q
drunkard have we herel Man, man, know
est thou not that in death only can peace
be toundi Struggle no more, but enter into
rest" Aud even as she spoke, the man,
with great cry, gave up the spirit,
"Therel' she cried, ''at length the farceis
played-away with those slaves whom l
forced through the difficult gates of Joym
and she clapped her hands But when they
had drawn the bodies thence she drew me
to her and thus she spoke:
Olympus, for all thy prophesies, the end
is at hand. Caesar must conquer, and and
my Lord Antony be lost Now, therefore,
! the play being well nigh done, must make
/ ready to leave this stage Of earth in such
fashion as becomes Queen. For this cause,
then, do make trial of these poisons, see
ing that in my person must / soon endure
those agonies of death that to-day give to
others. These drugs please me not; some
wrench out the soul with cruel pains and
some too slowly work their end. But thou
art skilled in the medicines of death. Now,
do thou prepare me such draught as
shall, pangless, steal my life away" And
as listened the sense Of triumph filled my
bitter heart, for knew now that by my own
4 hand should this ruined woman die and the
justice of the Gods be done.
spoken like a Queen, o Cleopatrai' I
said. "Death shall cure thy Ills. and will
brew such wine as shall draw him down a
sudden friend and sink thee in a sea of
slumber whence, upon this earth, thou shalt
lever wake again. OH fear not Death.
As SHE SPOKE, TUE MAN, WITH GREAT CRY,
GAVE Up THE SPIRIT.
Death Is thy true frieni. and, surely, sin.
less and pure of hescf sha y hon pass into
the dreadful presy zee of u &sp'
/ She trembled. .N'And If ce, BART be not
altogether pure, .ea me I89 ark man
wi, wnat 6 them Nay lSear pilectr pdsi for II
queen it also. At the heun1 wing once
been royal, royal shall as go~
And as she spoke. - the pal
zee gates came tie noise