The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-05-16

and, rs thy fathers did, set up thy throne in
the white walls of Memfi For tell thee
that for Egypt Alexandria Is but splendid
gate Of ruin, and while 1t endures all MI
lions Of the earth shall march through it to
the plumber Of the land, and all false faiths
shall nestle in It and breed the overthrow
of Egypt's Gods"
Imade no answer, for there was truth in
his words. And yet to me the city seemed
very fair to lool, ON. After we had eaten,
my uncle told me it was now time to set
out TO view the march of Cleopatra, rs she
went in triumph TO the shme OF Scraps.
For although she would not pass till with
in two hours Of the midday, vet these peo-
pie of Alexandra have so great love If
shows ana idling that had we not presently
set forth by no means could we have come
through the press of the multtudes who
were already gathering along the highways
where tho Queen must ride So we went
out to take our place upon stand, fashioned
of timber, that had been built at the side of
the great road which pierces through the
city, even to the Canopic Gate. For there
in my uncle had purchased right to enter,
and that dearly.
through the great crowds that were al
ready gathered in the streets, till we
reached the scaffoding of timber, which
was rooted in with IN awning and gayly
hung with scarlet cloths. Here we seated
ourselves upon a bench and waited for
some hours, watching the multitude press
past, shouting, singing and talking loudly
IN many tongues. At longth came soldiers
to clear the road, clad, after the Roman
fashion, in coats Of chain armor. After
them marched heralGs enjoining silence
(whereat the populace sang and shouted all
the more loudly, and crying that Cleo
pa;ra, the Queen, was coming. Then fol
lowed Il thousand Ciliclan skirmishers, q
thousand Thracians, a thousand Macedo
mans, and thousand Gauls, each armed
after the fashion of their own country
| Then passed five hundred men of those
who are C. He'd the Fenced Horsemen, for
both men and horses were altogether GOV
cred with armor Next came youths and
maidens sumptuously draped and wearing
golden crowns, and with them images sym
| bolzing Day and Night, Morning and Noon
the Heavens and the Earth. After these
came many fair women pouring perfumes
! on he road. and others scattering bloom
| ing flowers. Now there rose q great shout
of "Cleopatra Cleopatra" and held my
4 breath and bent forward to see her WhC
( dared to put on the robes Of Isis.
But at that moment the multitude 81
gathered and thickened in front of where
was that | could no longer clearly see. 81
/ in nv eagerness leapt over the barrier o
the sculfolding, and, being very strong
pushed my way through the crowd till
reached the foremost rank. And, as l dit
SO, Nubian slaves armed with thick stave
aud crowned with IVY leaves ran up, strik
I ing tho people. One man more especially
for he YVES giant, and, being strong, was
iusolcnt beyond measure, shifting the PEG
pie without cause, as, indeed, is the wont o.
low persOns set in authority. For nigh Il
mestood woman, an Egyptian by her face
bearing child in her arms, whom the man
seeing that she was weak struck on thu
head with his rod so that she fell prone, ant
the people murmured. But my blood
rushed of a sudden through my veins at thu
sight, and drowned my reason. In m!
hand / held staff of olive wood iron
Cyprus, and as the black brute laughed a
lht S4s5uu u lllt SIl hOu NplAlsAh sbiu nv
babe rolling on the ground, | swung th
staff aloft and smote. So shrewdly did
strike that the tough rod split upon tn
giants shoulders aud the blood spurte,
forth, staining his trailing leaves Of ivy
Then, with a shrek of pain and fury-fo
those who smite love not that the.
be smitten-did he turn ald sprinI
at mel And all the people rount
gave back, save only the woman VIII
could not rise, leaving us twain in Il ring, a
it were On he came with Al rush, and, as h
came, being now mad, smote him with m
clenched fist between the eyes, havinl
naught else wherewith to smite, and b
staggered like an OK beneath the first bloy
of the priests axe. Thereat the peopl
shouted, for they love to see fight, and tn
man was known to them as a gladiator vic
torious in the games. Gathering up hi
strength, the knave came on with an oath
and, whirling his heavy staff on high, struc
at me in such q fashion that, had ! not b
nimbleness avoided the blow, l had surel
been slain. But as it CHANGED, the staff hi
upon the ground, and so heavily that it fey
in fragments. Thereon again the multitud
shouted, and the great man, blind wit