The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-06-27

magic against thine, and nave Conquerce-.
But | will be open with thee. Both as
Queen and woman thou hast my pity-ay,
and more; nor do love to see thee plunged
in sorrow. Well was it and right that thou
shouldst strive to win back that throne my
father seized, and the ancient liberty OF
Egypt Myself as a lawful Queen had done
the same, nor shrunk from the deed OF
darkness whereto was sworn. Therein,
then, thou hast my sympathy, that goes
ever out to what is great and bold. Wellis
it also that thou shouldst grieve over
the greatness of thy fall Therein,
then, as woman---as loving woman-thou
hast my sympathy. Nor is all lost. The
plan was foolish-for, as l hold, Egypt
never might have stood alone; for though
thou hadst won the crown and country, as
without doubt thou must have done, yet
was there the Roman to be rockoned with.
And for thy hope learn this: Little am l
known. There is no heart in this wide land
that beats with truer love for ancient
Kbem than does this heart Of mine; nay,
not thine own, Harmachis. But heavily
have been shackled heretofore, for wars,
rebellons, envies, plots have hemmed me
my people as l would. But thou, Har-
machis, shalt show me how. Thou shalt be
my counselor and my love. Is it q little
thing, o Harmachis, to have won the heart
of Cleopatra, that heart-fie on theel-that
thou wouldst have stilled9 Ay, thou shalt
unite me to my people, and together will we
reign, linking thus in one the new kingdom
and the old. Thus do all things work for
good-ay, for the very best-and thus, by
another and eentler road, shalt thou climb
TO Pharaoh is throne.
''See thou this, Harmachis. thy treachery
shall be cloaked about as much as may be.
Was it, then, thy fault that Roman
knave betrayed thy plans9 that, thereon,
thou vast drugged, thy secret papers
stolen and their key guessed! Will it,
then, be blame to thee that, the great
plot being broken and those who built it
scattered, thou, still faithful to thy trust,
didst serve thee of such means as Nature
gave thee, and win the heart Of Egypts
Queen, that, through her gentle love, thou
highest yet attain thy ends and spread
thy wings of power across the rolling Nilet
Am l an il-counselor, thinkest thou,
Harmachism
lifted my head, and q ray of hope crept
into the darkness of my heart; for when
men fall they grasp at feathers. Then, for
the first time, spoke
sand those with me-those who trusted
me-what Of themm
say" she answered, "Amenemhat, thy
father, the aged Priest of Abydos; and
Sepa, thy uncle, that fiery patriot whose
great heart is hid beneath so common q
shell of form; and"
Methought she would have said Char
mion, but she named her not.
sand many others-oh, know them ALL"
"Ayl" l said, ''what of thems"
''See thou, Harmachis," she answered,
raising and placing her hand upon my arm,
"for thy sake will show mercy to them.
No more will do than must be done. l
swear by my throne and by all the Gods Of
Egypt that not one hair of thy aged fathers
head shall be harmed by me; and, if it be
not too late, thy uncle Sepa will also
spare, ay, and the others. / will not do as
did my forefather Epiphaues, who, when
the Egyptians rose against him, dragged
ATKINS, Pausiras, Chesuphus and lrobash-
tus, bound TO his chariot-not as Achilles
dragged Hector, but yet living-round the
city walls. will spare them all, save the
Hebrews, if there be any Hebrews; for the
Jews hate"
"There are no Hebrews" snd.
SIT is WE'LL" she said, "for no Hebrew
will ever spare. Am then, indeed, so
cruel women as they sayi In thy list, o
Harmachis, were many doomed to die; and
I have but taken the life of one Roman
knave, Q double traitor, for he betrayed
both me and thee. Art thou not over
whelmed, Harmachis, with the weight Of
mercy which give thee, because-such are
woman's reasons-thou pleasest me, Har.
machisi Nay, by serapisr' she addeo