The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-09-12

An0 cast me HUH INC tuFOho. Anu uOW
mark the issue Though he must murder
me, In secret this Harmachis loved me, and
something thereof guessed. A little, for
the sake of his beauty and his wit, had l
striven to draw him TO me; and for the love
Of man Cleopatra never strove In vain.
Therefore when, with the dagger in his
robe, he came to STAY me, matched my
charms against his WILL and need tel you,
being men and women, how won: Oh,
mover can I forget the look IN the eyes Of
that fallen man, that forsWOrn priest, that
liscrowned king, when, lost in the popped
drought, | saw him SINK into that shameful
sleep whence no more might he wake with
honorI And, thereafter-till, In the end, /
wearie6 OF him, and his sad, learned mind,
for his guilty soul forbade him to be gay
little did come TO care for him, though
not to love. But he, he who loved me, chung
to me as adrunkard to the cup which ruins
him Deeming that | should wed him, he
betrayed TO me the secret Of the hidden
wealth of the pyramid Hcr-for at the time
much needed treasure together we
dared the terrors Of the tomb and drew it
forth, even from dead Pharaoh's breast
See, this emerald was II part thereofr' and
she pointed 10 the great scarabnus that
she had drawn from the holy heart Of
Menka-ra And because of what was
written in the tomb, aud of that Thing
which we saw III tho tomb; ah, pest upon
itwhy does its memory haunt me now
and also because Of policy, for | would fain
have won tho love OF the Egyptians, was
minded to marry this Harlnachis and de-
clare his place and lineage TO the world !;
aye, and by his aid hold Egypt from the
Roman. For Delllus had then come to call
me to Antony, and after much thought 1
determined to send hi:n back with sharp
words. But on that very morning, as l
tired me for the Court, came Charmion
yonder, and this told her, for would see
how the matter fell upon her mind Now
mark, Olympus, the power of jealousy, that
little wedge which VT hath strength 10
rcnd the tree Of empire, that secret sword
which can fashion the fate of
kingsl This she could in nowise
bear deny it, Charlnion, if thou
canst, for now it is clear to me!)-that the
man she loved should be given to me as
husband, me, whom he loved! And there
fore, with more skill and wit than can tell,
she reasoned with me, showing that should
by no means do this Thug, hut journey un-
to Antony; and for that, Charmion, thank
thee, now that all is come and gone. And
by very little her words weighed down
my scale Of Judgment against Harmachis,
and to Antony went Thus it is that
through the jealous spleen Of yonder fair
| Charmion, and the passion Of man where
on played as on Tyre, all these things have
| come to pass. For this cause doth Oetavian
, sit King in Alexandria; for this cause is
Antony discrowned and dead; and for this
cause must, !, too, die tonight! Ali
| Charmion Charmion thou hast much to
| answer for; thou hast changed the story
of the world; and yet, even now, would
not have it otherwisen
She pauscd awhile, covering her eyes with
! her hand; and, looking, saw great tears
upon the cheek of Charmion.
"And Of this Harmachisf / asked
"Where IS he now, o Queen"
"Where is he! In Amenti, forsooth, max
ing his peace with Isis, perchance Al
Tarsus saw Antony and loved him; and
from that moment loathed the sight OF the
! Egyptian, and swore to make an end OF
him; for lover done with should be 8
lover dead. And, being jealous, he spoke
some words of evil omen, even at the
Feast of the Pearl; and on the same nigh
would have slain him, but before the deet
was done he was gone"
"And whittier was he gomez"
"Nay; that know notL Brennus, he whit
led my guard, and last year sailed North L
join his own people, Brennus sworc he saw
! him float to the skies; but in this matter
misdoubted me of Brennus, for methinks h,
loved the man. Nay, he sank off Cyprus
and was drowned; perchance Charmion car
tell us howl"
"Naught can I tell thee, o Queen; Har
machis is lost"
sand well lost, Charmion, for he was al
evil man to play with; aye, though I bet
tered him say it! Well, he served m,
purpose; but loved him not, and even nov
I fear him; though, thanks be to God, a
thou sayest, he Ii lost, and can no more b.
found.n
But |, listening, put forth my strength
and, by the arts have, cast the shadow o
my Spirit upon the Spirit of Cleopatra S
that she felt the presence of the lost Har
machis.
"Nay, what is iu" she said. "By Scraps
Igrow afraid 1t seems to me that fee
Harmachis herel His memory o'erwhelm
me like food of waters, and he this TEL
years dead. Oh at such time 1t is un
holy!"
"Nay, o Queen" answered. IF ne b
dead then he is everywhere, and well a
such time, the time of thy own death
may his Spirit draw near TO welcome thin
at its going.n
"Spcak not thus, Olympus. No nor
would / see Harmachis; the count bctwee
US is too heavy, and in another world tina
\ this more evenly, perchance, should we
matched. All, the terror passesl / wa
but unnerved, Well, the knave's stor
hath served to while away that heaviest c
our hours, the hour which ends in dealt
Sing to me, Charmion, sing, for thy voice
very sweet, and fain would | sOothe m
soul to sleep. The memory of that Hal
machis hath wrung me Strangely Sins
then, the last song that shall hear frol
those tuneful lips Of thine, the last of 6
many songs"
"1is a sad hour for song, o Queen' sal
Charmon; but, nevertheless, she took he
harp and sang, and thus she sang, yer
soft and low, the song Of the Syria
Meleager:
Tears for my lady dead,
Helodore
Salt tears and strange to ahed,
Over and DER.
"Go tears and low lament
FIRE from her tomb;
Wend where my lady went
Down through the gloom
~Sighs for my lady dead,
Tears do | send,
Long love remembered,