The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-19

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sung and their names be honored.
You say that you and your
followers are seeking a new home:
rest here! Carthage welcomes all
gallant men within her walls!
Here there shall be no distinc-
ton between C~arthaginian and Trojan.
Your people shall be my people, and
my people shall be yours. Abide in
Of your ambition!"
And then the queen ordered a great
feast prepared In honor Of her guests;
but before the feast there were athletic
games, such as the people Of that age
INDUCED In. at which the men Of Garth
age and the followers of Aeneas con-
tended on equal terms. The whole city
gave itself up to festivity, and the
storm-beaten Trojans were led to for
get their distress.
In the evening the feast was spread
In the great hall OF the palace, and
Queen Dido made Aeneas sit beside her
on her throne. Then. while the festivi-
ties went on around them, she babe him
tell her the story Of his escape from
Troy and his adventures before the
storm drove him to Carthage.
This. most noble queen" said
Aeneas. rs how It happened. For ten
years had the Greeks. led by Agamem-
non. Menelaus. Achilles and the rest,
sought In vain to capture Troy. Many
a great and glorious struggle had tax.
en- place upo the plains before the city,
and many a brilliant deed Of arms had
been done by warriors on both sides.
But strategy accomplished what
valor had failed to do, and when our
people hauled within the gates a great
wooden horse that the Greeks had left
upon the plain our doom was sealed.
That wooden horse was filled with some
or the bravest Of our enemies, and at
night a traitor opened its side and
urned the warriors loose upon our un-
suspecting people.
"~Straightway these warriors opened
the city gates to their soldiers and Troy
was taken. Then followed all the hor-
rors Of fire. pillage and massacre, in
the midst Of which 1 managed to find
my way out OF the city. bearing my
rather. Anchises. upon my shoulders,
and leading my little son by the hand.
Close after me followed my wife, but
she. elias! was soon swept away in the
confusion and utterly lost.
Some others escaped. also, and when
encountered them some distance from
the city. they placed themselves under
guidance and command. The fugi-
tives. as you see. were men, women and
children. and I determined to seek a
new country and establish a colony,
perhaps build a city that might rival
fair Troy.
I'm time we secured ships and set
sail. meeting with various adventures
on our way. We first landed on the
shores Of Thrace. but the gods sent me
q warning. and we took ship again.
Then sighting Delos. I sailed into Its
harbor. and having gone ashore. I con-
suited the oracle OF Apollo for guidance.
THE oracle answered me In ambigu-
phrase. as oracles always do: Seek
your ancient mother: there the race Of
Aeneas shall dwell. and reduce all 9th.
er nations to their sway
Il knew not where to ind my an
Client mother but Anchises, my father.
that Crete was the reputed
home Of my ancestors. To Crete. there.
fore. we sailed. and having landed. we
began to build a city, but sickness
broke out among my people. our crops
utterly failed. and I had a dream in
which I was warned to seek Hesperia,
In the west. whence Dardanus. the real
founder Of the Trojan race. had mi |
grated.
Leaving Crete. therefore. we turned |
our ships toward the west. Having
touched at various points. and met with |
many strange adventures. we at last
the coast OF Sicily. over against |
your W good city OF Carthage.
with. fair winds. clear skies. smooth |
water and hopeful hearts. we were
speeding away prosperously toward our
when Juno. whose resent
ment against Paris for awarding the
Golden Apple to Venice extends to the |
whole Trojan race, sent for Aeolus, the |
ruler Of the winds. and ordered him to
loose a gale upon u ships and
wreck them.
1T was that storm. o queen, through |
we struggled as we neared this |
h%ospitable shore. Nc doubt you mar.
veled at the suddenness with which Il
subsidized; but know o that 1t was
great Neptune that quieted the waves.
the storm raging. and know
Ing that he had not ordered one. he
looked from under the water and babe
the winds go back to their keeper.
"Then 1t was that we sailed through
smooth water to your fair city. where
you and your people have SO royalty
u.s."
And here you shall remain. noble
Aeneas, IL II please you for whatever
ask you shall have. even to the half
If my kingdom. ! beg you to seek not
hat unknown country. Hesperia; be
with Carthage, for here you
'hall have riches, luxury and power"
Who will wonder that Aeneas accept
ID the generous queens offer? And
when she gave him her hand and made
aim her royal consort. he ceased to
.hink Of Hesperia and the mysterious
he had received In his dream.
But the hands Of the gods were upon
his noble Trojan. for 1t had been de-
that his race should found the
lily Of Rome. In Hesperia. or Italy, as
t Is now called. n Jupiter sent Mer-
'ury to remind him Of the great destiny
hat had been predicted for him.
Surrounded by luxury, wealth, power,
owe and all the allurements that en-
mare a mans ambition. he was content
o remain In Carthage with his beauti.