The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-23

Worso-Son9ueRoRS Toann>.
Act and Intense Ren~s~a
nRoF, BENJAMIN IDE wHrr1r
j OF Cornell university, who ~. s...ss
been offered the pressssncy - =
University OF California. is the sasA,.
an article entitled Alexander & ~
and In Love" n the July censurv =
he tells OF his killing cli;as. ana Ii -
rage 10 Roxane. Al Sanarkana. Z, d 80
IA honor OF Dsoaysas. the brilliant 60
man ssanssd the king. being provss..
thereto by certain coursiers:
''Clisus' friends. In hope Of p-evsn,s,,
collision. hurried him out OF TIE roam 80
Pvolen,y led him away out OF the $3.50
and beyond the rnost: but his fate s,s -. -
folly OF wine drew him back. In nua-,.~.
he had entered at another side az ~ -
quoting hall. and raising the PORTER. -,
hung before the door. stood siet,an.sv -.
chanting in tone OF reckless ehaus,..
Esur.psdes' verses o. discomfort sryr -.
'Andromaehe.'
Alas. in Greece how IL things crue,.1
When trophies rise for victories In war
the deed. "a
But give alone TO him who led the r....
"A few words brought TIE isnpor, 4, -.
weii-known passage. The apaarisinn. !.
the doorway was sudden as the ehsl,.,..
was insulting. Quick as a fash taa -
pesnons king snasoAsd a spear from =.
hands OF a guard and hurled i; al thu A..
are by the raised curtain. The deed M,
done. The friead OF his Childhood. hl. n.
companion and rsscuer. lay gaspsng on. In
life.
Quick came the rebound from TIE furv
OK anger tn a passion Of remerse. A,es.s.
der bent by the side OF the PROSTATE bo.,
drew out the fatal spear. and would Aass
turned 1t against himself. eut his eornpss.
Ions seized him and led him away By tons
to his chamber. There he lay shroash Ia
nigh, and through the day. writing m Ia
torment Of remorse and self-reprsaeh Nov
he would call Ciitas by name az n "a
awake him from death, now implors h,s
forgiveness, now chiie himself as mnr.
derer Of his friends. now cali the name al
his nurse Laniee. Clisus' sister, and, q &
she We're present. abuse himself In al.
accusation before her: How IL have
repa.c thee. kindly toster-mother, Zoe An
thy care In rearing me. Thy sons ,hca
hast given 10 die IN my behalf; thy brother
l have slain with mine own hand When
the first storm Of grief had spent is,sa.
he lay st.il upon his bed, neither eating
nor drinking. nor aitering word.
so for three days. until the fear spsesd
through the camp that he nigh, become DE-
mented. Men came to plead with lin
that he should face his work aud %,
his grief behind him: but he listened to
none of them, TIL finally 'specinus plsss
tuees Of kismet and predestinatson b<rzs
TO soothe. and = scphistic Greek lnfusea
a baleful balm. reminding the suecssunr II
Darius tina; emperors stand above obllga-
ton and above law Still the de<d ~
NAMED burden upon his soul. and he
memory Of II seems to have embi,iered The
remainder OF his life. Perhaps II add
something OF the hardness We cannot fai
TO note creeping In upon his temper dur
Ing the latter years. Continuous life Ia
the hard experience Of war. coupled Hi!h
the unnatural exc.tements OF risk aaa
enormous success, might well have bsea
expected 10 show their effects In his char.
acter; but this incident alone cannot b.
made. prominent N II has been in tie se-
counts Of his life. to carry the whole n
Eument"