Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-06

the common people, holding her.
self and class as far superior
and even when forced to come
in contact with one of the poor and
lowly it made her shudder. She held
that the noble few who had wealth,
refinement and learning were born to
be served by the poor and lowly, who
wera expected to remain so nor desire
otherwise.
She could not see why anyone
should love and reverence One who was
the son of carpenter and had been
crucified which was a great degrada-
tion.
While her idea of being to be wor-
shipped was one to be feared, must al
ways be prooitiated and had not lived
and moved uCon this earth as one of
the meek and lowly.
Hypatia had attracted to her school
a young monk named Philamon, who
had come from the desert With high
ideas of his ability to convert the
world. He had never seen a woman
till he came to Alexandria, and had
been warned of them on his departure
from the desert. never to look upon
the face of a woman as she was the
fruits of the devil, the author of all
evil, forgot all these when he saw the
first one and thought them all beau
tiful.
He soon estranged himself from the
priests, went to HyDatia's school to
contradict her teachings, thinking to
begin his conversion of the world with
her, remained to study and worship
her, and with his Greek thirst for
knowledge soon became her brightest
and favorite pupil
Orestes aspired to be Emperor of
Africa, offers HyDatia his hand and
though she scorns marriage, comparing
a wife to a slave, she desires the power
which he promises to restore the wor-
ship of the gods and consents to the
sacrifice Of herself.
Orestes desires and does hold a great
entertainment for the people consist
ing of games, combats and wild beasts,
as was formerly the custom to keep the
people in good humor.
Hypatia reluctantly consents to a
slaughter of prisoners by gladiators.
While for time during the enter
tainment it seemed the old thirst for
blood had returned, the reaction came
when the young monk sprang upon the
stage to save his sister from whom he
had been separated from childhood,
from further degradation. She
dressed only in "a cestus, a girdle OF
rich Jewels. had just finished dance
of Aphrodite, the goddess of love fab
led TO have been born of the sea and
the ideal of female charm and grace.
The spell of the old games was brok-
en- and people looked at one another
with shame that they could ever have
been tempted to enjoy the old barbar-
GUS cugLOIlS, anu OICoUCo anu ilJ 0e'Ni"
realized the scheme had failed,
Cyril and his hoard of priests were
aroused to fury at the attempt to re-
store the worship of the gods and at
tributing it to Hypatia, determined on
her death.
The next day. she had the courage
even though warned her life was in
danger, to go to her school to bid fare
well to her pupils when the infuriated
mob of priests and monks dragged hel
from her chariot, into the old Caesar
cum, now the church Of God himself
right up to the altar and there stripped
naked, they cut her to pieces with oys
ter shells and burnt her Diecemeal.
While Cyril may not have been thu
instigator of her murder, it was don'
by officers Of his church and there
seems to be little reason to doubt hi
real completely and Cyril suffered TO
her murder. as wise men are wont u
do when they err, 10 this very day AM
hour.