The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-04
With the Long Bolu
--"Hys nstrrs's waks. shoot folly n Aiss."
Bye nstrrs's walks, sho

Incident in the Lives Of Antony and Cleopatra In Which the
Roman Bit on Bait Carefully Laid for Him by the
Lass Unparalleled ss%e-
ecene-cepatra barge anchored the Nile; pyramids in
the distance and mummies the foreground. .;.rs5
personae-Ceopatra, Antony, Ias, Charmion,
slaves sailors and others.
Scene CLEOPATRA is seated careessy under frnged
canopy tanning Present, ras and Charmion,
ladies in waiting)
rLEoPATRA Iras and Charmion, my good friends,
~ Attend whilst unfold monstrous deep, unnatural
plot ,..-. z1< <
Against the peace dignity Of that old SPORT
sweet Antony.
. Ias Prithee dear lady say at once thy tale, " -. ~
Thy loving servants become general
To gather in details < " @:' ~ =
Cleo. I thank you gentle friends
WELL then, thou dost recall '~, - 2&""'
How that yestereen that noble braggart Antony ~
Didst worldly depose that he Of fishermen
Was easily the paragon; ..@.. p. -.
And ddst such mighty and presumptious boasts
That the very gods themselves on high Olympus
D1dst stir uneasily. :"t# ""
Char o, madam, we indeed do well recall it.
Cleo. did slave to Aexandra's largest grocery send
There to procure Goldfish salt -".
Drawn from the teeming foods that ebb and toss
BY old Newfoundland.
You notice how by royal right place the accent the
do propose to anchor In the stream -..
And test that braggart Antony's fine skill
At taking fnny prey from the swift food.
Iras Madam, tits good
Cleo. And better is to come
I do propose to anchor in the stream have said
And to this that Antony the great;
The mighty fsher cast his line
On the uprver side. Thence his bait will float
Beneath the boat where my too willing slave '%~>
Will dive for it and hitch thereto ...
Yon Goldfish salt.
Iras and Charmion 0, most excellent!
Cleo. And Antony, all unaware -.
OF the deep plot in depths of river buried,
Will drag from the smooth-fowing and unending tide
fnny monster of the deep, salt dried and mummied,
To make Roman holiday. ...- : -. go. ,-r>;
Charmion. O, excellent and most excellent
= Iras. do foresee in Antony sweet queen , -
IF he do bite, royal mark -: T..
Cleo. Meier fear lest he refuse to bite, dear Iras
With quick and trenchant nbble that will put shame
The mighty cod the very king of Roman fish.
Enter Antony.
Cleo. Good morrow, noble sir, and again, good
Ant Sweet queen, with thee
ALI morrows not only good
But better. gG2 u -. *r,u.
Cleo. O Roman Aatterer!
H. Ant. Nay, nay sweet queen!
To you most subtitle and deep hattery ., :. -.
Must fail to compass half the truth
Cleo Antony, dear my lord,
Bite thou it off, must beseach thee, =: ~
Lest should slap thee
For would thy most attentive and pussant notice call
To yonder fshline's crookedhooked bated length;
Make good thy boast Of yeereen and from the eeming
Of ancient Nlus draw the reluctant deep lying fish,
Some fnny monster to rejoice eyes e.
And furnish breakfast. <G -.
H. Ant. Fair lady and most fair, ..:.
l do but cast the hook, the gods provide the fish.
Cleo In that then, results must show
The gods opinion of my Antony.
rt.s Antony casts the line which
the boat. slave the hook other
the barge attaches the salt Goldfish thereto and jerks
u the line) H.. - -; = ,..:.
RI Ant. Ye gods whale!
Cleo He bteth like leviathan
aMethinks.@ -. >..~ ....
(Antony pulls in and falls over back
wards in astonishment Loud laughter by the queen
a. and the ladies in waiting)
y Cleo. Now by my halidom,
The Roman gods have shown to Antony
Distinguished favor And to his mighty and puissant
piscatoral art
Old Nilhs yieldeth tribute - -. :.
Dear my lord, thy line hath reached
10 Gloucester, Massachusetts, " '"% .'~ ~..
(Anthony retres to the cabin and sulks until
e. breakfast) -: Il ;..3~* ~:.,.*s. ~
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The other day appalled, We have forgotten Just
at what but recall plainly that appalled,
will look around carefully you find something also
which to be appalled, is BEST however, after you
once been appalled, to forget it. Continual appament
wearing and accompishes little But recall plainly that
there something or other at which appalled,
The Fargo Forum tells of girl in that who was as
much surprised as her mama was -
Didn't hear young Swiftleigh kissing you last night
Ethelq'' -
~ shouldn't wonder if you did, mama ~ - :. ~~f
x- 1sWell, am surprsed'' II. ~
$50 T. 7 thought it would take him at least week
longer .~" = A.: = Ss>s& sE':s
The Shaw Kan. Star and Argus tells how old Alb How
around making great heoneo