The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

this landl Begone! Begone!" "Ahr' cried Hippolytus. "Whither shall I turn
 me, banished on a charge of this kind
 who will receive such an outcast7'
 'Those," answered the King, "who will
 welcome to their home vile ravishers.
 1ol slaves, drag this felon from my presence" The slaves came forward to seize the prince. but Hippolytus turned upon them so fiercely that they hesitated, and he cried out They touch me at their rerill Thine own hand lift if you like. and drive me from this land-but no
 slave's hand shall touch Hippolytus." "I
 lift my hand, begonel" answered Thes-
 GUS.
 Slowly and sadly the young prince
 turned and passed out of the palace gatss
 between the statues of Artemis and Aphrodite Before the statue of Artemis he paused a moment in prayer. but gave
 no heed to the statue of the Cyprian Queen. Then he looked out over the fair land of gods and heroes and made his last farewell. "Lol I am driven forths branded as a caitiff," he cried. Fare
 well, great Athens farewell Frozen
 
 on our broad pallngsl This is the end. ths last word, the last look"
 As he stood there many of his youthful
 friends and some of his chosen huntsmen
 who remained faithful to him in spite of the great crime with which he was charged, came to him and declared that they believe in his innocence and would | share his exile. Hippolytus and his fol- | lowers went away toward the seashore.
 which lay about three miles off. Not long after a messenger came rum ming in haste and agitation to the pal- ace demanding to see the King. Just ss l the messenger was making his demand | the gates opened and the King came out
 and asked what his news was. Your | son Is dead" answered the messenger. l How did he die?" coldly asked Theseus. His own wild team of horses destroyed him" Unanswered the man, "and 1t was 1 in reply to thy prayer to Poseidon which | was uttered in the hearing of us all but | now in the palace" "Ah," replied the | King, mot in vain do I call Poseidon father. Well. tell me how the death oc- cured, the detail of 1t. I would know | in what manner Poseidon fulfilled his | promise"
 Then the man told how the friends who remained faithful to Hippolytus had awaited him with his chariot and | his two fiery steeds at the seashore. The Prince thanked them and said that | he would go forth alone. not desiring | to drag his friends into exile. He mounted the chariot and drove away as they, in tears, stood watching him. | Suddenly, as the Prince drove along | the beach, a sea monster came out of the waves and frightened the horses. In spite of the splendid strength and | skill of the Price the steeds became 1 unmanageable and finally-the sea 1 monster ever pursuing and keeping the steeds in fright-he was dashed over a cliff and killed. Bring the | body here. Let me see his face" said
 the King. Some pity for mine own | blood moves me-"
 The King re-entered the palace and | was alone in his chamber when there appeared to him the goddess Artemis. | She told him the whole story of the | love of Phaedra and of her revenge. Bewildered and dumfounded, Fheseus
 listened to the words of the goddess and when finally he comprehended all he
 cried: 70 goddess, let me dier Just
 as the monarch made this cry there
 came in throng of attendants sup porting Hippolytus-not dead, as the
 messenger had reported, but hurt unto death. So father and son, now under standing each other, forgave and blessed each other, and the Prince died | in his fathers armU. The Goddess of
 Love had taken full vengeance for her neglected shrine.
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