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, branch os the river Nile.
After AL OF the incidents reIss~I
ed above Cleopatra stood . gads
chance 20 come into fuIl poser ~
ruler o. Egypt. Caesar still acted
az her partner. TIE youngest
brother Cleopatra had wuz made
ruler ov the island on Cyprus when
be wux but eleven years ov age on
course that wnx mere trick 20 fool
the public. The boy wax poisoned >
short time later HEx younger sister
waz sent 10 Rome. that she mite not
acquire any partlsans nor enemies
in Egypt.
Up TO this time Caesar lad con
tlnned 70 reside IN Egypt With the
protested intention ov settiin' the
affairs oy the country upon . salts
factory basis. But hit soon became
notorious fact that degradin' at
tachment for Cleopatra wuz the bond
that held him 80 close In the Egyp-
tian capital. He finally began TO re-
eeiye notes warnin' him that he had
best change hiz style oy livln'. But
Caesar wuz not built for runnn' and
he didn't. BY this time Syria start
ed war against Egypt an the ser
vices oy Caesar became indispensable
in Egypt He led the troops in tri-
umph after triumph and soon sup
pressed the revolt In Syria. Then
the natives OF. Africa began to need
attention an Caesar and hiz season
ed troops soon put the finishin
! touches upon the rebeilious Afri-
! cans. He defeated the armies ov
Cato an ov the king ov Numidia in
/ the celebrated battle ov Thapsus.
/ After this he proceeded to put down
a rebellion in Spain which wuz said
i to have been promoted by Pompsy.
+ When these wars ended Caesar left
/ Egypt and spent some time in Rome.
But he couldn't forget Cleopatra, the
beautiful Egyptian queen, and he
finally began steps to remove certain
obstacles which stood in the way ov
maxim Cleopatra hiz wife. But in
| the year A B. c., Caesar wuz muir
dered by a band ov conspirators
/ headed by Cassius an Brutus. This
act not only weakened Egypt, but
awlso Rome, an for some time
Rome wuz adrift SO far az real gov
eminent wuz concerned. Antony,
Lepidus and Octavious, three prom
inent Romans, formed a plan to
/ avenge the death ov Caesar; but hit
liz generally thought that the three
men each secretly aspired to the
! throne. This coalition finally went
to pieces. A little later, when the
l.! battle ov Phillippi wuz fought, An
tony made hit az military leader.
At the first opportunity he went to
Syria an made the impression that
! he wuz the master ov Rome. When
! he reached Tarsus he officially mott
/ fed Cleopatra that she must leave
the throne ov Egypt an appear in
person before him. The beautiful
! queen probably had doubts about
what wuz on foot. But she had not
/ lost faith in her own personal charms
an she soon decided to obey what
some mite hev regarded az a rude
order to be directed to the queen ov
an important country. Like anvil
women, Cleopatra had plenty ov curl
osity, an the fact that she gave any
attention to the order wuz proof that
she merely wished to get into what
promised to be great game ov some
kind. Antony had stood by Caesar,
and that fact awlso had a ,bearin'
on her present course. The meetin'
Il
| hev been somethin' to talk about
| Costly presents were exchang-
eg, presents that meant the value ov
small kingdom, an there wuz great
feasts and other ceremonies. But
queenly power, great beauty and un-
limited wealth did not crafty the
vanity of Cleopatra. Her sister,
Arisinoe wuz loemin' up az rival in
beauty an power, an she secretly
! planned the death of her beautiful
sister in order that Arisinoe should
I. hev no opportunity to get ahead ov
her in a race for the affections ov
Antony. Like Caesar, Antony wuz
lost amidst the fascinatin' manners
of Cleopatra. He soon divorced hiz
i Vile OctaV1a, most excellent wo-
man, in order to form an alliance
with Cleopatra. Havin' subdued hiz
enemies in the east, he returned to
Rome to oppose the then CROWN
power ov Octavianus, which hiz own
misconduct had tended to enlarge.
Had Anthony proceeded to Rome
| without delay Octavianus mite hev
been overthrown, but he listened too
! long to the subtle voice ov Cleo
patra; in fact, the two did but little,
except sit upon a sofa an both nib
bic at the same candy gum drops
To add to the general disaster, An
tony risked a naval battel near Ac-
tium an hiz fleet wuz destroyed, and
, he fed to Alexandria. Cleopatra wuz
awlmost heart-broken on account ov
I tho dofnot isas