El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-17

: monarchy. The youthful queen was
| compelled to fly, but later on, naVlns
! assembled an army Of her own, she
/ Pr epared to attack Alexandria IL We
! at this critical juncture that CaeS9I
! reached that capital, in pursuit OF ms
/ defeated rival. the elder POmpey- on
/ his arrival the head Of Pompey, en-
I balmed in the highest style OF ESyP-
tiOn art was handed TO MIN py tll
! willy POthinus who had IreacnerOu SIy
/ murdered the Unfortunate soldier WI y
/ the latter sought asylum at the heiii'.s
I CT the people who he deemed ms
/ friends
In this situation of affairs it was OF
/ utmost necessity from Cleopatra :
point of view that she should enllst
( Caesar as her partisan; for, if he
elected to espOuse the cause OF hcf
/ brother, she could hardly nope 70 re-
/ gain the throne. Accordingly, she de-
/ cided upon a daring and lngenleus
! strategem. Setting sail from the y
] rian coast in a small skiff with only
I one companion, a faithful Sleiliah
named ApOllOdOrus, she entered INC
harbOr of Alexandria IN the HlluuIS
of the, night. and landed at a pier
close by one of the lesser gates OF
the royal palace.
Gives Caesar Surprise.
Before dfsembarking from the boat
she got into a large sack OF coarse
cloth. of the kind ordinarily USED TOT
packing merchandise. and. thus con-
cealed was carried by AppOllOdOruS on
his back to the apartments occupied
by Caesar. Doubtless this was rem
dered mere easy by the fact that the
young queen had lived nearly all %
her life in the palace, and was wen
acquainted with all parts OF the vast
Building.
The establishment OF Caesar when his
fair visitor disclosed herself can easily
De imagined- Cleopatra was then IN
her 10th year, and at the very height
OF neF cnar ms Her voice, Re are UOll-
sounded like sweetest music, ard she
spoke variety of languages, with
correctness and ease. She could, it was
said, assume all characters at will
Wnlcn all alike became her-and the
impression made by her beauty was
confirmed by the fascinating brilliancy
Of her conversation
caesar was VIGOROUSLY susceptible
70 the attractions of the gentler sex,
ana II is scarce surprising that in
this instance he should have sue
cumbed. Next day he summoned the
young king and representative CitI-
zens OF Alexandra before him. and
made arrangements for the restoration
OF peace. stipulating that Cleopatra
should have her share of the throne
For quite a while thereafter Caesar
remained at the Egyptian court. and
Cleopatra bore him a son. who was
called CaeSarlOn- Another brother Of
nerS. only "A years old was placed
on the throne with her for reasons
Of political eNpediency, but she got
rid Of him b. poison In the mean
LiTe the Roman commander was re-
duced to such a condition of infatua-
tlOn that he neglected everything for
MS royal mistress. deVOting himself
with her 10 life Of luxurious idleness,
and his friends in the city by the Thor
could not even get a letter from him.
At length the murmurs in the RO-
man senate became so loud that Caesar
returned to Rome But he took Cleo
patra with him-this being in the yeal
20 before the Christian era-and es-
tablished her in a villa Of his own on
the right bank of the Tiber. There.
in the following sumner, she witnessed
his four triumphs and saw her
younger sister. ArsinOe (whO had es-
pOused the cause Of her enemies in
war; walking in golden chains at the
head Of the train of captiTes-
Cleopatra was by no means popular
IN Rome mainly because it was
deemed uubecOming that Caesar
should be the lover Of an Egyptian
woman. The fact that she was IN
reality Greek Of pure blood was not
considered
So remarkable was her power Of
fascination that the term ''enchant-
ress' was often applied to her. She /
was an accomplished musician, spoke
Greek and Latin fluently, and could
converse with EthiOpians Jews. Ara
bians. Svrians. Modes, and Persians
without an Interpreter.
The Love of Mare Anthony.
a short time later Caesar was as
sassinated. and his royal mistress, then /
only % years Of age. Immediately took /
her departure from Rome The blow /
70 her must have been most deadly. /
but she was stiu queen of Egypt, and 1
having returned to Alexandra, she I
made up her ambitious mind to lure !
Marc Antony, whose star was then in /
the ascendant into her tolls.
At that time Antony and Octavian [
(the latter destined later to rule over (
Rome as the emperor Augustus) to I
gether practically controlled the af- 4
Ialrs or the civilized world OCta-
VANS sister was the wife of Antony,
aside, in order that he might devote
himself to CLEOPATRA. which brought /
about the final breech between the ]
tao men. But meanwhile many things 4
had happened Antony and Octavian 1
had defeated Brutus and Cassius at 1
PhiliEpi and the former had taken 4
up a life OF foolish and extravaganza /
dissipation with the Egyptian queen
at Alexandra.
Enormously Rich.
CleoDatra's wealth was enormous
and she spent it with a prOfuseness
almost beyond belief. 1t is not sur
prlsing that Antony should have |
found the attractions of the Egyptian !
10 resist. Set in the midst of parks ]
and gardens beautiful with palms
nimosas and aromatic shrubs; sur
rounded by vast public buildings and I
The majestic temples of the gods; ap-
through avenues of spinXes,
between Obelisks and across court
Yards sheltered from the sun by /
langings of purple cloth, the royal |
lalace was miracle of magnificanCe-
In the pillared banQueting halls. the !
'ooms of which were uplifted on huge /
columns, the guests reclined at table |
IN silver cOuches and ate from gold !
md silver plate, while beautiful slaves (
Waited upon them and entertainers Of
very nationality contributed amuse-
nent
The Alexandria Of that day was
rossed at right angles by two great
venues, each 100 feet wide, bordervd
With cOlOnuades of marble All the
treets were paved with large blocks
f stone. There were innumerabIe mon
meutS, erected by successive PtoIe- |