The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16
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than we have told" said tho old courtier,
but. Theseus. we mourn with you IN this
your great calanty" The kns stood
though.fui FOR a moment and pa; his hand
10 his brow. Ho felt a garland upon his
head-for his dress and ;hc chaplet with
which he wac crowned showed that he had
Just come FROM pilgrimage 20 some
oracle or shrine. And. indeed. he had just
conc from the shrine Of Poseidor. his an
cestor. god OF the sea. And thus all
deckcd and gorlanded. como to her"
cried the king. "Oh flowers most evil
starred 10 varletz. unloose the portals
and lot mo see the bitter sight of her
whose death Will cause mine own
III through The great central arch Of The
palace portal whoee great leaves were
thrown back for his recepaon. went The
sous The marble colonnades OF MS castle
cleaned whitc and gistened In the bright
srn OF the GIecian skies tho green noun
tains ranged around were .ntorsperscd
With GALES where dwelt gods. where thick-
cts s,il hid iaun md 7rvnds and the i'm
rnortas stu interfe.ed In the vexed liie
OF man.
Far Off the blue sea CLEANED. temples
<honc on rocky promontorIcs already
mighty with reflected greatness OF the
dawn OF time. Ana here WAS Theseus.
I himself descended from the gods, stand
/ ing IN the shadow Ayond the nalace por'sl
! beside tn, i,,vf upon wh.rh they had laid
! the dead holy - Ms Phaedra. o Aphrodi =.
/ Goddess o, Love, tho ever. ever powerful
| In ali ages and in nil climcs, ,he ever dc
/ strov!ng ana the ever creating,
| The d-descondad king who had
/ wrought such great labors that fable stu
| tells OF them BEN; over the bier and eaid:
4 1T Is the greatest and the last o, al ny
+ laoors 70 bear ,his rate has laid SIS
heavy heel upon me. / Is the penalty %
sins long pas, 7 cannot win the shore and
Tho wlves overvhem ne Ait VIE.
! sweet wi,c. gone IKE a flame cXtinguished
or 2 flying bird whore ali things are for
rot sure this Is some stroke % the I'M
mortals sent upon nc Tor some SIN
vrough. BY dim Rnra Of old. my aaces-
tors. what was il brought thee 20 thy
death? speak. Phedra pures ~ hearts
that ever Tho sun % day or the stars or
night touched-speak.' In Ms agony tHr
king bent low over the dead form or his
wife ana Observed In her clenched hard a
tablet or writing fastened b, cord -
her wis; 90 t1at even SHOULD hcr hand
relax IN death the writing might not b
lost
! nah" oried 7heseus There IS a
writing thor Perhaps Il will make me-
understand the cause or thl, or IS f,
some dying wish COR me and for nv cah-
dren? twas her las, prayer Tenr not
fond vito no woman born shall lie by
Thescus's eide or re!=n in Thcseus s
house"
lie took no tablet from tho dead Rand
1t vas sealed WITH her golden srnet.
which seemed TO look Up 10 him trustful'y
Vie broke the thread. and began 20 read
,ho while the court.ers broke back from
him into Mortified and expeo,ani groups
~ no read his face assumed look which
,erElfcd all who saw H. Then be broke
ont INTO uncorrollabio emotion. on
horror piled on horrorr be cried 'Whc
could bear 20 see what 81 written here
These tablets cTy aloud things not 10 %
forgotten or uuaver8ed. And ! can hoit
IN back no more-.t nlust be tolA. iio
hearkcn. all vino dwell in ths my land
rI,vpoivtus. forgetting tho eyes .; ,h'
gods hes laid Violent hands upcn ,HE
my wife" Thon suddenly ne became an
narently calm. and raising bo,h hands g
heaven said in a stately and soiemn man
ner Of invocation: 20 Father poseidon
thea dds; grant me three wishes 70
c 1.e az these .lay now my son Hippo
= lvius Let him not ou,live this day
T'he frightened courters begged the KIN
Ia recall hts prayer Of vengeance but n
. sternly replied that II could not be An
II his praye: for vengeance was not an
swered he himself would cast out his BOZ
. to be a wandereT and an exile. lie shonl'
he held by TWO great dooms-that answa
Ito lie PRAYER OF 10 be an outcast and drail
the cup OF poverty and misery IN siranE
and baroaric lands. AS the KING cease
+, speaking there came footstep on IN
= marble floor which nc knew We'll and Z
= near which approaching had often sent
- glad thr!!l TO his hearth step OF Hin
!, uolytus Father" cried tho youth. g
heard n sound OF mourning and woe an
a hastened TO see II it concerned thee -whS
% VIVA; Is THIS? Tho Queen dead there-na!
=, II canuaf be +; is scarcely an hour Sine
. saw her standing here alive. Why did sh
iale?" Not a voice answered him. all gaze
h, uDon him with troubled looks and hi
/, fathers stern and yet grief-striclScu fac
= awed him. "Enthcr" he cried speak t
me. tell me VIVA, has happened ana VIII
= YOU and all about me gaze upon me VIII
: such looks"
4 Theseus regarded his son intently an
"a then said as if to himself: IAN. woul
y. the gods hnvo given us here below SON
:, sureS test for sitting tho soul That "
,niaht convict the liar by his own trt
tone ana not I'VE duptu ioIcNtI. w iiy
"a said EIippolytus. has some friend prove
a false? Or has scandal been whispered
:, thine ear? Is 1t 1 who stands attaine
10 here. though utterly nnocent7 I a
Q dazcd-I cannot comprehend any OF thi
Il but SEQ that Il somehow concerns mo
20 heart OF man" replied the King, :"
l. what heights OF wickedness ana pcrfd
ID Will Il aspire. And II with each new af
1T come greater store OF blood and lie
v. then must tho gods devise some regic
"a far from US TO hold therein tho world
10 sin and pcrfdy. Bcho!d, all We who a
DC within the sound OF my voice. here stan'
Y, my son. Look upon him Flo hath d
~ filed my wita and now stands hero COZ
:" voted by the dead"
ID Hippolytus fell back with q cry OF nj
r. ;:uiGh and covorsu his face with ha rob
Ito saw IN fash how matters atood
ed SOW tho Queen, vino. lie wrongly believe