TV
k
'r"
ft IbafcJ
READY TO OE MARRIED.
1 mm reedy to be married;
I CM make loaf of bre.tdj
I cab cook a nice dinner
As my mother, ao the taldt
1 csa keep room la onler,
Heeey the home sad make a bejj
Mother ssyt a girl may marry
Who can make a loaf of bread.
I m ready to be married i
1 can cut mi) make a drettt
Mark the linen with tht cro Hitch
Mead the late, lht'i hsrdly let
Viae Mil dstnty than a rohb
Ho I dare to tell him "Yetl"
Mother aayt a girt may marry
Who cm rut an J make a drca
I am ready to be married.
I can knit h atocklng well,
I caa make and I can darn It,
Aada"bargata" least",
I eaa thop aad go to market,
Aad I'm not a ball-room toilet
Mother aaya a cirl may marry
Who caa knit a stocking U
1 am ready to be married;
Aad I hare a lever true,
Jutt the handtomtil aad dearett
Lad that erer come to woo;
Never maiden loved her lover
Half an 4 rarly aa t dot
Mother eavt a ertrl may marry
When ahe haa a lover true.
CLEOPATRA.
3t!ag aa Accoont af the Fall
Veaceaace af Haraachls, tfca
Reral Bgypttma,
.AS BET FORTH BY HIS OWI HAHD.
By II. Kim.it Haooako,
.Author or Klnu Solomon' Mine,"
"She," " AIImii Qiintarmalii,"
Kto., Etc., Etc.
UoXraHa by aTXCHOLL, aiUr CATOH WOO
VIXJJs aad QXUmitUAQKM.
Cll AITf.lt XI.
or tub way or cuakuiom; ami or rur.
cuowitmo or mammacmui as iiik mxo or
' LOTR.
iTHK following day I
received the writing
of tny aiiixiliitBient
fa ajl FWm 1 1 Astrologer mid
thr Queen, with tho ey
and perqultltce nf that
office, which wore not
small. Alan rooms woro
flvcn mo In tho palace,
through whlrh 1 iwaaed
at night to tlio high watch
tower, w Iuhico I looked on
tlio at.irn ami drew their
auguries,
For at tlila tima Clootie
8
tra waa much troubled about matters
political And not knowing how thn
Krcat struggle among thu llotimn factions
mxmk
zWtm'
'AWeTl
imSmWSJ
e mn ww
t K1mV
-m
-would end, but being very doalrou to sldo
with tha strongest, alio took cvnatantcoun
eel with Riom to tho warning of the stare.
These. I read to hor hi auoh munner aa beat
seemed to fit tho high interest of tnjr eada.
For Antony, tha ltomsn Triumvir, waa now
la Aata Mlaor, anil, rumor ran, very wroth
rruae U kail bene told to him that Clee-
ttrawaahoaiilotothoTrlajBvliatevtotkat
;Jer Oeneral, gerspkm, had aided Ceeelus.
Aut Cleopatra protested loudly to ma and
Tothera that Herapioa had acted against ker
will. Yet Churuilon told rae that, aawith
Alllenus, It waa because of a prophecy of
Dioaooridee, tha unlucky, that '.he Queen
herself had aecretly ordered Hemplon aoto
do. Nevertheless, tl.la did not saveHnrap
loa, for, to prove to Antony that aho waa In.
accent, aha dragged tho General from tha
aaaotuary and slew him. Woe be to thoae
who carry out the will of tyrant a If tho arale
should riae against them I AndaoMeraploa
aeriekag.
MaaawhUa all things went well with ua,
fortbaalnde of Cleopatra aad thoso about
liar war ao aet upon affaire abroad that
neither aha nor thay thought of revolt at
aaaa. But day by day our party gathered
i atraagtk la the cities of Egypt, and even ia
Ateiaadria, which is to Kgypt as another
land, all things being foreiga there. Day
by day ihoea who doabtad were won over
and sworn to tha causa by that oath which
-caa not ha broken, and our plans of action
ore Iraty laid. And every ethrr day I
went farth from the palace lo take caaaeel
with aiy uncle Hapa, and thare at his hause
aattha nobles and tha great priestawho
wera far the party of Khem.
Of Claopatra, the Queen. I saw much,
and never waa I more astonlthed at the
wealth aad splendor of her mind, that for
richneea aad variety waa aa a wovra cloth
of gold throwing back all lights from iu
changing face. Hh feared me somewhat,
and therefore waa fala to make a friend of
ma, asking ma many nature that seemed
' to be beyond the province of my ossca. Of
tha Lady duration also I w much
' indeed, aha waa ever at my side, so that I
scarce knew when she carne and when ahe
'went. For with that soft step of hers
"Would sho draw nigh, and 1 would turn ma
to And her at hand and watching beneath
tho long lashes of her dowucaal ayes.
There waa no service) that wit too hard for
liar, aad no task too long, for day ami night
-aha lahorad for mn and for our cauae. Hut
-whan I thaakrd bar for her lo ally and aaidn
U should be bad In mlad la that time which
waa at hand, she stamped her foot and
jpnuted wtta her lips II ko an angry child,
saying that, among all the tilings which I
. had learned, this bad 1 not laraed-that
' Lova'a servlco ashed ao paymeat aad waa
ita own guerdon. And I ttog lanoceat la
-such matters aad foollsk that I was, hold
ing tha ways of women aa of small account,
read bar aayinta In tha aeasa that her serv.
"tra U tha causa of Khem, which aha
tevad, brought with tkeai tbeirawn reward.
ut whew I praised aa Sea a aatnt ska
iratiataaagry tears aad left ate woader
, gj fajrleaawaaagMafUwtraaheaathar
heart. I hwew aot tbaa that, uaavagM.
hta weasaa bad give taa all her leva aad
gel aha waa rent aad torn by paaga af
TaaataatUed Ilka arrows la ker hraaat. f
gkt aa know-bow ehawlel I know it, arka
namrar let bed upea bar atbeiaiaa thaa aa
aa taatraataataf aar jetai m agr aaaaai
(tyarraraurraaaM; aay, aaaavaa
hair, I aarer thawfut af H
a atataa. What had I to aa wh
ligktal I wba waa awora U lata aad
tflatadtatba cause ef tkyatL. 0,ye
swwBMarHaaeathatl aas iaaaawat ef
thiag, whtcb waa tha aaana ef aa ay
MdlwaefKw!
Hew atraaga U tkts law af
M la aa aasall ia Mahactaamg aad la Ita
aWaagreeat Mea. at tha ftrst it la ataa aa
(Oka HtUa aarisg -af waaar wel'Jaa; frsaaa
sseaataia'e heart- Aad at taa last what U
tot H ia a atlchtr river bUt tawaU ar
af mt aa4 atakai wUa
Or.prrraaevtattMatetrarMta
ha a laa-1 af rata acraaa tba fsseaa af
hawstlasT la tha barrtera at
beasg ta tamhled aotatafsaea tha
af gaaa'a aorMf aa4 tha lawvpUa af
faith. For wbaa tho tnvUlhlo coocalved
the order ef the universe. He art within Its
plan this seed of woman's love that by Us
moat unequal growth ia doomed to bring
about cjualiiy of law For now It lifts the
low to height untold, and now It bring tha
noble to the level of tho duL And thus
while woman, that vrral aurtirtseof Nature,
is, Uorti and Kttl can never grow Blurt.
FuratUt aheatniU. and, blind with love,
uoot the shuttle of our fate, and pours
sweet water Into tho cup of bltterne, and
poison the whole onie breath of life with
thedcoinof hrdelrr. Turn this way and
turn that, she (a at hand to meet the. Her
weaknras I thy itrrngth, her might ! thy
undouic Of her thou art, to her thou
gict Hho la thy alsve, yet hold theo
captive; at her touch honor withers, lock
on. and barriers fa'.L Hhe 1 Infinite a
ocean, ahe is varlablo aa heaven, and her
uamo It the Unforeseen Man, atrive not to
emae from woman and the love of woman t
for. Or where thou wilt, she 1 yet thy fate,
and w hate'rr thou bulldeal thou bulldaat it
for her I
Ar.dthuslt came to pass that I, llanaav
chls, wka kad put suck matters Ut from
me, was yet doomed to fall by tho thing I
held of no account. For, are, this Char-
unon; aha loves mc why, 1 knew not Of
her own thought she learned to love me,
and of her lota came what aball be told.
Hull, knowlhg naught, trvated her even aa a
ttcr, walking aa it were hand Iu hand with
her toward our common end.
And tho tl.ne putted oitlll,at length,
all thing were main ready,
It waa the night before the night whra
the blow aboulit fall, and them were ret el
lug In tho palace. That very day had I aeen
Hriva, and with him the captain nf a band
of tho hundred meu, who should bunlliito
thn alac at midnight on the morrow,
when I had Uln Cleopatra tho Queen, and
put tha Koman and the tlalllo leglonarie
to the twunl Thai very ilav Im.l 1 ult
ormsl tha Cupuln Faulu. wbsluc 1 drew
him through tho cat', waa my will slave.
Half by fear and half by prouiitr of gnal
reward 1 hail provaltrd Uoii blin, for hi
wa the watch, at tho sljrnal on tho morrow
night to unbar that aiuall gain wnlih fi-e
to thn eait.
All was maie resdy the flower of Free
dnni that hail been live and twenty years
Iu growth was on thn point of bloom In
ceryclty, from Abu unto Athue, rmel
roiiiianle were gathemi, ami from their
uallnaplra looketl out, awaiting tho com
Iiik' of tho meenger Who ahould bring
tldlni; that Cleopatra wa no more, and
that llarmachU, tho Kgyptlau, hrut elied
thn throne. All wa prewtml, triumph
hung to my hand u a rio fruit to the hand
of thu plucker. Yl, a I at at the rul
feutk my hrurt wa heuxy, and a thiulow of
coming wix' lay ixild within my mind, I l
there In a place of honor, uli;h to the
nmjt-tlyof I'liHipatra, and looked ilownthe
lluraof gueata, bright with gem and gar.
landed with flower, marking thoe whom
I had doomed to die. There tiefore me lay
CleoMtra's self, In all her beauty, which
thrilled thn beholder as he Is thrilled by tho
ruihing of tho midnight gale, or by tho
sight of stormy water. 1 gaiol on her as
she touched her Up with wlnn and toyett
with tho chaplet of roses on her brow, ttn.
thinking me of tha dagger beneath my
robo that I had sworn to bury Ir. her breaU
Again, and yet again, I gaied and strove
to bate her, strove to rejolco that she must
die and could not. There, too, behind
her watching mo now, aa ever, wilh her-l
deep-fringed eyes waa the loely Lady
Charmloa. Who, to look at her Innocent
face, would believe that aha wa the setter
ef that snare wherein should miserably
perish the Queen who loved berl Who
would dream that locked In her girlish
breast was the secret af ao much death! I
gaied, and grew sick at heart because I
must aaotnl my throne with blood, "and by
evil sweep away tho evil of the land. At
that hour I wUheil, Indeed, that I waa
naught but some humble husbandman, who
iu Ita season sows and in Ita season
garnera the golden grain I Alas I thn seed
thst 1 had been doomed to sow wa the red
seed of Death, and now I must reap tha
fruit of the harvest!
"Why, llarmachls, what alia the I" said
Cleopatra, smiling her slow smile. "Has
the golden skein of stars got tangled, my
astronomer ( ordoet thou plsn soma aew
feat of magic t Hay what is it, that than
dost so poorly grace our feast. !tsy, now,
did I not know, having made Inquiry
thereon, that things so low aa we poor
women are far beneath thy gas, why, I
should swear that Kroa had found Una
out.llanaachlsl"
"Hay, that I aaa spared. O Queaa," I
answered. 'Tha servant of the star marka
aot tha smaller light af wossaa's eyes, and
therein he Is happy."
Cleopatra leased herself toward me. look
ing on mn long and steadily In such faskloa
tbstdctpita my will tha blood fullered at
my heart. -.
'Boast not, thou proud F.gyptlea," aha
said la a low voice which aoaa but I aad
Cnarmlofl could hear, "lest perchance thou
dot tempt me to match my mat-lc aralnst
thine. WUstwomaa caa forgive that
akaahj rh taa hy aa tkatfe af aa i
TisaaUeaHtaaareaa tiat Waaa
tl
rVa aaef
bark aad Uorra-ad
sausieaOy.
mt twaeaag np, i
aksa.b.
Up aa
aagryfrewa
eWal
cypt." I aa
eMiy. asMarrta
wh aa I easikj
af Hearers
Wr That I aaU af taa
la tha aoa af t be stair
CTiiaatra 4ara4 ta rrral.
laaarta.
aha aaew-rrad, etsaaaag
Wby. bere's a atrsa
waa hath wH aad aaa aaaaa a aaav
ay , aaea a weaaer as-t ae aaaa
leat taa aaada rsawat H. Caar.
ssiara, taha thaa ihie rdnjlK frsea ary hair
ami t H ftm taa laaraid rw af awr
fnag urn ba skw4 be
rMtHlnrWI ft aat"
kfai tha abasMes, tra Cm-
aatra'skeawa aad beranag H ta waara I
arvjatSxtt-tewteaHKaaa aty hesat, yet
warsBasrVaarsAtfrssaaka Oaaaw'a haar.
IW vM eftejPaWy MaVafr Mft
what, AMtkasaaa del
'laSl
esjun, aofax aaamacsHa.
sjBvejejig PwVTw WaBw fgBBerJge
atara graw ai
anjaajf sjejfcsra
gfetksw wmesa
aaauag aarattf teas eaaaa
"tUmt)r said.
awrwWabaade.
aad whUoemli "An emrn, Koyal rt.r
maxhla." Yt IhOAigh she ws ao much a
wuatan, yet, when the waa atigrrtsi or suf
femt Jeaiouay, Charmloa had a chtkltah
wav. .
listing thu fttrd the chaplet, she court
eiet low l-eforw me, ud with tb oflt
tone of mockery named iw In thn (Irv-rh
tongue, "llarm-H'ht, Klsg of le.
Thereon Oeipulra tughr and (Jedgvd Be
a "King ef Hive," and sodkt all the coat
vanj , rinding the jet a merry eoo. IVr In
Alevaadrta they love not th-. who tlva
strstghtly and turn ald from women.
Hut I sat thero, a amtle upon my Up and
black anger In my heart. Fit, knowing
who and what I was. It Irked me to think
myself a jest to the frivolo-4 noble and
light beautle of Cleopatra's tVuM. Nut
chlfiy trM angeie2 against ChsnnVn,
bixvaUMi ahe Isughol the loudeet, and then I
did not know that laughter and bitterness
are often Hie valla of a sore heart whera
with It wraps Its weakness from the wot hi.
"An omen," ska said It waWl crown af
Ho were -and so it proved indeed For I
wa faled to barter the doubln dlalem ef
the Cpper and the Lower t And for a wreath
of paasloo' riea that faleeet ere they
fully Abloom, and rttaraoh'a lory t-e,l of
late for the pillow of a talthle woman'
breatl.
"k'lHf o .ere."' they crowned mn In their
mockery; nve, and King cf Hhaiiiel And I,
with the perfumed roera on lay brow I, by
descent and ordlnallon thn l'lurh of
Kgypt t-elhought me oftlte Inii-erUhatde
hall of Aboiilhl and of that other croon
Ing which on the morrow ahouUl beixmtuini
mate.1,
Hut till smiling, I pledged them back,
and nnawnrt-d with a U Wr rUlug, 1
Uiweu l-efora t'liv-pstrw and craved leava
to go. "Venu," I Wt, ektng of the
olalirt thst in know a Donaoit In the
.turning and lloitou In thn rvenlag, "wa
iu the ascendent. Thereforo a no
crownni Skisg or love, i inui now pass to
do my homage to tl Queen," IVr those bar
barin name Veuu Queen cf lwe.
And so amid their laughter 1 withdrew
mo to my watch tower, and, dathlnif that
shameful chaplet down amid the Inatrvi'
menta of my craft, medo pretense to note
the rolling of the atars. Iliere I waited,
thinking on many things thst wei- to t-e
until such time a I'harmion abeuld com
with thn list of thn doomed and the tne-taage
of my uncle Hep, whom ho ha,i that even
ing seen.
At length the door eivned anftly, and ahe
canto jeweled and clad In her white ruU-,
ocu as she bad left the fcauL
oiaTtku XII,
nr vnn oiuinu or ciortn n Tnurota.
ton or Manutt'iii nr ins tkmiiwi-oi
ritHTit or ins Kiniinrr or i naiiuiu. or
viik nan, a-m or vii urr nv c tit
rATits or iisn rnigsi-anir to mkh nv.
anv iianMii his
I.KMIT1I thou an
come, Cliaruilon," I
aid. "It I over
late."
"Yes, my lord) but
by no meant inuld I
rcaiCleoiatra. Her
Ifuiut la strani-rU
A cnisaed to night. I know
V not what I may ioriond.
range tvhlms ami fancies blow
aero it like light and contrary
pan a oummer sea, and I can
aot read her purpose. "
"Well. well( enough af Cleopatra, ilael
thou seen our uncle 1'
"Yea,IU;at llarmackis."
"And had thou the last listal
"Yea, hem lhi-y be," and she drew them
from her bosom. "Here is the Hat of thoea
wba, after tha Queen, must certainly lie
put to the sword. Among them Ihnu wilt
note Is the nsme nf that old Haul, Hrennut,
I grieve tor htm, for we are friends, but it
mutt ha. It la a heavy 111."
" TI no," I anawerad; "whew men write
out their count they lorget no item, and our
count I long. What must be, must ha.
Mow for the aril,"
"Here is tho list ef Ihoea lo be spared, aa
friendly or uncertain t aad hero that of the
towns that certainly will rise so soon as the
meeenager rrwrhea their gales wilh tidings
of tha death of Cleopatra."
"Good. And now" and I pauae4-"aad
aow ae to the manner cf Cleopatra's death
How bast thou settled HI Must it ha avaa
by my hand I1'
"Yea, my lord." ska aaewered, aad aaoa
again I caught that Bote af bitterneee la be
voice. "HuubUeea gar Lord will rejoiisv
that his should be the band to rid the land
af Hue false and waataa woman, and at oaa
Maw break tha chelae which gall taw aartg
ofKhesa."
"Talk aot Una, girl," I aald, "well thou
kaawaet that I rejotea aot, he big but driven
ta tha art by dee aeraestty aad the press
ure af ay vewe. Caa site a, then, be
poisoaedf Or raa aaaaa of tha eunuchs ba
suaorMd to stay barf My aol turn f roa
this bloody work I Indeed, I mart el. How
ever heavy ha her rrtevre, that thou tnt
Utk thus llgbily af tha death by trewrbary
afona wba tore thear
"Methlnk my Lord a rr-ttir, fc-r
getting Ike gr-vataees of taa moment and
all that bangs upoa this dagrvr tiroae thst
ahall cat the thread af Cl--.tr' life
LUteta, Harmsrrhav TV-u mutt do lit
eeLaad thoualoaal Mtlf woldl eoit,
had my era the strength (but it has it h-,4.
Hy putwrti It ran not ha door, for every
drop aaa drinks aad every morsel that tliali
too-rtj Ur lips is strklly Uied hy iktr
aerate Utters, wnei caa aet be suWni
Iter avsy tlni etinurhs of tha guard l Irutt
ed. Two, ladeel, ere swtrn to k, but t-
third caa tM-iUcoave el. Memstt harit
dewa afterward t aad. Indeed, wire no
aaay aaa must fall, what matters arunsxh
aereertesef Thu shall Hhe, the. To
aorrow night, whea hmura at tkrra txxars
before mMalght le le tha right -,
thou dost real the leal angary of tee less
af the war And thra tb wilt, aa l
egi-'d, deaorad aleaa with ae, hat lag Use
etgaat ta the onur rhaahar ef law Quo-Vs
wur tar aajaat b-wsemg
ta the Ugtoae aaaw from AW
feUowlag dawat aad
emk her, fee sba waa tiat taw
taleghe fcepa earret m taaaaa,thaaj wj
read tha aaa sag af taa, state. Aad aa sbe
aaree ir taa sjeryraa, taaa aat thsw
etabharla tha lark, aa taat ehagiee; aad
mm thaa abet thy aw aad ana 1 ail fcbae aat I
Tsaeadkaagga la lead HwWaa
sVerawtfi
these ha
If by aay
traabta with hia baa taawa aH ha aa tr
haa, fee ha 4ara aagawtar the srswrwaa,
far-4hawatewt4a aVeara. Thaw UI
aaet thaa aaat, a it gee, wa wfil tvmm ta
faaaa, aaat M saaJl ha ay aata ta aaa taat
he a Banker drank mm stwaad. Ut 1
Aad ha
arbearala
ia aaat tfcfaartheaaslraa
ray,
aa tteaj read in ta
a laava
lata say
la
HwirHavftai MtsMiHaaf
haagtae aaaaa af CtTlfel aasl tewsT-ai'
Maakf-
IsaeaV -Whi
'hat ataait f
IMKli"
mmR
trit rawM
3ucSy
n SHt
I I airs u
ChartnK-M rsn ta the i1xr, ami rwlng
eVwa the leof, ?th u( llttened
lnamrwent h cashf !, h, hr Sagrr a
hrr lip the Qie", atWI kt.vfrt.
hurriedly, "IS Quooo wSo rel tNo
ttatr aVtA I beatl her b. lilt Vo her
I any not bo fe-and thus Ve with, ttvee at
tUaiMmrt It hath a tttsagyi to.k, ad b
may suttuvtaoatewh!. What wast th
hciel Where can I hide w." I gliir.t
srousd At the further e .1 of the chamber
wasahe-avy rurtata thtl hvd a little vU
built in tho thickset et the U wkVh I
used fer the awiage of toll and lustra
meats,
llssta thee there P salt. ad aha
glided behind thn ruitata, whu'k swung
beck snd ctverel let The I thmtt the
fstal w relief death Into the t.-va ,,( M
roleand heal koe o'er the ruittte chart,
Frearally I beard tho sweep ef wvt's
tvtr, and there i-anto e tew kvxvk u.a the
dr
"Kstea, whoat tKa. art rl aaht
The latch lifted, aJidCwcpetre swept w,
rvjally arrsvmt, her darn hair bangisg
a)ul her and Ibo ftacred snake at royally
glistening on her trvw
"Of s truth, llsrntMhia,' she ssll, with
eaigu,aa tha sank Into a teat, "the pttlh
r
aaa wmui I apot.
ta llesvrn ta hsnl to climb I Ah I I am
wary, for thee atalrt are many Hut I
wa minded, my attriMnniit-r, to seo thee
In thy haunt "
"I am iHtnorwd overmuch, O Qvioral"
aald, biiwing low lefnv her
"Art thU now I And jet that tlalk fa
of thine hath a omewhal angry Imkh
Tltouait too young and hafadaomn for Ihl
drrtrdn, Harms bit Why, t tea, thou
ht ct my wteeth of rvet down amuUt
thy rutlv lidi King would hi che
lthit that wreath along with Ihefr
rhohetl dU.trmt, tl IUroivi lilt I and thou
dot I IIimxw It down s a thing of o ao
cuntl Why, what a inait Hmiu arl Hl
tla) , what It thltl A la-ly a kenhlrf, by
Itttl Nay, now my IWr.n.uhU, txiw ceMto
l'i( brrel Areur kr kerchief ! In
tlrjinriitt of thy lilgh rtl tilt, fie, flub
be I iwnghl thee, then! Ait thou, ln
ilecl, a In I"
"Nay, enoal lloysl (lelre, hsyi" I
said, turvilngi for lh WihWf whhh hal
fallen from Chsrmltm neck hsi an
awkward ldl "I know not, Indeed, hw
the fnppery came here rertban soiaa
of the wiurii who keep the chamber aiy
have let it iu " '
"Ahl so- !" she said, dryly, and sUll
(ughlng Ilk a rippling bnk, tes,
surely, the slave woutew who keep cham
bers own such lay no thlt, nf the very
tnrstallh, worth twice. Its weight Is rl.
snd broiiieei.t. In msuy I'linrt Why.
myself I should not shsme to wear III IK
a truth It seems familiar in ay sight."
Aad sba threw it around Mr nen end
smoothed h ends with her white head
"Hut there, 'tis a thing unhrly ia Ihlne
eyas that the st-ar f of thy twUtyed should
rest upon my same breeel Teke II, liar
mar bit j take it and hid H In thy aoa,
elgh thy heart, lhdr"
flonk the arrmret thing, aad muttering
what I may net write, atepjinl im te the
giddy platform ebewa I wairhed ll-e afar.
Thra crushing It I to a bell, I threw It U
lie wind of beeve.
Titer eat lb lovely Qseen laughed eee
aora,
"fay, think now," h rrixl "What
would the ledy ney cwu'd she hr bva
gsgetkutcatt to ail the worMI Mayhep,
Harmerfcis, htnt wimimi a4 thu with my
wreatweJeef raa,t
lad I raat it
at." aad. aiat-plaa;,
Ihtaaaa) tU wraatfe
aad gave H to a. ' f
V a aHaa,ao taeed waa 1, 1 bad a
Bi4l hake kef ta hag wag had aral tha
wreath ta aa taa krh trf , ita 1 1 tavght
better af It
"Kay," I said mere enftly, "it I a Qseee'e
glf,aiv I will here I,H aad a I yk;
metfcougtl I the rurtela hab. Often
trww have 1 sorrowed evrr those sUy4
words,
'ilrariousthknkahalnlhe Klegof mm
for thla smaJI eoercy" aha aatwefed, U.
Ut at me strangely "Tftrw.awMgn f wltt
(vena fwtb U)e.-a IkU b)ay-t.ll we f
the mytUryaf iVmm aUr af VHt-h ft
evirdM I Uvvethe tier, that are so itira
and bright ar.d M, M 'r wy frtxe
ad our fevered trouWisg TVr wouW I
wit ht duel J. ri-"i tt tv dark t.rxnoef
tb nghl, rl bUf the tittle - ut If
agtjl fa rarer on lh 4rsio,s rf
yta ewt-rl.yr, Jt, Jtey M i Uil,
llaMtl ;; Om irrf tes yr
Uknrven ivf ntr stiVsteiwe, el(llbd Ui
ut by istur IsrUthW ?, Jrt. tuUt,
drew vHt 1etJ; will: item ae ttey rt
What ssy t the UreekfsUesf him Vehv
raaeeatff IV rehear It hath ftrft,f
trader tUy rk aney Va tk avl f aaa,
bat grswn tw P'-ly h-right end siae a
happy reel la l)ku IU lerral af wVV
nwthey earth. Or are they Upkvayesew
lath hrevtelyvs.it that Sight laaewt
ava(Maead,whawtear era dargeli,
I'M-hea with hte Iwsnartef Ire, aa that tgesf
leep aet ta aaswerteg aUet ra mm
awwsrhet ef thy wte4nea e-4 eeea
wtwdaia tease, J my ee-rre!, fyf I
MMle haawtidtf. Ve ssy heart le ea,
aM f fela anil f H K U I have stw
retd I hat ied the lesvbee "
TawewMubrfogrwwaWtoffMfcUe;aa
a aafer eW aad aarvg iatl ta
leara thet CVMeawira had a a ee fr avdtfr
U-agsie, eptee aad (aid ar snMagly
ee teJega aa are (aafsl, f t4 her tww
tto ae k a li4 aaaa soaaesg rvsed) lew
ewrvk aad raerlagraa the eeaawe aWere af
aha aar. aaa) kaar aaawa avjtha sweieeJf
saraaa Mawt, whaewas tawMaaeMaVat Wba
sJaestyrtbisateWfefass wey,
Meay taaaaa I taad jaf. aaa aaiag ta
tavw tareegft Mat awaswteV eweg
aawaaaat af the arW t$mm U aaaset
that sree !W tM.tv'f ewal wtaav ew
skwwad aa ta awereieay gaar.ai'aii te
aaaat aWteu whaa t ta) at fa- swaeH
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eef are t hare ta f aawar ta Ha Cgyp-
h 44. wVH ataetf aw4
tie sierav eh res. bar ha
aju her . aad siasWd ay
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aVta, avttwvj'wMaatalaMef
faataaxa gha gLiTaaeleBaa 4eM aaetaaMB ?afaaaa aata
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bHge, bil with a Utile fcnnxgn .xnt tkt
dkl ba e4te Vr U k Hk wel, v.,4k
ef tT. fwr, whet all l M4, ty r btl
eckle thli-t, d vVo tv ew
liliinKtiml tuu frte the ee ,
er f,r Uth torwiher Met Ht ) I
Wietohesr Ike ef th, ff then
thy fere Mh h that wmx rhxtd ef
tivugkt Whervwllh INl drsprtt it al
(row ,ul,'k hd h !. Htimvktt, lVf-4
art bM)v4ag (. Kk 'MMewn (M ea
thtkttkl mittt ftt4 the krMee Yettb
trvumes Vat , why wstte tl U the
mvlngl Tt U It M Ihtsk whee, warau
ns brt ft, tll me b4w v.d ait tVa
lartaa,tUr
'I am tl snd twenty jrr, It Q),' t
iMtfinl, "for I Mat Ui U IM nest
uMtthof r)vo.,. t IK Her ,,),
aad a the thM )sy ef 10 MiMH "
"Why. war ef aa gmei M a iHi,"
the cited. mk I, t.s have '. d lt
yseta, IM I, l.. wa S.n a the third dajr
tt the rWl nmth ef wirt Weil, tvt
ry w ay'-lheoe Nri wt ( Wav
n ahane, F If I We the f slcel tri'wa
In Kujpt awthlttk, Ht..-4vls tktt hf
latnlVlptne man r.- fair ! trt
thaa th, aje, or r,r hts,t fkrw wet
tkeesme day, why, Mt ettntfrtt thst w
weideltae, tntlatj bkrr, I at the
Quea, and I ". pfharcs lUtmaihU, at
uae ef therhtef ihIUi nf my thfuae, atd
thu to wvtk ova a4bM' weal, '
M)r, wii.hfc,t, eh wtker ,
ntwervst, wWWg ,it fee hr weeV
ttev4ir tOg my etla, t. brwtght eawrw ,
we to my !. than I VMej that ?r
tWHtU e therein
"Sy, nver Ulk tef He tis Vva
by ten, lltrtii. hit, ad let Wt Ulk, wet a
Queet and mVji-.'I, hut at f trend ta frled
IWol wt segerl with roe at live fet t,
night Mat It Ivnt Wl ta I hat I Mxorted
Ihee with MWvi'f Wetli Ky, M l'lt
ajett. Itl Ih-u hl r-tsW l'-y It the
tatkof WiiHrvh, a.l bew wattMie are
Ihetf htUt. ibml WvUldtt -t le HMD b
can I lit ray dHlbutt with a jl, l)h.
they wtt) me, tten pflwvt -! Ik,
Kdt.loa k.I tl, IIA at!,!. ,,Mit-i,ft
-'----- T Mite tAM li.t,W ll.,.l -
my altea,and Iwhlad my bk tbey eh
NM and p)H )' ton the seftaat ef their
liuwtlfJtl.r lltetf rtnpil. Of lh'r rv
uhllo,t h wheel of fotton turn, d
eaihlttesen tin tUft4t Th I ievr a
read am.-ig tirf-Hi tileg bst (udt, wri
lt nJ puptwt tievvr a Htae, alttrw with
their Miarlly rUggvr tbt) ttrw lbl
Ca'Ssr wtiem all lle wrbt Iu ate H
trvg eiHHiifh lo trr. Ai4 I Wl 4y
off rmnsaiht the other, If, mat t ty M
llotlig I n keep 1'gypl fivmt Mf gl
Aa.'Nr-hV.v wh7,;h?ai:,7-K tvlLi?m2
fewaid, lhal at) ro !. Ill f n andl Mng l-wl tie adMl. aad) 4e
hnowltoxmy tubJ.Mt hte rv Ve, I !
Itetethtl Mixntt I bo ah I h, Ihey wwU
awrvler toninohl they ftkatastteeHtr4 A.l
the tHUl, ,ttellng ec r)t wh h
tiand,Ud It Wat well, for Itlf pUriw
Ion st that I thrank tl.(t upua the seat hex
tl.la fctr
Thay lldnb ill ef aa, haaw Hi aad rail
mn wa. loo, wif bavaaaver UyjM aatl
aet oocti, when I Utd ta gtswteat
of atl the wet Id, M at Hha t--w ef hV uf
aaMiua ftaattd fsdeed, b,l barwl Willi a
IkaHeaed iame, Thsaa rtbaM AUaaaaVlaaa
do swear the! I adad Iti-inmy, my
hrutherx-wbowi, Bwwi unnitftly, the rW
msa rVtsete wwehf bete rVrvAM m ma, hie
eUler, e a busbeaill IrHt ll is f 4aa he
SM heard end died of fever And
lby aay ll.at I erould sley Arste. my l
terwhtt.ledeeJ, would slsy at-Vat that,
tret, Is falsa I Thewifh aha wilt hate raw af
a, I M ay etete V, I key bH than
111 eef ae without e eaase; even tkausVet
think ill nf ae, Maranitt. tha, NanaatnU,
hefere tha Jdfajs, ihiah Wwatat4g I
envy l-tbet font aVaeVvMafbhaaea wt-leh
lWeWw aVae Mw aaWaaa wrw aW ahaJahgaBaeay ww eTh"T
aillhlag gietreagwl- asa trrit WrHtaa
oa the opew fere ef gusd, ead Cad Imparity
ia lha whitest virgin' iL ltb whetk
thtag it ta, Merateehle, ta a eat tat fcgh
aanve lha ge4g rod af haarea wh bate
thee thy ft
wtuoaaad thy apt I wha gaaah
their Ie4h end Ww4 the erraataf thr
ilea from tha arte ef iblrea t4)v
neae, whaae Usvyhave a wing u stew
end wheat kearte feeat it is t d'ag sVvwa
thy a4ddjhiytathe hyaal elthe rrndlieg
aad ih last
"a ataw,paatf h thiak evil af hba
great, abaaaiiavy axdaad ai U eeawid
fee arrof by a aillU eaary eyee, aad
waeaa meal tlay fault t traaul hy a
thuevd threats, till lha a-wld aheaee
wilh tl aheeaaf their aief nHi TM
tkss.'ieseerlsVsIylU" aei fsthr flay.
aay H aot ha ethetwiael Hate we heard
eHf.lt tM ah IhU thief af lata ewa
wllTr' JidgraUr,OMara4Ketwaft
Ihnu ae Me SKHildtt ha IWged hUsMa.
he r ltt e w U rrer free. M, ,
td, bet la ewfat eM lastrvaeat ef
foefae pnilik, wkwr)h ere gv tie
Irxi tewaa ef MeWV, O, Maa,t,t ha)
live ay f'Vdy frtevd aad etetseetieal I
mj frletKl whe.a I tmm Wl e.eHIf tf
hr, In title rewwded eMirt, I sueee .
lfy a lit eay ") iv4 heatlUa
tknwt lb rvirltor Hvl (W I irt j there
J fl wriif U U ti e;r, H I
awn wr vw mii eer. ffMieaeee, t 2
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u
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tii ex tlee evil , Hevgaav
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alerea, 5eawMlta, e t4ea lke I mm
twees teat aeeep aaey elfU f rl- '1a4
she lee 4 teawew tm. teeUag av kgiUy,
a4 gt4 ea mm w he wwaerf he
eyas,
I waaaaawaasai tadskagaf tAaakerraw
Bvaaji,iiawandaanweaeaa aa I, her
frtrc4f, srhana as.aatia derfrnr ay
egwitetasf eYteatl aawt af h4, a4 a
as er a freaw, I hwwa aaa, erbwa, aarsv
fraalsialMaaf af f heart.
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ew raweawgp tawasP pawawsa'RwaT eVT4grwwa, wBswigj
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ahaltaasaar a' 44 & a aaa
sawdtakiea. Ibar haawfwe4 1 S,
aw swawee" saaj easwta aase
Ml
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swar aswy aypMHwajay
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aa awsyttie,
baajrr fws he lka erUaae;
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aaht e hve wsra ta faasa,''
any.
vaekf
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wee mm jv ?
taw aleeea TawJay
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aw in wa aj a wrwax
' A savl larvwe imu U Me
IMiwT
1 1 .rase." yea4 fciiiaHiaaeifl,
i ef a viyyyar,
MlfeCKLtAMIOUat.
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allo fty fit pf . f s
aajf till lh hill i pM
MtHkM atawgw groie wf fUn Irtaaa
t-rp tr ffrrt vets t)iteVvi of flpw
fmtl hy pHtllag tip plvr4) "Th
i.,f htvw (wont p4Hiaei "
xfh l4Mgeal!TUV) via
tktmlhood ! sa aalMote !' rtl!e
tnte ptow Ulf a dMn ttMMpinai
fult am ilUnl, h dU, w a)
an f4M of ntV Mms
t U Mid that eetftf alt ike puaiat
e.eet l raitlntt ehu hevvow tMete
l-tn hy leslg lottrf a4,e4 M
lHrf vim whtah thet ha are !
a,l ture lo'iatU wiafu
. A v.UUtj iKadenlltheha4
fatdeawel of teeth n Ml M h
failed lii iai fof then,, txtj thent owl af
kef H..ith la a rtwde4 iH la thai
plv In aa hur tai tha aiaUN
( pMfy an4rwufaltthwa.
It It a prions fact thst taahay hi
tiniitftiv ta Urge u,iM4 frot
New .fk la IV , It'stU, Uhogh, the
ti f,kf( nf uttev"4nty ettala aa
fanttthea tlteva VklUttea vf the)
nivl taluahl WlWlsg vlt la the)
vrU It I a rtesr rata nf VsttytaaJ
rala lo JlVetlU
A VUtMs 111 i,fv.hel fa4
v his ppf -ally a nia if heae)
n hlt la 4snf 1 th faaw
nf It rlel fnf Pt. with Ihtea pa aa,
s Hnalhlultvteo,a4d atvwthly If
pot tvtl.1 II gt nihtle el thtfp eo
tntaitl4 14 Pgrw op the prav talaa
i( thn note with Iftlefest, TV teaaU
Mt4Mllnr .tt 11
lb applWatU of r MsUipa
attrrUga t tkt-etl,tng aee It U tlatad)
that eA'toitx-t of the .Wilaa4 Irgt'
Utvife hd eve,llb4 twSf lisge wlh a
lty, ami vtweye4 t?v tha ewe. If eeah
ta prtnr s IWr whaa ha t4e thw
painful dKSMvr Ihsl hlltl had itew
a eet sglnt the iM aal hffa h
ran gt It tha rata atll tte t hat
argur-.k The yd J lag 4a has waaa
pMtind, let ih H,n Is a ftghtrf aa4
tn't giie upettj
"Wpia Bh,teidffeMhMfw poali
(low ssy vefy ii thing or taa
while," iwsrhel a a4aH Pnlo, l
tete p Iks wther 4y nrgiag Ihay
t..i4lll,kc,l s ewattlllheiil ,if ala 4a a
'rbtpltln la the sisny, aad wf lha
tailing tin long eorij'w a a aitnwrw
tha lliwpt. avmad vp wilh lh aphaMa
lereatic 'll l a eSN nf ga4 Ivwerkl
bi-'if Mlrta'a IhafVtaaMafta
Uf.
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ed urV at Uaahlaf , Ideally, aaa
owe of Age IM. iaaflaat ha
ior tt aa wr all her tatst! t haa
sa I'sul dhtteUf his wtloxwitt M a I
Inst isi4ratto, tha party i lha I
aa4 Mil aarvlng M (! aad Mha i
g If the 17 a gi4 rteeea ki a4e
ratine,, Thee aaa OMes diayaasswa mm
tlhe)waiUm andef a hat head lha pa
pel should U Ule-I. a- elstmlaf II aak
a , W tl aMBnstlyewaelsdedlhat
h the Uiy waa a awr a Via watf llna
haltel kooetfai heed aaa the
aaa.
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Ilea ,f lhapraaaal day are Mraatmj
eawaswapfa, Kngttth batwaVaa 4a
elh of lha aapyaaa haalaaea, TwaV
at ag et ol weed I eg peeve h) tawwsjfw
tret (treat Hriiala I eietea (aala, K
awM II.M ta ea4 a Mrt f Mh
ayrea ,iir ttaat ll la he a hnaaal
the tfaib4 Mete alll eaetraaw haa
adieatlaak af lha paris awst (h
ihl nUy Km Ahiaa a aaaaa
aapaaia da a great nan 4 teasaMi
aaa wkWtt ra If haUaaatj-f rwh
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waerviaad thalf !ewrally f ae Ml
Mialaf a Hil Ut tw at una at
af e, mtA iv lha lie! f eahah alraadg
a4a there ma Barely ha a44 tftataf
lha Age af Htg rVl4aWrV The faawhtfay
UfMg M th way. Ihaa aeaaltaa
afe tha rifik af Pwath, aaif Waa any,
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eluaw-a f'vsy ' V tw Xea itwaa-y
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i lag ttaadsrd U 1 t la leaflhaf aaaa
, aad at Ih leaaTth af tea ay4 etaas.
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l t awaty avlh aid at taa aaaftt ta ha
I . "T ' ., wh waaa rt sat en I eenl
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