CLEOPATRA.
Being an Account of the Fall nai
Venceance of Harmachis, the
I Royal Egyptian,
AS BET FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND.
By H. Rider Kagoard,
Author or " King Solomon's Mlnea,"
She," "Allan Quatermaln,"
' Etc., Etc., Etc.
Bho bowed her head awhllo, and then, as
1 spako not, onco moro wont on :
"Lot all my sin bo told, Harmachis, and
then let justice como. See how this thing
happened. lialf did Cleopatra learn to lovo
theo, and deep in her heart sho bethought
her of taking theo to wedded husband. For
tho sake of this halt lovo of hci ) she spared
tno lives of those in tho plot whom sho had
meshed, bothinking hor that if she wedded
theo sho might uso them nnd theo to draw
tho heart of Egypt, which loves not her nor
any Ptolemy. And then, once again sho on
trapped theo, nnd in thy folly thou didst bo
tray to her tho secret of tho hidden wealth
of Esrypt, that lo-day sho nquntidcrs to do
light tho luxurious Antony; and, of n truth,
at that tlmo she purposed to in alio good her
oath and marry theo. But on tho very morn
when Dellius carao for answer sho sent for
ma. and. tclllnc mo all for mv wit- nbave
any, sho holdi at price domandcIToT' ma
my judgment whether she should defy An
tony and wed thee, or whether sho should
put tho thought away and como to Antony.
And I now mark hou all my sin I I, in my
bitter jealousy, rather than I would soo her
thy wedded wifo and thou hor loving
lord, counseled her most strictly
that she should como to Anto-j;',
well knowing, for I had had speech
with Dellius that If sho came, this
weak Antony would fall liko a ripo fruit at
her feet, as indeed, ho has fallen. And to
night havo I shown theo tho issuo of tho
scheme. Antony loves Cleopatra and Cleo
patra loves Antony, and thou art robbed,
nnd matters havo gono well for mo, who of
all women on tho earth to-night am tho
wretchedest by far. For when I saw how
thy heart broke, but now ray heart seemed
to break with thine, and no longer could I
bear tho burden of my evil deeds, but knew
that I must toll them and tako my punish
ment. "And no moro havo I to say, save that 1
thank theo for thy courtesy In hearkoning,
and this ono thing I add: Driven by my
great lovo, I havo sinned against thso unto
death 1 I havo ruined theo, I havo ruined
Khem, and myself also havo I ruiuod I Let
death reward met Slay thou mo, llnr
machls I Gladly will I die upon thy sword ;
ay, and kiss its bladol Slay thou me, und
go; for if thou slayest mo not, mysolf will I
surely slay 1" And sho threw horself upon
her knees, llftiug her fair breast toward
mo, that I might smito hor with my dagger.
And, in my bitter fury, minded was I to
Btrlko, for abovo all I thought how, when I
was fallen, this woman, who herself was
my cause of shame, had scourced mo with
hor acorn. Bi hard it is to slay n fair
woman; and even as I lifted my hand to
striko I remembered that now twice had sho
saved my lifo.
"Woman I thnu shameless woman 1" 1
said, "arisol I slay theo not 1 Who am I,
that I should judge thy crlmo, that with
mino own do overtop all earthly judg
ment!" "Slay me, Harmachis 1" sho moaned; "slay
mo or I slay myself I My burden is too grout
for mo to bear I Bo not so deadly calm I
Curso mo and slay I"
"What was it that thou didst say to mo
anon, Charmlon that as 1 had sown so
must I reap! It is not lawful that thou
shouldst slay thyself; it is not lawful that
I, thino equal in sin, should slay theo, bo
catiso through thee I sinned. As thou hast
rhnvTiilnn. sn must Vioxt also roau.
Baso woman 1 whose cruel jealousy hath i
brought all these wo--son mo nnd ligypt,
live livo on, and from year to year pluck
tho bitter fruit of crlmo 1 Haunted bo thy
sleep by visions of thy outraged Gods,
whoso vengeance await9 thee and mo In
their dim Amonti 1 Haunted bo thy days by
memories of that man whom thy fierce love
did bring to ruin, and by the sight of Khem
a prey to the lnsatlato Cleopatra and a slave
to Roman Antony."
"Oh, speak not thus, Harmachis I More
sharp are thy words .than any sword, ana
moro surely, if moro slowly, shall thoy
slay I Listen, Harmachis," and sho grasped
myrobo; "when thou wast great aud all
powor lay within thy grasp, thou didst re
ject me. Wilt reject mo now that Cleopatra
hath cast theo from hor- now that thou art
poor and sktv.'.od, and with no pillow to thy
neaOf Ollll am I u, uU
thee! Let mo fly withtuee, and maim mono-,
mont by my life-long love. Or, If this be
monl.I?,. i m,hU,ltntkl
too great a thing to ask let mo bo but as thy
sister and ttiy servant. my vciy u
that I may still look upon thy faco and shore
thy trouble and minister to thee. O Harma
chis, let mo but como and I will bravo all
things and enduro all things, and naught but
Death himself shall spear me from thy sido. ,
For I do bollevo that tho lovo that sank me
to so low a depth, dragging thee, can yet
. onualhnlcrht. and thee with me." I
,. "w . " ,' ihniirht r find thee with me." wr pped in a cioait, niuo neeuing nnu uo
Uftmotoaaeq causo I showed no fear the sailors cried out
. TSUld hPthmk tootomiS taUhatIwa.awiMrd,andwouWhaToa8tina
4nd dost thou think, Oharmion, inn in . . Catal would no, At
and Tncs 1 L1
whoro 1 must hide,
n iid bear,
dav by day. to look upon thy tfl f:e. and
itJ rnrnfimbor that those i'r' betrayed
"SSSlf shaft tboa'.lene. This
and
mv T know: Many ana
wavy enau
be thy lonoly days 01 pecaue. 1
that hour of vengeanco may JK
Pirchanco
that hour or vengeanco muj -.
Perchance thou shall livo to pl f ihy part la
it In tho Court of Cloopalm moil thou
Mine, ana
imblde, aud whllo thou art !.;, yen
live. I will from time to time 5-e " to
give the tiding.. Perchance . Uj
dawn when once more I thai', aa .4 thy
sorvlco. Now, swear that. U '"t,
thou wilt not fail me n scconA Ur
"I awear, Harmachlsl 1 r
everlasting torments, too hMaa w b
dreamed-more hideous cv.b, by
thoso that wring mo now-bt ay portion If
I fall then In ojjs iat ox tUMJ s-
ttwugh I wall a lifetime for to word;
" 'Tis well; see that thou Uttp the oath
not twlco may wo betray; I go to irk out
my fate; abldo thou to work out u'r . Per
manco our divers threads will onco more
nlnglo ere thoweb bo spun. Chartnlon,
ivho unasked didst lovo mo and who,
prompted by that gentle lovo of thino, didst
Betray ana ruin me faro thee well 1"
Wildly sho gazed upon mo sho stretched
jut her arms as though to clasp mo; and
then, In tho agony of her despair, cast
herself at length and groveled upon the
j round.
1 took up the sack of clothing and tho
staff nnd gained the door, and, as I passed
through, ono last glanco I east upon her.
There sho lay, with arms outstrotched
moro whito than her white robes her dark
hair streaming down her nnd her fair brows
hidden in tho dust.
And thus I left her; nor did I again set my
eyes upon her till nine long years had como
and gone.
CHAPTER XXIV.
OS TI1E ESCAPE OF HAHSIACHIS FROM TAtlSCS;
OF IUSUKl.NO OAST FOKTIt AS AN OFFKK1.NO
TO THE GODS OF TUB SEA: OF HIS SOJOUIW
IN THE ISLE OFCVl'itUS; OF HIS HETUIIN TO
ABOUTHIS; AND OF THE DEATH OF AMEN
EM HAT.
MADE my way down
the stairs In safety,
and presently stood
In tho courtyard of
the great houso.. It
was but an hour from
dawn, nnd nonn wero
stirring. Tlu last
reveler inr drunk
his till, t" (ancing
girls ha' .icd their
daucir id silenco
lay u tho city. 1
drew ncai iiio gate, und
was challenged bv an offi
cer on guard wrapped in a
heavy cloak. "Who passes !" said tho voice
I of Hrennus.
1 "A merchant, may It please theo, sir,
who having brought gifts from Alexandria
j to a lady of tho Queon's household, and,
haying been entertained of tho lady, now
' departs to his galley," I nnswored In 9
I feigned voice.
'"Umnhl" ho growled. "Tho ladies of
tho Queen's household keep their guests
lato. Well: 'tis a tlmo of festival. Tha
password, Sir Suopkelpcr! WitliouP the
password thou mustneods return und crave
tho lady's further hospitality.''
" 'Antony,' sir, und a right good word, too.
Ahl I've wandered far, und never saw I so
goodly a man and so great a General. And,
mark you, sir, I'vo travelod far, nnd scon
many Generals."
"Aye-; 'Ant ny' Is tho word ! And Antony
Is a good General In his way when It is a
sober way, and when ho cannot find a skirt
to follow. I've served with Antony and
ngainst him, too, und know his points. Well,
well; bo's. got nn armful nowl"
And all this while that ho was holding mo
In talk, tho sentry had been pacing to and
fro beforo tho gate. But now ho moved a
littlo way, leaving tho entranco clear.
"Faro theo well, Harmachis, and begone,"
whlspored Brtmuus, leaning forward and
speaking quickly. "Linger not. But at
times bethink theo ot Bronnus'who risked
his neck to savo thino. Farewoll, lad; I
would that wo woro sailing north together,"
and ho turned his back upon me and begun
to hum a tuno.
"Farewell, Brennus, thou honest man," 1
nnswored, and was gono. And, as long aft
erward I hoard, whon on tho morrow tho
huo and cry was raised because tho murder
ers could not And me, though everywhere
thoy sought mo to slay me, Brennus did mo
a service. For he swore that as ho kept his
watch alono an hour after midnight ho saw
mo como and stand upon tho parapet of tho
roof, that then I strotched out my robes and
thoy became wings whereon I (loato up to
heaven, leaving him astonisbod. j d all
thoso about tho court lent ear unto tho his
tory, believing therein, because of the great
famo of my magic; nnd much they won-
dored what tho wonder might portend. The
tale also traveled into Egypt, and did much
to savo my good namo among those whom 1
had botrayed ; for tho moro ignorant among
them believed that I acted not of my will,
but of tho will of tho droad Gods, who of
their own purpose wafted mo to heaven.
And thus, oven to this day, tho saying runs
Ciat "II7ien Harmachis comes aailn Egypt
thaUbt free." Only Cleopatra, though sho
was much afraid, doubted her of tho talo,
and sent an armed vessel to search for tho
Syrian merchant, but not to find him, as
shall bo told.
When I reached tho galley whereof
Charmlon had spoken, I found her about to
sail, and gave tho writing to tho Captain,
who conned It, looking on mo curiously, but
said naught.
So I went aboard, aud immediately wo
dropped swiftly down tho rivor with the
current. And having como to tho mouth
I,117.H ,l,nl,hu.n..rl
"-e 1 ,,,
many vessels, we put out to sea with o
strong favoring wind that ero night fresh-
ened to a great gale. Then the sailor men,
being much afoared, would fain havo put
about aud run for tho mouth of tho Cydnus
onco again, but could not because of the
wildness of tho sea. All that night it blew
furiously, and ere dawn our mast was car
ried away, and we rolled helplessly in the
troucb of the great waves. But I sal
wr pped in a cloak, llttlo heeding; and bo
into tho sea, but the Captain would not. At
j dawn the wind Blackened, but ere noon It
onco moro blew m terriblo fury; and at the
fourth hour from noon wo came In sight of
tho rocky coast of that capo in tho Island oi
Cyprus which is called Dinnretum, whero is a
mountain named Olympus, and thitherwards
we drifted swiftly. Then when tho Ballon
saw tho terrible rocks, and how tho great
waves that smote thereon spouted up In
foam, onco moro thoy grew much afraid,
and cried out In their fear. For, seeing that
I still sat unmoved, they swore that I cer
tainly was a wizard, and camo to cast mo
forth as a sacrifice to tho Gods of tho sea.
And this time tho Captain was overruled,
and said naught. Thureforo, whon thoy
camo to mo I roso and defied them, saying:
"Cast me forth, if ye will; but if yocast
mo forth ye shall perish."
Forin'my heart I cared littlo, having no
moro any love of life, but rather a deslro to
die, though greatly I feared to pass into the
preseuce of my holy Mother His. But my
weariness and sorrow at tho bitterness ol
my lot overcamo even this heavy fear, so
that when, being mad as bruto boasts, they
eued mo anu, 1
raging waters,
tolslsaud mak
seized mo and, liftingmo, hurled molntotht
I did but utter ono prayor
make mo ready for death. But
it was fated that I should not dio; for, when
I roso to the surface of tho water I saw
floating near to me a spar of wood, whereto
I swum and clung. Aod a great wave cams
and swept mo, ruling, as It were, upon tho
spar, as when a boy I had learned to do In
tho waters of the Nllo, pasttbo bulwarks ot
tho galley where tho fierce faced sailors
clung to seo me drown. And when
they saw mo como mounted on tho wave,
cursing them at I came, and saw. too, tbat
tho color of my faco hud changed for the
salt water had washed away the pigment,
they shrieked with fear and cast tbomsolvcs
down upon tho deck. And within a very
Ultic while, as I rods towards Uw rocky
s v . V HL 7 'ft
coast, n great wavo poured into tho vessel,
that rodo broadside on, nnd pressed her
down Ictc the deep, wheueo no moro she
roso.
And so sho sank, with all her crew And
In that samo storm nlso sank tho galley that
Cleopatra had srnt to search for tho Syrian
merchant. Thus wero all traces of mo lost,
and of a surety sho believed that 1 was
dead.
But I rodo on toward tho shoro. The
wind shriekod aud tho salt waves lashed
my face as, alone with tho tempest, I rushed
uou my way, while tho son-birds screamod
bout my head. o fear 1 felt, but rather n
wild uplifting of tho heart; and inthostress ;
of my imminent poril tho lovo of lifo seemed
onco ngain to waken. And so I plunged and
drifted, now tossed hlch toward tho lower-1
' - ...
ing clouds, now cast iiito tho deep volleys of
tho sea, till nt length tho rocky headland
loomed beforo me, and I saw tho breakers
snilto upon tho stubborn rocks, and through
tho screaming of tho wind heard tho sullen
t.. under of their fall and the groan of stones
sucked sou ward from tho beach. On I high
throned up tho hiano of a mighty billow -fifty
cubits beneath mo tho level of tho hiss
ing waters; above mo the inky sky! It wu
donol Tho spar was torn from me. and,
drugged downward by tho weight of thoba:;
of gold and tho clinging of my garments',
struggling furiously, I sank.
Now I wns under the light for a moment
streamed green through tho waters, and
then came darkness, and on tho darkness
pictures of tho past. Picture nftor picture
all tho long scene of lifo was written here,
Then in my
ears 1 ucnrd only tno song oi
I
- . ... .1
I SKW A SI'Alt OF WOOD, TO WHICH I SWAM.
tho nightingale, tho murmur of tho summer
sea, und '.ho music of CleopatraltLlauirh of
victory followed mo softly and yet moro
soft as I sank awny to sleep.
Once moro my lifo eamo back, and with It
a sense of deadly s.ohness and of aching
pain. I opened my e,os and saw l'nd!y
faces bending o'or inc, und know that I. was
in a room of a tmlldcd house
"How camo I hither!" I asked, faintly.
'Of a truth, Poseidon br.ought thee.
Stranger," nnswored a rough volco in bar
barous Greek, "for wo found theo cast high
t.-.-.n ion rmurn nr.B u uruil uu'iDhia.-ft""'
brought theo to our house, for wo are nsncr
r,ilk And hero mcthlnks must thou Ho
awhllo, for Uiy left leg is broken by tho
forco of tho waves."
1 strove tomovo my foot, but could not. It
was true, tho bono was broken abovo the
knee.
"Who art thou nnd how urt thou nnmodl"
asked therough-hoarded sailor.
"1 um an Egyptian traveler whoso ship
hath sunk in tho fury of tho gale, and Olym
pus am I named," I answered, for Olympus
these people called a mountain that wo had
sighted, and therefore I took tho namo at
hazard. A nd as Olympus henceforth was I
known.
Hero with theso rough llshcr-folk did I
abide for tho half of n year, paying thorn a
llttlo out of tho sum of gold that had come
safely ushoro upon mo. For long was it bo
foro my bones grow together again, nnd
then was I left somowhit of a crpplo; for I
who hud been so tall und straigbtand strong
now limped ono limb being shorter than
tho other. Aud after I recovered from my
hurt, still I lived thero, and toiled with
them at tho trade of fishing; for whither I
should go or what I should do that I knew
not, und, tor nwhile, fain was I to become
a peasant fisherman, and so wear my weary
llToaway. And these peoplo entreated mo
kindly, though, as others, they feared me
much, holding mo to bo a wizard brought
hithor by tho sen. For mothlnks that my
sorrows had stamped no strange an aspect
on my faco that men gazing thereon grew
fearful of what lay beneath Its calm.
Thoro then I ubode, till at length one
night ns I lay nnd strove to sleep, grem
restlessness camo upon mo, and a mighty
desire onco moro to seo tho broad faco of
Sihor. But whether this deslro wns of the
Gods or born of my own heart, not knowing
I can not tell So strong was it nt tho lust,
that before it was dawn I rose from my bed
ot straw, and clothed mysolf in my llslior
garb, and, because I had no wish to answer
questions, thus I took farewell of my hum.
ble hosts. First on the woll-cloanod table oi
wood I placed some piecosof gold, and thon
taking n pot of flour I strowed It in the
form of letter-writing
"TMi from 0im;u, tht 71pttan, ui10
return into the tea,"
Then I went, ana on iiioiuiruuujjwu
to the great city of Salamis, that is also on
the sea Hero I abode in tho fisherman's
.-.,,,. tt vog8G. wa9 nbout to sail for
Then I went, and on tho third day 1 camo
quarter till a vessel was about to sail for
Alexandria, and to the captain of this ves
sel, a man of Paphos, I hired mysolf as a
sailor. Wo sailed with a favoring wind,
und on tho fifth day I camo to Alexandria,
that hateful city, nnd saw tho light glaring
on its golden domes.
Hero might I not nbido. 80 onco again I
hired myself out ns a sailor, giving my
labor In return for passage, nnd wo passed
up tho Nile. And from tho talk of men I
learned that Cleopatra had como back to
Alexandria, drawing Antony with hor, and
that together they lived in royal stato In
the palace on thv Lochias. Indeed, tho
boatmen already had a song thereon, which
thoy sang as thoy labored at tho oar, Also
I heard how tho galley that was sent to
search for tho vessel which carried tho
Syrian merchant had foundered with all
her crow, and tho tulo that tho Queen's ns
tronomer, Harmachis, had flown to
Hcavon from tho roof of tho houso nt
Tarsus. And tho sailors wondered because
I aat and labored, nnd would not sing their
ribald songs of tho loves of Cleopatra. For
thoy, too, began to fear me, nnd mutter con
cerning mo among themselves. Then I
know thnt I was a man accursed and sot
apart-a man whom nono might lovo.
On tho sixth day wo drew nigh to
Abouthis, whore I left the craft, and right
glad wero th sailors to seo mo go. And,
with a breaking heart, 1 walked through
tho fortilo fields, Boeing faces that well J
knew. But In my rough dlsgulso and limp
ing gait none knew ine. At length I came,
as tho sun sunk, near to the groat outer
pylon of the Templo; and hero I crouched
down In the ruins of u house, not knowing
wbereforo I had come or what I was about
to do. Llko a lost ox I bad strayed from
far, back to tho fields of my birth, and for
what! If my father, Amenemhat, still
lived, surely ho would turn his faco from
uo'. Idarel not lato tio "roseace oi
my father. I sat hidden there among the
broken rafters and idly watched tho pylon
gates, to seo If perchance a faco I know
should lssu 'orth. But none carao 'orth oi
tntered In, though the great gates stood
vldo; and then I saw that herbs were
growing 'twixt the stonos, whero no horbe
had grown for ages. What could this bel
Was the Templo deserted) Nay; how could
Iho worship of the eternal Gods have
ceased that for thousands of years had,
day by day, been offered In tho holy
placo? Was, then, my father dead! It
well might bo. Andyot, why this slloncol
whero wero tho priests! whero tho
worshipers! No more could I bear tho
doubt, but ns tho sun sank red I crept like
a hunted jackal through tho open gates,
nnu on 1111 1 reached tho first treat Hall of
T - T - . . ......
Hilars, xicru i puu?iu ami ;uzi-u uiuuuu
me not n sight, not a sound in tuo dim and
holy place I On with a beating heart I wout
to tho second great hall of ix-and-thlrty
pillars, whero I hod been cr uod Lord of
all the Land; still not a sight or a sound I
Thenco, half fearful of my owu footfall, so
terrible did It echo In tho stlcnco of tho de
serted Holies, I passed dowu tho passago of
tho names of tho Pharaohs toward my fa
ther's chamber. There still swung the cur
tain o'or tho doorway; but what would
thero bo with'ul ulso emptiness! I lifted
It, and noiselessly passed in, and thoro in his
carveu chair tit tho table whereon his long
whito beard flowed down, sat my father,
Amcnemhat, clad in his priestly robes. At
first 1 thought that ho was dead, so still ho
sat; but at length ho turned his head, and I
. .!... V. . 1. ! I .n,(ln.a
mai. ms. m u i-iu imu,uuusi,iiucsj.
Ho was blind, nml bis faco was thin ns tho
faco of a dead man, and wooful with ago and
grief.
I stood still and felt tho blind eyes wan
dering over mo. I could not spoak I dared
: not speak to him; I would go nnd hldo my
self afresh.
Already had I turned nnd grasped tho cur
tain, when, in a deep, slow volco, my fnthor
I spoke:
"Como hithor, thou who wast my son and
a?t n traitor. Como hither, thou Hnrmachis,
i whereon Khem buildod up her hopo. Not
in vain, thon, havo I drawn theo from far
.way I Not In vain havo I held my life In
j me till I hoard thy footfall creeping down
! thoso empty Holies, llko the footfall of a
j thief!"
I "Oh! my fathor," I gasped, astonished.
I "Thou art blind; how knowest thou mo I"
I "How do I know theo! und askest thou
1 thnt who hast learned of our lorol Enough,
I l know theo and I brought theo hithor.
I Would, Harmachis, that I know theo uotl
would thnt I had been blasted of H10 in
vlsiblo oro I drow thoo dowu from tho
womb of Nout to bo my curso nnd shamo,
and tho lust woo of Khoml"
"Oh, speak thou not thus 1" I moaned, "Is
not my burden already moro than I can
bear! Am I not myself botruyed aud uttorly
outcast Bo pitiful, my father I"
"Bo pitiful! bo pitiful to theo who hath
hown so great pity Thy pity 'twas which
gavo up noble Sopa to dio benoath tho hands
of tho tormentors 1"
"Oh, not that not that!" I cried.
"Ay, traitor, that! to dlo In agony, with
his last poor breath proclaiming theo, his
murderer, honest and innocent! Bo pitiful
to theo, who gavoth nil tho flowor of Kticin
as tho prico of a wanton'b arms! thlnkost
thou that, laboring In tho darksomo dosort
mines, thoso noblo ouos In thought aro piti
ful to theo, Harmachis! Be pitiful to theo,
by whom this holy Templo of Abouthis hath
boon ravaged, its lands seized, its priests
scattered, and I nlono, old and wlthorcd, loft
to' count out its ruin! to theo, who hath
poured tho trcasuroa of Hor into thy Ionian's
lap, who hath forsworn thyself, thy country,
thy birthright, and thy Gods I Yen, thus
am I nltlful : Accursed bo thou, fruit of
my loins! Shamo bo t.iy portion, Agony thy
end, nnd Hell rocolve theo at tho last!
Whoro art thou! Yea, I grow bllud with
weeping when I heard the truth sure, thoy
strove to hldo It from mo. Lot mo And thee
that I may spit upon thoo, thou ltenegado 1
thnu ..AnQstatol thou Outcastl" and he
rosoTTuTi'1 lils soat and staggered Illto a liv
ing wrnth toward me, smiting tho air with
his wand. And ns ho camo with outstrotched
srms, awful to see, suddonly his end found
him, and with a cry ho sauk down upon tho
ground, tho rod blood streaming from his
lips. I ran to him and lifted him; and as ho
died, ho babbled:
"Ho was my son, a bright-eyed, lovely
boy, and full of promise as tho spring; und
now and now oh, would that ho wero
dead!"
Then carao a pause, and tho breath rattled
in his throat.
"Harmachis," ho gasped, "nrt thero!"
"Yea, father."
"Harmachis, Atonol atonol Vongcanco
can still bo wi caked forgiveness may still
bo won. There's gold; I'vo hidden It
Atoua sho can tell theo uh, this painl
Farewell I"
And ho struggled faintly In my arms, and
was dead. Thus, thon, did I and my holy
father, tho Princo Amenomhnt, meot togeth
er for tho last tlmo In thq flesh, and for tho
last time purt.
to iik continukdJ.
THE THEORY OF DEW.
All tho
I'riitty I'hik'Ivs of l'itn llpmit
Hun! I'niilK.
1)T
It is now hold by tho best physicians
that Instead of falling from nbovo tho
dow arlsos from tho earth. The generally-received
opinion that tho dow Is
formed of vapor existing at tho time in
the atmosphere must bo glvon up for tho
established fact that tho vapor which
arlsos from the heatod earth Is trapped
by tho cold surface earth. HoftidoH.whon
wo imagine thnt on a cool evening uftor
a sultry day in summer our foot uro be
ing wet by tho dew on tho grans, wo make
a grave mistake. For thnt moisture on
tho grass is not dow at all, it is false
dew in reality tho tranHplrod humor of
tho plants. The drops at tho tips, which
glisten diamond llko, uro not dow; close
examination shows that these crystalino
spheres are all situated ut tho points
whoro tho veins of tho Iouvoh cut tho
outor edges. Theso drops only give evi
dence of tho vitality of tho plant.
Tho dliforenco between tho true dew
on tho grass und tho exuded drops
through tho vein from within tho grass
can bo easily distinguished, for tho for
mer Is distributed all over tho blado In
a moist film; wherouc tho latter aro of
some size, und uro situated near the tips
of tho blndo. Altered, then, Is tho
meaning of tho lino: "Ilka Made o'
grass keops its nln drop o' dow," for
thoso brilliant globulort on tho potul,
Hhaking to tho samo Hweot air, and
often "gliding at onco all fragrant into
ono," nro no dowdrops, but aro exuda
tions of tho houlthy plants. Thoy glvo
evidence of tho elixir viUo of vegeta
tion; whereus, tho truo dow Is tho
pearly instor, varnished in filmy hu
midity over tho blades by that won
drous alchemy whloh transforms tho
water vajior rising from tho ground
into tho plant refreshing dow. Good
Words.
AMERICAN FICTION.
It Tonleiiclt ill tho PriMont Tlino Ar
Drrliloilly Danjirritin.
An eminent physician onco exclaimed:
"God bless tho novelists, thoy tako us
out of tho cares nnd trials that besot
our dally paths nnd open up now and
Ideal worlds of enjoyment to us!" Suro
ly these worrit wero spoken beforo tho
days of modern renllsm, in tho good old
times when people read novels for Inno-
cent diversion and have been known to i
read far Into the small hours, without I
having their souls stirred to tholr
depths by some question of doctrlno or
morality, lured on to regardlessness of '
the flight of tlmo by their absorbing in-
terest in a labyrinthine misunderstand- ,
Ing between Dorothea and St. Giles, or 1
the relentless treatment of lovo's young 1
dream by some stem parent or guardian.
It Is not, however, upon realism of tho j
deadly dull sort that wo would dwell;
that has already been talked nbout
more than enough, nnd will doubtless j
wear Itself out In tho hands of tho I
many less skillful writers who are en
deavoring to follow the footsteps
of its gifted high-priests. An- ,
other phase, and ono that threat
ens far greater danger to literature 1
and to life, is thnt which conies from
foreign schools and which, unwholo- j
some tis It Is In Its native habitat, is
Htill more dangerous and disastrous
when transplanted to other soils. For
some years we were almost solely de
pendent upon Franco for microscopic
studies of morbid life, character nnd
situation; but within a short period tho
extensive importations from Russia and
other northern countries havo enlarged
the realistic horizon, and still moro re
cently Spain has begun to sond in her
returns. Many of theso novels, notably
those ot Tolstoi, havo in them, with all
tho objections which may W made to
the scenes and characters Introduced, a
high moral purpose and teach valuable
and impressive lessons. Homo ot our
novelists, however, with a strange fatal
ity, and us if in dellanco of tho charge
ot American seriousness in literature,
have seized what may be looked upon
as the outer shell of realism, carefully
avoiding its innor spirit. Henco wo
have in Homo of our later fiction tho dis
tortions in life and situation Unit tho
French realists delight In doplctlmr,
united to a certain gross elaboration
that marks tho northern novelist, with
tho moral lessons entirely left out a
sort of literary slumming for its own
sake, with no good end in view, that is
not only aimless, but distinctly debas
ing in its tendencies. If wo do not de
mand a high moral lesson to bo taught by
what is called our best fiction, which too
apparent purpose seoms to bo the ground
and front of Its oifendliig in tho oyo of
many of itscrltics, let us at least require
of It a reasonablo degroo of wholosonio
ness, that old-fashioned Ideals of good
ness bo not entirely sacrificed to fine
spun theories, and that there bo enough
Ideality loft in it to act as 11 corrective
to tho gross materialism of tho ago.
George Eliot, In eonsoquoftoo of tho
fidelity and conscientious acouraoy with
which she drew her oharaetors and
scenes, deserves a high placo in tho
templo of realism, and yot how much
moro was sho than a realist? touching
always tho lifo that sho portrayed with
tho liner touch of spirituality, and treat
ing hor personalities, whntovor thoir
faults and failures, and whntovor sho
hersolf may havo professed to bollevo or
to disbollove.us tho children or a l'atlior
who designed them all for tho noblest
uses, nnd would boHiitlsllod with nothing
short of the porfeotlon'of sonshlp. Why
olso did sho judge her characters with
such lnoxorablo severity, being satisfied
with no standard short of the highest?
Anno II. Wharton, in Philadelphia
Amuricun.
JUDGE COOLEY'S WAY.
Ilnw Ho Iliinti'd tip ICvlilnnco AguliMt n
Itiillroinl Coiiiimny.
A railroad ticket agent yostorday, In
commenting upon tho lndlscrlnilnato
cutting by brokers, told this: ".ludgo
Cooloy has a way of rounding up tho
scalpers that puts a stop to tholr opera
tions in short order. Ho doos not wait
for tho railroads to bring in evidence
against them, but just goes out on a still
hunt by himself, and gonorally goes
homo with his bag full. Tho lust time
ho was In Chicago ho dropped in sort of
Incidentally upon ono of tho most ob
noxious of tho brotherhood, and brought
him into camp in a manner whloh gavo
tho other scalpers cold foot for a mouth.
"What can I got a tlekot to Now York
for?" said ho, loaning confidentially
ovor tho countor and tipping a wink to
tho man behind.
"Soventeon," replied tho brokor,
briskly.
"Can't you do any hotter than that?"
responded .ludgo Cooloy, persuasively.
Woll, tho broker thought that ho could,
.and finally arranged to glvo tho .ludgo
four tickets way down bolow tho logal
rate.
"Well, bring thorn around to my room
at tho Grand Pacific to-night," said tho
Jttdgo, "I haven't tho full amount with
mo." So at tho appointed hour tho
broker upponrod at tho rooms of tho
ludgo. The Judge received him kind
ly. "Hold up your right hand," said ho
casually. Tho brokor did so with somo
amusement "Now," continued tho
Judge, "do yon swear to toll tho truth,
tho whole truth aud nothing but tho
truth?"
"I'll bo hanged if I do any thing of
tho kind." said the brokor, as his ex
pression changed to blank umuzomont,
and his hand dropped llko u shot.
"Oh, I guess you will," returned
Judge Cooloy with a careless drawl;
"bore's my friend, tho United States
marshal, Bitting by my side, und you
will bo given ovor to his custody If you
don't. So, now, sit down in that chair
and toll Judgo Cooloy, of tho Inter-Stuto
Commission, all about thoso tlokots you
offered to soli him bolow tho legal rate
this afternoon. 1 wunt to know oxuotly
how much each road got for thorn and
your commission."
Tho broker foil in a limp lioup in tho
chair, and before ho loft tho room tho
Inter-Stato Cominorco Commission had
exacted hoiiiO information which struck
tho brokers all In a heap tho day uftor.
Minneapolis Trlbuno.
MENUS IN ENGLISH.
French Niiuir on II1IU uf Kara Sound
yurrr WIumi Ancllrlrd.
Thoso persons who object to tho
French names of dishes as glvon on
menus nnd want them in Kngllsh would
l.o much amused with a literal transla
don of them. For instance, putta
d'ainour means literally, fountalnH of
love; anls etolle, starry snlse-sood; alios
do poularde an solell, pullets' wingH In
the sun; teufs a 1'nuroro, eggs blushing:
like Aurora; bumf a l'ecarlato, beef la
so irlet, I. e. rave; sauco en petit deuil,
i.nue" in half-mourning, nnd hnrlcotH
vlorgot, white virgin lcans. French
cooks, too, aro Ingenious in tho now
dishes as well as In the epithets they
attach to them. Thus wo havo culottes
a la roynle, sauco veloiKe, breeches In
the royal fashion, with velvot jauco;
tendons do veau en queue do paon,
tendons of veal In a peacock's tail, and,
epaulu de moutoii en balloon, on
musette, a shouldoc of mutton In a bal
loon or 11 bag-pipe.
Sometimes their names nro so fanciful
as to be totally incomprehensible, es
pecially If you look for them in a dic
tionary; such us palnis do Ixuuf en
crucovle, n palace of lieof in Cracovi.i;
fraises de veau, strawberries of veal;
lis de veau en amourette, strawbreads
of calves' marrow; llotte, sauce tomato,
a fleet with tomato sauce, and unifs au
mlrolr, which Is literally "eggs in a
looking-glass," but means "poached,
iggs." Hut there aro many of tholr
dishes which are monstrous, and show
strong tendency to cannibalism; for In
stance: Salmi de ohassour.i, a hash of
huntsmen; compete do bous Chretiens,
a stew of good Christians; boucheo do
lames, 11 mouthful ot ladles, andquatror
meudinuts, four beggars, tho "four bog-
jars" being almonds, raisins, ngs ana
filberts.
Thev like veau a I'utouiTudo, llvor ot
veal, und poulets a l'volre, chickens
llko Ivory. Other dishes are, on tho
;ontrary, quito shadowy and unsub
Uantial, such as somolles do pordrlx,
partridges' soles; Soulllo do rests v.osu
pit IT, and line jonqulllr. jntlero, a whofo
jonquil. Tho French nook, too, has
way of serving up his dishes which Is as
extraordinary as the rest. What should
wo think of merlansen turban, whitings
111 turbans; eperlans cm comots, smelts
in wafers; ralo boucleo aux capros, a
thornback served with capers; or of tho
jook who would bo so untidy us to send
to table trulTos a la condro, trullloj
cooked in aslios? Chicago ows.
STRANGE PHENOMENA.
l-'rtutkH or Nn turn Whlrli Torrltlml nml As
IoiiUIiimI All Upholders.
At Home, In I'J'J'J, It rained dust, mtxod
with blood, for tbreodnys, and whon tho
heavy clouds drifted away It looked as
If tho sun was swimming in a sea of flro.
Four years later, In lU'JO, a snow foil in
Syrja, which presently molted and
flowed in carinino rivers of blood, or
iomo fluid muoh resembling it In every
particular. Many of tho old wrltora
record a throe-days' showor of blood-rod
rain In the Island of Hhadosand through
out Southern Itnly in 1!33(J. A monk,
writing in 1S51, tells of a loaf being out
oi tot whloh blood flowed as frooly a
from a fresh wound. In 1!H8 thoro woro
many great temposts. Several towns;
and thousands of peoplo woro swnllowod
up, and the courses ot rivers changod or
stopped. Somo chasms In tho earth sont
fortli poisonous fluids, as red us carinino
Ink, as at Vlllaeh, In Austria. Pondor
ous hailstones fell In many parti of
Germany tho samo year, somo of thoin
weighing from twonty to sovonty
pounds. At Lnniech it rained llosh,
dust, comets and meteors; fire
brands and corruscatlons woro In tha
u-ir; mock suns, with ilory tails, sailed
through tho skies. Soon after thoso
torrlblo scenes ut Lameoh It began at
Catayii, near tho sea, and wont swoop
ing throughout Southoni Europe An
igneous vapor or sulphurous flro broko
from tho earth at Caahory, Asia, and
utterly consumed men, bousts houses
and trees, so infecting tho air that a
groat plague followed. Young soponta
and millions of venomous insects foil
from tho clouds.
In liiui Burgundy oxporlonood tho
novelty of n shower of blood-red rnln,
whlolj ensanguined ovory thing" it
touched; and in 1508 tho Antlura reap
ers found all wheat heads to bo as rod.
us blood. In 1588 broad put In tho ovon
at Nuremberg was takon put covered
with a bloody sweat. ertomborg had
a shower of brimstone und aslios In
l(i:u. In 1005 Llmoriok and Tlpporary,
Ireland, had many showers of a soft,
fatty substunco "resembling button It
was of a dark yollow color and alwaya
fell at night Tho peoplo gathorod it.
nnd used it as an ointment, reporting-
many astonishing cures. St. Louis
Oiobo-Domocrat
THE RIVAL LOVERS.
A Htory Old n tho HIM Hut u (1 00a M
Kver It W.
A quaint story is told of two artist
lovers who sought tho hand of a notod
painter's daughtor. Tho quostion.
whloh of tho two should possoss him
self of tho prize so oarnostly covotod by
both having como finally to tho fathor,
ho promised to glvo his child to tho
one that painted tho best picture.
With tho highest skill his gonlua
could coiniiiiind each strove for tho
maiden. Ono palntod a ploturo ot
fruit, and displayed It for tho fathor'a
Inspection in 11 beautiful grovo whoro
gay birds sang sweotly among tho foli
age, und ull Nature rejoiced in tha
luxuriance of bountiful lifo. Presontly
tho birds camo t down to tho canvas ot
tho young painter und nttompted to eat
the fruit ho hud pictured thoro. In hlu
sucpiiso and joy ut tho young artist's
skill tho father declared that no onu
could triumph ovor that. Soon, how
ever, tho second lovor camo with his
ploturo, and it was vallud. "Tako tho
vaU from your painting," said tho old
man. "1 .leave thatlto you," said tho
young artist, with simple modesty. The
fathor of tho young and lovely maiden
then upproached tho vailed ploturo and
uttemptod to uncover it Hut groat
was his nston&ihmont whon, as hoat
tempted to tako oir tho vail, ho found
tho vull to bo tho ploturo. Plainly h
who could so vail bis canvas with tho
brush as to deceive a Hklllfulmnitor wa.
tho greater artist N. V. Volco.