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Show 1 "VAMPS" WHO II MADE HISTORY By JAMES C. YOUNG. 8 ( by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD. TTER hair was red and she had a H snub nose. If it had been a fraction frac-tion longer or a little less snubbed te history . of the world might have been changed, as a French philosopher remarked. re-marked. Cleopatra was born in B. C. 69 and with her brother Ptolemy bscame joint heir to the throne of Egypt. The two disagreed and Cleopatra fled from Alexandria.' Al-exandria.' About this time Julius Caesar, fresh from his great victory over Pompey, a rived in the Egyptian capital. With true Uotnan "courtesy" he seized the principal buildings and bid its warring factions behave. Cleopatra Cleo-patra heard and took heed. On a certain cer-tain day Caesar held audience, and each" new applicant added some gift' to the pile growing at his feet. Then came a giant Nubian slave, bearing a roll of carpet on his back. He unrolled un-rolled it before Caesar, and Cleopatra stood before him in unrobed loveliness. loveli-ness. She was sixteen, Caesar almost sixty. The next day he banished her enemies, en-emies, but instead of placing Cleopatra firmly upon the throne, he carried her off to Rome, and maintained her there until he was assassinated by Brutus. Cleopatra returned to Alexandria and found her throne more secure than nefore. But she made the mistake of negotiating with the wrong Koinan party. par-ty. Mark Antony was sent to demand j her penitence. He came as ruler of all the East, or one half the known world, which he had divided with Oc-tavius Oc-tavius Caesar. Cleopatra went forth to meet him in her famous galley. Antony saw her, forgot his mission, forgot everything. every-thing. Ami for ten delirious years he j dallied in soft luxury. It was a long : time, and one which must end. Octavi- us came aboard his fleet to claim that i other half of the world which Antony j had wasted. They met in battle off j Actium. Antony's fleet was on the ! point of victory when he saw Cleo- j palra's galley speed away, for a rea- , son never learned. He thought her wounded or in other peril and gtv pursuit. Antony's ships wavered, broke j line, were overwhelmed. j j Cleopatra saw the inevitable about 1 to happen and sent a secret message to Octavius, attempting by flattery and seduction to save herself. Caesar had been a black-eyed man. and Antony's eyes were a warm brown. But those of Octavius were gray and cold. He merely smiled. Cleopatra knew her- 1 self lost and retired to a mausoleum she bad built. Anlony heard that she was dead and threw himself upon his sword. He was curried dying to her , arms. She soothed his hist moments, ', then put nn asp to her bosom, which sank its fangs into her soft breast ' even as the lifters of Octavius thundered thun-dered at the gale. j |