, 1869-06-20
THE COMET.


4dG CUm Ell.
Fruu, !at Ritersiie A1yaaa&.
Sow he comet ca came x'th IL shining ' nnc!sua @
ga1ed at 1t. and nom the poor sna1ey. Tic e-oMi
4 ne ssrees stared At II. md ne solitary @ nm
one had hts own thoughts Come md look a
the vaun Of heaven, cone out and LOOK 81 the
ca tss h:fs 81 gss
boy and his mother. The tallow e.ndlc wss nut1-
e aT oS E eis
around the candle, anu ran down tie sides: this,
abe believed. betokenel tha: her son would Ole
Tn,s was an OLD superstition IA which she be.
yesss here 70 On I ess1n al snd indess sed i to see as
Tne Boy lid not see The candie-mosh ii Inc
Tor the rsst time IN his LIE, looked brightly down
trom ne ak'e. H 81 quietly Eith a. eatthea
water IN which he dipped the head Of clay pipe,
AMI then put tho stem in his mouth, sad na.le
soapbubb.es. bug and small TecJ qutyefei and
from yellow to red, frum red to purple and bt1e;
ADJ an then they eolored g:een, a1e ne Leaves wnen
thee many yesTs 70 i've Rczc On earn, as iaany ~
The bubbles thou stt e1o4iag."
%sn! 20! g tSs nse an3. fs,;Sx
There MES one year, there fies anotner"' e1-
claimed he, when ncw bubble b-oke loose from
eyrse icy burued md s,naited, sad caused lis
tears to now. IN every bubble he saw picture Of
the future ElimmeHns and ghnering:
"TAis IS tho tune to sec the Gomez exc1atA1sd
the ne!Rheors; eouc out Of tooss acd don't sit IN
tho sooul''
And the mother took the boy ey the hand; he
nsA TO lay the clay pipe aside, and lesre bis play.
With the SOAP bubbles; and tho comet vas tnefr-
AID the boy saw the brilliant nre-eaii sna Ihe
shining tau Some said 1t was three miles long,
Others Insisted thse It several millions OF yasda
lorg-only = sit1ht tsessnce;
gone when The comet eaae again; but the Little
fellow towards whom the caoole-E1Dth had been
ose ae sesn he e' a1e d. md % eanae oa snd wne
:Wn,se hairs are tie nowers OF Old age" says
nowcra He WAS uow IN old scnoo. master. The
echeol, ch!!tsen sald he was yesT wise, a1d knew
50 very maee-hc snew hsiosy and geeTapny, aad
Everything comes haalc, said he: "onlT pay
attention TO persons and events and 5ou wU
o. nsnJ nanea ous
| tccn We ssan have the sane persons again, only
| IN another coat and IN another county," And
who IVES compelled to shoot an aopla from his
son s he'd. but hefoen he shot the Arrow be hid
aaother IN hn bosom 2 shoe: into tae bEeas: OF
LAID. But many yea1r before that happened the
same sveni ooc1sred IN Denmark. with
IRON his sona head, and he also hh
an arrow in lis tosom 10 asea5e the
clEelfT. And several thousand Jea:s before la,
the aame story was written down ta Egypt This
ls story; and = trup ono. It came aGala: and
w1l come asa:u: Ike the eumet. thai returna,
"elss swa[ through space ssa,s away but 1c;
! Tae senooi,nsstef 'i tne. VITA. took pl.cc Ia The
geography: HIS earaen was :a.l oat In The shape
OF map oi Denmark. Here were heras and Cow
sss Gsens s T assr' a T. 5.F sa S u NV Vent
10 the bed that represented Iapiaad: lctch me-
etrkw heat and tney went % Larsssaud. The
shining chEtsssao:n, = sateoo7s. Town and
cLuea were marked with inagcs. Here stood st.
esaloH. W VIII l. ms HIhops stsa 'ts neaas sero.
he old boas wish the baEa WA stSh that fae:e
tood As.auas- From the seaoonasseEs garden
| Jou could learn the geography OF Denmark: bat
had to be Instructed nJ htin ncst, and that was
Feat pleasure.
he spose: md he IeI.:sl VIA: psopis asi saia 70
the olden times, when 1t appeared last: they had
shss s ea one eou III aa.c. r.s w" niae 1.hoat
itg being detected Therefore the merchants
th9,sht I M 70 much o. @ come; me yeas
sehoolaastes sat In his ut,le chamber .aspininz
the sctookEoou- The old Dornhol1 clock or
Els gz7nlta,nc.'s lime stood IA the corner:
The heavy lead weights d.. ncther ascend nor de-
sctnd, the pendulum stool atlL Tha llitie
| ruc4oo, that used to come forward IN the pat
times to cuckoo the passing houFs. hal for ma1J
years ceased 20 10 It's duty. Everything was
Mnt ~. o;t c,,rrsoss nea, ~. ~ moae IN ,a
fnthrY,s Tins hsd rrs a snart of Ma lie The
! srrirrx SOIL, 1n, T,1. ~ th.~ rs1a ,,rtis
hnnr.e I'M. ttcy ecu!t rsnp fhr me'o;ics nj whnic
ifst4ma w;.s .sesn .nr lii 1a1 -sTs mharra "a
| mnen Io,,n, "a ao-nortnt II ~ th.t h,a h,1nsrs. ~
;ns Icn1 .s.s. ~ 49, - - IP1cs ~ -
= little 6oI. nsd seen he Cone. ami nov. xhcn
thst COMET had cnme n51tn ne r. rerhere,. Trn.r
hgh,: be re1ucmpeTad TIC beautiful soap bubbles
! that he blew, each OF tnen represertlug year Of
% liie he hsa latd shining and sparEina IN
| Qe11lI hucA lie 63W IN them A. his pclElIeS and
sosrows, everything hesutiful and sorrpEfuI. no
saw the child al hts plays the youth and his fan
! c.es, the whole world, in Why brightness OPEN
ing before MS gazing eyes: and IN tnak sunlight
he saw his rusure grow. These were the bubbles
OF coming time: now 10 oil man he heard from the
ciaytchoru strings the meIot..es OF pas snv time
mind ) bubbles with memory = sal.eca;ed coiofs
snt be hea;d lis nurse . Knitting sop1
-Fcr tsee no Aua1orc