The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-12-27
THE .DlYS OF PgRWLDs.'
A Love Legend Of Ancient Greece.
81 "c1eARETlI,"
At
CHAPTAR I.

| TIE STATCC OF VENUS UkANA.
A soft breeze from tho Easterl
HSeae famed the motley assembleas
4 sport.lovlng Athenisns Who crowd.
I'D TO zee the great chasiot rsoe. 10.
termtDgled with the busy trader, tht
steel! clad warrior, the luxurious no.
bleman and the loWly slave. Were
hundreds Of lau8hing children and
metfy dance. Never bid, there beeu
% great . throng within tho brood
sn6loeure 81 inc Ath1oisn I 6lppo.
drQme; The confused bum Of mur.
mQfQteg y6oaD hpQ fthiBI 0eevouo
mass Of excited humanity. sounded
S 4ss fAe dil,ssnslro:E q re iIna'ehty
Seven auperblys finished .chaIiots.
't3ohc h their tasteful. decorations.
we're arrsyed for the race. The proud
psaociog steeds, foaniag ct their
mouths, like msddened warriors weir
esger for the, tiny, The martial
tfumpetef how wound his Siivery
norm. The clear loud notes sounded
j46r1lly, over the dense popuIsttoo.
The hum Of voices ceased. Silsu,
SAld bIysthless was To mplutude!-
another moment; and the great clsri
~ echoes again resoupded through
the crowded plains. ThiS W. the
signal for the start. Instantly thu
tusty characters, reins 10 band,
erect 10. their stately vehiclea stand.
bigE snd encircltpg Shout their hesds
tie long cracking whip. they stimuli.
ta0eo0ely lxsned their IleQtleoe hoes
y, who, qulverioR beneath the Nigh.
~ stroke, dashed furi0usly down Cor
i0vol OOuroo amidst the Wild ohOute
Of tho thronR! Curling circles OF ris.
F1og dDt e1yelQpod thac tying racers,
!, 10 tn00tQhtI.Cla1te. o&an Kindred
ooofe va drowned amidst tho ,din Of
Ten thousand huzzas, ~ the clouded
.'feds plunged BY the enthusiastic
Az Ivory CAT, whose polished exte.
eior was taste'ully adorned With
3E1ee1ul ;earvings q ITVreettc W,rk
0Snsh p; drawn BY eight besut ful
eeeede, whose panttuR sides q inky
Viackaess, we're Furnished IKE =
mirror With the moisture q exeItton.
launched swiftly ahead Of its compo.
sisoes. The ohsgioteee, . youth Of
some tWenty.three years.. managed
n1O magnificent spon Of couc0oe1
Nth such e1tlaosdinary okill @ 70
'lctt To Spplxuse OF I'll. He Won
toss race! The iheuNhg multitud<,
eyshed 70 TIE, goal e, ~ the manly
r. tctof; but otyADee 70 relate be had
Vanished like 8 meteor, No ttace on
the, youth GUILD 6e found: and the
Istiiolest inquiry, 6llsd q dIsoove,
.S99 Ne The mysteri1us eh.Elot4er. y
,, -There w 4. oltAen ,ol gAl6eO6,
smsll 0l stature, Q .uttle .poDood the
peime Of uiA whose general appear.
1pce seemed 70 denote the mae Of
Distinction, Who 10 particular. sought
tor tho missing chxrioteer With The
sroate essiduity. He had patient
y searched through tie. might,
crowd In the aippo0rome. but mud.
,ng his tnyestigatioqs trpitlsss, be
followed tho refreshing nlssoes o.
they dispefSed homewatds. Thts
sudden aud myeteI5ouD d9eppeHe.
snc9, 70 HIN seemed eomeehln4 mar.
velboo. 81 oe hoult through too a..
je6tjc 6etUeeA b. p0tsesQ ID 4ooeiy
ny. unta t6oy Wee0 6eooeeod. To
a1S6S ~ uoW eag advoooo4: 10
II h8i0b thO oe1ele oeBa1 10 ojlDp
p0oe. .spd. not Q eo0nd ~ hooCd.
8S0N4e& the 1lbsld jeet fcom eome
saNGfn hall broke tho otlllneoe q tho
mtdnl1hEz1E, -1ftgI V9ndeetng oome
disf0So3 GIrsoSnod " white I'M
e, ~ r. 2! s..2pse q ve?$ 2 Tcaie
podiment, az glistened 10 tho stlvo.
n loyO OF tho moon. 10 entered tho
pef11l1 4 DO 0ncr1d1s4es mo psle
sid ldstfe OF thA 'tt1in& Ph6bs fell
upoo the white temp)e Nalls yital1
aud re 40 tho DilSnS gloom. t1b eke
Altar Ne. bent he Stepf: Eeoaine
t6sainot ono " tho cvl0mn4 X 4he
nsve AZ the temple, . 10 SllsndY oon..
;templeSel 40 tSaney' a ~ 16ni.
0oe1t 0eatuo OF the Venue tho& "a.
mounted the hoo11 oeDoly- 0golfl10ot:
q olfaI. i ~ i1deed a saQ0iD ~
.4sis-SSy.c G. ~ u xsi,S