Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-06-17
The Mountain and the sea.


Mountain alone was immovable he
stood always here upon his rocky
foundation and the Sea rippled and
foamed ut his feet, while the Air
danced freely over his head and
about his grim face. It came to pass
that both the Sea and the Air loved
the Mountain, but the Mountain loved
the Sea.
"Dance on forever, o Air." said
the Mountain "dance on and sing
your merry songs. But I love the
gentle Sea who in sweet humility
Fcrouches at my feet or playfully
dashes her white spray against my
brown bosom"
Now the Sea was full of Joy when
she heard these words, and her
thousand voices sang softly with de-
hight. But the Air was filled with
rage and jealousy, and she swore a
terrible revenge.
"The Mountain shall not wed the
Sea-" muttered the envious Air.
Enjoy your triumph while you may,
o slumberous sister; l will steal you
from your naughty lover!''
And it came to pass that, ever after
that, the Air each day caught uI
huge parts of the Sea and sent them
floating forever through the air ir
the shape of clouds. So each day
the Sea receded from the feet of the
/ Mountain, and her tuneful waves
played no more around his majestic
base.
"Whither art thou going, my love?'
cried the Mountain, in dismay.
''She is false to thee" laughed th'
Air, mockingly. "She is going II
another love far away"
But the Mountain would not be
lieve it. He lowered his head alof
, and cried more beseechingly than be
J fore: "Oh, whittier art thou going
my beloved? 1 do not hear tn.
sweet voice nor do thy soft, whit
arms compass me about.
Then the Sea cried out in an agon
of helpless love. But the Mountain
heard her not, for the Air refused t
! bring the words she said.
"She is false!" whispered the Air
81 alone am true to thee"
But the Mountain believed her mo-
Day after day he reared his massiv
head aloft and turned his honest fac
E to the receding Sea and begged he
: to return; day after day the Sc
threw up her snowy arms and uttere
the widest lamentations, the Mour
o tain heard her not, and day by da
the Sea receded further and furtl
,, er from the Mountains base. Whel
she once had spread her fair surfat
o appeared fertile plains and verdal
Igroves all peopled with living thing
- whose voices the Air brought to I'll
q Mountains ears in the hope that the
might distract the Mountain from b
mourning.
But the Mountain would not
. comforted; he lifted his sturdy hes
. aloft and his sorrowing face wi
turned ever toward the feeting ol
i ject of his love. Hills, valley
= forests, plains, and other mountain
separated them now, but over ar
beyond them all he could see her fa
n face lifted pleadingly toward hil
l. while her white arms tossed wildly
l. and fro. But he did not know VIII
sr words she said, for the envious A
r would not bear her message to hi
'' Then many ages came and wer
until now the Sea was far distant
.e so very distant that the Mounts
~ could not behold her--nay, had
VI been ten thousand times loftier
90 could not have seen her, she was
iS far away. But, still as of old, t
~ ~ Mountain stood with his majes
AZ head high in the sky, and his fl
he turned whittier he had seen her f;
'e ing; like a dream, away.
"Come back, come back, o my
he lovedv' he cried and cried.
l" And the Sea, thousand miles
II more away, still thought forever
u the Mountain Vainly he peer
over the western horizon for a gliml
elk of his proud head and honest fa
es, The horizon was dark. Her 10
Ill, was far beyond; forests, plains, hi
M valleys, rivers, and other mounta
ch- intervened. Her watching was
tee hopeless as her love.
1ly ''She is false!'' whispered the
he to the Mountain. "She is false /,
The she has gone to another lover.
zen alone am true!"
zen But the Mountain believed her
let And one day clouds came float
ex- through the sky and hovered aro
ems the Mountains crest.
est eWho art thou" cried the Nc
. to tain, 'swho art thou that thou Fl
Co. me with such subtitle consolati
Thy breath is like my beloved's
;,,, thy kisses are like her kisses"
,,or 1--WE come from the Sea-" ans
oal, ed the Clouds. '.She, loves thee
:, y, she has sent us to bid thee be cour
"a ous for she will come back to th
-, Then the Clouds covered the III
for tain and bathed him with the &
, of the Seas true love. The
Il 10 ragged furiously, but all in vain.