Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-06
SUNSET STORIES.
Krittsn For The Sunday Reaister.

the authors manner That's O puzzler,
see. The fact ia, thst it vas written by tbs
mysterious person who breaks the chin
and scratches matches on the wall, III
Nobody; or perhaps j: might be mora CO:
rect to say, By Mr.. Everybody; for Besut
and the Beast never had an author, it 'jUs
growed," like Topsey.
But Shst did it grow from2
From the sunset.
You don't seeitY' II you did, shoal'
not trouble shout telling you how it hap
psned.
Our great-great grsndfsther5, thousand
of years ago, got up very much earlier ii
the morning, than, | am sorry to say, mos
OF Us do; aud so they say the sun rlS'
quite as often as they saw 1t set; and TIT
ROSY clouds that attended 1t on each occa
zion seemed to them 10 be 6 real and mos
beautiful maiden, whom they called Eos ol
the Dawn, and any number OF pretty names
beside. The sun, they said, was her lover
and q powerful prince, In some OF the
stories, q god. But you can easily see how
4 mpSasihIe II was for these two lvTors to bt
married and live together unless orc o.
the other was concealed by darkness oil
Disguise; for when the Dawn sees the Sur
she disappears, and when the Sun meets
the rosy clouds of sunset, he sinks below
the horizon.
From this rose tao classes of stories, in
the first of which the maiden vauishes and
the Prince looks for her, as in Cinderella;
which in the second class. it is the Prince
who disappears, and the maiden who wan
ders over the world 10 search of him, un'
til they meet sgsin 81 sunrise, and are
happy ever after.
Now will tell you two stories Of this
sort, by the help OF which think you will
be abs TO recognize Sunset Stories, as
shall call them, wherever you see their
dear rosy faces The frat 10 called,
THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE
More ages sgo than your age and my
age, and your GreGtgrandpapss age ali
pqt together would make, there lived a
king and queen VITO had three daughters.
The two elder were vell.looking enough,
bat the youngest was the most beautiful
creature that ever lived; 30 lovely, icdeed,
that people came from all paris OF the
world Just TO get one glance OF her. Now
there lived at that time person named
Venus, who claimed TO be the most beautl-
full woman in the world, aud who waa wor.
shipped in several places at the Goddess Of
Beauty. But a. the fame Of the youngest
daughters loveliness spread throughout the
land, Vesus found herself neglected, and
became very JEALOUS Of Psyche, As the
young beauty was called.
Venus was quite old euo1gh to have lett
of al such nonsense, too; for you must
kuow that she had grown son whose name
was Cupid. q very mischieyous troublesome
Young fellow, out remarkably handsome
l. wss one of his pecuGsrities to carry
bow and arrows always about with him,
and to shoot at every one whom he met
Fortuustely, the wounds he Inflicted did
not often prove fatal; bus they were very
annoying; for Anyone pierced by one OF
his darts was not much better than raw
Ing lunatic, Tor the time being.
So Venus ordered her son to take an ex'
ira fine srrow and to shoot Psyche, In or
der that the poor girl might become crazy,
and make every ous laugh at instead OF
adpicing her. Bat no sooner hsc Master
Cupid aeon the Eaiden, who was quite as
good az she was beautiful, than ne iell In
love with her, aud determined TO mary her
in soile of his mother | cant say that
this vas altogether right in Cupid, eau you Z
bat il Venus had been better mother, snd
mad been more careful to teach him hi
duty. it would never have happened. AT
all events be was quite resolved, but how
to manage il without his mothers knowl-
edgs was the question, which IS CUPID was
rathsr sharp lad, he solved very cieVerly'
There VAS another god, called Apollo,
Who had temple at Delphi, where he
some ines spoke 10 bis wo5shippers IN an
audible voice, and Cupid easily persuade
hia &c tell Psyches parents that their
daughter was destined TO marry god, AND
TO give directions how it Was to be brought
about. It was considered u great honor
in those dsyc for u mortal 10 we'd one OF
the gods, and so Apoilo's commands we're
strictly obeyed, and poor little frightened
Psyche was set on high rock, in the midst
of an uninhabited county, and left there
alone. Then suddenly she felt herself
lifted up and carried through the air to
beautiful palscs where she was waited upon
DC invisible hands Everything around
her was OF the richest materials ana ex'
-nisitely beautiful, -: :h daintieSt V'ands
were alwsys W her table, the sweetest mu.
sic always at her command; in short, she
would have been perfectly happy if she could
hut have seeu the husband who came to
her only in the dark. For, you see, CUPID
was 40 afraid his mother would find out
what he had done, that he would not re-
veal himself even to Psyche.
At last, P5yche's parents, having never
heard Of her sirce she was lett upon the
rock. cent her sisters in search Of her. Gu
Did was very unwilling tor her to see them
out a. last, "a be saw how much she wished
to do 90, he consented, csutioning her, how
ever, 10 saw little about her own affairs as
possible But Psyche was no match for
her,sisters. Who were thoroughly determined
70 know all there was to De known, and
when they found out that she had never
seen her husband dear me! what hub
Dub they made about it! Ii was perfectly
evident, they said, that their eister had mar
ried some hideous monster; for II ne had
the smallest pretensions to good looks
would he be so fond Of the dark Come,
now
Poor little Psyche did not want to be-
Heve them; but,she had always deferred to
their superior wisdom, as younger sister
should, and the old habit was stronger than
her fsith in ths new love. So she promised
to follow their advice, and that very night
did as they had told her.
When Cupid was fast asleep, che rose
from the bed, and took, from the place
where she had laid them ready, lighted
lamp. and dagger, to kill her husband,
if he should prove to be the monster her
sisters believed But there lay beautiful
youth, with golden curls, and long lashes
restipg on his flushed cheeks. The rain
bow tinted wings that huttered from his
shoulders told her that it yrs indeed q god
whom she had married; and by the bow
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