Mohave County miner., 1888-06-02
NO.3O.

tagles were coming 20 carry on their mia.
tiess' clothes. And no doubt they hsd
sofae reason for their concern, for ancient
| ladies' had variety Of amiable little ways
Of producing sympathy In their slaves
| when tpiDss went wrong; and Ri1fiopis,
sweet iis she was 10 look at, YVES like the
resi-. But after all 80 was not very
serious matter. for Rosy Cheeks ilad cup
boartis fnll VI sandals at homo, and be-
sides, her litter was only round the corner,
80, after her first ast0nshment and fright
were over she thought little more Rlout
~ Now, this event was, I'm reality, the
turning point of her life. for what did this
mysterious bird do but fly straight away
with bis prey over the Delta, far up the
loIIg river TO Memphis, afd there, as II
bis mission ended, he dropped the sandal
before the judgment seat Of King Psam-
mcticbtis. h.
The king was sitting In the open or,
close To the city gate, dispensing justice
to bis subjects. The sun was hot, and the
inaginations Of plaintiff and Defendant
equally inventive and inexhaustible, NO
Psainmetichs wss bored, his thoughts
wandered far away and he fell " buiid-
lug castles In the afr. Now, no Oriental
could ever buyd a castle I'm the air, or
otherwise, without giving IL Q Mistress;
- he pleased himself by imagining for his
ideal palace an ideal beauty. He yict-
ured her with the eyes of the gazelle, the
voice Of the nightingale, the litbeness q
the panther, the tread of goddess; snA
as his thoughts dwelt still on the daisty
toes that hardly pressed the ground they
rested ON, the sandal fell from heaven
plump mt HIS royal feet. Astonished suS
~ xtl Hfo,,tfv b. t,a,,.,,x.xl ,,tx
into the sky and down at the slIppsr. sAd
then stopped and picked 1t mp, for no
one had dared TO t.uch Il. ,Was 10
. goddesst No; II Was . lovely lit
tie shoe, but certainly an earthly one,
with the print Of five little toes distfpctly
marked ON 1.-THE very little toes he had
just been dreaming o. Then OF sudden
II became plain 20 him. II was an answer
from the gods to the wishes he had just
been indulging in-hs had planned q
castle, here was a mistress for IL. "Let
search be made" cried he, for her who
owns this sandal, and by these signs shall
yon know her: Wbomsoever the shoe fits,
alid who has tho fellow shoe, and who can
explain the symbol on the sole, she Ia the
rightful owner; bring her 10 Ine, that
may make her my queen" To hear was
10 obey, and the messenger started on his
search. Many days he Travelled down the
Nile, making proclamation OF the viii OF
Psanmetichus as he went, bearing the
sandal on a cushion. And wherever he
came through the whole land Of Egypt
there was routing ont OF cupboards and
hunting up Of left off shoes, in case by
chance there might be found among them
"A match for the wonderful sandal; but
none came to light, arai the msidens were
left forlorn. r ~
At last he came to Naucratis, and when
the proclamation reached the ears of
Rhodop!s she remembered the rape OF her
sandal, and knew herself the one sought
for by the king. The ambassador vas
admitted to her presence, and then ut last
the shoe fitted. Sand here" cried Rhod.
odis, f'is the fellow shoe; and this IL why
4 wear these symbols ON the soles--as
Greece Is captive 10 my beauty, SO shall
Egypt be, and Egypt's master" And
then she went with him 20 Memphis, and
when the king, whose heart was sick with
waiting, saw her, he snccumbed ut once
TO the charm OF her loyeliness; he did M
he had promised and made her his Green.
Aud the rosy checked Greek slave sat be.
side Psammetichns Oh the throne of Pha-
raoh.--Harper's Bazaar