Mohave County miner., 1888-03-31

eagles were eomlng 70 carry OF their mlo,
tress' clofhe1. And no doubt they ha!
some reason for their concern, for ancient
ladies had . variety Of amlable little ways
OF producing sympathy In their slaves
when things went wrong; and Hhodopis,
sweet as she was 20 look st, was like the
rest. But after oil IL was not Q very
serious matter, for Rosy Cheeks had cup
boards full Of sandals st home, and be-
sides, her litter was only round the corner,
%, after her first astouishment and fright
were over, she thought little more aiout
II. Now, this event was, In reality, the
turning point of her life, for what did this
mysterious bird do but ny straight awny
with his prey over ths Delta, far up the
long river TO Memphis, and there, a. II
his mission ended, be dropped the sandal
before the judgment seat OF King Pam
metichns.
The king was sitting In the open air,
close 70 the city gate. dispensing justice
70 his subjects. The sun was hot, and the
iniaginationa of plaintiff and defendant
equally inventive and inexhaustible, 10
Psammetichus was bored, his thoughts
wandered far away and he fell to build
Ing castles In the air. Now, no Oriental
could ever buyd castle in the air, or
otherwise, without giving 1t q mistress;
% he pleased himself by imagining for his
ideal palace an ideal beauty. He pict-
ured her W ,4h She eyes Of the gazelle, the
voice of the nightingale, the litheness of
the panther, the tread of a goddess; and
as his thoughts dwelt still on the dainty
toes that hardly pressed the ground they
rested on, the sandal fell from heaven
plump at his royal feet. Astonished out
OF all dignity, he jumped up, stared up
into the sky and down at the slipper, and
then stopped and picked IL up, for no
one had dared 10 tsqch II. Was IL
gOddess'f No; IL was lovely lit
tie shoe, but certainly I'm earthly one,
with the print Of five little toes distinctly
marked oil 1.-THE yeJg Little toes he had
just been dreaming OF. Then Of q sudden
II became plain 20 him. II was an answer
from the gods 20 the wishes he had Just
been indrJging in--hs had planned u
castle, here WAS n mistress for il. Let
search be made" cried he, "for her who
owns this sandal, and by these signs shall
you know her: Wbonisoever the shoe fits,
and who has the fellow shoe, and who can
explain tho symbol on the sole, she II the
rightful owner; bring her to me, TINT
may make her my queen" To hear was
70 obey, and the messenger started on his
search. Many days he Travelled down the
Nile, making proclamation Of the will OF
Psammetiohus an he went, bearing the
sandal on a cushion. And wherever he
came through the whole land Of Egypt
there was routing out of cupboards and
a hunting up Of left of shoes, In case by
chance there might be found among them
o match for the wonderful sandal; but
none came to light, All the maidens were
left foriorn.
At Last he came 10 Naucratis, and wher
the proclamation reached the ears OF
Hhodopis she surrendered the rape OF her
sandal, and knew herself the one sought
for by the king. The ambassador wns
admitted to her presence, and then at Las,
the shoe fitted. "And here" cried Rhod
odds. '.fs the fellow shoe; II sAs u, why
1 wear thess~ ~syusbsls- sUsAhs soles--ss
Greece Is captive TO my beauty, 70 shnIi
Egypt be, and Egypt's master" And
then she went with him 30 Memphis, au.,
when the king, whose heart was sick with
waiting, saw her, he succumbed at one.
to the charm OF her lovelipess; he did q.
he had promised and made her his queen
And tho rosy checked Greek slave sat ,,c
side Psammetichus ON the thsons Of Pha.
raoh. .-Harper's Bexar.