The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-03-21

~ the -an,iais slitiere,I by The waters
edge they raaelst hissye. Now, whether
he fhoaght they were good 70 eat or
wheshes he Was a bini Of cultivated taste
know not. bur sfraishfway hc sxoored
AMI seizess one. Rhosiopis. roused fross
her reveric by the rsssh of Wigs. caazht
: gilt q the .reas bird IS i few Of, ard
frightened. set % Streaming and then
dseke-i- By the tine she hadr recovered
herself and taken in what had happened
the eagle and her sandal we're IN the next
parish
Of course. directly it was al over, her
girls who bad been busy telling one an
other secrets. began in their alarm to
hide everything awsy in place Of safe
~. as il they expected a whole phalanx
Of eagles were coming to carry or their
mistress clothes. and 10 doubt they
had some reason for their concern. for
ancient ladies had 4 variety of amiable
little Ways Of producing sympathy in
their slaves when things went wron..
and Rhopopis. sweet as she vas to look
al, was ike the rest. Bot. after all. il
was not a very serious matter. lor Rosy
Checks had cupboaF,ls full Of sandals a
home, and besides her litter was only
around the corner. 20. after her first
astonishment and frighs were over. she
thoa-ht little aere about IT,
Vow this event was in reality the turn
ing point other life. for what did this
mysterious bird 10 but As straight away
with his prey, over the Delta. far up ths
long river % Memphis. and there. As his
mission ended. ne dr8Pped the sandal
before the Judgement seat Of King Psam-
netiehus. Tho King was Sitting in the
open air. close 70 the open gate. dispen-
sing justice - his subjecis TIE sun was
hot ami the inia.sinatioas Of plaintiff and
defendent equally inventive and mex
hanstibie, 80 Psammetiehus vas bored:
his th0uehts wandered far away, and he
fell to building castles in the ar. Vow
no Oriental c3aIl ever build castle in
the air or otherwise without giving il
mistress; - he pleased himself 0y Inn
aginiug for bis ideal palace and ideal
beauty.
He.pistured her with tie eyes of the
grzelle, the voice Of the nightingale, the
litheness Of the panther, the tread Of .
goddess. and as bis thoughts dwelf stili
on the dainty toes that hardly pressed
the ground they rested on the sandal
f.li from heaven plump at his royal
feet. Astouisled out of all dignity; he
jumped up. stared Gp in the sky and
down at the slipper, and then siooped
and picked It up-lor no one had dared
70 touch It. Was il ge,ldess's2 No;
It was a lovely little shoe. bgt certainly
an earthly one. with the print af FIVE
little earthly toes distinctly marked On
1.-THE very little toes he had just been
dreaming o.
Then Of a sllden i became plain 20
him Il was an answer from tine gols to
the wishes he had just been INDUCING
in-he had planne,l 9 castle, here was
mistress for it. Let search be made,
cried he. for her who owns this sandal.
and by these Signs shall yoa know her
Whosoever the shoe fits, and who hasthe
feliow shoe, and who can explain the
symbol On tie sole, she Is the ii.htful
owner bring her 10 me that / may
make her nay queen" To hear. was o.
obey, and the messenger started on bis
search. Many days he Travelled down
the Nile. making proclauatioHs of the
VIII Of Psammetiehus as he vent, bear
ing the sandal On acushion- Ani wher
everh he came through the whole land Of
Egypt there was routing out of cup
boards and hunting up Of lef1 OF shoes,
in ease by chance there might be FUND
among them 4 match for the wonderful
sandal: but none came to Light ami the
maidens were Ieft forloru-
At last he came to Naucratis, and
when the proclamation reached the ears
Of Rhodopis she remembered the rape
Of her sandal, and knew herself the one
sought for by the king. The ambassador
WIS admitted to her presence. and then
Il last the shoe fitted. Aad here
cried Rhoslopis. IS the fellow shoe, and
thi= Is why wear these symbols on the
soles-as Greece Is captive 20 my beauty,
50 shall Esypts master And then size
went with him 70 Memphis, and when
the king. whose heart was sick with
waiting, SAW her, he at once succumbed
20 the charm Of her loveliness he did
as he had promised, anil made her his
queen. And the rosy cheeked Greek
slave sat beside Psammetichgs On the
throne Of Pharaoh