Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-03-02

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"And love as we do" said the girl.
81 do not think they need be taught
| that" said Leo, and he strobe away
very angry, with his lion-skin swing
ing from his sh, ulder, till he came to
the house where the Scorpion lives IN
the darkness, brandishing his tail over
| his back.
'sWhy do you trouble the children OF
men?" said Leo, with his heart between
his teeth.
care you so sure that l trouble the
children of men alone?" said the Scor-
pion. "STeak to your brother the
Bull, and see what he says
| 'I come on behalf of the children of
men," said Leo. II have learned TO
love as they do, and I wish them to
live as las we do"
"Your wish was granted long ago.
Speak to the Bull. He Is under my
special care" said the Scorpion.
Leo dropped backed to the earth
again, and saw the great Aldeboran,
that is set in the forehead of the Bull,
blazing very near TO the earth. When
be came up to it he saw that his brother
the Bull, yoked to a countryman's
| pl ugh, was toiling through a wet rice
field with his head bent down, and
the sweat streaming from his tianks.
The countryman was urging him for
ward with a goad.
"Gore that insolent to death" cried
Leo, and for the sake OF our family
honor come out of the mire.
'I cannot" said the Ball "the Scor-
! pion has told me that some day, of
which L cannot be sure, he will sting
me where nv neck is set On my shoul-
ders, and that l shall die believing"
"What has that to do with this dis
graceful exhibition" said Leo, stand
ing on the dyke that bounded the wet
field
every thing. This man could not
plough without my help. He thinks
that am a stray bullock"
"But he Is a mud-crusted reptile
with matted hair" insisted Leo. 1--WE
are not meant for lis use.
"You may not lie; / m. l cannot
tell when the Scorpion may choose to
sting me TO death perhaps before L
have turned this furrow." The bull
flung his bulk into the yoke, and the
plow tore through the vet ground be-
hind him, and the countryman goaded
him till his fanks were red.
"Do You like this?" Leo called down
the dripping burrows.
NO" said the Bull over his shout
der as he lifted his hind lie from the
clinging mud and cleared his nos
trIls.
Leo left him scornfuIIy and passed
to another country where he found his
brother the Ram in the centre of a
crowd of country people who were
hanging wreaths round his neck and
feeding him on freshly-plucked green
corn.
''This is terrible, - said Leo. "Break
up that crowd and come away, my
brother. Their hands are spelling
your fleece"
81 cannot" said the Ram. 'The
Archer told me that on some day OF
which 1 had no knowledge, he would
send dart through me, and that
should die in great pain.
"What has that to do with this dis
graceful exhibition" said Leo, but
he did not speak as confidently as be-
fore.
Everything in the world" said the
Ram. "These people never saw &
perfect sheep before. They think that
l am a stray, and they will carry me
from pl ce to place as model to al
] IlelF HOChS-
But they are greasy shepherds, We
are not int nded to amuse them" sald
Leo.
"You may not be, am" said the
Ram. al cannot tell when the Archer
NAV choose to send his arrow at me
perhaps before the people mile dowI
the road have seen me The Ran
lowered his head that a yokel newly
| 4 Of IL
garlic leaves over it, and waited
patiently while the farmers tugged hi
fleece
''Do you like thisl' cried Leo oyel
the shoulders of the crowd.
mo- said the Ram, as tie dust o
the tramping feet made him sneeze
and he snuffed at the fodder piled be
J fore him.
Leo turned back intending to retrace
= his steps to tn Houses, but as he was
| passing down a street he saw two small
children, very dusty, rolling outside {
cottage door, and playing with a cat
They were the Twins.
e'What are you doing here?" salC
Leo, indignant.
playing" SAID the Twins calmly.
Cannot you play on the banks O
. 1 y
1--WE did" said they, till the Fishe
swan down and told us that some da.
they would come for us and not hur
us at al and carry rs away. So nov
we are playing at being babies dow
here The people like it.
, ''Do you like it?" said Leo.
| NO" said the Twins, ''but there
arc no cats in the Milky Way" ant
they pulled the cats tail thoughtfully
|, A woman came out of the doorway anC
stood behind them, and Leo saw in he
face look that lie had sometimes seel
, in the Girls.
"She thinks that we are foundlings,
said the Twins, and they trotted in
: doors to the evening meal
! Then Leo hurried as swiftly as pos
: sible to all the Houses one after an
other; for he could not understand tn
! new trouble that had come to hi
), brethren. He spoke to the Archer, an,
the Archer assured him that so fa
as that House was concerned Leo ha'
nothing to fear. The Waterman, tn
, Fishes, and the Sea Goat gave tine ;eqm
answer They knew nothing of Leo
I and cared less. They were the Houses
I and thev were busted in killing men.
At last he came to that very darl
! House where Cancer the Crab lies 81
still that you might think he was asleel
y if you did not see the ceaseless pla,
r and winnowing motion of the feather.
t branches round his mouth. Tha
L movement never ceases. 1t is like tn
i eating of smothered fire into rottel
timber in that it is noiseless and with
s out haste.
4 Leo stood in front of the Crab, AM
= the half darkness allo ed him
glimpse of that vast blue-black back
: and the motionless eyes. Now an,
i again he thought that he heard some
| one sobbing, but the noise was yer.
g faint.
"Why do you trouble the children
> of men3" sald Leo. There was no an