The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-09-21

orroasted over the ere. Has:e nos,
Bateta; it is meat thy wife Graves. ans
she needs naught hut ih>it TO restore
her strength. So prepare instantly an"
eat"
The Moon Aoated upward, smiling
and benignant, and Bateta fastened tG
bind a goat, and made it ready as the
Moon had advised. Hanna, after
eating of the meat which was prepared
by boiling, soon recovered her strength
and the children throve, and grew
naryelously.
One morning Batcta walked out O!
| his followed house, and 10. Il change
had come over the earth Right over
the tcps of the trees I great globe 0!
shining, dazzling light looked out from
the sky, and blazed white and bright
over all. Things that lie had seer
dilnly before were now ;rvealc,'. -
the means Of this strange light hung
up in the sky he saw the difference
between that which the Moon gave anc
that new brightness which now shone
out. For, without, the trees and theil
leaves seemed clad in luminous coat
of light, while underneath it was but q
dim reflection of that which was with
out, and to the sight it seemed like the
colder light of the Moon.
And in the colder light that prevailed
below the foliage on the trees there
were gathered hosts of new and strange
creatures; some large, others Of me
dium, and others Of small size.
I Astonished at these changes, ht
cried, "Come out, oh Hanna, and SET
the strange sights without the dwell
ling, for verify I am amazed, and know
not what has happended."
Obedient, Hanna came out with the
children and stood by his side, and wa;
equally astonished at the brightness O.
the light and at the numbers of crea
lures IN all manner Of sizes and forms
which stood in the shade ranged
around them, with their faces toward:
the place where they stood.
"What may this change portend, Oh
| Bateta?' asked his wife.
"Nay, Hanna, know not. All thl:
has transpired since the moon departed
from me-"
Thou must perforce call hin,
again, Bateta, and demand the mean
ing of it, else I shall fear harm untt
thee, and unto these children"
Thou art right, my wife, for to dis
cover the meaning Of all this without
other aid than my own wits woulc
keep US here until We perished. -
Then he lifted his voice and criec
out aloud upward, and at the sound O.
| his voice all the creatures gathered ii
the shade looked upward, and criec
with their voices; but the meaning O
their cry, though there was an infinite
variety of sound, from the round bel
lowing voice of the lion to the shrll
squeak of the mouse, was:
"Come down unto us, oh Moon, an(
explain the meaning Of this grea
change unto us; for thou only wh(
madest US can guide our sense into tht
right understanding of it."
When they had ended their entreat.
unto the Moon, there came voice
from above, which sounded like dis
tant thunder, saying, REST ye, where
i've stand, until the brightness of thl
new light shall have faded, and ye dis
tinguish my milder light and that O
the many children which have beer
born unto me, when I shall come untt
ye and explain"
Thereu1on they rested each creature
in its own place, until the great bright
ness aad the warmth which the strange
light gave faded and lessencd and it VA:
observed that it disappeared from view
on the opposite side to that where it har
first been seen, and also immediatei.
after, at the place Of its disappearance
the Moon was seen, and all over thu
i sky we're visible the countless little
lights which the children of the Moo!
gave.
| Presently, after Bateta had pointed
these out to Hanna and the children
the Moon shone out bland, and its face
was covered with gladness, and lie lef
1.-THE sky smiling. and foated down t
| the earth, and stood not far off from
Bateta, in view of him and his famil!
and of all the creatures under the shade
| "Hearken, oh Bateta, and ye Great
ures of prey and pasture. A little
while ago ye have seen the beginning
of he measurement Of time, which
5: I'll be divided hereafter into day ano
night. The time that lapses between
the Suns rising and its setting shall be
called day, that which shall lapse be-
tween its setting and re-rising sh8ll be
called night. The light of day pro,
ceeds from the Sun, so the light of the
night proceeds from me and from my
children, the stars; and as ye are all my
creatures, the restful time wherein ye
sleep to recover the strength lost during
the waking time, I have chosen that my
softer light shall shine, and during the
working time, wherewith ye shall be
daily walked by the stronger light, the
San shall shine. This rule never-end-
ing shall remain.
"And whereas Bateta and his wife
are the first Of creatures, to them and
their families, and kind that shall be
born unto them, shall be given preem-
inence over all creatures made, not
that they are stronger and swifter. but
because to them only have / given un-
derstanding and gift of speech to
! transmit it. Perfection and everlasting
life had also been given, but the taint
Of Toad remains ia the system. and the
| result will be death. Death to al liv
ing things, Bateta and Hanna eS-
cepted. In the fulness OF time, when
their limbs refuse to bear the burden Of
their bodies and their marrow has be-