Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-06

or roasted over the fire. Haste now,
Bateta; it is meat thy wife Graves, and
she needs naught but meat to restore
her strength. So prepare instantly and
eat"
The Moon foated upward, smiling
and benignant, and Bateta hastened to
bind 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
marvelously.
One morning Bateta walked out OF
his followed house, and 10! a change
had come over the earth. Right over
the tops of the trees great globe OF
shining, dazzling light looked out from
the sky, and blazed white and bright
over all. Things that he had seen
dimly before were now revealed. By
the means of this strange light hung
up in the sky he saw the difference
between that which the Moon gave and
that new brightness which now shone
out. For, without, the trees and their
leaves seemed clad in luminous coat
of light, while underneath it was but
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
dunn, and others of small size.
Astonishcd at these changes, he
cried, Come out, oh Hanna, and see
the strange sights without the dwell
ling, for verify am amazed, and know
not what has happended."
Obedient, Hanna came out with tn,
children and stood by his side, and was
equally astonished at the brightness OF
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 towards
the place where they stood.
"What may this change portend, oh
Bateta?" asked his wife.
"Nay, Hanna, know not. All this
has transpired since the moon departed
from me-"
Thou must perforce call him
again, Bateta, and demand the mean.
ing of it, else 1 shall fear harm unto
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 would
keep us here until we perished."
Then he lifted his voice and cried
out aloud upward, and at the sound OF
his voice all the creatures gathered in
the shade looked upward, and cried
with their voices; but the meaning Of
their cry, though there was an infinite
variety of sound, from the round bel.
lowing voice of the lion to the shril
squeak OF the mouse, was:
"Come down unto us, oh Moon, anc
explain the meaning of this grea
change unto us; for thou only wht
madest us can guide our sense into the
right understanding of it"
When they had ended their entreat.
unto the Moon, there came a voice
from above, which sounded like dis
tant thunder, saying, "Rest we, wher,
i've stand, until the brightness of thi
new light shall have faded, and we dis
tinguish my milder light and that o
the many children which have beer
born unto me, when l shall come unit
ye and explain"
Thereupon they rested each creatur
in its own place, until the great bright
ness and the warmth which the strang
light gave faded and lessened, and it wa
observed that it disappeared from viey
on the opposite side to that where 1t haC
first been seen, and also immediatel
after, at the place of its disappearance
the Moon was seen, and all over tn
sky were visible the countless littl
lights which the children of the Mool
gave.
I Presently, after Bateta had pointe'
these out to Hanna and the children
the Moon shone out bland, and its fac
was covered with gladness, and he let
the sky smiling, and fioated down t
the earth, and stood not far off iron
Bateta, in view of him and his famil
and Of all the creatures under the shade
I "Hearken, oh Bateta, and ye Great
ures of prey and pasture. A littl
while ago We have seen the beginnin
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shall be divided hereafter into day an
night. The time that lapses betweeI
the Suns rising and its setting shall b
called day, that which shall lapse be
tween its setting and re-rising shall b
called night. The light of day pro
ceeds from the Sun, so the light of tn
night proceeds from me and from m
children, the stars; and as We are all m
creatures, the restful time wherein Y
sleep to recover the strength lost durin
the waking time, have chosen that m
softer light shall shine, and during tn
working time, wherewith We shall b
daily walked by the stronger light, tn
Sun shall shine. This rule reverend
ing shall remain.
'Aud whereas Bateta and his wifi
are the first of creatures, to them an
their families, and kind that shall b
born unto them, shall be given preem
inence over all creatures made, nc
that they are stronger and swifter, bu
because to them only have ! given un
derstanding and a gift of speech t
transmit it. Perfection and everlastin
life had also been given, but the tain
of Toad remains In the system, and tn
result will be death. Death to all liy
ing things, Bateta and Hanna ez
cepted. In the fulness Of time, whe
their limbs refuse to bear the burden {
, their bodies and their marrow has be
come dry, my irst-born shall return
me, and shall absorb them. Childre
shall be born innumerable unto them
until families shall expand into tribe:
and from here, as from a spring, man
kind will outflow and overspread a
lands, which are now but wild an
void, ay, even to the farthest edge
the earth.
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Trouble Ahead.