Crawford avalanche., 1894-05-31
The Man In the MON.


There's the home of the man in
Man in the Moon" said her guide.
AS they came near, she saw in front
of large hole In the side of the
mountain, shaped like a door, an
enormous man. Ellie thought he
must be at least fifty feet high. He
was dressed in a long, brown coat,
which reached to his knees; on his
legs were long blue stockings, and
purple trunks; his shoes were orna-
mented with buckles, his cap was
blue and cut to a point in front,
while long amber-colored feather
which floated up from it showed that
he was a little bit vain of his per-
sonal appearance. His head was
very, very large, forming at least one
third of his whole height The face
was round and full and very jolly
looking, slight droop to the left
eyelid giving his eyes snch quaint,
shy look that nobody who looked at
him could possibly help laughing.
He was sitting down on a great
head Of cheese, having bis dinner;
and Ito show you what very extra
ordinary man he was) he was eating
the front of his own house!
"Hullo!" he shouted, when he saw
our little traveller, "hullo! What
brings you here? 1t isn't often that
/ have pleasure of speaking to any
Earth-children. Come here and let
me shake hands with you."
He stopped down and took Elites
hand in his mighty fist and shook it
warmly.
"Sit down, sit down, little one;
here is a nice seat or course you
wish to ask questions. 1 never knew
an Earth-child who did not. Go
right on, and l will tell you all you
wish to know"
Ellie settled herself comfortably on
the soft cheese seat, ready to enjoy
herself.
"In the first place." she said, I'D
like to know about some of the
things you have seen from here, and
why do you look so jolly, please?
should have thought that you would
feel more like crying all the time,
for you have to work so hard making
the new moons. Then / have read
and heard so much Of the misery that
there Is in the world, and which you
must see every night. can't under
stand 1t how you manage to look so
happy about it,"
While Ellie spoke, the Man in the
Moon looked very serious, and as she
finished he buried his face in his
hands. When he uncovered it the
smiling, happy look had gone.
@My little girl" he said, you have
asked me questions which would take
me lifetime to answer. This,
though, can say-that have seen
a great deal Of trouble, misery, and
wretchedness down upon the earth,
but have seen also great number
of things to rejoice at, and to make
me glad. Long, long ago, 1 found
that to sit down and make myself
miserable about things that 1 could
not help, did me no possible good;
and that one who does so only Grip
Piles his powers for. usefulness. By
being bright and cheerful / have
made many people happy, and kept
my own heart young. You--and
others--might remember this
tsAs for my working so hard max
ing me cry, / can tell you that the
very best help toward making a con-
tented mind Is to owork-work-work
Not, certainly, to toll on forever
with no rests for play or pleasure, but
to do something every day. 1 have
always found that when / sit down
to rest with the knowledge that l
have accomplished something. / am
always the happier for 1t and enjoy
myself much better.
And as for the things 1 have seen,
/ could, as you may we'll believe, tell
you more stories about the things
that have happened under my light,
than you could get into the biggest
story-book that was ever written.s-
ST. Nicholas.