, 1896-04-07
THE STORY OF 10.

One day Il shepherd wanGgred through
the forest till he came to Il stream that
cut OF his footsteps from farther travel.
The trees were in full leaf, and the
banks of the stream We're soft with fresh.
green grass, ON which the sun shOue
with a warmth and brilliancy SO great
that flowers had sprung up. decking the
green with many oolored patterns.
So inviting did the spot appear that
after u glance around the shepherd threw
himself down, and leaning against Il
tree he began softly TO sing u sweet
melody.
He was not an ordinary looking man.
More indeed was he like IA god than a
mortal. His massive head was heavy
with thick, lionlike locks. which over
hung a brond, wonderful brow. His eyes
were bright and piercing, but Of no dis
t~inctive color, and his form and stature
were glorious TO look upon, for he had
the strength of 81 Hercules combined
with the beauty OF an Apollo.
And indeed he was not mortal, for it
was the great Jupiter himself. who had
disguised himself as "A simple shepherd,
and who now lay beside the water.
While he sang suddenly IL slight coln-
motion of tho waters was visible. Bub-
BILE after bubble rose. till II fountain
seemed springing from the middle Of the
stream. And while Jupiter locked the
water took or Il human form, and II i..ir
maiden stepped lightly to tine shore and
saluted tie monarch of heaven and
earth.
1t was tine nymph 10, daughter of the
river god Inachus. She was very beauti-
full, and her garments of woven sea
weeds, dashed with spray and inter
twined with colored shells, shone and
glistened as the sunlight played over
them. Her long hair fell about her like
u golden shower, and she was SO very
lovely to look upon that it is no wonder
Jupiter was pleased.
Now, it happened that while Jupiter
was sitting Oh the bank of the stream
that day Juno, his queen, was looking
down upon the earth from Olympus, and
seeing him there she made up her mind
to Join him. They did not get along
with each other very well. and Juno
was i'll constant fear that she might lose
her power and her place be filled by an
other queen.
So she mounted her chariot, drawn
by eight brilliant peacncis. and was
soon beside Der lord. To her surprise she
saw standing near him IL beautiful heif-
er. to which La spoke gentle words
now and then. Suspecting some mis-
chief, she asked Jupiter to what herd
the heifer belonged, and he answered
that it belonged to no herd, but was Il
fresh creation from the earth.
"Then give it TO me, said Juno.
Jupiter would have refused. hut he
did not care to provoke the queens an
ger by denying 50 simple a request, and
he give her the better.
Now, this heifer was 10, Jupiter hav-
ing turned her into that form as he saw
Juno approach, hoping TINS to quiet the
fears that his queen was subject 10. In
this he did not altogether succeed, for
Juno at once placed the heifer under the
care of Argus, the watchful shepherd,
who had Il hundred eyes and who never
slept with more thar two Of them ut Il
time.
Argus was not unkind, but he was
very strict and severe. He allowed the
heifer freedom in the daytime, but at
night he tied n cord around her delicate
throat and fastened her to a tree.
So II time went on. Inacllus sought
his daughter far and near, and 10 often
wandered down to the stream when she
saw her sisters at play. She let them
caress her, and they made u collar of
shells for her. One day her father offered
her n handful of soft green. grass, and
she licked the outstretched hand. In
vain she tried to tell him who she was.
Her only cry was a loud below, which
frightened even herself.
Suddenly she thought of how she
might make herself known, and with
her hoof she wrote her name in the
sand. Then the sisters gathered around
her and wept, and her father curessed
her and bemoaned her sad fate.
But the watchful A.gus saw all this
and quickly came and drove the beifer
back to its flock. where he kept even
stricter watch over it than before.
After u long time Jupiter bethousht
himself of the fate of 10, and finding
how she suffered he dispatched Mercury
to put an end to Argus and to SO set 10
free. For he could not restore her to her
own form without the consent of Juno.
Mercury, that bright messenger Of the
gods, whose duty it seemed ever to be tG
relieve the distressed and help the trou-
bled, put OIL his winged sandals and his
cap, and taking his pipes, on which he
played sweet music, he descended to
earth, ready to perform the task assign
ed him.
When he reached the place where Ar
gus generally drove the herds to drink.
he put by his sandals and his cap, and
keeping only his staff ana his pipes he
appeared like a shepherd driving his
focks. Then. when he saw Argus ap-
proach, he began to play upon the pipes.
Argus heard h sweet. strange music
and was charmed, and seating himself
upon a high rock, whence he could over
look the fields, he called Mercury to him.
Come hither. gentle shepherd boy"
he cried. "Sit here by me in the shade
of this great tree and sing mt some songs
upon that instrument You carry"
Mercury complied. for this was just
what he wanted. He played his most
soothing tones, hoping to lull the great
giant to sleep. Then he told him stories
and talked till tho sun was high in the
heavens. But, though Argus nodded and
closed some of his eyes, yet he was ever