El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
ORIGIN OF THE
MORNING GLORY.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

1t was the festival Of the flowers
They had come from every cline. and
every forest and garden. every hill and
dell. had sent its representative High
carnival had been held. and this morn
ing the last of the festival. was de-
voted To- story telling. either history or
legend or incident OF travel As the
Morning Glory had not yet spoken,
some one proposed hearing her ere she
fell asleep in the heat OF the day
"I am not much given to talking.
the Morning Glory said. but yo,I
have called upon the you shall hear tho
history OF my family"
And this is the story that she told:
We were not always Morning Glories
no, indeed. The time was, If you
count back far enough. when my first
ancestor was "A I;rown One. living in
the darkness of ti,e earth and dreading
the beautiful light and the warmth Of
the glorious sunshine. which today is
our breath of life. For you must know
that among the Hrown Ones the light
of day is forbidden. and woe to one
that is caught 10y It's rays, for he is i'll
stantly changed into stone.
pened that the queen of the fairies fell
ILL No one knew why or how, for
such n thing had never before happen
ed, and well you may imagine the con-
sternation that filled the court, for the
king OF the fairies was beside himself
with grief. and all the ladies and the
courticrs were like unto him. They
all stopped their good works that they
f.rI.t
row came into the world OF men, For.
with the fairies idle. flowers and fruits
and all things planted refused to grow.
and the whole world might have died
had things gone on so for long
OF COURSE the Underground People
knew nothing OF all this, but one night,
when they were permitted TO come to
earth to travel in ire light OF the
moon. they found how desolate "a place
il had become, and then they heard the
fairies weeping and they marveled
more and more.
The young prince son OF the Brown
king. determined TO find out the cause
of the trouble. and. mounting Il chariot
made of trembling night dew and
drawn by eight firefies. he drove di-
rectly TO the palace and sought the
king.
When he heard of the queens illness
he promised the king that lie would
find out what had caused it and Il
means of bringing back her health.
even if lie lost his own life in doing so.
That very night. against the will OF
his father and of all the Brown Ones.
for they looked to him to govern them
If ever they lost their king. the prince
cot uHrts. lie MIL. in ha .f.vI. .
dared lie go. At first feel of the gray
dawn he would creep into the ground
and lie concealed until nightfall, when
..sir he woulii1s sci LII.
He encountered all kinds OF dangers. |
but he never ceased asking every stick
and stone. every blade of grass and
every drop OF water If they could tell
the reason for the earth's sadness. Al
ways. too. ne received the same an
swer. and he knew that he must go
until one should answer as he wished
One night he came to a great fire
raging through n wood.
"Fire, fire. can you say why the
world is sadf" he asked.
But the fire answered only:
81 crackle. / crackler'
Then he went on until he came to
an avalanche, and to it he said:
avalanche. can you tell why the
world is sad:"
And it's only answer was:
Il fall, ] fall"
So days and weeks and months flew
by. and soon the earth would ha We
been nothing but ice and fire. for If the
fairies do not labor. then no life can be
on earth
The Brown prince was almost in des- |
pair: but soon lie reached a rushing |
torrent, and asked il the same question |