Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-07-28

YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
rich and Joyous. and the maiden said:
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rich and joyous. and the maiden said:
/ Soon we shall be there"
Not long afterward they bcheld a beau
tiful island the trees on which trem-
+ bled with the thousands of birds that
sung in the branches. The white steed
now seemed to fly over the crested
waves. and they soon reached the shore
1t was the island OF Perpetual Youth, and
at their approach an hundred maidens
and youths came rushing to meet them
with song and laughter.
Ihey led Usheen and Nam to a beau
tlful grove, and then one of them handed
Il silver harp to Usheen. bidding him sing
| to them of earthly joys. But though the
Young man sang i'll what he thought to
be one of his finest strains, the faces
around him grew sad, and youth took
the harp and threw it into pool. say
Ing:
This is the saddest harp in all the
worIdr'
SO IIsheen found that the joys of earth
were but as pain to the dwellers on this
| beautiful island, and he speedily forgot
| them. He lived among the people there
FOR an hundred years. and knew not how
the time passed, for he and Mann were
very happy.
But Usheen was but mortal after all.
even though he dwelt in an enchanted
isle. One day, as he wandered by the
sea, there Heated to his feet what he
thought to be ii staff. He picked it up.
and as he looked at it. his heart gave
great throh and tears came into his
! eyes. Mann saw it, and came gently to
hlm and put her hand upon his shoulder:
but for once her magic touch could not
charm back his gay looks. The youths
and the maidens saw it. too, and thny
drew near. whispering:
Tho earth sadness has come back to
him-the pain IN the heart. the look in
the eyes! and they were all sad in sym
pathy.
For what had looked like a harmless
staff was the end of a warriors lance
with stains of blood still shining upon it,
and the sight filed Usheen with the
memories of former years; of battles and
hunts and of his father and his friends.
and of his own race Of men,
Il see that we must go" whispered
Nam: and in answer to ner low call, the
snow white steed. with its golden hoofs,
and the silver crescent between its ears,
came and put its nose into her hand and
Wh'nnied softly.
Then they babe the youths and the
maidens goOdby. mounted the Steed. and
| Jared once more over the seas This
time, however, Nam did not sing to
| sheen, but warned him not to dismount
on any preteXt, for if he once touched
earth, she and the steed would vanish.
and he would be left alone, Il feeble old
man.
They passed all the wonders that they
had seen before, and in due time reached
the shores of Erin, and the haunts o.
Jsheen's people But everything was
changed; no one that he knew did Ushecn
! behold. but Il new people, Il little people.
with little houses and little horses, and
they all marveled at his great stature.
When he asked for the Fenii the people
answered:
They have all passed away. Our
grandfatherS have told us of the great
King of the Fenii. and of his son Ushcen.
who was carried over sea by Il fairy
maiden. But thar was all 100 years ago.
But USheen was angry, and would not
believe them. He remembered that his
people used to hunt panther by night and
rest by day. and he determined to seek
them nj twilight.
So he laughed at the little people, and
smiled in Scorn az he saw 300 of them
striving to lift Il great stone. They stag
gered under the weight and fell, and he
reached down from his stced and with
one hand east the stone yards away.
But in the strain the saddle girth gave
way, and GSheen came to the ground.
/ Then he heard cry from Mann, and Il
neigh Of fear from the Steed. and mo-
ment later they were speeding away
toward the setting sun. while he lay
feeble and helpless on the ground, an old
man. with all his strength gone forever
And So he passed away. with the
weight of years upon him, for the Island
of Perpetual Youth is only for them TINT
dwell forever in it. and he that leaves il
can know il ncvermore.