The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-10-11
A
Burlesque
of the
Past.

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And they we're told to get off the earth;
and that went.
Now it came to pass that they wan
dered to great river called the Nile
and they and their children dwelt on
Its borders for a thousand years, and
in time they built cities and formed
Kingdoms. And the emperor of the
Son heard of it from his wise men,
and he smiled. And again in thou
sand years they built more cities and
Kingdoms and became great. And the
mighty Son of Sons heard of it and he
smiled and said, "Peace to them"
And after many centuries passed the
great sons who ruled over China be-
held great tribes and Kingdoms grew
up all over the earth, and they folded
their silken robes about them and said
it is good, they are our sons, let them
dwell in peace. And the mighty war
rlors OF China were commanded
not to make war upon them, or injure
any of those tribes that were living on
the earth barefooted and clad in the
skins of beasts.
And time passed on and the heathen
tribes grew great in wars among them
selves, and they built mighty ships of
steel and used terrible guns in their
battles. Until in the year 1901 they
became afraid of each other. And they
held great council among their chiefs
and spies as to how they might grow
rich by conquering some weak nation.
And having forgot their parent who
Graded their race centuries ago, they
took council together and said: "Why
destroy each other with our great guns
while we have such bonanza as these
woolly heather Chinese to prey upon ?"
And so war was declared upon the
mighty Son of Sons, and he grew sad
because he did not want to destroy
these nations who sent their great
ships over to rob the celestial people
OF gold, silver and fine silks that was
stored in the great cities of China.
And hoping to satisfy their greed he
gave them few large cities with their
treasures and fled with the mighty
moon OF moons, Hot Shu, to that inner
city wherein the great air dragons were
kept for over eight thousand years.
And he wept when news was brought
to him how the heather devils were
destroying the temples of our gods,
and burning our fair palaces after
carrying off the gold and silver to their
ships. And he sent for great viceroy,
Earl Ii, and he said unto him:
"Go tell these nations that behold
the sons of heaven who have ruled the
earth for ages untold have seen them
grow up from infancy and build fair
cities and Kingdoms on the earth. And
10 we never envied them, nor sent
armies and dragons to destroy them or
to slay their women and children.
"Nor in the years of their plenty and
fine arts, when Egypt, Greece, Rome,
Persia and their wonderful Kingdoms
and empires were in their highest
glory, 10 the sons of heaven did not
envy them or seek to prey upon them
with our mighty armies or destroying
dragons. Therefore, o servant Ii, 90
unto these men of greed and ask
them to go in peace before it is too
late, for they do not know nor can
they even dream of what the mighty
Son of Sons will bring upon them and
their greedy rulers. Therefore let them
take what gold and silver and
precious things they have taken in the
name of their Gods and civilization
and depart in peace"
And Earl Ii went forth as he was