Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-08-29

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that so long as the purple lock, re-
NAMED on her fathers head che
city should stand. It needed but
that she should remove it and all
would be well, for surely Minos
would be grateful to her and she
would be happy.
| And then came the thought of
that fathers shame and degrade
tion, but only for a moment, as one
thought after another coursed.
through her mind. She felt that
she could pass through fire and wa
ter to serve Minos, yet that was not
needed. Another woman would
dare as much, and could any one
dare more than she?
Then the victory was won, but
not on the side of duty, And only
then, when she had fully determined
on her plan, did she find peace or
rest. a
That night she arrayed herself in
her richest robes. Never had she
looked more beautiful. The graces
themselves might have envied her.
And lNisus smiled welcome to his
daughter as she entered the ban
quet hall. All traces of hnr grief
at the sacrifice had disappeared, and
the king was glad.
Scylla suffered all his attention
and endearments, but hurried to her
apartments as soon as she could.
She feared lest her resolution might
weaken and SO her happiness be for-
ever lost.
How many Of us have stood in a.
like position, with all the seasons for
and against our actions crushing us
down, our life and death in the bal
ance, which breath would give or
take!
It was after the midnight watch
had been called and the palace was
sunk in slrmber that figure envel-
oped in a dark cloak glided through
the wide corridor to the kings
apartments. At the door a chaI-
lenge rung out, but a moment later
the sentinel knelt and the princess
passed in to her father.
Nisus slept, and the daughter
slowly approached his couch. How
noble he looked, but the girl steeled
ihor hnart a0oincf hint
A moment later the dark figure
fled down the corridors as it had
come, but "a CLEAN of triumph shone
from the eyes and love and victory
struggled for mastery in, the eoun-
tenanee. And the king slept on, but
the purple lock had left his head
forever!
So Scylla went through the dark
city and left it behind her as. she
passed the wall through a secret /
gate. Swiftly she entered the camp
Of the enemy and demanded to see
King Minos. I.
When the king beheld her he
thought SO lovely woman had new
er before walked the earth, but when,
holding out the purple lock, she said
that she gave up her city, her father,
herself, he spurned her from him.
HShall Crete" he cried, "where
Jove himself was Graded, be pollut-
ed by this monster? Infamous Wom-
an, begone, and may neither land
nor sea afford thee a resting place!"
"Alas" cried Seylla. "a For thee
have | given up everythingl Aye, {
am deserving Of death, but thy hand
should not be the one to deal the
blow!"
But Minos would have nothing to
do with her, and the next morning, |
giving orders that equitable terms
should be allowed to the vanquished |
city, he sailed away with his feet.
Asthe ships were departing Scylla
jumped into the sea and, grasping |
the rudder of the vessel that con-
.veyed Minos, was carried along with
it till an eagle, into which her fe
Their had been changed, darted down
and pecked at her with it's beak and
claws. Scylla cried for mercy, and
some plying deity changed her into
q bird. =
And.to this day the eagle pounces
upon the gull, ever seeking venge-
ance for the old crime.
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