Cañon City record., 1905-01-12

at last exhausted, for he made no more
toys, but lay on his bed as in dream
The Nymph Necile she who had
reared him and been his foster mother
was still youthful and strong and
| beautiful. and it seemed TO her but a
short time since this aged. gray beard
! ed man had lain in her arms and smil-
! ed on her with his innocent baby lips.
In this is shown the difference be
tween mHrtals and immortals.
1t was fortunate that the great AK
| came 10 the Forest at that time. Necile
sought him with troubled eyes and
told him of the fate that threatened
their friend Claus.
At once the Master became grave,
and he leaned upon his AK and stroked
his grizzled beard thoughtfully for
many minutes. Then suddenly he stood
up straight and poised his powerful
head with firm resolve and stretched
out his great right arm as If determin-
ed on doing some mighty deed, for a
thought had come to him so grand in
its conception that all the world might
well bow before the Master Woods
man and honor his name forever!
1t is well known that when the great
Ak once undertakes to do thing he
never hesitates an instant. Now he
summoned his feetest messengers and
! sent them I'm a flash to many parts of
the earth. And when they were gone
he turned to the anxious Necile and
comforted her. saying:
"Be of good heart, my child; our
friend still lives. And now run to
nd toll har a
summoned council of all the immor-
tails of the world to meet with me
here in BurZee this night If they
obey and harken unto my words, Claus
will drive his reindeer for countless
ages yet to come"
At midnight there was n wondrous
scene in the ancient Forest of Bur
zee. where for the first time in many
centuries the rulers of the immortals
who inhabit the earth were gathered
together.
There was the Queen Of the Water
eprites, whose beautiful form was as
clear as crystal. but continually drip
ped water on the bank of moss where
she sat And beside her was the King
of the Sleep Fays, who carried a wand
from the end of which fine dust fell
all around, SO that no mortal could
keep awake long enough to see him.
as mortal eyes We're sure to close In
| sleep as soon as the dust filed them.
And next to him sat the Gnome King,
whose people inhabit all that region
under the earth's surface, where they
| guard the precious metals and the
jewel stones that lie buried in rock and
ore. At his right hand stood the King
of the Sound Imps. who had wings on
his feet, for his people are swift to
| carry all sounds that are made. When
| they are busy they carry the sounds
but short distances, for there are many
of them, but sometimes they speed
(, with the sounds to places miles and
miles away from where they are made.
The King of the Sound Imps had an
anxious and careworn face, for most
people have no consideration for his
Imps, and especially the boys and
girls make great many unnecessary
sounds which the Imps are obliged to
carry when they might be better EN-.
ployed.
The next in the circle of immortals
was the King Of the Wind Demons,
slender of frame, restless and uneasy
al being confined to one place for even
an hour. Once in awhile he would
leave his place and circle around the
glade, and each time he did this the
Fairy Queen was Obliged to untangle
the flowing locks of her golden hair
and tuck them back of her pink ears.
But she did not complain. for 1t was
not often that the King of the Wind
Demons came into the heart of the
Forest. After the Fairy Queen, whose
home you know was in old Burzee.
came the King of the Light Elves, with
his two Princes, Flash and Twilight.
at his back He never went anywhere
without his Princes, for they were so
mischievous that he dared not let them
wander alone.
Prince Flash bore lightning bolt in
his right hand and a horn of gunpow
der in his left, and his bright eyes
roved constantly around as IL he long
ed to use his binding flashes. Prince
Twilight held a great snuffer in one
hand and a big black cloak In the
other, and it Is well known that unless
Twilight is carefully watched the
snuffers or the cloak will throw every
thing into darkness, and Darkness Is
the greatest enemy the King Of the
Light Elves has.
In addition to the immortals l have
named were the King Of the Knooks,
who had come from his home in the
Jungles of India. and the King of the
Ryls, who lived among the gay flow
ers and luscious fruits of Valencia.
Sweet Queen Zurline of the Wood
Nymphs completed the circle of i'm
mortals.
But in the center of the circle sat