New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27

40 vou saw they have long gliste1ing talls'
ar mold mirror l~ their hands,? the child qles
,i-res And in slo--ls they push the waters up
s-6 throw pearls upon the crests Of the waves:
The child Vas oldlooking for his age, slender, sweet
,s7sd and u-stful. And their king will some Gay
com. from The sea and give 10 the first person ne
meets anything that he wishes he asked
The old boa builder stopped his rlaTllHs- ~o-i0V
- VII Hes cot hair the color Of that pine mast
vonder and eyes like The seq. and the MAIDS OF
the sea. they al love him.
.perhsps TIE sea king viii come some day, and
II Re the first q meet him. the boy said soeTnf!S
Then III ask him 10 take me in his boat that the
seals pal a!ozgl and 10 sail with him 10 the west
1 n hes re sea ~ g He stopped frightened
Through the doorway Mes. the housekeePer' was
coming. Sea king" she cried coniernptU
Sea king, Sea fool and land fool You waste
your time and breath talking Of things IN the sea
There naught but FISH and stones ei't 4ooIs taik
the sea she finished. angrlly. II 5 looI
Megs WORDS hurt the child. He could hardly be be.
lsve them can you swear b4 l-e ..-bat
Ptble ne asked her. stately and seriously, II'al
Meg laughed queeriy at him. That DO Fhe
Then the boy knew that st was true That the
sea was water, and nothing else ana ~'sie - i'
sea klng?" he asked her. brSHely.
None unless it's a whale. -, -.
deep sea: What use for its depth bat as the home
q ne sea people an5 rs me IsI SsS sworn r il and
4 must be true. He sot UP stlfy from the oi9
chest and went toward the Coci iaS paLS1u ~
looked ouestiouingly a. his grand .ather, VINO vas
looking az him. The old man nodded. The cniid
GUIDED down sob and ran down me pedIL4'
fssreT and faster he ran in what direction or dis
lance he knew not lie was sobDlg paSS!oi4a'e'g
ans painting so that he could hardly breathe -
Il was growing darker. once le leii ~ = "a
grop-re very light and large. II was a strange
feeling and he wanted 10 shout SO that me iStF.s
might hear him. Then all was DARKNESS pi1Nhe'
thar q night OF storm
He woke when the moon was shining. re was
wing bruised fat rock on p eachc ne I, Nc
never been there before, and the 6haooWs iuIf1Ls
around the cliffs frightened him lie Ioohea 1oi-E
~ silver path the sea, Ieedll+ .oNlIr ~
moon What was that spot on us WLltei-ssS- y
VS. p-ov-fre lsTae.- and coming toward him. in
r,T-,,sir,- e ralsed himself He could almost dis
$500 - - - s1,y-T0a she'd Now il had reached
toward him. II a man. II was me hea h---s,
The cui!c ran forward, and hali sobplLs' -, @-1.oS
r. ;, w. f-5,e ne gasped, half wild with JOY
g. -sir And vour hair j. yellow. ike the sun
tght and voul eyes are hke inc SO VA. ,- .
I'll sea king almost jumped Il--Lo ;t-,7 49,, @far
You're half starved" and he bent Gown ana tooh
The bog into his great arms @" poor niue Ni'''
~ rs nothing said the boy. you've come
right out q the sea 20 me, ana love you as al
The ga kiIg laughed SO that the boy swayed in
his Your rrst Stal'li' lll = .o.a
bur doubt the VerarllE ~ your lalieT sAoe0-
nsrt Yo- are the first person have met ---
TIE bow interrupted him y ben you must 'aFle
ne back with you 70 the sea MI you let me san
The king nodded III put You Gown on Inc Inc
keer yorr ewes ana mouth closed. little one or II
yarsi
The bow curled himself M on The beach He was
happy for he had seen the sea king ahd ne was
going coward The west Soon he heard the KING re
ress,. little onet' he said The boy felt him
al FRS VS. COOL and silky but shat soon became
warm and comfortable. The king was s'iiI'i'e