The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-11-14

Popo, kneeling, then set Nooro down before The
queen and she, placing her royal hand upon his head
said; '
Welcome, Son of the C1oudsl You have fallen
to US like beautiful thought from heaven The palace
shall be your home, shall be your friends and INV
children shall be your playmates6 ! N'
He was dressed in royal garments, and the queen,
calling the princesses, her little daughters said to
them:
''Ths is the Son of the Clouds He has fallen from
heaven like beautiful dream. He is bright good
boy. Shake hands, little children. There, nowf be
They shook hands and looked into each others ewes
Then the younger Of the little girls stepped up and,
graspng Nooro by the arm sad
'Oh we we been playing such a nice piayI Gomez
And long before the sun went down they were pIay-
ing hide-and- seek in the palace corners.
When children play they learn-iearn fast and well
Scarce year rolled round and Nooro learned ali that
his little playmates knew, and could speak almost
And now that she could talk to him and he to her,
the queen loved him still the more and more than ever
did ne seem not only like beautiful dream but like
bright reality fallen from heaven
One day she took both his hands in hers, saying to
him:
%once we had little boy-a lovely child. That
child, seven years ago, lost to We called him
Nooro. He would Be your age now and we shall cali
you Nooro in his stead-Nooro Son of the Clouds"
When he heard the name moore" the sound was
like the echo of forgotten dream. His eyes were
full of thought and his lips was the play of inno-
cenee He knet before the queen ard wept
Then did she raise him, and in all the joy Of
mothers fondness, kissed him tendery.
oh" she said, maybe you my Nooroi"
forgetting a
little arms around her neck and sobbed the only WORD
OF love he remembered:
"Mama p
From that time they loved each other as mothe~and
sor. Sometimes she would say to h..n:
I do not know that you my son; neither can
you know that am your mothers but we will believe.
And the love which between them grewsyet deeper
by the charm of mystery.
The wise men of the court taught him good and useful
knowledge and early childhood not having been forced
with too much learning, he grew up healthy strong,
and active man. Like the queen, he loved by the
whole people, and the prncesses his younger sisters
by their modest bearing and womany goodness, won
the hearts of all
Peace, good will and happiness reigned in the land
One day the queen, now old. called Nooro~and said
to him
from you all The crown shall be yours. The-peopie
wish it,"
But Nooro answered:
We do not know that am your son: do not
desire to be king The wise and beautiful princess.
your eldest daughter. ought to be queen The people
honor and love her like e., the palace because u s
woods, There, in that beautiful forest, where the
faithful Popo cared for me 50 long and we'll long
to end my days"
Then the queen said:
Il wished you to be king but know that you lore
the freshness and beauty of nature better than all
there dwe.ls IN you noble and exalted sou y shall
The soed suesa died ,ss ssspis wanted ss S9oss r
no wise wear s:ie crown, they sesc:
"The p.t1cess .Na c,dcst daughter will be to ~ .
9ood rriegs snd giv1 rs neker nrd heppinesa
Moore with Els good friend Porcs went e that old
fores. where ratg1 yas ySs ss -riGS a when ne
sael.e. from srn and ra:n s1 twes. co. many happy
years in trisos with natures s@usk and gc-y
Topo i.ysS there w'it1 hins ard VIXEN Moore, ful =
hlndre6 ysnrs. sank sweetly iso the fsposc ct aeat
the faishfri elephant stnod by his NAe
Ard daily at sunrise, Pcpo, bringing hpwegs. h0wins
fhat Moore had loved them. wsua spread them ca ha
grave.