Pocahontas star herald., 1911-06-23
GLASS PROPHECY
By
MISS TOMMIE LEWIS,
Graduate of Ouachita MAYNARD Academy

my nurse tied my little pink bonnet
onder my chin and bade me run
away to my favorlte woodland
haunts and spend the m orning in
any way | desired.
Picking flower here and there,
! hurried down the bordered path
to the little stream, upon whose
mossy banks loved to sit and
weave garlands for my hair. The
rlppling murmur of the water was
delightfully."- musical upon this
particular morniug and mingled
with the gentle rustic of the West
wind through the trees.
Soon / caught sight of bunch
of reeds, whose stems aud leaves, |
thought were exactly what | needed
for The foundation of my wreath;
but when | approached and bent
over them, | was startled by their
peculiar rustic. | listened intently
as they continued to wave back and
forth in the wind, and soon the
rustic transformed itself into a
soft voice, whose musical accents
were clear and distinct and this
is what it said:
son Mount Olympus, ages and
ages ago, a brillient assembly of
Gods, Goddesses aud Muses. were
holding a solemn council. On the
throne sat Apollo, God of Light,
Archery, Music and Prophecy.
Nearest the throne stood Venus,
Goddess of Love, drawn up to the
full height of her slender beauty.
On the OtLer side of the throne,
opposite Venus, is Minerva, Goddess
OF Wisdom, standing with majestic
mein, her eyes filled with an un-
usually earnest and thoughtful light.
Between these two were the MUSES.
of Rhetoric, Poetry, Music and
Song, and on an elevator seated
directly facing the throne, sat
Caliope, the Muse of History, with
pencil and record sheets.
Apollo rises and sounds the
ieweled gavel, the eyes of all are
upon him, as without speaking, he
gazes down the vista of future ecu.
turtles. AT length he turns and ad-
dresses his breathless audience in a
Godlike voice: "The vision | now
behold" he said, "ls most wonder
full. Through the vista of count
less centuries i behold four mortals
who are now about to receive
Diplomas from certain institution
of learning. In these | see possi-
bilities of tie greatest service to
mankind. Happily each one is
fitted for a different field, and
through their separate efforts the
moral, social, intellectual and
aesthetic tastes of their age can be
transformed and elevated.
In this council today l shall pant
to you a scene in the career of each
of these, from which you may de-
termine in what filed each is des-
tined to achieve greatness. The
Muse Of History shall record these,
but she is hereby sworn never to
allow any eyes to look upon this
record nor the ears of any human
being to hear it from her lips:
Caliope bows assent and Apollo
continues: First there rises before
me the cold gray walls and iron
bars of a large gloomy prison. In
an enclosure on the last side Of the
building rclosely guarded by sen
tlnels, there stands a group of men
wearing a uniform of stripes. On
a slightly raised platform, in front
of them, a gentlemen and lady are
engaged in conversation. ''Oh
Doctor, the lady is saying earnestly;
could anything under Heaven move
those stern features to smile, or
melt those sinister eyes to tears?
l cannot sing to utter indifference,
to faces of stone"
"Come, don't be discouraged
urges the man.: Your voice has
been pronounced the most power
full of any since Madam Mordica.
You have touched the hearts of