El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-26

jelly fish was very different erea-
ture once upon a time from Whar ne
is today. He was great lord who
dwelt in the palace OF the Queen OF
the Realm Under the Sea-soneWhat
Of a cOxcomb, and very proud OF MS
beautiful she'll But as often has hap
pened to cOurtiers, he became involved
IN an intrigue, and betrayed the trust
he was deprived OF his she'll and ever
since then ne has been the very type
Of defenceIessness and helplessness-
the sport Of wind and wave
The Japanese Rip Van Wrinkle was
Door fisherman named Taro, Who
while casting nets from his boat, was
assafIed by a mOnstrOus cutueflsh-
Unable to free himself from the dead
" embrace Of the creatures tentacles,
he prayed to the ocean goddess Tor
help She came, riding on huge sea
turtle. and. having driven away the
Cuttlefish. carried the fisherman or
with her to her submarine palace.
where he spent seven days dancing
feastine. and otherwise enjoying him
self in the midst OF ali imaginable de-
lights.
Then he decided that it was time to
90 home and see his family, who would
be likely to think him drowned. So
he asked that he might DO so, ana,
receiving permission was conveyed
by the sea turtle back to his native
village Everything he found there
was strange, however his nut was
gone. none of the people knew him.
the VILLAGE itself wore a different as
pect At length he came across
very aged fisherman VINO told MIN
that persons OF his name had lived
there four centuries previously Their
tombstones Overgrown with NOSES
and lichens. were shown to him; and
as he gazed upon them, his teeth relI
out and mis- limbs became stiff All at
once the weight Of 400 years came
upon him and he died.
one HaIIOyTe'en Character.
Decidedly Of a Halloween character
is a story told by Mrs. NixOn-Roulet
in the little book already quoted. It
tells Of a poor WOOdcutter and his
wife who 6welt on the edge Of a for
est under the shadow of the Hon
orable MOuntafn-meaning Fu1tyamay
of course. They were childless, and
the woman besOught the mountain
for a baby. That night there appeared
on the mOuntainside a strange ngnTs
which seemed to hover over and 1lna4-
" rest upon a branch of a tail bams
boo.
The woodcutter FASTENED to So
what it was and found a moon child
tiny and fragile, sitting on the Dam
boo branch. She said;
MY name is Princess MOonbeaHs
and my mother is the moon LADY
The woodcutter took the little prin=
cess to his wife, and she lived with
perOr's son, meeting her by accident
in the forest fell in love with her, and
she loved him; but she told him that
she could not marry him because her
life on the earth was limited to 20
years. In vain her princely lover be-
sought the gods. When the appointed
day arrived her mother. the moon lady.
caught her up in a silver mOOnbeam
and carried her OFF
Princess Weeps Tears OF silver.
All the way to the moon the little
princess .Wept silvery tears. which. as
they fell, took wings and flOated away.
looking for her beloved, who could see
her no more But the silver bright
tears are seen TO this day floating
hither and yOn about the Wales and
marshes Of Nippon Children chase
them with happy cries and say, Sec
the firefliesr
Then their mothers relate to them
the legend and say; Those are the
tears Of the little moon princess, fit
ting to seek her beloved"
And over all calm and eternal
smiles the Honorable Mountain.
Rene Bache.