The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-04
|NAYRB, A sUPER-YRESRUNIAN


rinces Tor Their Principles.
OF all the Yresrunlans none was more
gifted as talker or more active as n
meddler than Nayrb. AZ a child he dis
played wonderful powers Of Noratory,
which won for him the title "Ettal
peht for otaroy OBJ" the reference being
to shallow but increasingly noisy
stream that flowed through the subdi-
vision OF the yticauqol In which he
dwelt.
As a meddler Nayrb had few competi-
tors and no superiors. He meddled with
what other Yresrunians ate and drank.
with what they thought and said, with
their manner of wearing their garments.
with the methods they adopted to settle
their disputes; In fact, from no pie, "a
the Sresrunian proverb runs, was
Nayrbs finger absent Once he made n
grand pilgrimage to other countries for
the express purpose of meddling; and
as he Invented his own history and
statistics as he went along he charmed
all with whom he came In contact, and
greatly enhanced the reputation Of the
Yresrunians as meddlers.
1t would be supposed that so eminent
meddler, so notorious a talker, so
highly endowed n mlnder OF other
folks business. must inevitably have
been chosen for the headship of the
yticauqol. Yet, Nayrb never achieved
this merlted reward, though he often
strove to attain II. He explained his
failures by declaring that the adherents
OF the Senisubnwo Ruoydnim and their
allies the snoltaroproc formed n giant
ycaripsnoc. and through It corrupted
most Of the Yresrunians TO hts disad-
vantage. Curlously enough. the Yres-
runians accused Of being thus debased
never resented the charge, thus giving
support to the charge made by Relevant
who spent several years among them,
that their national motto was
"TI OrEM DAEr.."
But Nayrbs great services In meddling
and talking were not without recon-
pense. When Nosliw gained the chief
place in the yticauqol he promptly sent
for Nayrb. and appointed him to the
highest office in his gift. Thus Nosliw
honored Nayrb, and. moreover. Nosliw
said Better that Nayrb should live in
my house and throw words at my enc
niles. the screens than that he should
stand In the highway and throw sreens
at me-: for Nosliw knew hawk from
n handsaw, and was past master of
the science Of psychology.
In the family OF Nosliw the work of
Nayrb was to talk necessarily on all
subjects and whenever IL should prove
impossible for him to utter sounds to
devote his time to the transactions OF
Yresrun and the Yresrunians beyond the
borders OF the country He performed
his duties with degree OF zeal and
lack of dlscretlon-a quality highly es-
teemed among the Yresrunlans-that
won all hearts. captlvated all under
standings and created amazement
throughout the civilized world. He
urged his countrymen to vocality and
spurred them on to meddling with con-
summate art and skill. contributing enor-
mously to the notable state of chaos
in internal and foreign affairs that shed
n splendid radiance on the period of
Nosliw's ascendency among the Yres-
! runians.
There were not lacking envious Yres-
runians who disliked Nayrb, and Sc
cretly assailed him. Certain rough and
/ brutal men in the soldiery OF the nation
shook their heads as in fear or con-
demnation over his practices, and even
applied to him tho offensive epithet
"gabd nlwdlo denmad." Happily. these
creatures were practically ignorant OF
the arts OF speech, and therefore their
murmurs were unheard In the storm OF
oratory that prevailed in Yresrun. Only
! in foreign countries. such as Ocixem
which, having reached stage OF psy-
Geological upheaval mistakenly believed
by the uneducated to be war. was
Cursed by comparative quiet, could the
! utterances Of the disaffected be distin'
guished in their full significance.
These malcontents were few in mum.
Der and taciturn almost TO powerleesness
A vast majority OF the fresrunians es'
teemed Nayrb as the brightest jewel In
! Columbla's crown, encouraging and sup
porting him at the top OF their voices
Wherever he went they focked in great
numbers crying In loud tones speech
Speech" They organized meeting
called Chat talk ways for the express
purpose OF furnishing auditors for him
The Chat talk ways also recompensed
| Nayrb with gold for his words, which
Nayrb, being a poor man with seveh o
eight mansions to support, accepted
without objection.
The Chat talk ways We're held in great
tents, In the summer months, and the
discomforts endured by the Yresruniar
crowds that filled them are indescrlb'
able. The heat was almost overpower'
ing. the circulation OF the air wretched
and the physical suffering terrible. Yet
80 high was the regard for Nayrb that
thousands Of Yresrunians who might
have sat in their shirt sleeves on theii
own plazzas. strolled by the pleasant
streams, slipped beer In summer gardens
danced the maxixe on hotel roofs. oil
visited the neighboring blast furnaces
gladly gave up good money to testify tc
their appreciation Of Nayrb and his de
votlon 10 talk and meddling. Moreover
some Yresrunians, OF peculiarly heroic
disposition. attended these gatherings II
plug hats and heavy black coats, merely
to prove their superior fibre and love Of
words.
Because the physical strain OF listen
ing might prove too great for the fres
runians at these meetings simpl'
method Of limiting the duration OF TIT
torture was adopted. 4 great cake o
ice was laid before Nayrb when he began
his address. So long as the ice laste
Nayrb would continue TO talk. Whei
II had melted entirely away he woul'
release the auditors. When this hap
pened the Yresrunians present woul'
relieve themselves of the words pen
within them during the unaccustome'
period of enforced silence by screaming
as loud as they could. Nor did Nayrl
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