Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-13

Tiber overfowed it's banks. ThC shepherds drove their focks furtheI and further up the mountain.
 One day when the false king. Amulius was looking out of the win dow at the water in the lOwlands, he heard a noise at the door and two shepherds came in with a basket iI their arms.
 What have you there?' asked Amulius.
 Wait, and I will show you," said the first shepherd. While we were driving our f1ocks up the mountain side we saw a woman standing on a stone at the edge of the river. We knew it was Rhea Silvia and we were she jumped into the river; but on the stone she left these twin baby boys wrapped in her cloak" And uncover ing the basket he showed the babes.
 Why did you not throw the brats in after their mother?' asked Anuli- us. harshly.
 eve dared not do so without your command" answered the shepherds.
 Well, I command it now" said the king
 And so the two shepherds went down to the river but could not make up their minds to throw the babes in- to The raging torrent.
 'T could not do it." said the first,
 f'Nor I. either" said the second, Only yesterday I saved two young wolves from drowning
 'T have an idea" said the first "Do you sec that trough? Catch it before it goes down the stream. We can let the babies foat in it.''
 They dipped the water from the shecp's trough, wiped it dry, and placed the babies in it.
 'They will drown, but we shall not see them" said the shepherds as the trough sailed down the stream. "Now there lived an old she wolf l On the mountain side who had lost | her young ones in the flood. The and stopped by a log. As the wolf was passing by she heard the low moaning of the babies. It sounded to her like her young ones, so she went to see. They looked strange to her, and because they had no home she took them to her den where they lived for about a year.
 At that time a lamb was missing from a shepherds flock, so he started out to find the wolf which had stolen it. At the mouth of her den the old she
 wolf turned to fight, but the shepherd killed her. Then he went into the den l to look for young wo7ves. Imagine | his surprise to see there on a rough l bed of sticks and leaves, two baby boys, gooing as if they were in their mothers lap.
 The shepherd, whose name was | Faustulus, took the babies home in | the torn cloak that was in the den.
 These are the babies of Rhea, SII- | via that the king ordered to be drown ed," said his wife, shall we take them
 to him?"
 "No,' said Faustulus Although WE
 have twelve children of our own, we will bring these up as our own, too.' The twins were named Remus and l RomuIus. They grew up strong and | on the hillside. One day, while tend 1 ing their sheep they thought that | there might be greener grass on | Numitor's land, so they drove their | sheep over there, but NumitOr's 1 shepherds drove them back. The next day one of the brothers 1 sheep was gone. One of Numitor's | shepherds has taken it." said ROmulus,
 and he went to find it. He found the sheep and was going l to take it when some of the shepherds l jumped from the bushes and seized l him. They dragged him down to 1 Numitor.
 Here is the man who is stealing your sheep" they said. Every well, make an end to him. 1 said Numitor, without raising from 1 the couch.
 Just then Faustulus had met Re- 1 mus on his way from his hut and told | him about his relation to Numitor. 1 Would you kill your own grandson, 1 sir,'' he said to Numitor. l Then Faustulus hastily told the 1 story and showed the cloak. q must believe you," said Nunitor, For they have the same eyes and 1 looks of Rhea Silvia, and the cloak is | the one she wore"
 Then the shepherds shouted, Down with King Anulius! We want Remus | and Romulus to lead us.'' | They went to the palace and soon killed Anulius. But Remus and Ro-
 mulus did not want to stay in the
 palace. They wanted to build an- 1 other city nearer where they had been l brought up. They could not agree on
 a place and began to quarrel, but at | last Romulus got the best of it and be- | gan at once to build a strong wall 1 around Rome, as the city was called l for the leader.
 As Remus was looking at the wall he said: What a high waH," and he | leaped over it at one bound. 1 An angry shepherd struck him dead as he jumped. We kill anyone who passes our waIl," they all cried, as he 1 lay speeches. and dying. 1 MARY A.-BURRILL, Age 12.
 Stafford Springs.