Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-30
The Power Of
Song
BY r. A. MlTGlEL.

whose ambition was 10 emnlato mon
| In athletics. Expert IN throwing tie
Discus. ElG won contests againat those
wllo were champions IN this game.
Hlln Wag tho beet chariot driver I'm tho
Kingdom mud had won many rucos.
l'nt hrr iEost remarkable fcnt8 were
Ia running In this no one was found
! to beat her
80 proud was sho OF her gwiftnc8s on
hor lc2s that she made vow gho
| would mGfry 10 man who could not
boat bor on the cndcr pnth. Having
many suiiot8, this oDiy added TO the
f!yally ain6ng them. Iiut since an
ABILITY 10 run fast docs not argue that
u mnn " otherwise attractive. those
whose muscular devc!oTs.cnt warrant
I'D their entering tho lisNS ore not like
~ 10 win the Gltl even n they won
The racc Several dcct runners cauie
~ near beating her TINT If shc Ind
chosen sltc might huve thrown tho
rlec without appearing 10 do 30.
Que day young nnn came 10 the
village where this Rirl, tudoyln. llyei
aud announced Tint be would enter
the llA neniHst her. only he madc the
rroYislon That should be win the raco
ghe must marry him. iIe sent chul.
lcngc and Eudoyin dispatched her
brother 10 look the man over aud re.
port TO her whether he would llkely
outrun her. Tho brother returned and
reported That, willo the challenger was
9linpely, ho wng not muscular. aud hts
physique dld not warrant tie infer
ence that he could beat mn ordinary
runner
The alight risk Of being beaten by
one whom she would be pledged to
marry ma yet might DISLIKE tempted
EudoYla % consent 70 tbe ferma. ST.
an aSrrcment wng drawn up between
her and tho stranger, who called him.
self Boris. 70 race. ma II be beat her I
1he was 20 marry HIM This agree
ncnt was 8iaued by Euioria without !
heyins secn hor euitor
The race was 10 take place on u track |
In the form OF Gn cilIpsc, the length /
being half mile md there being sce. /
ca laps. 4 large concorr8e Of people +
were gathered 30 see the race. The
stepped forth IN pair Of /
short running pnpts such as are worn /
nc the present day. One thing about +
him was noiicoable--his manly beauty. /
Il wfs evident tint be waa not built /
for gcotncss But whnt astoniAhed ev.
rry one was that he held Ia his hand
4 harp, Endoxia was attircd Ia the
same fashion. with tho addition of
SHIFT falling only 10 the thighs.
When the two confronted each other
Il was noticed that the strangers man
II beauty. which all agreed riynlcd the \
itatrea Of Apollo, made II marked I'm.
on Eudoxia when she saw
lie harp IN his hand she was surprised.
aud when he did not lay 1t aside he.
'ore taking bis position for rte race she
IS wondered.
The signal was given. Euloxia.
finred Off 10 fast that she did not
.nOw that Boris was walking slowly
iha heard behind ier sounds from the
urlnga 0t the harp. soothing rather
han inspiring. When she bad made
Of the trst lnn there. di
ectly opposite her al The other end Of
lie minor axis VI tie elliptic course.
yas Boris, walking and striking his
lurp Then hc began 10 sing.
EudoS ia. who had nothing to fear ,
ram such tortoise stopped 70 listen.
iorls was singing her praises the love
'c felt for her. pleading that she
would not turn deaf ear 20 him. She !
istcncd till he had gone out of bear
ps. aud then she proceeded to the OH
i end OF the minor axis and waited
III he had come around TO the point
where she had been listening to his /
0ng. ii
IL seemed that In the meanwhile 1t
nd grown sweetcr He was walking d
cry slowly, putting nil bis feeling into
|. Again Eudo%la went on till she }
cached The point ut which he had
cen singing, while he proceeded till
g took her place. Here both stood !
till. the man singing OF tho beauty
nd the virtues Of the peerless Eu
oxin. she seeming to he spcllbound, [
hen he went ON singing Walt for
le fair one" repeating the words
gain and again till he came around
, where she stood. and the two walk \
4 side by side I
In this way they proceeded, the Girl
lpt III the song till they came with
/ u few yards of the goal, when Boris. )
liu sin otne- turnn1 nnd yynllspI bu pk- .
ard, keeping his eyes fixed on Eu- ,
oxu. till he passed over the goal
Then the spectators, who had ap-
cared TO he enthralled as well az the
lrl, drew long breath and burst into l
cheer
And so Eudoxia was won, not by
ectncss. but by the power of song.
i soon as he had won the race Boris a
announced himself to be the son OF a a
owerful noble OF what is now Monte
egro, and, without holding Eudoxia
her contract, appeared himself as a
iitor for her hand, which, after pc I
Oh of rnaidenly reserve. she gave him, /
Many of the people who were not /
,gnizant of what passed after the
inning of the race believed that the :
ranger was Apollo, who had come 7
own from heaven TO win an earthly a
ride. q
AFTER the wedding Boris and his wife :,
and when they reached
Is home were received with as much
lterest as had attended the race. For t
or,, t,od boc,, ir, Eraapa onil hnnriup