The Washington times., 1919-03-24
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CHILDREN or THE STAR.
Not the dark c6npznI6n OF
Eieius, btIthfcsE ef An ets,rs-snot.
tur own chill and speptral planet
Pushing toward vega IL the con-
SteIiatfDas of 1iyg1.l lpEestded . atbe
birth 81 millf6fls b6kn sto e6rrpbo-
fafe 4 hfoooy hdfosQope -
BIT & DIX Slar, speedinS unseen
ahfonE.h n space. x yopf1 To- .tRe aIts :
Iiehts, BY them called Erik, after
4Ae Prince s0f Dsfichess sInlSd. 1t
the birth OF these nFiad souls
estined 10 be engulfed IN the
AarthotUiye sef The 'zases,s or ftlRsr
~ h cut tef the ordered pathway
1f their ii1es into strange bywtayss
simmer high u,ays-Ento deeps and
deserts sneper. q feayned. of.----s-ss- -.
Also one oe the eoEen odd tem-
horary seSf8 sor record biasea' snp
on that day. flartd for month or
two. dwindled 70 eindsr. and went
Rut the DARK star ErIgS. fefribfy,
imnortaL sped on throukh space 20
compicte q 200, ,O0O-yeaF circuit of
the heavens. and begin anew an
4mmemorial journey by the VIII OF
be Most El1heSs s.r
what Specfroscobe ID 70 horo-
scope, destingkls .tO1E chaneG The
Black star Erik rushed through in
sr-sfelS1t 3 a 81 insee1; those
ofp .sunfet g1lsts NloiehtE enfdry
1u4lled 40 their lee,aor, tllnnab (
1aonfhs aslunfberac- thu dfearlless
lumber or the newly born.
One Of tiiese. b tiny girl baby
nssed and adEeted an her mothers
rms. tortured ~ pfickly heat
Fhen the hot winds blew through
rebiEond.
Overhead Tultures cifeled; a
ein-adler. cleaving the blue. leol-
10 down where the surf ma64 q
ia white line along the coast
han set hts lofty c6ireesfoF China.
Thous8H1E 5oE miles 10 the Westsf
ar3, 8siitlle boy Of eight, EaEsd ,
acroes the Fuffled waters Of the
ga pend At Neeiand's Mills, and
dered whether the ocean might
look that way.
And, wondering. with the salt sea
eryeBcence working IN his In
8nf -born body, he fitted q cork to ,
Il dshing line and flung the baited
hook far out acRoass the Fipples.
hen he seated himself on tie
oarapet 81 the stone bridge and
waited for monsters of the deep %
come.
AID again. off Seragilo Point.
nen were rowing in E boat; and =
corded sack lay in the stern, hOr-
tidly and Imply heavy
There was also q box lying in the
boat, oddly bound and clamped
vitk meta which Tlistensd like sil-
ger under the Eastern stars when
he waves Of the Bosporus dashed
high. and the flying scud rained
noWn on box and sack and the red
happed rowers.
II Retnograd a little girl Of
tWelve was learning to eat other
fhiugS thRu sour milk and cheese;
fearning TO ride otherwise than like
demon on q Cobsack saddle;
leornihg I. department. too. and
tAngusEss. and social graees
and ne sfi4er, arts. And, most
Ehoronghly Of ali, = the little girl
vas learning how deathless
should SS teEsIiatred fQrTfhe Turk
IN -empire. and all is works; and
boW only less perfect thansouE Lord
On Paradise was the Car on his
throne amid that early paradise
iEnoWn9as "Al the Russias
8 Her little brother was learning
fhese things. too, IN the corps of Of
eceRssf Also he was already pro-
.jeient on The balalaii<a.
And again, ii the mountains Of 4 2
eonqusred proyiBes. the little dauGh-
ter of q. gamekeepeF 70 nobility was
PreparinE 20 emlgrate with her
fother TO anew home in the West
.eFn world. whore she would learn
% perform miracles with rifle and d.
Fevolver; and-where the beauty OF
tue heFmity thrush;s Song would
startie her into. comparing 1t to the
beauty. OF her ,oWn untFied voice.
But TO her father and to her the
Hlost beGntifgl thing Ia all the world
vsas love Of fatherland. ----a--.-- -
over these. and millions OF others.
kFocisd the spell OF the Dark Star.
Even ths world itself lay under It,
Taguely uneasy, Sometimes startled
- m6mentaEy seismic panic. Then,
ere Mundane self-controI restored
eaPFsstrial equilibrium, few
g1ountafns exploded. an island or
tWo lay shattered. by earthquake,
boiling mud and pumice blotted out
one city; earth-Ehock and are an
ether 3 tidal wave q third
But. the WoFld settled down and
balanced itself once more on the
edge Of the perpetual abyss into
witch II must fail some Day the In
visible shadow OF the Dark Star
swept IL at Intervals when home far
and nameless sun blazed out unseen:
days -daWned. the sun Of the solar
system rose furtiVely each day and
hung around the heavens until that
6usiEy huntress Night chased him
encs more beyond the earth's hori-
son,
= The shadow Of the Dark Star was
alWays there, though none saw IL
% sunshine or in moonlight, or in
the silvery lusteF OF the planets.
Aboy, born under IL, stood outside
the fringe of willow and alder,
throuEk sWhieh moved two. English
setters followed and controlled by
Ehe boys father.
Mark" called the father.
Oct or the willows like feather
D "a bomb burst big grouse. and the
green foliage that barred it's flight
seemed 60 explode as the strong bird
sheered out Into the sunshine.
The boys gun, slantinE upward At
50 degrees. giittered in the sun an
instant, then the left barrel spoke,
and the grouse, a. though struck by
lighsning % midair, stopped with
JERK. then k6Hted swiftly and
ftruck the ground.
Dad = =eFisd ths hoy. as setter
abpesred, leading on straight to the