The evening world., 1920-08-09

Because God kissed your eyes.
Now this paradise les
Meath the glory Of the skies
For your small feet TO find
And , believe ats the mind
or Ga that led you here.
The flowers all love you.
And the sweet light above you
VIII always be with you
As long as POUR heart Is pure,
And the Joy will endure
Because God kissed your eyes"
The soft sweet voice seemed TO be
one with the beauty aud che delicious
perfume that tho flowers eXhaled.
Pansy auite forgot her companions. 4
sort OF spell had been cast over her be-
ing--she might have been m church or
in some place where Angels were near,
for beauty Is a wonderful power In
deed.
Pansy had reached the middle pool
and stood staring into the water. The
ground was all golden. 10 the water
Itself seemed OF transparent gold. In
the centre OF this pool was a small
island, a temple Of snowy marble
II was round building; It's cohr;n
and roof were overgrown with roses,
the most glorious yellow roses Pansy
had ever seen. on all sides they
hung down in long festoons. The
breeze swayed them slowly to and
fro, so that many petals. detnching
themselves. floated about In tho air
like tiny golden wings
Although the temple had no walls
but only columns holding up the roof.
Pansy could not see inside e., because
OF the hanging roses that shut Il IN
with fragrant screens
I'VE shall go over 10 the temple
before long" said Dame Danny
dimmydoo. who had come up behind
the little girl; but before we cross
the water, before the sun sets, I am
going to show you something else
Raising her stick the queer old woman
waved II high In the air.
Pansy watched the old lady's
movements with keenest interest.
Suddenly before she could under
stand what was happening, tho
whole atmosphere seemed To be-
come alive with wings, thousands
and thousands OF trembling wings,
What was ~
Tho whole garden was filling with
butterflies! on hut what butter
flies! Enormous luminous ones,
with wide wings-butterflies that one
sees in very precious collections,
and that, entranced. one stares AT
behind glass cases-'butterflies that
seem too incredibly beautiful 10 be
real. Wen, here were whole troops
of them, fluttering about settling
upon flowers, floating like dwarf
sails upon the golden water, filling
the air with an indescribable orgy OF
color
These glitterinR insects seemed TO
be mad with the Joy OF living. They
chased each other, or Joined in
graceful dances against the sky that
was now tinted with the SUMS dying
finite patterns In the air kissing the
flowers, dipping the edge OF their
painted wings into the water.
A whole swarm flew over the
temple. settling upon the yellow
roses, moving their wings like many
tr, milling colored lights that the
wind fans. AT one moment all the
blue butterflies gathered there so
many at a time that the creepers
seemed TO have suddenly turned into
mysterious blue blooms.
Now, ] must tell you that Cussy
was on a narrow stone path between
small canal and one OF the glorious
flower beds A sort OF instinct OF
politeness, very unusual for him.
warned him that he must not crush
those delicate blossoms, but he quite
forgot what there was on the other
side, so our clumsy little bear had
not FIR to back before plump!
Splash!-- Oh! dear! And