Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-05
DAMON AND pyTmt4s.

TINS beautiful story WAS found,d
on IN" island OF Sicily ia The city OF
syracuse In Syracuse there lived Two
devoted friends. their names wcr.
n;inon and ry;hiaS. I'ythius WAS
command"r- in-chicf Of :. large RIM
Damon was a Senator. The wtr.
loved ny every one. Sicily was a: this
time 'wh.ch was more t.t,u 1000
gears ago. "a republic. IL was gov
ern'd by = wise. hu; cruel man,
whose same was p~ionysius He was
jealous Of Damon and i'ythias be-
cause they were loved by the people
more than he WAS. IT." WAS not
pleased a; being head q. the govern
ment and was always trylng to get
rid of Damon and Pythils and then
have himself Proclaimed king. NJ
tho moncut DiorysiuS thought his
pi1nS were really 1" overthrow the
government: there came a message
from tarthAScnia telling Of the re-
VOLT against Syracuse. p~ionysius
OF one OF his enemies. 40 H. sent
pyth!as head III the army. thinking
he would get KILLED. bu; instead OF
getting Killed h" cam" back a great
streets crying. Long live py,hias.
long 1--we rythias'" This made
Dionyslus angry, 40 he planned u
chariot race In which pythias was to
he defeated. !'ythiaS heard from the
stable boy OF pionysius'c plan to
lame his horses, 50 by this pythiaS
won the chariot race. and again the
people throng the streets crying,
las" You can Imagine the black
thoughts IN p~ionysius' mind at his
second failure.
ryth!as was TO be married 70 y
beautiful girl OF Syracuse, Whose
name was Calauthe. The battle of
c~artllarcniu had della ycd the we'd
ding. $" rythtas hesoneht her TO
hasten the day. While Damon and
ry,h.as Mere deeply ~absolvcd in prepa-
rat!rnS Tor the welding. D~ivnNsius
had himself proclaimed king. Damon
Sot word In tiinc 20 see ~D'onyStus
ascend the throne. lic begged the
other senators t" ;ak. bacn their
word, but they We're afraid as guards
were ndi all around. Damon
MAS 80 determined that pionysius
should no.; be king that he tried 10
stab him, hut the guards fell upon
him and bionysius ordered him 10
set.
fate. he went al oncc to soc If ne
could d" has friend any good. He
asked him what did he want most In
all the world Damon Was silent =
moment and then said: III only /
.'ouid see my wife and little son once
NOR" | would be willing To die"
When pythians heard his friends
reply he went "a: once To pionystus
and told him Of ramon's wish and
told him iha! lie would take hi
plar" for the time necessary 80
lake thc trip pionysIuS was glad
at this hcr'.uS" "a bright plan came
would ri@c him six hours in which
H. could make this trip. Da!ron at
FRS, refused. hut then he rrm"in-
h-r"i the sad look on his w!fr's face
h- at "nc" n"un;.! 4 hnet morse
and started on his journey.
wh!l. Cai"nthc was awaiting the
return gn Old man IN ned as y
Stir" asked 10 see her as ~ had
word OF. ry'liaS. II" toll he Of
rytnias taking The place OF Damon
while hc hai gone home TO tell his
wife fare~rlI. II" told her Q:
"n his 'sturn 20 the place where he
was :" Ia" brAeaded and tha; ne had
y r.HsS thtt would open all doors ami
:akc,! her 10 como With hin 10 try
anih", az course. w"mt vii, him,
f'vtiIla- was siad to soc CalAuthc
once mere. The Old man told ~
thsns OF It snip he had 10 'ai;" him
wou!l cnia" with him. but I'ythias
said. - cann"t prpv" fals.' 20
!l4mo"" Th"n th" ola man toli ry.
with G;Ilguth" Then IL" said. May
th' nigh GODS have her III .hcir
care. 10: her SAX" | would gladly
Iit. hut | ,"!GG" deceive fnt !rl-Cl
damon ~" then told him ui tts
plot iiuiysias' i.d pInuacj &" XIII
Damon 1nd 'hn' his poor Old father
wonil die ~ ~ broken heart. bu, lie
answered. ":hv plan might t,ij and
FOR ;h- sax" 81 my fathr,- | c,nnct
rrovc falls" :" my friend" Then til"
Old 'n'n went away and lest It!ir-
the outside thc prison weeping
The sun saVi; low In the west. The
prison d"urS f.w oY-r. and IA,
ru,rGs came u hriugir. tA,ir
prisoner. H-Sidcs il;u Walked cal
anthe and the old man reminding
him OF the last cprortUuitS ia -
rhn". pNthIGS sI'l nothing
rho sun rr'ehoi ia" horizon the
'"'".."n,"r c.m" nIt with MS largo
~. rythas kid his head on the
block. tn" AZ WAS noiSrd il. the air
ready 10 :Iii wh"' Loud cries were
''aari far rwlv. Damon. Damon
Damon has rrirrrrl' l'v.rl.S stood
erect. tn" "rGwd purt.l r'-ht and
lrft. Damon -odn ~, .py ~-d vim
llo"d r,d hti: clothed tie han by
tn" help 81 ar ATth r,turn"i IN ,i,ur
10 save i't.. lit. at i'yfhias Iha-
heid each nth~r III ch~!r arms ana
20" moment wrr' s~pcachlcSS.
~Dionyslus "as So impressed li:,t h.,
ghE" Item h".h their freedom Tor
ever afr BE said IL vas a trih-
ute - friendship
Ai1NE EvHiNE