Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-05
E BRIGHT BEES OF TOUPAN- James c.
in %@ Day

yellow slime Of scyros, and c,,,
cinnabaris composed of the m,..,.
blood of behemoths and dragons, y,
here was the poisonous blue s,,s
Puteoli. And NIiramon, who w.'
longer a potent wizard, considered o..
loveliness and horror which q mon.'. @
ago he had known how to evok. % -,a
these pigments, he who had nor WV
power to lend life to his designs -,
kept just skill enough It might h. %
place the strippings on BARRIERS MY
And Miramon Lluagor. said. % ,I.
would be a sad happening IL I w.
never again to sway the sleeu;n. ',
men, and grant them yet more drs,r.
Of distinction and clarity, of beaut, -,
symmetry, Of tenderness and truth a.,
urbanity. For whether they like .
not, I know that It is good for ,h.s
and It affords to their starved liyin, ~,
which they lack and ought to hsy. y
And Miramon said also: "Yet /.
would be another sad happening va.
my poor wife permitted eternal, -
scold the shivering earthquake IN a.
middle Of next week. What do.. \
matter that I do not especially IN.
her? There Is a great deal about M.
self that I do not like, such q, =,
body's flabbiness, and the small N.
which makes ludicrous the face v.s,
but do I banker to be transformed i,s
a sturdy man-at-arms? Do visv y,
snout Of an elephant with covetoumsn,
Why, but, Ninzian, I am astonishsd a
your foolish talkinsl What need IN
I Of perfection7 What would I I'm
In common with anybody who va =.
tent with me and thought highly d r.
doinss7 No, Ninzian, II IL In vain r.
you pester mo with your cputtns
talking. for I am a. used 10 he, AaI.
comings a. I am to my own shcstsu.
inga. I regard her tantrums with h
resignation I extend to inclsuu
weather. It is unpleasant. All IN.
pests are unpleasant. All, yes, bus I
life should become an endless clear Mu
afternoon We could not endure Il: n
who have once been lashed by storm
would cross land and sea to look ta
snow and pelting hail. Just so, to hsW
Gisele about keeps me perpetually fryt.
ted, but now that she Is gone I an
miserable. No, Ninzian, you may span
your talking, you need say no more, ts
l simply could not put up with beinl
left to live in comfort"
Sir Ninzian had heard him throulA
with that patience which is requisite 70
friends. And Ninzian, Struggling, uid,
Then do you choose, Miramon, tos
your wife and no more dreams, or 70,
your art and loneliness?" -
Such wishing would be over waste.
full Miramon replied. as he dusN
away the third bee. "Since l can be,,
to give up neither my wife nor my art
no matter how destroyingly they vori
against each other, l wish for ever.
thing to be put back just where 1t wu
an hour ago.
THE last bee flew in wide circle
L and returned to the cross. Li!s
reawoke in all which had persisted ii
that hour, and Gauracy's baleful sun
was gone, and the dislodged worlds and
satellites were revolving trinity in thel
former places. And the High Gods re.
joiced, for there were only seven Plei.
AIDES, and Toupan, afloat in the void,
| again seemed harmless enough, becaua
the eyes were closed wherein is tireles
and unappeasable malignity and fore
knowledge which is perturbing to th'
gods.
Koshchei said only: "What NEED
was there to worry? Did I not max.
my creatures male and female? And did
! not make the tie which is between
them that cord which I wove equally 0!
love and of disliking? Eh, sirs, but
that is strong cord, and though oil
things that are depend upon 1t, N!
weaving holds"
But Miramon, in his ivory towei,
knew nothing of how he had PLAYED
havoc with the universe he only knew
that upon the black stone cross thru
bees were crawling fretfully, and thai
his wife, Gisele, had come back to h1
enraged.
"a pretty trick that was to play q
me" she says. ooh, but pity u
woman that is married to an artist"
But why do you perpetually meddl
without understandings" he replied, Z
fretful as the accursed bees, as angry q
the intolerable woman -
And they went on very much a. y
fore.
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