Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-06-08

n meddilng Wnere they 90 not unde
O stand"
: Now Miramon kept silence. He wi
S lingering the magic colors with whlC
( he blazoned the first sketches of h
: dream. Here was his white. whic
was the foam Of ocean made solid, an
; the black he had wrung from tn
burned bones of nine enperors. Her
was the yellow slime Of Scyros. an
crimson cinnabaris composed Of tn
mingled blood Of behemoths ant
dragons, and here was the poisonou!
blue sand of Puteoli. And Miramon
who was no longer potent wizard
considered that loveliness and horror
which moment ago he had known
how to evoke with these pigments, he
who had now no power to lend life to
his designs, and kept just skill enough
1t might be to place the stripings on a
BARRIERS pole.
And Miramon Lluagor said: ut
would be sad happening If l were
never again to sway the sleeping of
men, and grant them yet more dreams
of distinction and clarity, of beauty
and symmetry, Of tenderness and
truth and urbanity. For whether they
like 1t or not, | know that II Is good
for them, and 1t affords to their
starved living that which they lack
and ought to have"
And Miramon said also: yet 1t
would be another sad happening were
my poor wife permitted eternally to
scold the shivering earthquakes in the |
middle Of next week. What does II |
matter that l do not especially like
her? There is great deal about my
self that | do not like, such as my
)ody's fiabbiness. and the small nose
which makes ludicrous the face I
wear; but do l banker to be trans
ormed into a sturdy man-at-arms? Do
view the snout Of an elephant with
ovetousness? Why. but, Ninzian, l
m astonlshed at your foolish talkingl
WAT need have / Of perfection?
What would I have In common with
nybody who was patient with me and
fought highly of my doings? No.
lnzian, 1t Is In vain that you poster
e with your continuous talking. for
n as used to her shortcomings as I
n to my own shortcomings. I re-
lrd her tantrums with the resigna- l
On l extend to inclement weather. It
unpleasant. All tempests are I'M
easant. All, yes, but if life should
come an endless clear May after
on we could not endure it; we who Ii
We once been dashed by storms d
'uld cross land and sea to look for II
ow and pelting hail Just so. to u
We Gisele about keeps me perpetual
tretted, but now that she is gone 7 III
miserable. No, Ninzian, you may IN
ire your talking, you need say no
re- Tor | simply could not put I'D
n being left to live in comfort" Is
'lr Nlnzian had heard him through a.
that patience which is requisite '"
trends. And Ninzian, Struggling pc
|, Then do you choose Afiramon VI
your wife and no more dreams. or 81
your art and loneliness?" Wa
such wishing would be overwaste
: Mlramon replied, as he busted Oh
y the third bee. "Since I can hear
i've up neither my wife nor nv art ue
natter how destroyingly they work -" Us
INST each other, I wish for everv-
g to be put back just where it was -.
lour ago"
he last bee flew in wide circle. 90
returned to the cross. Life re- oio
re in all which had persisted in -
hour, and Gauracy's baleful SIM
gone, and the dislodged worlds ho,
satellites were revolving trinity
leir former places. And the High sor
rejoiced for there were only M
Pleiades, and Toupan, afloat In onl
rh hooo,tS eineu harmless jim
elm is tireless and unappeasable %
nifty, and foreknowledge which r,;,.
to the Gods. -
shchei said only: "What need bi,,,
there to worry? Did l not make oil
FEATURES male and female? And tbax
not make the tie which is be. 81
them, that cord which I wove Curt
~ OF love and Of disllking? Eth. q nc
but that is strong cord. and mos,
,noa'.,. 'Ha. are uepend upon paus
ius nolus' "P
Miramon in his ivory tower dear
nothing of how he had plaved poor
with the universe; he only knew he n
pon 'ne piack stone cross tire forge
u awning Iretfully, and that dear
ie "iseie had come back to him I'D
u M
'retty trick that was to play on him {
she says. "Oh. but | pity the him p
that is married to an artist r, III,
why do you perpetually med. fright
thouf UNDERSTANDING" he re- mothc
rs fretful as the accursed hoes 1T
~ as the intolerable woman dear?'
they went on very much as b. The
softly.
seems
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