Show THE STORY or OF 10 one day a shepherd wandered red through the forest till he be came to a stream that cut off air his big footsteps from farther travel the trees were in full leaf and the tha banks of the stream were soft with fresh green grass 0 on which tho the sun bun shone with a warmth warm th arid and brilliancy so great that aloni cra had ad r sprung up decking tile the green with many colored patterns patte rue so inviting did the spot appear that after a glance around the shepherd threw himself down and leaning against a tree ile he began softly to sing a swe melody her ha was not an ordinary looking man m an more indeed was ho he like a god than a mortal his massive head bead was heavy beavy with thick locks which overhung a broad wonderful brow his eyes were bright and piercing but of no distinctive tive color and his form and stature were glorious to look upon for he had the strength of a hercules combined with the beauty of an apollo arid and indeed lie he was not mortal for it was tho the great jupiter himself who had disguised himself ns as a simple shepherd and who atho now lay bes beside ide tho the water while ho be sang suddenly a slight commotion of the waters was visible bubble bobble after bubble rose till a fountain seemed springing from the middle of the stream and while jupiter looked the water took on 1 a I human form and a fair maiden stepped lightly to tho the shore share and saluted the monarch of heaven and earth it was tile the nymph lo 10 daughter of the river god Inae hus bus she was very beautiful and her garments of woven sea weeds dashed with spray and intertwined with colored shells shone and glistened as the sunlight played over them her long lair hair fell about her like a golden shower and she was so very lovely to look upon that it is no wonder jupiter was pleased now it happened that while jupiter was sitting on the bank of the E tream stream that day juno his hia queen was looking down upon the earth from olympus and teeing seeing him there she made up her mind to join him they did not get along with each other very well arid and juno was in COD constant stant fear that she might lose her power and her place le be filled by another queen so the she mounted her chariot dhawn by eight brilliant peacocks and was soon beside her lord to her surprise she elie saw standing near him a beautiful heifer to which bich he be spoke gentle war words ds now and then sn some mischief she asked jupiter to what herd hard the heifer and he be answered that it belonged to no lard herd but was a fresh creation from the earth then give it to rue me said juno Ja japinier would hive refused but lie he did not care to provoke the queens anger by denying EO simple a request and he be give hr ber the heifer now this heifer was aas lo 10 jupiter having baving turned her ber into that form as lie he saw juno approach hoping t thus blis to quiet the fears that its his queen was subject to in this lie he did not altogether succeed for juno at once placed the heifer under the care of argus argos tile lie watchful shepherd who had a hundred hunched eyes arid and who never slept with more than two of them at a time argus was not unkind but he be was wa a very strict and severe lie ile allowed the heifer freedom in tho the day daytime nine but at night he be tied a cord arcand her delicate throat and fastened her to a tree so the time went on oil boug sought glit lis his daughter far and dear and lo 10 often wandered down to the stream when she saw her at play she lot let them caress her and they made a collar of shells forber for her one ode lay her father offered her bar a handful of soft green grass and she licked the outstretched hand band in vain she tried to tell him in who sho elie was is her only cry was 1 a I loud bellow which frightened even herself suddenly she thought of low how she might make inako herself known and with her hoot hoof she wrote her nama dams in ili th the a hand band then the sisters si gathered around her and wept and her father caressed her and bemoaned bamo bomo ined her r sad ad fate but the watchful argus saw all this thia and quickly came and drove tile the heifer back to its flock he be kept even stricter ter watch over it than before after a long time jupiter bethought himself of the fate of lo 10 and find finding low how she suffered buffered lie he ch dispatched patched mercur mercury to put an air end to argus arid and to so sot set lo io tree free for ho he could not restore her bar to her own form without tho the consent of juno mercury that bright messenger of the gods goda choso whoso duty it seemed ever to be ba to relieve relieve the distressed and help the iho troubled put on his winged sandals an and his hii cap aud and taking his is pipes on winch which lie he played sweet music lie he descended to earth ready to perform the task assigned him when he be reached reacted tile tho place whore where argus generally drove the herd to drink ho he put by his sandals and ilia big cap anti and keeping only his hia staff aud and liia his pipes lie he appeared like a shepherd driving his flocks then villen lie he saw argus approach he began to ploy play upon the pipes argus heard board the sweet beranga music und and was charmed and seating himself I 1 upon a high rock whence he be could overlook tho the fields he be called mercury to him como hither gentle shepherd boy ile he cried sit here by me in the shade of this great tree and fing me some bome songs upon that instrument you carry mercury complied for this was just enst what he wanted van ted he played hia big most soothing tones hoping to lull the great giant to sleep then lie ho told him stories arid and till tile tho sin was high in the heavens but brit though argay aagre nodded and closed some of his big eyes yeu yec he be was ever watchful and mercury was well wall nigh in despair at last ho be said to argra since you yon like so well the strains of music I 1 bring forth from my pipes lot let mo me tell you yon low how it first camo came to bo be made and used you must know argus that thai it is c called the sarins as well as tile I 1 pan zandearl dearl pipes arid and when you hear tho tory story you will understand its ita meaning there lived long ago here in this beautiful land of greece a nymph named all tile tho batys satyrs and other spirits of the woods and wind arid and wave loved her and vied with each other in gaining her slightest smile dot but she eho cared for none of her admirers sho she was devoted to diana and tile the chase chao and indeed she avas so beautiful in her bar activity that no one blamed her bar for preferring her sport to anything else sho she might have been taken for dinna diana heiselt hei bei self so skillful was she and so lovely but brit her difference lice lay in the bow tho she carried hers adiv was as of ivory while tho the queens was of silver silv er ono one day as she was returning wear weary 7 from the hunt bunt the god pan met her bar and immediately fell foll a victim tuber to her charms but though lie ho praised and flattered her bar and offered to make her his queen fhe feared him and fled swift as the wind from his entreaties but though her stop step was jig light lit and free he be gained upon her and just as they reached a stream of water he be was about to touch her bar in her fear and terror sho she cried aloud to her bar friends for aid and in a moment her form was changed pan found that his arms encircled a tuft of reeds by the stream and as he be sighed soft and egweet music music breathed through the hollow bellow stalks with a cry of joy he be then said thus at least you shall be mine beautiful and ing the reads he be boll hollowed owed and dried them and fastening them together of different lengths produced this big instrument which lie he named in honor of the lost nymph whilo while mercury was still talking he be saw A aretis agus bow his head all of li his 5 hundred eyes were sleeping with one stroke mercury cut off his head which rolled down wil tho rocks with a tremendous crash then lo io was set free but juno was not content with that revenge slie she first hori honored oled the faithful argus by placing his big watchful eyes in the t tails ails of her peacocks where to th this is day they may bo be seen then she sent a gadfly to torment 10 lo who ile to escape it fled over the whole world the ionian sea fail through which she passed was named for her at last worn out an and d exhausted she elie reached the banks of the nilo and jupiter in pity bugged juno to give her bar back her form this tile tho goddess goddes lid did and lo 10 was restored restated to and lier her sisters young and beautiful to look upon as when first wo met hor bar by her na tive five stream edward Court Doy in philadelphia nd times |