Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-25 | Page 8 | The Sandman Stories

I I I I I I THE SANDMAN I II I I STORIES Why the Sea Has Tides Once upon a time the Queen of oC the Sea sent out a call for all the doctors I in her domain Her boy Nippy was ill I He lay in his pink seashell bed and not nota a smile passed his lips About him swam gold and green fishes I Mermaids waited on his every wish In InI Inthe Inthe I the childs child's garden there were pretty walks of colored sand green plots of sea seaweed weed and the tiny fish Ish darting about in it But nothing satisfied Nippy I know what I want mother he said one one dayI dayI dayI day I I want the two balls which are hid behind the throne of the King Kins of the Emerald Isles There is a big shining I ruby that gleams like a setting sun And another one which is golden olden Oh sighed the queen Those are the two magic gems cut hundreds of years ago by y an ancient wizard to keep the sea J I iWI still I But I 1 am tired of its being quite mother said the child The ocean is ever smooth as a mirror and I 1 would like to see it in motion So I mean to get those balls I am going to try my luck he ho said as he called to a sea dog and walked away down the shining bed of the ocean The scenery was new and the dog scared up many strange things Devil Devilfish Devilfish fish shot the water and great sturgeons lumbered clumsily by gaping at the little prince stumbling on his Isis way At last Nippy reached the palace of the king It was green and the halls were lofty caverns Dolphins sat along its sides playing on golden conch shells The The furniture was a delicate coral and the floors of colored pebbles s The king lay asleep in a corner on a acot acot acot cot of moss Behind the great white throne which stood In the center of the hall was the glint of red and gold The gems exclaimed the prince aloud I carl can see the golden and the rubYI ruby balls gleaming like signal fires But they are so large large large-I I fear I 1 cannot carry them Then an idea came into his head lie He slipped up behind the throne and put the balls into two baskets It was hard work for they hey were heavy but at last it was ac accomplished On the floor lay a long flat pole with a bend benl in the This will Just fit nt my ray neck said Nippy Nippy Nippy Nip Nip- py I will hang one basket on one end and the second basket on the other In that way they will win balance and not be difficult difficult dif dif- dif dif- to take home I only hoV ho hoe hobe e the king kingI kingwill kingwill will stay asleep till I get away I Quietly he fitted the crook of the pole