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Show ANGERED THE GREAT JOVE Earthworm's Disparaging Remark That Made Trouble for Festive Youths and Maidens. The bees of Hybla were buzzing merrily about the palace on Olympus, threatening at times the lips of Venus and of Hebe, and the Zephyrs frolicked across the tesselated floors. Jupiter yawned heavily and the doves of the love goddess flew away affrighted. "What'B doing among the earthworms?" earth-worms?" he lazily demanded of Ganymede. Gany-mede. The boy put down his golden cups and stared acfoss the sunny fields. "They seem to be holding one of their festivals," he presently replied. "I see long lines of young men in black gowns and flat head coverings marching in and out of great stone buildings. Yes, and there are maidens in white, bearing flowers. And now I hear the murmur of voices and the cadence of song." Jupiter yawned again. "Some silly rite, I suppose. Listen a moment, boy, and mayhap you can catch a fragment of what they say." There was a brief silence. "One of the young men has risen and is bowing. Ah, now I can hear what he says. He is telling the people peo-ple how 'The Absurd Olympian God-Myth God-Myth Retarded the Dawn of a Higher High-er Civilization.' " "What's that?" cried Jupiter, and he arose so suddenly that the Dryad fanwavers drew back in terror. "Who'5 he calling absurd! Here, push the thunderbolts this way, Gimme one with a short fuse." The master of Olympus seized the metal tube and flung it downward, and Vulcan struck the thunder plate a crashing blow. Again and yet again the thunder crashed and the sky hung black across the Thessallan plains. Ganymede roared with laughter. "The earthworms are running wild' ly," he cried. "The young men havi scattered, and the white-robed maidens maid-ens are soaked!" Jupiter settled back In his cushion "I'll teach 'em to let the god mytj severely alone," he muttered. And presently the sun shone agall and the bees of Hybla buzzed merrily Cleveland Plain Dealer. i |