Samson Conducts a Kindergarten for One Night
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A HI'UITH MH TO SO.MK
flB W J Iff Utile rhildr. ii In tin. realm of
K 'V&ljy'Vwfy U'llM'i.i who were playing together, In
AJy lanr akci- "How art' there hero who
'Eiic VkI fltt "r" loy"' ""' KI,IK M-Snr-Heii"'
' Ml ( lie i hllilrnti hail heard of Ak-Sar-llcn
nnd some hml soon him months before, pass
ing In Iho carnival chariot, ami tlmy hu'l
hi'i'il taught to love ti I til HUH h, HO they orltd
io iho Kprlt: "We all an" Ve all arc"
The Sprite smiled ninl mi Id. "Of court'
von an1! Of course you are! Hut, now
let's hear how many of you have ever hero
In his court."
The I'hihlieii looked nl otic aliolher, hut
not olio aiiHweii i.
U'ell," Mil It I t lie; Sprite, "Iiiik the hillr hei
man rill out all your tongues?"
Al this Hie ehlhlren laughed, for lh
iiff j$ ,-ipino huh miming, mo, nun uieil llley ioi-i
' jl 1 4 tio, ihey hail never heen III the king
'$ ' Via eourl, for their papas had hiiIiI a eourt wii't
a nail place lo net Into, miles they wanted
to liurii Up tot m and lots of money. Tin
Sprite chuckled at t his and xuhl: "Your
pap.iH are wise ami i should never forgot
their words, hut King Ak-Snr-Ilen'H eourt
In not an Iho ctiurlH they mean. There ur
no lawyei'H there ami no one hums an
money after he gelH Into It, for I ho Hustling
coinmlttee leaviH him nono to liurii. lie
Hides, I can show you all that happeiiH there
nail i. ever hum any money at all."
"Oh. do It! Do It! lionse do III" Hie
ehlhlren cried at once.
"Ami If I do, what will he my
One little tiov ofleied three tin whistles ami a rabbit's fool and
ollereil her pretty ciirK hut the Sprite finally wild: "No, I will not
ilium I will he good llte Iho newspapers ami hIiow things up for nothing."
Then he Jumped up onto a hiiiiiII hoy'H Hhoiililer ami plucked out a red hair,
which he lighted with a hihi'n ray ami the hair huriied and miiile such n ureal
Hiuokc that the ehlldreu could not nee I heir own noses.
I'rcHcuily through the blackness I hoy heard a terrlhle rat I Hug anil felt llioin
Helf Jolleil along Ho hard I hat II made Ihem hungry.
"What Ih 117" HHked one llltle hoy, ami the Sprite culled out -"Hold
flint, hang fiiHt, mlml the nr.
Kor now you travel on a doilgolineeui "
"And where do we go'.'" anked the little ho
'To I he Den."
"Whete Ih that 7"
"Nnrthtwelitlothstrcet," answered thu
Sprite, and all the ehlhlren wondered
where the place with hiicIi a funny iiaiuii
could he.
After a long I lino I he rattling Htopped
and Ihey fell I IiciiihcIvch led along hy the
Sprite Into a cavern. IiihIiIo there wiih a
big man In white clothcH nml li Ih IiiiihIh
all covered with white chalk. The Sprite
Hlopped (he children and Haiti : "That Ih
tilt) king's builder, (iUHrctl.eo. lie must
not hco uh " Then ho held up a copy of
Hunch and (inarcnco read two Much of a
joke uuil fell fiiHl UHlecp, ho the children
pllHHCll li I II 1 Ulllllltll'Cll.
They went along through a dark,
dungeon hall, with the Hinoke hIIII in
their eycH, until Dually Ihey reached a
place where Ihey could feel I he wuIIh
grow wide apart, and then the Sprite
( hipped IiIh hamlH ami cried three times.
"Vanish, smoke; coiuu, light.
Let the children have their sight."
and Iho Hinoke all lifted ami the ehlhlren
could hco. They were Hliinding In the
center of a very big room, with much
lluery on the wiiIIh ami Home steps In
the front.
"What funny Hlairs." said a hoy.
'l'hos. are not Htnlrs Those are the
seals of the mighty," Hiild tile Sprite.
"The mighty dollar'.'" nHkcd one Utile
buy
"No, the 1 1 1 1 k 1 1 y uicmherH of Ak-Sur-Hen' coun The knights whom you
liave (-ecu parading In Scpteinher. 1 1 rt Ih where tho bring von wise men from
ill over Ihe realm and make monkeys and other strange aiiimalH out of them
They call It Initiation. Would you like lo have an lull till ion 7"
All Ihe children said Ihey would, ever ho much, ho the Sprite tapped twice on
the end of each one'H iiiiho ami, lo, all of them were turned Into Knights of Ak
Snr lien, with gurgeniiH roheH hiicIi an Ihey had seen In pIcturcH of ureal princes,
(inly much liner ami with more illrrerenl coIoi-h than Ihey could ever count. All
around the room were standard-bean is and pages ami trumpeters ami torch
hearers and other., Including Home little Jo.stei'H with Hpotted suits, wIioho busi
ness wiih to help the (iruiid Mufti make fun.
While the children, who were knights now, were looking at all these
ilcrful t li I li kh a man wiih brought In Willi i heavy cloth over IiIh eye-i and
I UK wllh fear.
"Oh. ho, a candidate! A suppliant for knighthood under King Ai-Sar-llcii."
cried the (Iraml Mufti.
The punr, shivering man was led
before the (irunil Kveculloiier at the
Itoyal Oiillloiiiie ami shown a lilt:
black block and a glittering ax.
"What Is this'" he asked iron
blindly.
"TIiIh Ih where jour head will In
i hopped off If you ever whisper any or
our secrets," he was told, and Hi
poor candidate trembled worse th.iii
ever The Kxccut Inner roared with
laughter when he him how Kcared Up'
man wan. ami suiik-:
"See this a and mo this hand,
They ci iihl sever more IicuiIh
Than a packing house mail
Hut Idle they are, year after ca ,
h'or tun ti never tells
What lie sees out here."
"Now," Haiti Ihe (Iraml Mufti
lever HiiHpectlni; they were clilldfi n
ur Hhall see If the candidate is
warm-blooded cnmiKli to he a Kiuid
LlilKlil."
The in ii ti wiih heliiK hurried lo a
little Htation marked, "Chllkoot 1'ass
Uallway, Scenic l.lne from ()nl vera to
tho North role." , There he was made
lo cllnih onto an open car with Ills eyes still uncrcd mi l
the engineer and llreinan laughed ho hard when they haw
the man hIiImtiiik that I In' IiIk engine rocked and nearl)
topilcil over At a sIkiuiI Hie whUtle blew and silddenb
tho train was wIiUzIiik toward the far North It was no1
a very nice railroad. Iicciiiiho it went up and down no
)
-1 1 n i" i 1 thai the man had to h Id
tlKhl lo keep from belliK Ihrtwil
the river which ran ahum one
iikiiIiihI the hm Hiiow ban'.
oil Ihe other. ''old w ill Is
blew, loo, and hcukuIIs
would My over and drop
snowballs down onto the
callilhlate'H hack. Aftel
I in veil nn ever m far the
train stopped so tpilckh
that the man slim clear
over the cimlne and mt
the nine of a cliff, down
which he went rolling and
inll Ink' ami rolllim. until
he was Just like a snow
hall. When he came to
the bottom he wan Koiim
ho fast he could mil slop,
but rolled clear up over
another cliff and plump
into the cave of the Old
Man of the North. The
llltle kiilKhls were already
there, for the Sprite had
taken them on the wiiiK--of
a ureal auk. ami It was
on xen
on Into
side oi
1
j1
won-ipiak
Ihe illteret place they ha I
ever Heen. The Old Man
wore clothes made of
hcar'H hair and was cov
ered with frost. Ills eyes
were frozen dew drops ami
his tteth were II. tie, 1 deles.
When he blew his breath
Into the air ll
Hcattercd Into
bin, w It I t e
llnkcH mid the
little knights
f 11 it it out th it
all tho hiiow
s i o r in s In
ijuiwra were
w.
just the siicu.ch of the old Man of tho North. 1'nrther hack In tho cave was the
wonderful (Jroat White Hear, many times blKRor than any circus over hml, and
when he wavtd his paws It stirred the air so thai a blizzard was started, ami In
this way the children found out also where (Julvern'H winter winds come from
After a while the candidate was whl.ed luck ami taken from tho train by thr
Itoyal Hcil Cap Hoys to the Imperial Yachtsman, who sent hltn out onto (Jreasy Sea In
a boat that rocked terribly and would turn clear round so quickly that the man
would often bo lookltiK straluhi behind him like the matinee lrls. There was
nevt r before such a sea. for It was full of slimy monsters, with tins and horns mow -Ini!
out of their sides together, ami himw nil iiIopk the shores as Mull as any clum h
steeple, ami ureal snal-es would nil rlK.it
up in the water and ask the man li lie
had slKllod the pledKe.
After his sea voyiiKe ihe candidate
ll ll 1 to shoot Ihe llevll's Slides, which
was very terrible, and he had to make
many, many Milrmii promlsis ami uo
ihroiiKh other ceremonies until lie was
completely exhaiisicd. Then they Ki'ahbcl
ihe hamhiKc from his eyes and declare, I
him a KlilKhl of Ak-Sar-llcn and HtralKht
way the Itoyal ('(iHliinier threw fine rai
ment over him ami Ihe trumpeters hlew
and the torch-hearers huriicil tuiiny-col-ored
Humes, ami Ihe man opened his eyes
wide ami IuiikIici! and said he was Klad '
ho a ktilKht at last and would not full t
be there when the next candidate was
due.
While there was still much excite
ment In the (iiiiiid ( ourt. the Sprite led
the children off hy I henisolvcs very
jiletlv hut ltd Ihem still wear the line
robes ami Ihey played Ihev
were HIII'e-elloilKtl KIUKIHH
mill bowed down before
their (irutnl MokuIs and went Iii'oiikIi many ceremonies. Just as tho
had Heen done In the Den. ami 'hey used u cellar for a iluiiKeou and put
a sentinel there, whom liny called the Keeper of the DrawbrhiKe.
I'liially the Sprite hlew between his I1iik'I'h three times ami
sahl: "Now wo will have the Krand parade aloiiK Slxleetithliim.
down DoiiKlaslus, up I'arnanila and through the other Krand roads of
the Seven Cities of Cibola." And he not tnKcthcr many Hue limits
under a iiuikIc w ire and put the children on Ihem In their mi y dresses
ami turned on thousands ami thousands of lights, red, Kieen ami yel
low, which were the klns coIoih, and ninny hands played music, and
Iho llttlo KulKhts of Ak-S,ir-Heii, .Iiinlor, rode all throtiKh the Seven
Cities, nnd there was never before such a Ktaud parade.
After the parades the Sprite showed the ehlhlren all Ihe wonder
ful ami funny things nt the Carnival Town, which had spruiiK up In
Just a nlKht ami would vanish In a wick.
I'liially he led them to ihe knlKht's own ball loom ami there
their beautiful little queou was chosen and crowned and they all
danced to beautiful music until they were so 1 1 roil that they
fast asleep while they wore walt.liiK.
And. could you believe It, when thole eyes opened iiKiiln
Sprite hud vanished anil they were at home in their beds and
Carnival Town was kuio ami whore the miiKlc wire was for their
parade of limits there remained only a clothesline and sonic boxes and
sleds, and Ihey never again s-iw Iho Old Man of the North, or the
Orent White Hoar, or the Impel lal Yachtsman, or (he (Jreasy Sea. or
the Chllkoot 1'ass Railroad, or the (iraml Court Chamber, or even the
little Sprite that had shown Ihem all these wonderful (IiIiikh and then
vanished while they slept.
ml so the children of UuUcru came to
Know whin ihey had seen these things and
lie time for the paiade drew nigh that the
sprite hud not ileal) with them In Jest, nor
were they vainly Impressed. For the Ics
"n of ihejoiiinoy lo the Den Is such thai
im ii ihe elders of the kingdom have found
In It occasion for won
dt rinont and rollcctloii
with lifter thoughts of
wisdom. "The mil toll
ed) nut In vain with lie
grain of sand wherewith
to build her habitation
.mil fiom the most lowly
may the most lofty learn
w Isdoni " Whatever op
erates toKclher for the
good of all must necc.s
Hurlly contain elements
of Interest for all Les
sons of practical use
may I o conxo ed through
simple and meaningless
forms, ami the trip ov-r
Ihe Omahn & North I't I
li.. t I I i .1..
I i ll 1 1 it Ml 1 1 nil L liu
signed lu Jest Symbolism has eer been utilized for the comeyani e of truth, and lessons Inculcated in ll
apparent mysticism of Initiatory rites are rarely forgotten Ak-Sar-lUn only seeks to glvo his followers a
tine appreciation of Ihe Importance of their own home.
i.essons oi commercial importance conveyed through the symbolism of spectacular piigcnnlH are not easily
rnsicai geogiapny may give an Idea of the resources anil products of a section of the world, hut
ins)e3 or the people '1 horeforo such a display iih thai Hindu hy Ak-Sur-llcn be
ns well as the young, nnd the tlreani of Coronado. who soiiL'ht the uohlen
on realism than Ihe dream of Ihe children who went with tin. Sm-lte to
the Den of Ills gracious majesty, Ak-Sm-Ilen VII. the dlffei 'PilPn liPlnir Hint thn lOilhlrnn inn v k.i.i 111,, rvMltl
III gnilllS like tllOSC tllllt tilled the CaSOlle sent hv Cnrtoz I" Mnnlnvninn. hill
111 the yellow grains that 1111 the bins and furnish forth the material to keen the 'thousands of mills ' m-hnHim
A
ftdl
the
the
forgot i en
not convey a notion of the
comes an educator for he old
cities of Cibola, was not less bused
Ctuouailo sought in vain
'eadlly on the grist thn' gives ihe world sustenance
9H
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