Page 276 - Adventures in shadow-land

a pet which was scarcely reasonable, as the image

was wood in its nature. ** Come, ray dears, let
us go from a world where no one cares for our

gifts. Don’t cry, Panope dear. There are just
as many fools in the world as tfVer there were, for

all they pretend to be so much wiser.,r
“ It is strange too," said Cymodoce, “ consid­

ering how long they have had before them the ex­
ample of the pious ^neas— "

il He never lost sight of his interest," said Pan­
ope. fr I wish we could persuade that poor mer­

man, but I know very well that the twelve great
gods couldn’t do it;M and the three vanished and

were seen no more.

That night there came up a terrible storm.
There was wind and rain and thunder such as

the merman had never heard. From far away
came a thick sulphurous cloud of smoke, and in

the air was a dull red glare. The land shook and
trembled, for ^Etna was feeding his hidden fires,
filling his inmost furnaces. The gale blew fiercely

from land. The Sea-nymph snapped her cable,

and drove out of the harbor before the tempest.