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There was a girl of one of those
Mates which now compose the Balkans
v ii >so ambition was to emulate men
in athletics. Export in throwing the
ills: us, she won contests against those
who were champions in this game.
The was the best chariot driver In the
.dom and had won many races.
I t her most remarkable feats were
I i running. In this no one was found
t > I »eat her.
So proud was she of her swiftness on
lor leas that she made u vow she
would marry no mail who could not
lent her on the cinder path. Having
many suitors, tills only added to the
lixalrv among them. Hut since an
ability to run fast does not argue that
II man is otherwise attractive, those
x. >se muscular development warrant-
< d their entering the list were not like
ly to win the girl even If they won
t lie race Several fleet runners came
so near beating her that if she had
« hosen she might have thrown the
i me without np|H<nring to do so.
One day a young man came to tlie
x ' ige where this uirl. Eudoxia. lived
a d announced that he would enter
t > list against her. only he made the
provision that sh o u ld he win the race
she must marry him. He sent a chal
lenge. and Eudoxia dispatched her
I n flier to look the man over and re
port to her whether he would likely
outrun her The brother returned and
reported that, while the challenger xv s
shapely, lie was not muscular, and h -
physique did not warrant the Infer Boris was singing her praises, the love
ence that he could beat an ordinary he felt for her, pleading that she
vxould not turn a deaf ear to him. She
runner.
The slight risk of being beaten by listened till he had gone out of hear
one whom she would he pledged to ing, and then she proceeded to the oth
marry and yet might dislike tempted er end of the minor axis and waited
Endoxla to consent to the terms. So till he had come around to the point
an agreement was drawn up between where she had been listening to his
her and the stranger, who called him song.
It seemed that in the meanwhile It
self Boris, to race, and if he beat her
slip was to mnrry him. Tills agree had grown sweeter. He was walking
ment was signed by Eudoxia without very slowly, putting all his feeling into
it. Again Eudoxia went on till she
having seen her suitor.
Tlie race was to take plnce on a track reached the point at which he had
in the form of an ellipse, the length been sluglng, while he proceeded till
being half a mile and there being sev he took her place. Here both stood
en laps. A large concourse of people still, the man singing of the beauty
were gathered to see the race. The ami the virtues of the peerless Eu
stranger stepped forth In a pair of doxia, she seeming to be spellbound.
short running pants such ns are worn Then he went on singing, “ Wait for
at the present day. One thing about me, fair one,” repeating the words
Idm was noticeable—his manly beauty. again and again till lie came around
It was evident that he was not built to where she stood, and the two walk
for fleetness. Hut what astonished ev ed side by side.
In this way they proceeded, the girl
ery one xvas that he held in his hand
u harp. Eudoxia was attired in the rapt In the song, till they came with
same fashion, with the addition of a in a few yards of the goal, when Boris,
still singing, turned and walked back
shift failing only to the thighs.
When the two confronted each other ward, keeping his eyes fixed on Eu
it wns noticed that the stranger’s man doxia, till he passed over the goal.
Then the spectators, who had ap
ly beauty, which all agreed rivaled the
statues of Apollo, made a marked im peared to be enthralled as well as the
pression on Eudoxia. When she saw girl, drew a long breath and burst into
the harp In his hand she was surprised, n cheer.
ami when ho did not lay it aside be
And so Eudoxia was won. not by
fore taking his ixositlou for t lie race she fleetness, but by the power of song.
As soon ns lie had won the race Boris
wondered.
The signal was given.
Eudoxia announced himself to be the son of a
started off so fast that she did not powerful noble of what is now Monte
know that B o ris was walking slowly I negro. and. without bolding Eudoxia
Site heard behind her sounds from the to her contract, appeared himself as n
strings of the harp, soothing rather suitor for her hand, which, after a i*e
than Inspiring. Wbeu she bad made rlod of maidenly reserve, she gave him.
three-quarters of the first lap there, dl
Many of the people who were not
rtvtly opposite her at the other end of cognizant of what passed after the
the minor axis of the elliptic course, winning of the race believed that the
xxa- Boris, walking and striking his stranger was Apollo, who had come
liarp. Then he began to sing.
down from heaven to win an earthly
Eudoxia. who had nothing to fear bride.
from such a tortoise, stopped to listen.
After the wedding Boris and his x\ ife
disappeared and when they reached
his home were received with as much
Interest as had attended the race. For
Boris had been in Greece and, hearing
of the girl who must be won in a foot
race, had stopped on his way back to
see her. He resolved to win her by
making love to her In song.
Trouble Ever Present.
“ Do you have any trouble when you
are saying your lessons In school.
Tommy?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ What seems to trouble you most?”
“The teacher.”—Stray Stories.
Brazil Nut Trees.
The Brazil nut free does not begin to
bear fruit until It attains the age of
fifty years or thereabouts and contin
ues to produce crops Intermittently.
Trees known to be hundreds of years
old have produced crops.
"And T h y Neighbor as Thyself."
Willie— Mn. may 1 have Tommy Wil
son over to our house to play. Satur
day? Mother—No; you make altogeth
er too much noise. You'd better go
over to his house aud play.—Boston
Transcript
Described.
“ Fa, what Is the difference between
good taste and good Judgment?”
“ Well, my boy, the man who mar
ries a pretty girl may have excellent
taste but mighty poor Judgment” —De
troit Free I*ress.
If Food Is Too Salty.
One often puts too much salt In food
while cooking it To remove the salt
place a wet cloth over the top of the
vessel in which the food is cooking
and the steam will draw the salt into
lac xx ct cloih.—Good Housekeeping.