Angels and Women (1924)

TEBAH AND ITS INMATES 215dren would suffer for her thoughtless deed.I was reading this account when Japhethentered and finding me in tears gently inquiredthe cause and was relieved to find thatthey were induced by an ancient sorrow.THE CORONAL OF HESPERUSThe rain descends incessantly. A blackmist enshrouds the horizon. Yesterday thelittle family assembled in our mother’s apartmentand I read from the writings of Allimadesa story of olden times: "The Love ofEndymion, a Star-spirit, for Orrobia, Princessof the Kingdom of Nourma." We wereall much affected by the great trials and virtueof the princess, unshaken even to hervery end, when the gate of death closed uponher fair form and Endymion could see her nomore.This story was a gift from my father whenI was but a child. Often had I retired tothe recesses of the forest to linger over the