bear thee company in thy journey. For thou hast a
long journey to take, and many seas to cross, till thou come to the
Hesperian shore, where Lydian Tiber flows softly through a good land and a
fertile. There shalt thou have great prosperity, and take to thyself a
wife of royal race. Weep not, then, for Creusa, whom thou lovest, nor
think that I shall be carried away to be a bond-slave to some Grecian
woman. Such fate befits not a daughter of Dardanus and daughter-in-law of
Venus. The mighty mother of the Gods keepeth me in this land to serve her.
And now, farewell, and love the young Ascanius, even thy son and mine."

[Illustration: AND AS HE SPAKE HE PUT A CLOAK OF LION'S SKIN UPON HIS
SHOULDERS, AND THE OLD MAN SAT THEREON. ASCANIUS ALSO LAID HOLD OF HIS
HAND, AND CREUSA FOLLOWED BEHIND. SO HE WENT IN MUCH DREAD AND TREMBLING,
FOR INDEED BEFORE SWORD AND SPEAR OF THE ENEMY HE HAD NOT FEARED, BUT NOW
HE FEARED MUCH FOR THEM THAT WERE WITH HIM]

So spake the spirit, and when AEneas wept and would have spoken, vanished
out of his sight. Thrice he would have cast his arms about her neck, and
thrice the image mocked him, being thin as air and fleeting as a dream.
Then, the night being now spent, he sought his comrades, and found with
much joy and wonder that a great company of men and women were gathered
together, and were willing, all of them, to follow him whithersoever he
went. And now the morning star rose over Mount Ida, and AEneas, seeing that
the Greeks held the city, and that there was no longer any hope of succor,
went his way to the mountains, taking with him his father.

AENEAS'S ADVENTURE WITH THE HARPIES

By Charles Henry Hanson

[For three days the vessels of AEneas were tossed about by terrible
storm winds.]

At last, on the fourth day, the fury of the storm abated, and they came in
sight of land,--at first lofty mountains, and afterwards, as they drew
nearer, rich grassy plains, on which the wanderers saw herds of cattle and
flocks of goats grazing without a keeper. As soon as the storm-beaten
vessels could be brought to the shore, the Trojans hastened to land, and
slaughtered some of the cattle, preparing a luxurious banquet. But this
they were not destined to enjoy in peace; for scarcely had they stretched
themselves on the couches they had hurriedly prepared beside the food when
there was a sudden rushing of wings, and three ghastly creatures swooped
down upon the feast, devoured a