. St. Nicholas [serial] . grief, returned at once to his duty. Andfor many, many years thereafter he continuedto drive his sun-car upon their course; but itwas observed that he had lost somewhat of hisformer vigor, and that his four flaming steeds nolonger pranced through the skies with the joyous-ness of earlier times. At length, when mightyZeus had fallen from his lofty place, and greatPan was dead, and Mother Gasa was no morethan the great round earth, the Man of Factsappeared, with his spectacles, and his measuringtape, and his little memorandum book. Father Helios, he said, your sun-car s
. St. Nicholas [serial] . grief, returned at once to his duty. Andfor many, many years thereafter he continuedto drive his sun-car upon their course; but itwas observed that he had lost somewhat of hisformer vigor, and that his four flaming steeds nolonger pranced through the skies with the joyous-ness of earlier times. At length, when mightyZeus had fallen from his lofty place, and greatPan was dead, and Mother Gasa was no morethan the great round earth, the Man of Factsappeared, with his spectacles, and his measuringtape, and his little memorandum book. Father Helios, he said, your sun-car seemsto be rather an antiquated affair for this progres-sive age of ours, and you yourself are rather be-hind the times. We believe the earth can spinaround on its axis without needing to have thesun eternally trundled about in a chariot. We 11find room for your old rattle-trap in the backyard, and let it stay there among the rubbish ofbygone ages. And the horses, Eos, JEihon,Bronte, and Sterope, we will turn out to
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