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Title: Futurist Stories

Author: Margery Verner Reed

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FUTURIST STORIES

FUTURIST STORIES

MARGERY VERNER REED

NEW YORK
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
1919

COPYRIGHT 1919 BY
MITCHELL KENNERLEY

FUTURIST STORIES

MOONBEAMS

THE DREAM MUFF

ROSE PETALS

IN A FIELD

INCALCULABLE

A NEAPOLITAN STREET SONG

IN ALGIERS

CANDLES

IGOR

TWO HAD LIVED

THE FIFTH SYMPHONY

THE MAD ARTIST

OLD SCORES

THE LAST

ASHES

NANCY TURNER

THE PAWN SHOP KEEPER

SOMETHING PROVINCIAL

CONFLICT

THAT NIGHT HIS SORROW WAS LIFTED

MOONBEAMS [_To V. Z. R._]

IT was a glorious winter's night. Through a blue haze one saw the
ground, covered with snow, shining under the magical moon. And the trees
of the forest were also covered with snow; great clusters glistened in
their branches. Almost as light as day. Not a bleak light, but an
enchanting one, which dazzled in the cold, brisk air. Into the woods
walked the Spirit of Art. As he gazed at the surrounding beauty he grew
sad, and wondered why he had never reproduced such splendor--the
moon--the snow--Oh, he must try again--Tomorrow he would do better.

Then came the Spirit of History and he too grew sad as he gazed
into the quietude of the night. His hands were soiled with blood, with
dark hideous crimes. And he asked why he had committed such deeds--with
all this beauty around him. Why could he not have likened history to
these woods where the snow was white. Tomorrow he would do better.

And then came the Spirit of Philosophy and like the others he
wondered why he had never been under the spell of the Moonbeams
before--why had he filled the minds of men with entangled masses of dark
thought, instead of teaching them the beauty,