Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-07-07
For tho Yorkville Enquirer.
RAINBOwS,

scended from K1NsIERs Hall, after the closing
scenes of Commencement Ball and sought the
always on.such occasions hard to. find carriage
As John Phoenix says, 'the lady only remarked
ste-h.e' :" low sweet sound of mirth, rs the tnk-
ling which brooket makes when rolling over
shining pebbles L., who happened to be lit
tlein 'front.' overheard the remark and loudly soilo-
quised, 81 suppose you are rain beau them
Ruby family calculated "Gosh, and thenceforth
held his peace But this is no. one Of the Ranbows
upon which we intend to make our homily this
time.
"When you 20 in to get Soda Water, next, be
sure and ask for "a rainbow which is q newly
invented and most "delightfully favored syrup"
Thus spoke Ruby to three youthful females who,
enveloped in clouds Of white and pink, and blue
muslin, and futtering with ribbons Of every hue
imaginable or nconceivable, and resembling rain
bows, were preparing for their usual evening
promenade Now, he it known, that the afore-
said "Rainbow' is delectable compound, COM
posed Of strawberry juice, cream, soda water
and brandy, with a strong accent on the brandy:
Well having laid his train, Ruby went in hot
haste to the "shotecary pop" to witnessthe explo-
sion of the mine, (having summoned Guam Durus
to behold the scene,) and commenced examining
sonps, razors, perfumes and almost every thing
else in the store, as an excuse for waiting Not
long, however, did he have to wait, before the
three modern graces came in rustling with mus
lin and beaming with smiles: and proceeding to
the fountain, one adainty, far-haired, rosy
checked, ruby-lpped, next-thing to-an angel, un-
folded the sweetest little rosebud Of a mouth and
asked for rainbow The astonished clerk looked
aghast also inquiringy, rs if he had rot distinct
fly heard; and then another rosebud opened and
repeated the demand, while third was heard
family to calculate show" Looking over to 'Ru-
by, the young man received wink SC full of the
most intense significance, that his eyes were OPEN
ed spiritually as wide as they had been before
physically, and with sweet smile, indicative of
appreciation, he concocted the beverage. To have
seen the expressions Of surprise, horror and dis
gust, which in rapid succession contorted those
hitherto most serene and lovely features, would
have been, to some men that not of, sufficient
compensation for having lived, and good cause for
the chanting of nunc, &c. q hope J. ". X. will
not grab me for this Turning about, their eyes
were directed Ruby. ward, and that young man re-
ceycd such looks as he never would voluntarily
experience again, though the riches of earth's
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borne off in a collapsed condition by Guam Durus,
and nothing was heard from him more, except q
gurglng, rattling noise as if he were endeavor-
inrto invoke his favorite, familiar, "Gosh." 20
But these are not the Rainbows, of which in
tended to write to-day. I mean by Rainbow, one
of those prysmatic, hea5en'spanning signs OF
promise, cleaning forth from clouds and beaming
through rain drops, material representation OF the
light from heaven, the spiritual rainbow, rejecting
the rays of Gods glory and glowing with radiance
caught from the "Great White Throne" and
beamiug on sorrows clouds and cleaning through
tear drops, the signal of hope, the sign of prom
ise lighting the gloom Of the poor grefladen,
way. worn wanderer of EARTH After the rain the
other evening, while thick dark cloud hung like
funeral pail over the East, and gloom covered
the whole sky, suddenly, the sun, just before set
ting, broke through the envelope of mists in. the
West in all his golden glory and just as suddenly,
a beautiful rainbow standing out in fine relief
from its dark background of clouds, over-nrched
the Eastern sky. There was crimson, orange,
yellow, green, blue, purple, violet, indigo, aven-
DER aud don't know bue you might have dis
covered chocolate, ashes Of roses and moire an
tioue. n am not so sure as to this last being
color any how, it is some part of ladys vo-
cabulary when she talks Of dress.) And while
gazed upon the lovely scene, completely enrap.
tured Mt the sight of its innumerable beauties, my
thoughts required to other days. l had been told
BY my nurse, (among other marvellous fctions
with which she regaled my youth, and all of which
firmly believed) that at the end Of the Rainbow
there was always n bag of gold, which would
bountfully reward the labors of him who was
lucky enough to discover the treasure. So one
dav after shower which had sweetly cooled the
summer mir, and left myriads Of diamonds spark
ling amid the grass blades, q very diminutive Ruby
might have been seen tOddlng of towards the neigh
boring forest, as fast as two very chubby, knock
kneed legs could carry his dumpy corporosity. The
watcbful and venturous young one had escaped from
the supervision of his Ceberus (or Cebera, as it
was female) and, accompanied by an African of
about the same size and age, with the lust for
cold swelling his little heart, was setting forth to
seek the bag of gold, which he was confident was
attached to the end of magnificent rainbow which
was then adjoining the heavens, and whose termi-
nation he was equally confident was to be found
in the woods about half mile from his home
On and on he went, penetrating deeper and deep
er into the dark forest, but the farther he went
the farther off seemed the rainbow, until finally
it entirely disappeared and wearied and frighten-
ed and sadly disappointed, the poor child threw
himself upon the ground grieving bitterly at the
illustration of his first hopes, the destruction OF
his first air.castle. After long search he and