Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11
THE RAINBOW SEA.
BY AMELIA Z. DAr.EY,

BY AMELIA Z. Daley,
Patter, patter, patter, dash!
| Down came the rain so heavily that EN-
lily Ennis, though she ran as fast rs she
could. was very wet when she reached
home. She rushed into the sitting-room,
and threw her books on The table
"Why, Emily" said Grandma Ennis,
looking over her spectacles, you are as
wet as frog
Gam |, grandma" said Emily good-na-
turedly. III it hadn't been for spelling
my hat, | would have liked to stay out in
the rain The shower came up beautiful
ly. When left the schoolhouse, the sun
was shining. All at once il was dark, and
when | looked up, clouds had hid the sun.
! On the mountain could see the rain blow
ing towards me like great gray Will, and
| in minute the vail was wrapped around
me. II wasn't a soft vail. though, and so
ran as fast as | could.
Emily went to her room to change her
| dress As she re-entered the sitting-room,
! Jamie called out:
30 Emily Ennis, do come and look at
the rainw
Emily went to the window and looked
ont 1t was pouring" as children say
The garden walks were turned into little,
swiftly flowing rivers, The large rain drops,
as they fell into these rivers, formed bub.
! bles which foated an instant on the sur
face, and then broke,
"Those bubbles are ships" said Emily
"They are sailing out to sea,
"a good many of them are lost before
| they get there" said Jamie. Il would like
| 10 Csfl ruli, Ia -, ~
| I'm afraid Il would go out TO sea bot
tom upwards, said Emily. "The rivers
! have very strong current"
| Just then the sun shone ont, and the
dancing bubbles reflected all the colors Of
| the rainbow
"Oh! isn't that beautiful" said. Jamie.
"blue, and red, and green"
! think the rain is over now, said EN-
| ily. "lhe sun is coming out.
| This was not true, however. The sun
went under a cloud again, and when Emily
went TO bed she could hear the rain falling
She closed her eyes, and listened to its
steady patter, and to the gurgle of the wa
ter as it poured from the caves At first
the sound grew fainter but in few miuu-
ties it was louder again, and Emily sudden
| ~ found herself standing on the piazza in
! front of the house, and looking at the riv.
ers that flowed through the garden paths.
! They had risen so that they flowed over
the low step, and were nearly level with
the piazza. The sun was shining, but the
rain was falling, and the surface Of the
rivers was studded With bubbles As Em-
lily looked at them attentively she saw that
they were little ships with ropes like spi-
der's threads and sails as transparent as
the wings of fly The sails gis,ened
with the hues Of the rainbow. Indeed the
entire were bright with beautiful colors.
They sailed very fast Sometimes one,
but there WAS SO many OF them, that one
was not missed.
"Come and sail with us, called a voice.
Emily looked in the direction whence it
came. blbble-ship larger than most Of
them, had foated closed to the piazza, and
had lodged against projecting twig Of the
climbing rose bush man about as large
as q mosquito stood on its deck, and look
ed at her with two very bright eyes.
THAT would be a rather difficult thing
to do" said Emily. Zone of my fingers
would break your ship to piece
"Are you sure Of thatl' asked the little
man. "You had better try a voyage
Come"
"Put ont your foot" said the little man.
Emily put ont her foot very cautiously,
and was astonished to see that II was grow.
ing small At the same instant she had
an indescribable feeling in her head and
her fingers, and she saw that everything
around her had changed The ceiling of
the piazza seemed almost AZ far above her
as the sky had seemed a moment before.
The crack under the front door, the crack
through which she had once slipped three
cent piece. was so wide that she could east !
ly have crept through it,
"Oh, now funny" cried Emily, 'and how !
queer teel!'
Never mind how you feel, said the lit |
he man, "but jump on board. We have
q long voyage TO make tonight,
Emily took his outstretched hand and !
i1mped on to the deck of the little vessel |
As She did 50, light wind blew it from |
against the piazza, and it swept merrily |
along the stream. Emily sat down on the |
deck, and the little man stood beside her.
II was astonishing how small She had be- |
come. The bubble-ship looked large to
her now, and the little man was quite bur
IL. There we're several other men on board. i
They were dressed like sailors. Emily no.
ucel that the deck was transparent and I
that she could see below j: mass Of rain
bow hues She looked az the other ships. |
and saw that al were alike IN form, and /
that all yese fail Of rainbow hues
care you fi captain J!this yesseit asE-
ed Emily, "ani are all Of these vessels
bound On tie same VOYAGE"
aT answered the little man. I'VE
are mart OF the great rainbow feet. We