Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-08-18
THE RAINBOW SEA.
BY AMELIA Z. DALEY.
Patter, patter, patter, dash!

| DoWn cdIle the ram 20 heavily tnat Elm.
lily Ennis, though she ran as fast as 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, t''you are as
wet as frogr"
'Am 1, grandma" said Emily sood-na-
tllredly. s''If it hadn't been for spelling
my hat, would have liked to stay out in
the rain. The shower came up beautiful
". When | left the schoolhouse, the sun
WIS shining. All at once it 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 vail, and
in minute the vail was wrapped around
me. 1t wasn't soft vail. though, and so
l ran as fast as could"
| Emily went to her room to change her
dress. As she re-entered the sitting-room,
Jamie called out:
20 Emily Ennis, do come and look at
the rainp' ....
Emily went to the window, and looked
out 1t was pouring" as children saw
The garden walks were turned into little.
swiftly flowing rivers. The large rain drops
as they fell into these rivers, formed bnb-
bles which hoated an instant on the sur
face. and then broke.
"rhose bubbles are ships" said Emily.
''They are sailing out to sea-"
"a good many of them are lost before
they get there, said Jamie. 81 would like
to sail my ship on thoae rivers"
I'm afraid it would go out to sea bot
tom upwards, said Emily. '.The rivers
have very strong current"
| Just then the sun shone out. and the
dancing bubbles reflected all the colors of
tie rainbow
..Ohl isn't that beautiful?" said. Jamie.
blue, and red, and green"
:" think the rain is over now." said EN-
| lily. 1.-THE sun is coming out"
This was not true, however. The sun
went under cloud again. and when Emily
went to bed she could hear the rain falling
She closed her eyes, and listened to its
steady patti ar, and to the gurgle of the wa
ter as it poured from the caves. At first
the sound grew iainter, but in few minu-
ties 1t was louder again, and Emily sudden
lysfound 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 EN-
lily looked at them attentiyely, 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 glistened
! with the hues Of the rainbow. Indeed. the
entire were bright with beautiful colors.
They sailed very, fast. S1metimes one,
but there was so many of them, that one
was not missed. ...t. ......,if., .o. -....f 81.
4 ''Come and sail with u.s." called voice
| Emily look ed IN direction whence it
came. A bubble-ship larger than most of
4 them, had foated closed to the piazza, and
had lodged against a projecting tw g of the
climbing rose bush. A man about as large
as mosquito stood on its deck, and look
ed at her with two very bright eyes.
'sThat would be a rather difficult thing
to do" said Emily. ''One of my fingers
would break your ship to piece Ya7
care You sure of that2" asked the little
man. ''You had better try voyage
Come" 'ir' 81 i9i i9.5 Il 's'ii'l' '''
i 'Put out yonr foot" said the little man.
Emily put ont her foot very, cautiously.
and was astonisbsd. to sss that-i& wasgrow
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 as 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,. -f,.. r.
.Ohl how funny" cried Emily, sand how
queer feelr'
'.Never mind how you feel" said the lit.
tie man, s.but jump on board. We have
long voyage to make tonight. .ls s
Emily took his outstretched hand, and
jumped on to the deck of the little vessel.
AS she did SO, 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.
1t was astonishing how small she had be-
come. The bnbble-ship looked large to
her now, and the little man was quite bur-
ly. There were several other men on board.
They we're dressed like sailors. Emily no.
ticed that the deck was transparent and
that she could see below it q mass of rain.
bow hues She looked at the other ships.
and saw that all were alike in form, and
that all were full Of rainbow hues.
"Are you the captain of this vessel?, ask.
ed Emily, 'sand are all of these vessels
bound on the same voyage?"
\ EYES," answered the little man. 1--WE
are part of the great rainbow feet We
carry the tints of which those wonderful
colored arches are made that you see aitel
shower. We are bound for the Rainbow
"The RAINBOW Sea?" said Emily. 81
know where the Mediterranean Sea is, and
the Red Sea, and the Caspian Sea- I've
heard of the White Sea too, and the BlacE
Sea, but my teacher d YER said anything
about the Rainbow Sea, and it isn't on the
map I'm sure. 4 .ayaf
"There are Q good many things thaI
teachers and school books don't tell yor
: anything about, - replied the captain =
"They are very much afraid that young
|, people will live in the Kingdom of Fancy
Now I'm going. to show you part OF tina
kingdom, that is, I'm going to show it K
you If this ship holds out, Put ON NOR,
sailr, he called to his sailors.
J "How soon shall we reach the Rainbow
Seap" asked Emily.
stAs we measure time" replied the little
, man, I'VE shall be there in another day
,, AS mortals measure time, we shall be there
in q few seconds"
''What do you meaR? asked Emily En-
|, mis-.
!, '.Don't you know" replied the captain
''that the apparent length of life is proper