The Penn's Grove record., 1883-04-21
For the Young.
The Silver Lining.

The Silver Lining.
1t was a dull, cloudy day, but Lii
put ON her hat.
"Where are you going ?'' asked her
mother.
81 am going to find the silver lining
& the clouds, said she.
"You will have to travel far, child !;
you will get wet to the skin"
But Lii thought she could run be-
tween the drops, at a pinch; and away
she went over hills and through the
woods and across little rivulets, without
finding it. Once she thought she saw it
cleaning in the distance, but when she
reached it, it was only a mud puddle.
She asked of every one she met, "Have
you seen the silver lining of the
clouds ~ but few had been So fortu-
nate many had never rel heard of it {;
some thought she ought to borrow
Jacks bean stalk, if she was going
after it, and others advised her to in=
quire of the mar in the moon.
"Ihave seen it often,' murmured the
little stream that tumbled over a rocky
bed. Gin the summer time, after the
drought, my waters are often too scant
to turn the mill wheel, and the miller
can grind no grain, and the little chill
dren go hungry to bed, till agreat cloud
comes up and shows its silver lining
eve have seen it, too" whispered
the trees together, when our roots were
thirsty and our leaves withered." And
all the grasses sang its praises.
81 will spin you a silken ladder to go
in search of it," offered the garden
spider.
''If 1 could find out where the rain
bow begirs," said Lii, "that would
carry me to cloud-land."
'"Can you tell me where the rainbow
begins ?n she asked, knocking at a
farmhouse door.
eyes, indeed" said the old farmer,
looking over his spectacles =" it begins
in neighbor Goodwin's meadow, yonder.
I've hunted for it myself, when ! was
a boy. and went bird-nesting, but 1
never caught up to it. Every year |
meant to look it up, but now I'm too
lame. But I've seen it over yonder,
these forty years."
Il I'll YNr,cho1 on 01ann the hlUhp NAV
without seeing the rainbow or the
clouds silver lining. But she met a
peddler, who said he had them both in
his pack, and would sell them cheap"
"As l was coming down the valley
this morning, singing to myself, some
saucy girl began to mock me. Tell me
1her name, and l will show you the
,silvery lining of all the Clouds
sob, dearr' cried Lii, "but don't
know the girls about here. Maybe |
cap find out, though. What else have
you got iii your pack, please 2"
give got a good stock, let me tell
you; none of your tinsel gewgaws, but
a ~serviceable lot, nobody can do with
out. Here's your rainbows, both single
and double, and your showers, your
fogs and your frosts. I've a rare in
voice of frost-work embroideries, just
imported from the North Pole and
here are your Northern Lights and your
Christmases, and your Fourth of Julys,
and your Thanksgiving all slowed
away in my pack"
care the yesterdays there, too ~
asked Lill.
GIVE got all the to-morrows."
"And the silver lining of the clouds,
toe? 2"
"Plenty of ii only find out the name
of that wicked girl who dared to mock
at old Father Time, and then you shall
see it,
Lii went on more quickly than be-
fore; she climbed the mountain and
reached the valley, but she met with
no girls only an old woman gathering
fagots, and a wood-chopper telling trees.
"Hallo p said he, and somebody ans
wered, "Hallor' but it was not Lii,
and yet there was nobody else in sight.
"Have you seen the girl who mocks
at the people in this valley p asked
Lii.
"Have | seen her ?" repeated the
wood-choppers. The Oldest inhabitant
has never seen so much as her shadow.
She's nothing but a voice, only"
"What a queer person !" said Lii.
"Where does she live 7"
SIN a castle in the air, perhaps"
Its growing dark they'll be look
ing.. for me at home.n said Lii. II
came out to find the silver lining of the
| cloud"
"You'n be just as likely to find it at
home as anywhere, " returned the wood
chopper.
And sure enough, when ILL opened
| her eyes the next morning, there it
| was, shining on the hedges, sparkling
| on the meadows, and hanging on the
| branches of the plum trees in great
| white ~garlands OF snow.
The Purse of Rupees.
A merchant put two thousand ru-