Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-31
GIVE GOT NOTHING ON THAT'IL
SPOIL"
BY "MEDIcUs. ."

s.Whati' exclaimed; 'snot that sau-
CIV bonnet-or is it hat?-which your
pretty sunshade will hardly protect;
not all those fuzzy faldarals and gauzy
fandangos, yak lace and furbelows?''
Nora laughed.
"a capital hand you are," she said at
describing lady's dress. why don't
You W. ite for the Journal des Modes?
Your contributions would at least pos
sess the merit of originality"
"Nothing on to spoill" 1 added.
"Why, nv dainty cousin you'd spoil
yourself If exposed TO the violence of q
Highland thunderstorm"
"lf you worry I'll go back" she said
with decision.
Well, that was putting her foot down
on me with a venge nee. But it was a
way that Nora had, and 1 knew better
than to say another word.
The facts of the case. reader, are
soon explained. A poor old woman in
the glen beneath us, while lying ill, had
dreamt she was eating cloudberries,
and next morning was superstitiously
impressed with the notion that if she
conld only get some of this delight
ful fruit she would soon be well, and, as
she expressed it, ''make an oHlddhou1
(fool) of the DOCTOR"
Well, nv cousin Nora and / were
then on our way to get some-that is
all. The cIoudberry is a kind of de.
licious Alpine strawberry, found grow
ing high up on Scottish mountains
where the clouds rest; hence the name.
1t is said the fairies hide them from all
but good people; but Nora and L Thought
ourselves good enough to find lot.
But if Nora had fault, it was that
she was trihe self-willed. The morn
ing had been still and sultry, and she
would not be advised by me to 'rig
out" as sailors say, in cloth or serge.
"You are not going to a garden
party, you know, Nora," I had said.
81 know I'm not"
"And that mountain yonder is five
miles to the top. and in height just
half mile above the sea-level and If a
storm should come on ard the temper
ature rush down to thirty-two de-
grees, where will we be?"
"Why, on the mountain, of courser
And yonder now the storm was COM
ing, and we were barely halfway mp.
Shapeless masses of cloud we're gather
ing and banking up in the horizon,
though but dimly seen through kind
OF sulphurous haze; thunder was NUT
tering and growing in the distance,
and every now and then a streak of
lightning told me that the storm was
making rapid strides towards US.
There wasn't bit of shelter any
where-only bare bluffs covered with
stunted heath and Alpine fora, with
here and there plateau in which were
pools of water as dark as porter.
But all at once we reached splendid
patch of the delicious fruit we had
climbed to seek. L held myrence. L
was wondering what Nora would do.
She was looking nervous and uneasy.
Nearer and nearer came the storm.
Already all was gloom IN the glen far
beneath. Then a few urops OF rain
were blown in our faces by some mys-
terious wind or another.
II say" said Nora, suddenly placing
one hand on my arm, ''CLn't we mount
above it?"
Why, as she spoke she positively
looked inspired.
Next minute we were hurrying higher
and higher towards the mountains
summit. Says Longiellow-
''The shades of night were falling fast,
As thro' an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, mid snow and Ice,
A banner, with a strange d"vice-
Excelsior"
( But I do believe that had the bold
youth been with Nora and me now, We
should have taught him a lesson IN
hill climbing.
In less than half an hour we had
reached the summit, and stood high
above the storm, W ich was now raging
in all its fury along the glen-as
4 solemn and impressive a scene as any
: l ever have beheld, to say nothing of
the wild grandeur of the view all
around US. hill piled on hill, with loch,
and moor. and stream.
We stayed here until the storm had
entirely cleared away, and the sun was
once more mIrrored on the Ike below.
Then we descended to the brow OF the
hill, and filed the basket with the
tawny cloudberries.
Tue story stops here. But it fur
EisEes me with two texts on which TO
founh my little health-sermon.
"l've got no hing on that'll spoil. "
No'a and 1 were fortunate that day in
escaping the storm. Had it come on
half an hour before, we should have
been in it shelterless and unprotected.
For myself it would have mattyred
little or nothing, being Injured 20
changes, but even many a strong girl
has caught her death from exposure to
weather not half SO inclement s. the
drenching rain, the cold hail, and sleet,
of q thunderstorm on n bare hillside.
This country possesses the most
uncertain climate of any country
in the world, AMI girls would consult
their OVID safety, even in summer, and
es ecially at the seaside, by never going
from home unprepsred for consequent
ces. Saunterin9 about the parade or
sands, it does not signify; but near to
all seaside resorts there are what are
called places of interest; thither you
will drive, usually in brake or char.
d-banc. 1t may be warm, and clear
ant fine before you start, but towards
mid day, or afterwards, a summer
storm may come on; and down rushes
the temperature, and before you are
aware what has happened you are
chilled to the bone. Perhaps nc
amount of after care or attention will
enable you to shake off the effects OF
that chill, till you have passed through
long cloud of sickness, and emerged
sadder and wiser airl-but looking
years older. You had ''nothing on to
! spoil" had you? That is what you
, said before yon started;- it would
mt be rain, and an umbrella looked
ridiculous, and cloak was cumber
me, and so on, and so forth. Be,
, sides, you had been in the habit oi
thinking yo1rself so strong and robust,
and possessed of such a constitution.
Believe me, girls, it is often people
, who boast thus who go down first, and
have even more difficulty in getting NJ
again than our thinner, more fragile.
but "nerveful" girls. l coin the word
'nervefup in contradistinction tc
: "nervous," which Is generally under
: stood to mean the possession of nerves
/ that are weak AMI shaken.
: A girl then should remember that
, although she may have no dress on
that will spoil, she has health, and she
NAV spoil that