Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05


flashed on his vision and the great He'd RiVor
of the North which bore him broadened and
deepensd n is approached as mouth IN cold
Lake Winnipeg. he began 90 losse faith In this
theught-hore, though. never left HIM
I'm the great ocean. AZ nowhere else, viii
meet" said he.
Yes. that Is very likely sa-cas,icAIlv re-
marked a drop who hEd iallen from the sam.
cloud with them. 'hou do not seem n he
aware Of the fact that the cccan has more drops
than Won cculd th nk o. should you SPEND your
entire life in thinking. and moreover. IL y eK-
ceedIngly unreasonable IN yoa 90 suppose that
you viii over get there -you'n frssze up some
where IN these arctic regions that We are APP
preaching and that will be the last of You,
FAR a. any travelling il concerned
"But III melt again. won't II" eagerly In
CURED the brother drop"
You may and you NAV not replied his
companion quite likely not WHY. there 10
ice IN the extreme north that has been there
hundreds of wears. For my part do not mind
Freezing. ! have my wife with me and one
place Is as good As another If has ones
friends"
What You onght TO have done" chimed in
the wife. was TO have cluug 20 your sister. I
wonder az your letting her CO.
"lsn thar an ice dlm already forming over
your eye:' inferrcgated the husband gazing
critically az the Nrctchcd drop.
i shau lind INV sister. for we belonged 60 the
rainbow. he reiterated firmly. and fastening
wan these words away from these ominoa.
croakess. but not without miscivinc- Poor
little sisteri How would she make her uay
alone In the world without his Protecting love,
But such thoughts must be banished He must
waste none of has energy in useless rcpining.
but oente. all his power instead on efforts 10
keep from freezing.
He was nov passing through the Nelson
river. which carries the water of lake Minni-
peg 70 hndsons bay. and observing that 10 ~As
the topmost drops that froze, down. down he
sank. needing not when the salt waters Of the
bay smote 10 ms heart but ever Mastering on
absorbed in the one thought Of reunion with
his ii ter
Comforting messages came q him. too
through the wall OF ice from he pine trees
that edged the great bays shore for since
irnmemoriai ages the snow-dccked pine has
sung OF has love the palm, who from under Far
sunny skies beok her gentle hands 10 him.
They. too.arc separated" thought the drop.
and YET his song II full of JOY and promise. I
will take heart
lie WAS nov approaching the strait which
leads {" the great ocean. The imprisoned
waters OF she bay. restiye nj the narrowing
walls. tossed AMI lcapcd uneasilv. sometimes
bursting quite through the roof ~ ice On tho
| crest OF one OF these adventurous waves the
little brother r0indrop. despite hiss protesting
cries. was borne. High in the keen AIR be wa.
hurried until 80 giddy that il WAS some seconds
before he realized that the wave had fallen hack
and LETT him-o, Woeful, wosful thought-
| frozen 20 the surface OF one Of the great ice
bergs that n h. the nss sage to the ara.
" = he dread OF my hfe come upon me-" he
groaned. Hope. for the ire, ;irae. deserted
him.
Other waves following that Wsich had brought
| hum nov came IN quick succession. one upon
the other. the spray OF which. composed of
countless icv drops. quickly froze over him,
thus IInmo ably iranshxIng him where he first
! Tell There was bat one comfort. The great
mountain of ice, of which he was an infinitc-i-
NAL atom was surely moving.
! 'lcrhaps II will drift southwark" thought
/ the drop-cyer ready 10 discern the least raw Of
Highland melting in warmer wa-ers liberats
me. when l may ngain pursue my search
il was even so. and the raindrop. happy IN
the realization Of the truth. begniled the hours
| Of his imprisonment by fancying that he was
! once more drop Of rain floating in hinge
white cloud across an azure sky; for indeed the
! great white icebercs fantastic shapes which
| hecked the sea 70 the farthest limit Of vision,
| looked not unlike the ragged storm clouds that
| drift across the blue sky of April
DAYS had now merged into weeks. and ~ tho
| ice foe waited into warmer waters the out
ermost layers Of frozen drops melted and ran
| into the sea.
| "Soon. % very soon, l. too, will be set freei''
murmured the raindrop.
One day, just after they had penetrated the
yielding wall Of vapor which marks the
| boundary of the gulf stream, a tiny sound came
| 70 inc frozen rnlndrop-a sound. which faint
| though 10 was. be could hear above THE booming
of the ocean. IL was that pathetic tinkling cry
| which in the long ago his little sister had
uttered as she feli from his loving clasp. In all
| the world Of waters he had heard no such note.
sister, he called, SISTER l am here
20. Hhere.' came back the plaintiye wall
| 81 cannot see you,''
just then she was tossed aloft on the foam OF
I a dancing wave. and NJ she fell along the ice
| bergs slippery side she felt herself caught in
I the dear embrace for which she had 30 vainIy
| longed. Closer and closer she crept in that
/ joyful silence which means more than countless
words TIL she was firmly frozen 90 her
! brothers heart that little later when be was
liberated from has prison he and she fell as one
drop into the sea.
And one evening just at sunset a bit Of ROSY
! mist might have been seen floating slvvnrd
/ from the tropic seas. IL was the little brother
and sister, who purged from all cold and heart
bitterness we're beng called back by the king
/ to cloudland.