The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-07-14
THE END or A RAINBOW.

Inc sudden summer shower wa over an
two children stood on tie hotel verand
gazing wI'tfally al The glorious bow tha
spanned the ,ky.
wish VIC could touch II, the girl sal.
lprglnrly Il Il The most hsautltll thing II
all the world.
Well, Tie boy returrei practically,
doa't care much about touching II. but i't
be mighty glad 10 dad the cnd Of TIA. rair
bow.
WHY
D)n't you know, geosi, There's grtai
pot of gold a. the end, ard Il will belong
to the person who can led Il. Jimmy
but ! With | had II here this y,ty mir.
ute.
Let's q and get 5.
The boy stared at his Tiny companion Ia
surprl e The feminine mind was much
more daring than bis own, Il sppesred. Did
the glrl really mean th't they should 20
OF alone Into that ilmitless forest when
they were never even trusted near II unless
accompanied by some older pera5ns SIN,
he took smother look at the brilliant bow.
This was certainly .he chance OF a lifetime,
and Of course he would not refuse to 20
to any place hat girl was willing to
20.
Besid 9, II was her suggestion anyway,
not hi', and II there were future reprl-
mands and seedlings in store be could
just say that Il was she who propos d 20.
ing,
Come on, he said bri, ny, holding out bis
hand, efl the two irudged towsrl the
slluring, treachsrous b,w, giving no heed
to the awful terror which their absence
would surely inspire.
Il was rearly twcnty.four hours later
that they we're fourd. The boys father
heading ore OF the many search parties that
were tcJullpg the woods, stumbled over
hem, ard his pale lips sent forth trium-
phant shCu.--for tho children were saie,
and in view Of that fac. al minor matters
sank into inslgrih,ance,
D}ath ha 1 lowered too n ,ar to leave room
for any feeliag save that Of deepest thank
fulnefs. There were no seedlings In store
for the culptlts, though both were qp.s-
toned closely regarding the escapade.
The girl always remembered with fervent
gratitude that the boy never told anyone
that 1t was che who had proposed seeking
the pot OF gold.
The boy rather wondered ut his own reti-
cence, bpt after oil 1t seemsd rather mean
sort Of trick to palm the responsibilities Of
rlsdeeds on girl He kept di Greet til-
snce on that point, and by doing so exhib-
tied considerable more manliness than a
certain ancestor OF US all once displayed. |
Two weeks later the hotel closed for the |
season, and the girl and the boy went their
several ways. on In her eastern home the
girl did moi quite forget the boy who had
lone bis best TO comfort her In that terrible
'orest, and who had protectedhe by his si!.
,nce when they were found.
OFF In the West the boy remembered with |
! feeling Of pride that the girl had never
,ried duripg that awful Experience and that
he had never reproached him for allowing
ler to 90 Into such peril OF course he
hould have known better, for was not he
! boy, and the elder, too?
The girl had baen casual summer ac-
Iuaint4nce and the two were ,fisctually
eparated when the brief summer season
1ded. For several years the boy begged
lis mother each June to 90 back to that
'lace, but she had shudderlng horror Of
he valley and the mountains, and nothing
would induce her to return.
50 at last the boy gave up asking, and
he experience was crowded into lie
background by "a hundred new interests and
Inns.