The Gavelyte, October 1909

130 TllB~ GAVELYTE, ohe End of the Rainbow. The hPaviest part. of the sammer shower was over. The sun, low in the west, was shining out through a rift in the clouds. Golden rain was falling; every blade of gras:-, every leaf, every flower was glittering in the yellow light and the windows of the big summer hotel acr0ss the little vailey sparkled like jewels. In the east was a rainbow, the grain fields on the hill beyond shining through it, tra,nsfigured by its tints. The boy stood on the verandah steps, a sturdy little figure with rain– drops sparkling on his dark curls and with earnest eyeR fixed on the great how. ''And s'posen you walked an' walked an' waiked, would you get to thr end of it. truly?" "Sure," and the big brother in the hammock swung lazily back and f,,rth . "You'd have to keep going but you'd get there if you 1·,en t the right direction." .''And s'p ,'St· n you found the end, would there rrally be a pot of gold there, really golri like Captain Kid's and - now-ct,uld you take it home– and - coulc.l you truly now?" "Of courne, there'~ always a pot of g)ld at the t"nd ol' the rainbow. You'c.l have to run fast before the rainbow faded away but if you get there you can find the gold and- yes mother, I'm coming." The big brother di~appeared in the house and no une saw the little figure, tart down the stPps, run across the yard and out into the road. Over the fenee and through the field he went, stumbling now and then, fall– ing onr,e in the fragrant wet gra, s but up again in a moment. 1'lie warm rain fell on his tangled hair and hot little face unheeded and the daisies brushed their wet petals against thP out stretched hands. A little brown liird flew from undt·r l1is feet to the top of a tall thistle and broke into a merry trill. "It- it can't he so ve-very far," t!rn boy said to the bird, stammering in his excitement a little. "The end is at the foot of the Wildcat Knob, I guess, 'cau e the hill shines right through. If it only doe n't fade." "Hurry, hurry, hurry," callec.l the liLtle bird after him. Another fence. Under this time instead nf C>V!:'I' and across another field.