The Gavelyte, October 1909

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. 121 ------------------------- ----- And still the sun shone through the cloud rifts and the golden rain fell and the rainbow tints wavered and glowed. Wildcat Knob at last and just at the foot, on a moss-covered log, a little white something which on n~arer approach resolved itself into a very ·small girl with very yellow curls and very wet white frock, sitting there as sedately as though in a shower of sunbeams instead of rain. "Betty's lost.,'' she calmly announced as the boy hurried up with astonished ryes. Then as he still stared at the c~mposPd little stranger in , ilt>nce she added, "taKe Betty home now, please," and getting up slipped a confiding little hand in his "But I'm hunting the pot of gold," said the boy in sudden remembrance. ''The e11d w..1s just here and - why, it's gone!" And sure enough, the shi111mning arch had di8appeared, the golden rain had almost ceased, the cloud~ wPre rolling up like bright curtains and the sun was setting in a bur;;t of gl,)ry. "It's gone," repeated th6 boy in a sad little voice, "and I can't find the pot of gold." ThH golJen curls bobbed sympathetically. "Betty's -sorry but now you can take ht> r home to her very own mamma at the hotel." And hand in hand the t,11 o littl e figures trudged across the wet fields through the su nset glow. * * * * * * * * * * The setting sun was shining through the warm summer rain in long slanting rays. Over the country road through the goldt'n mist strode the boy, his hands thruat deep in his pocket1'l, his hat drawn down ovn his eyes. Th e boyish face was ster,dy set but the firm chin quivered occasionally at the thoughts which surge<l incessantly through hi&., brain. Why, O why, had he been such a fool? · What was the difference if Neal Ray did come to see the girl? Her mother and sisler liked him immensely ·and no wonder, he was such an all-round fellow. Any way it was'nt any of ms business whom she liked. She had a perfect right to he furious at the things he sa id . It was .not the first time they had quarreled lmt they had always made up again the next day ever i:: ince he wore - . kniekerbockers and she pinafores. Why under the sun had he gone on that tw,> weeks' fishing tour the next morning? The little white note in his pocket which he had reeeived ,rn his return burned hic, fingers. Funny how hot such a cool little note cou ld be! He could see evPry word on it aR plainly nR thongh it were hE>forP his Pyes.