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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The End of the Rainbow, by Marian Keith This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The End of the Rainbow Author: Marian Keith Release Date: March 8, 2009 [EBook #28276] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE END OF THE RAINBOW *** Produced by Al Haines THE END OF THE RAINBOW BY MARIAN KEITH _Author of "'Lisbeth of the Dale," "Treasure Valley," "Duncan Polite," etc._ McCLELLAND AND STEWART PUBLISHERS : : TORONTO Copyright, 1913 BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE GLEAM II. "THE GREATEST OF THE THREE" III. LIFE'S YOUNG MARINER IV. SIDE LIGHTS V. FOLLOWING THE GLEAM VI. LAUNCHING HIS VESSEL VII. "MOVING TO MELODY" VIII. "FLOATED THE GLEAM" IX. "DEAF TO THE MELODY" X. "THE LIGHT RETREATED" XI. "THE LANDSKIP DARKEN'D" XII. "THE MELODY DEADEN'D" XIII. "THE MASTER WHISPERED" XIV. "FOLLOW THE GLEAM" THE END OF THE RAINBOW CHAPTER I THE GLEAM All afternoon the little town had lain dozing under the lullaby of a June rain. It was not so much a rain as a gentle dewy mist, touching the lawns and gardens and the maple trees that lined each street into more vivid green, and laying a thick moist carpet over the dust of the highways. And the little town, ringed by forest and lake, and canopied by maple boughs, had lain there enjoying it, now blinking half-awake in the brief glimpses of sunlight, now curling up again and going to sleep. In the late afternoon the silent tournament between sunshine and shadow resulted in a conquest for the sun. His victorious lances swept the enemy from the clean blue skies; they glanced over the lake, lodged in every treetop, and glittered from every church spire. The little town began to stir. The yellow dogs, that had slept all afternoon on the shop steps, roused themselves and resumed their fight in the middle of Main Street. Now and then a clerk ran across to a rival firm to get change for a customer. A few belated shoppers hurried homeward. A farmer's double-buggy backed out of the hotel yard with a scra
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