The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1902, Page 24

THE SUNDAY CALL Merry Dule= Tide BGame A SEARCA FOR THE MYSTIQ RAINBOW. clden times people placed & great deal of importance on the appearance of the rainbow. Many discussions arose concerning it. They would goze upon it with great admiration. ar blendirg of all the beauti- ful colors had & fascinating influence over them. If they saw it in the afternoon or Just before sunset it was a good omen, & sign of good luck; & sign the storm would soon be over. Therefore it was a source of delight and pleasure to both old and young. But should they see the rainbow in the morning, no matter how beautiful, it brought & feeling of sadness to the aged end & feeling of fear to the children, be- cause they had been taught that to see & rainbow in the morning was a bad omen anC & warning of approaching danger— the more complete and beautiful, the more brilliant and perfect the blending of the colc the greater was the warning con- widered, especially if they saw it first over their right shoulder; If over the left lder it was a sure sign of good luck to themselves and bad luck to their ene- mies. If the rainbow was a perfect onfé the children were told it was solid gold and if they could only get on top of it they would become very rich.. If it was broken or imperfect in the center it was & sure sign that there was a of gold Geposited in the earth where the right- hand end of the rainbow reached the ground and the one who was lucky to get to the gold first could was a difficult task, for while it re- quired pluck, ambition and perseverance, yet there was the element of luck about. it; however, if one should be fortunate enough to see a new moon over the left shoulder and & rainbow over the right at the same moment, that person would have no difficulty in going direct to the rainbow and getting the gold; but no one was favored with such good juck. It finally came to pass that one of their fair daughters, & maid of the mist, took all the beautiful colors and, blending them, bullt & ladder upon which she went up to the moon and waited for the appear- ance of the rainbow. She had not long to wait, for soon a full, perfect one ap- peared upon the earth. She immediately connected the moon with the rainbow with another ladder, on which she came down, secured the golé and returned to the moon again. She then blended a few moonbeams together and made another ladder, on which she returned to the €arth and would have been very rich were it not for the fact that an elder brother discovered her plan and followed her up the first ladder. He went until luck brought him to a place where he could g0 down on the center ladder, thence to the rainbow without going clear to the moon. He took advantage of this; went down to the rainbow, but found his sister bad been there, had taken the gold and gone. He said to himself, “I will over- take her and take the gold from her.” Ascending the center ladder his good luck brought him to 2 rung where he could cross over to the left-hand ladder— the one coming down from the moon. De- scending this he passed his sister, reached the ground and waited for her to come €@own and when she arrived he took the Sold from her. Now to demonstrate how this was done and at the same time test your own luck and have amusement yourselves, cut this plotlure out; paste it on cardboard the same size; take dice box with one or more @ice. Each player must have a pin. First one throws the dice, then another, and then go up the right-hand ladder, using the pin to mark with. The number of spots on the dice tells you how many rungs of the ladder you can go at & time. Eeck player takes his turn at throwing the dice. Teke the first opportunity to switch ©ver on the center ladder. This opportu- mity is only presented when the number of #pote on the dice thrown brings you to.a junction. 1f you go to one or more rungs beyond 2 junction you must continue u til you strike another junction square. After reaching the top of the right-hand ladder you can move as you please until you reach the very highest mark. Then continue to move as you please until you reach the top of the left-hand ladder. This you will descend until You reach the ground or have an opportunity to cross over to the center ladder. If you reach the ground without reaching the rainbow you are entirely out of luck. When you reach the ralnbow you must go back up the center ladder until you can cross over to the left-hand ladder, on which you will come down to the ground regardiesl of junctions. The player who gets to the rainbow first gets the money or buttons, but should Gne of the other players reach the rainbow and then by good luck over- take and vass the one who has the money or buttons and should succeed in reaching the ground first he -wins the game, and the money or buttons must be turned over to him. G. W. WINCHFIELD. —_— 3 In to-day’s issue of The Bunday Call appears the first installment of “The Gospel of Judes Iscariot,” y Aaron Dwight Baldwina novel that is proving the sensation of two continents. This book will be published complete in three issues of The Sunday Cell’s Magazine Section — December 14, 21 and 287 BF SURE TO READ IT. IT IS THE NOVEL OF THE HOUR. A ccmmplete short story by one of the leading writers of fiction of the day is published every week in The Sunday Call. DON’T MISS IT, - ————— v H b B O ] )