Show TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE OR LIFE IN KENTUCKY By Dr Mrs aIrs Mary J. J Holmes CHAPTER CIL Continued Singular coincidence ence returned Mr Ir Dunlap for fol for I too shall shaH be he engage s In the same business s. s You call upon the la ladies ladies' sal said d Raymond Yes wh why not returned his uncle d' d slightly re reddening Theres not notI a a aI a I fashionable mother In St St. Louis but bul week weekly lectures her daughter on th the e Importance of treating the ugly burich but bul butrich rich old Dunlap Dunlop with due respect At Al an early hour Raymond started d for Mr 11 Howards Howard's Since morning Mrs 1 t L' Carrington ha lead had learned from lie liet helt her hel r t Cousin Jane the position which Raymond Raymond Ray mond occupied In society and amid she received re him with great cordiality o oe of oj t e manner although she appeared ill III a at al t case and started nervously each time tin e the soun sound of oC footsteps was hear heard Soon Soot there was the soun sound of a loud hast Nast hasty y I ring at the door and In Ih a moment wh who should enter the room but Mr Dunlap Dunlap Dun Dun- lap who walked aCIo across s the room an and d greeted Mrs Irs Carrington with the free freedom dom done of an old friend saying I I scarcely hoped ever again to see sec you ou Ida Raymonds Raymond's Jealously was instant instantly y roused He had heard the clerks hint kiln t that eight or nine years before beCore hl his s undo uncle had been dl disappointed by u a young oung lady man many years his junior am and that this disappointment ha road had Increased increase amI I the natural moroseness of or his nature He had never asked the name of fl the e latI lady but he was v no convinced the that t hens none other than l Ida a Carrington ton An awkward restraint seemed suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly to have fallen upon tho the little company an and 1 a as Raymond Ramond thought h he e was the cause he soon took his leave What occurred that night between Mr Dunlap an Carrington Raymond Ramond I never exactly knew but when next morning he met hl his uncle at breakfast breakfast break break- fast Cast he fancied there was the same sam e mischievous ous look 1001 In his o eye oye e which h ho e remembered having seen onto once be beCore be- be fore Core After a time lime Mr Dunlap said Freddo Fred do you OU still lIlI love lov Mrs hs Carrington well wel enough to malT marry her Yes dont don't you answered Ray Ilay annul mond fir Mr Ir Dunlap did not reply to lu this s question but continued Ten years year ago Fred Fre I made a fool of myself b by hy y fancying that final a lL young girl scarcely twenty one loved Jo me mo an and m my us ugly face faco well enough h to marry me bu but i I when a younger handsomer and nearly nearly near near- ly as wealthy a man presented himself himself him him- himself self Ida LIndsley all at once discovered creel ered that thirty live years yeal'S difference e In n our ages was altogether loo too much She Shu left leCt me mu and married young oung Car Cal lon rington But now that he Is dead she site Is willing ol old Dunlap should again bend his rheumatic knees before beCore her hel for Cor she thinks mo rich but 1 I shant shan't d do 0 dt It I have however spoken a word worde t for or you and und she will not tell you OU No again The next time lime Raymond Hamon saw tIn Mrs Carrington she met mel him tin with her sweetest smile but he all at once discovered dig dis covered ered many perfections In Jane Jano o Howard l an and for three weeks he flirted flirted flirt flirt- ed eel with her utterly neglecting Mrs Carrington Canington who tried in vain vale to win n him to her side At the tine end o of that Hint t tine time his flirtation was cut short I h by the return of a gentleman froth froin Europe to lo whom Jane had long font been engaged When next Raymond and Mrs oIls Carrington Carrington Car Car- rington were alone he abruptly said Mrs MrM Carrington I 1 will marry you If you want mo me tot to She probably did ld want wont him ilia to tn for 01 or four Cour weeks from flom that time Air Mr Ir Dunlap's Dunlap's Dun Dun- laps lap's house was thrown open to a large largo party parly who a assembled to lo pay their respects rC to Mr and Mrs Airs Raymond Mrs I Carrington soon found foun that the theman theman man she sho hud had to deal with this tin time e was as not flot so patient and all cn all enduring a as asher asher s her first J had beun been Ho was not unkind but he lie exercised over o his s wife u a sun surveillance exceedingly annoy annoy- ing and she learner d too loo late that she had lead not on only I cho chosen en a husband husban but an exacting master who alt although ho treated her ha with attention a was wa a still sUIl determined that she should pay due deference to him and his hili wishes She feho was also disappointed in the expectations o of a fortune for within two Iwo years ears after afler her marriage Mr 11 Dunlap Dunlap Dun- Dun lap suddenly died led lie He ha had Intended to make his will viii and make Raymond Haymond his inks heir but bul like many other men he put It off oft until It was too lute late and find his property which was found Cound to be less Jess than supposed went back to his brothers and sisters and from them to their children and grandchildren grand grand- children so that Raymond got but a small share He however retained his position as asa i a l merchant a t and str struggled hard to get f keep his wife nife In th the s same mc circumstances ce ces to which she ha had been accustom accustom- i cd ed She appreciated his kindness and when at the thc end of or three years yeal'S she I was the thc mother of oC three children she sho concluded It il was time to la lay aside all desire for fashionable amusements and sho she became a n tolerably affection affection- affectionate t l ate wife and a a. won wonderfully In indulgent mother t l CHAPTER I I Luc Lucy C Brown Broun It was a IL day clay o of unusual rejoicing In it the establishment over o which Miss hiss Dillon presided as fashionable dressmaker dressmaker dress dress- mal maker er milliner etc elc In to Cincinnati Cincinnati- Faces which for fOI m many n weeks ha has had s scarcely worn a a. smile gusto now broke forthe forth In merry peals penis o of laughter and backs l which for the same length of oC time had bent In ht a n sort of half-circle half over o brocades bro bro- bro I codes cades silks an and satins were now erect while needles which should have been beon- better beller employed now stuck stiff and I straight In the mammoth pincushion on the little work The cause o of f all aH this change was this Miss Dillon the crabbed grained cross-grained parsimonious parsimony ious tons proprietor of the shop had gone sone for tor two weeks to the country leaving leavings her affairs in the charge of her fore Core forewoman ores woman Lizzie Copeland Copelan a a. chubb chubby natured good girl whom n nobody body fear feared car I. e ed and everybody loved Hardly ha had the tones of oC Miss 1188 Dillon's Dillons s harsh voice subsided In the workroom workroom work work- room ere ele a dozen girls exclaimed at once Oh Soo good now what shall shaH shall we wedo we do do o and what shall we have nice to eat cat while fettle the stingy sUns ol old thing Is gone There was however one drawback to their pleasure A large larbe quantity quantity- o of oC work stork was on hand to finish which I somebody must labor both carl early and Ja late te Dear Deal me mo me said Jenn Jenny Carson as before beCore the glass Ia s she brushed and a admired ad id- mired her hel bright auburn hair how hon I wish some somo raw apprentice who knows how to lo sew would happen along alons Wouldn't wo we stake make her work while we wo rested and Jenn Jenny threw herself on the faded calico lounge with the air all an and manner mannel of oC one who had nothing to lo do du an and 1 no wish lo to do ft it The girls looked al at her hel and then hell at al Lizzie Copeland Copelan 1 who was about to tu re reprove re- re reprove prove C the tho notoriously laz lazy Jenny when tingle tingle le went the tho bell In iii the front shop and out went Miss lIss Copeland to see what was wanted In an instant Jennie was on her feet saying Who knows lenow but Its It's the apprentice I was a wishing for Cor Then up to lo the thc little glass door she stole and lifting one corner o of the Iho curtain peeped cautiously cautious cautious- ly out at al tho the stranger who was talkInG talkIng talkIng talk- talk Ing with Lizzie Shame on you Jennie said al one of oC the older girls Como Come back to lo your yoU work an and behave yourself But Bul Jonn Jenny paid no heed hee 1 to lo her companion corn com pinion panion and ancl continued lice her espionage o. o until sud suddenly starling stalling back she exclaimed ex exclaimed exclaimed ex- ex claimed Laws of or mercy what horrible horrible horri horri- ble e eyes cs an and she saw me mo looking ather at ather ather her too This brought up half calf a dozen ozen more girls who crowded round the gla glass s door curiously eyeing the stranger who Iho seemed of oC corning coming among theta them One o of Miss Dillons Dillon's last lal order to Lizzie was that If It during her absence two or three decent look ing girls should apply for tor situations she should engage e them and the girl who now stood before beCore 11 Lizzie was certainly certainly certainly decent looking yes and more than that for fOl humble as was her hoc dress dreEs an and appearance there thoro was something about her that Inspired Miss Copeland with a a. feeling slightly akin to awe She Sho gave ga her name as Lucy Iuey Brown an and said she sho was from the country After Arter n a little further conversation con Lizzie concluded to lo receive her and she sho was ushered into tho the workroom through the glass lass door from Crom which the half-dozen half girls beat u a precipitate precipitate tate tale retreat Jenny falling failing down an and upsetting the tho pile o of bonnet boxes which rolled promiscuously over the tho floor When hen or order er was somewhat restored twenty pair pail of or eyes ces were turned towal to- to toward wal ward the tho newcomer She was a young girl apparently eighteen or twenty years of age ape Her face faco was pale al almost almost almost al- al most strikingly so an and her glossy black hair hall was Wai cut short In tho the neck giving her a a. f strange tran c unusual appear appear- ance Her tier most remarkable C feature was wag hog her large larg black glittering eyes whose glance was so proudly defiant that Jenny at once despaired of making makIns making mak mak- ing Ins her presence any way subservient to her wishes Jenny had a great fancy for tracing back hack ones one's origin and ancestry consequently consequently con con- the name of the tho stranger girl Lucy Brown was not a 1 little dis dis- pleasing It might as well be John A Smith thought she for tor who Is ever eve r going to be bc at the trouble of or rennin running g through the whole race o of Browns fo Corthe for Cor r the sake s. of alighting al upon her great grandfather However Ill I'll make malc he her r acquaintance an and question her a a. lit tJ tie tle e Accordingly she hc moved mo toward th the tho corner where Luc Lucy sat quietly sewing g nn un a a. black skirt which Lizzie had gl given given v ven en her to make She commenced th the e conversation with I r suppose yo you u have e made skirts before beCore haven't haven i you oU No was the laconic reply What Never Nc made madea a skirt Never Ne queer Vh Why you must b bas hea be he beas e a as old as I are arc you not I dont don't know Well Im I'm seventeen se arc you ol old older er ec than that Yes es Jenny was puzzled but hut determining g lo to persevere she said Aro you OU always alwa'S s as quiet as you OU seen to be bc now Vets Very sel seldom om was wa the reply I while whit the Hel fiery lash flash from Crom her glittering eye s made Jenny conclude not to question tt her an any more for the present plesent Scarce Scarcely was the conclusion formed forme d when the ringing of the door bell was wa s heard and up bounced Jenn Jenny saying sayin g Let Lei me go this U line lime nr for my head hea headaches d aches so I cant can't see anyway anyway Antra Away y she s he ran bul but soon returned bringing g the Dal Dally Daily Cincinnati Commercial lr In n t I her hand and saying Wont I I. I hay haya have QI o I. I a nice time now reading the tho r rest ot l. l of o t that stor story The girls well knew It il was impossible I I ble to lo make Jenny work worle when Ali Mis ss Dillon was absent therefore the they II lis listened listened lis- lis s toned nothing loath to the conclusion n o of a story which had been In progress ss for several eral days That being finished d Jenny looked the tho paper over an and su sud suddenly d i denly exclaimed Oh girls dont don't yo you U remember the advertisement ad r whIch which In appeared two weeks a ago o coh concerning g Julia Middleton 1 of whom hom Cousin Mary Iary Mar y told lold us so much Yes what of oC It 1 asked ed a dozen doze n voices while Luc Lucy Brown accidentally accidental dropped her thimble occupying quita quite quit e a little time in finding It Jenn Jenny answered d dead dead ad- ad drowned nut But let me read it and Ina in ina 1 ii a few moments she rea read the first nolice notice notice no no- tice lice headed Supposed Suicide Jenny was a hearted kind hearted girl an anas and andas d I as she finished reading two large tea tears rs I dropped from rom her eyes ces and fell feU upon the paper Oh Jenny Carson said I one of othe th e girls I I do believe o youre you're c crying ing fo for r that bag of deceit If what your yom Coon Cousin Coo in n Mary Diary 1 told us aboul about her were tru true Irue I she deserves desert e es es drowning a dozen times I Perhaps she does docs answered Jenny Jen 1 n ny 13 but then she was so young s so handsome an and then you ou know he her lier r father athel was not so 1 kind hind to her hel as h he e was to the other one the one he called calls d Sunshine Now I If IC ho he had hall been beet belleto better belle betterto r to lo Julia she might have been belleto belle r to him hm Dont Don't you yon think so I dont don't think anything about aboul it 11 U. U raid al her companion I only know knot Im I'm glad Klad she's sines getting gelling her hel pay for tor all al 1 h hGr r badness to toOh Oh awful said Jenny Not even en n willing that she should live until sh she sho e had time to repent Here the tho conversation ceasel ceased Luc Lucy Luc y Brown certainly couldn't lut have ha liked like d her hel seat seal for fir while the thc girls ills were talking talk lalk- in ing she mo e moved uneasily an and at last lag turned entirely around sitting silling with her back to thom them Upon what ha had d been wild she he made no co comment but bul most mORt wonderfully she unbent toward Jenny who when next she Rhe made advances ad ad- n advances vances was 88 pleased to find herself mcL met more mOle than ha halfway IC a It ItUS was US strange e how strong a friendship friend ship sprang up between the cold shoal sil sll- silent ent oal Lucy and the thc melT merry romping Jenny It ItaK was tas not unlike e the thc friendship friendship friend friend- friendship ship which might bo ho supposed to lo exist between a n playful thou though h somewhat Indolent Je kitten an and 1 a fi force fierce mastiff or 01 between a dove ove an and an eagle or better better better bet bet- ter yet ct between n a sunbeam and a lowering lowering low low- ering cloud IEl laden cn with gleams of lightning Jenn Jenny looked up to Lucy with feelings feel reel In ings of love lo an and fear em while Lucy looked down upon lIpon Jenny with a mixture mixture mix- mix ture lure of love censure and contempt contempt- lovO for fOI her affectionate |