Show TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE OR OR- OR LIFE IN KENTUCKY KENT Ii 11 Mrs Airs Ir Mary J J. Holmes Chapter II Continued IL Continued here Hele he turned to Julia who had just entered the tho room loom Then he hI went wenton on on- Yes Temp l raves lS and tars about the house and can hardly wait till tilt Im I'm dead leHl before betor she spends my mv niche mone money In fool Cool Devil of n a cent shell she'll get though If she rides a as hl rl a horse as sh she generally does Ill I'll give Iv It all to Sunshine yes es I will vIlI She's Rhes more innie like gentle antI and comes coaxIn coax- coax Ill In round me inc and her soft inns l around m my old shaggy shags neck says Please 11 pa If If Ill I'll learn to make anice a anice anice nice pudding or pie of Aunt Judy will willOU you OU buy us a new looking glass lass or ot rocking chair And then In Tim my lo to refuse Oh yes es Sunshine isa Is Isa Isa a darlng sa said ill he laying his hand caressingly on Fanny's head who Just Justat at nt that moment showed her sunny face In the room During br breakfast t Mr Ir In Inquired Inquired In- In Inquired more particularly Into Inlo Mr Wilmot's Wil- Wil mot's mets plans an and wishes and told him that was ivas no doubt that hat he could coul obtain obtain ob oh- tain ala a good school in that Immediate neighborhood Your best wa way ivay said raid h he will be le to write a n subscription paper The people then see teo what for fora a fist you jou write an and half tho the foll folks 8 In Kentuck will Judge you h by that In Inthe L the paper you OU mu must t tell what you rou know and what you ask to 10 tell It to others Ill I'll h head all th the lI list t with lii my two gals and ande give e you ou a horse to go round with and Ill I'll bet Tempest an and Sun- Sun too that you'll get et a full school I fore afore night At the last part of this speech Julia 11 L curled her lip 1111 and tried to look In- In while Fann Fanny laughingly said Pa what makes you ou always bet bel sister sis sis sis- ter cm- cm and anti me rue Ju Just t as tho l though h you could coul 1 sell us like horses hones It Its It's bad enough L to bet and sell the thc blacks I think Ho lb ho hot So youve you've got some free freo freestate i state notions alrea already hav ha cf 1 you ou said I iI Mr Ir Middleton l Well Veil honey youre you're I cn half haIr right light 1 reckon on So sayIng say say- log Ing he for fOl tho ho fourth time passed up ur Ills his coffee cup Breal Breakfast fast being over ho took his hh i young friend to the stable an and bade him select for his own u use o any horse m he chose Mr Wilmot declined sayIng sayIng sayIng say- say Ing ho he was not much accustomed to C I horses sos he lie that Mr r Middle lIddle tout ton should choose any allY horse hors lup he lu p pleased 1 en sed Very ery well ieli said sail Mr 1 Ml from froni the lie I have heard oi of or r your horsemanship It be ma may Improved ed so i I reckon Ill I'll not give you OU a very vera p horse to begin with 5 Aleck 11 Just suit you Hell He'll not throw you OU on iii the tho gate for fOl he ho doesn't trot a as i fast t as aR a n black ant can walk Accor Accordingly Aleck was saddled am and I bridled and Mr Ir 11 mot was soon soot i mounted mounted an and with his subscription I paper panel In his pocket was riding off of i after fter subscribers lIe He was vcr very er successful suc- suc ces and when at night he turned I his face homeward d he lie had the names name S df dr fifteen scholars and the partial I promise of or five moro more Well Vell an n bo boyd boy what sald sal luck Mr l as entered the sit sit- 1 room ting that evening I Vcr Very goo good success returned Mr Mi Ihnot I 1 am sure sum of ot fifteen scholars and aid have havo half haIr a promise for fou live lI in iii ore 1 I Ye Yes pretty prell good said Mill Mr Ir Middleton Middle Middle- ton fifteen sartin and fIve Ilvo Who Vio arc ate the he ones ones old old I Thorntons Thornton's 0 Ill I'll tons ton's 1 Mr l replied that he hc believed I it ns w a Mr 11 Thornton who had hesitated hesi best about signing Hell Holl sign said Mr Ir lId leton HIs Is after arrel you was and he told tob I Ime me mc you OU might put down live for fOl him I pa pay for two on em cam He lives on om I Imy m my premises an and if IC ho doesn't pa pay up ul 1 for 01 three Wh why hell he'll jo jog that's that S I all Mr 11 said he lie hoped hope no one one would send to school against their wishes Lord no rejoined Mr h Middleton l old Thornton wants to send bad ellou enough h only hes he's stingy like Let me mc see sec your joui paper paper- bo boy Mr r. handed him the paper and he went on ten temi scholars at eight dollars dollar that dollars thal that makes eighty then liars liar's five at eleven cleven dollars s and live fifty and eighty eight make a a. hundred and thirty five then liars liar's live ilvo more moie at fifteen dollars live times fifteen lIve five times fifteen Is twenty five sev se sev lIve five dollars fie s seventy five and a hundred and thirty five five o five and five Is ten one to 0 seven is eight eight and three J Is eleven two eleven two hundred and ten en dollars Vh Why quite a heap Of cour course e youve you've got clothes enough to last a. a a u. spell Shell so you ou can put two hundred hun hun- dred fred out at nt Interest Ill I'll tal take e It and give you ou ten per pel cent Mr Mt- Wilmot smiled at seeing his mone money so carefully cai disposed o ed of before beCore It wa was ivas earned but ho he merel merely said Tn my board to be deducted Your what nhat asked aske Mr Ir Middleton My I 1 board sir I have o no other means of paying It I find I can got get boarded for foi a dollar and a half hal a week The Tue deuce you can said Mr Middleton Mid Mid- holi board you for that 7 Mr l gave the lie name of the thc gentleman to lo which Mr lId loton reI re- re I plied piled I I want to lo know If 11 he will ivill board boar you so very cheap cheal Wil Wh Why yes es Do you rou think I should pa pay more mole Pa Pay more replied Middleton Dont hI he boa a fool Why h theres there's this Infernal old such shell of or a house wants filling up and amid th heaps of horses and lounging around at with nothing to lo do then Ive I've plenty of or 1 po potatoes 0 bacon and find corn and meal and such tare tam as ns we wc have youre you're welcome to lo without a dollar and a half haU or even a cent and a half Mr Ir remonstrated at receiving reedy reedy- In ing so much at Mr 11 n- n hands but hut that good man roan put an en end to all further ar argument b by sa saying Do let me act as I like You see see Ive I've taken takemi a liking to you ou and because I Isee Isee Isee see ou trying to lo help yourself I am willing to lo tr and The They try help you OU say or 01 Tempest says they say ay Im I'm a rough old hear bear and amid maybe I yo am am but lut Im I'm not all bad hall Its It's a sti-eak sti o fat and a n streak k o lean and anti If 11 I want to do you youa a 1 kindness pra pray let me inc II So it II was settled that Mr It should remain In Mr Mi Middletons Middleton's family fam fain II ily durin during the tho winter To Io Julia this arrangement gave secret satisfaction She had hal from the first liked Mr Mt Wil Wil- j tint mot and the tho Idea of having him him near her all the time was perfectly d delightful delight delight- ful fui She resolved to gain hl his good opinion cost what It would To do dc doshe this she knew lenew she he must appear to be bc amiable and that she Rhe determined determiner to tr todo I do do before him at least She had also I seen enough of or him to know that he hc 1 I set a great value upon talent and she sheI j I resolved to surprise him with her suI su- su I perlor scholarship and ability to learn She however felt relt some sonic misgivings lest lesi Fanny should rival her hem in his esteem hut she hoped by negro bribery and an and i various little artifices to deter him I from mm thinking too highly of her sis sis- sis sis- tem ter The Thc following Monday onda Mr Ir t repaired to hi his schoolroom where h he found as assembled a all his pupils It I II t was comparatively ely easy to arrange i ithem them into classes and ere the lie close clos of the tho lie day lay the school wa wan pretty gen gen- organized Weeks passed on and each day Ia the lie Yankee schoolmaster ter or gained In the thc love of o his and on one of then at least lest gained h ii In Inthe the affections of the teacher Julia had adhered to her resolution of oC ap ap- penning pearln amiable and of surprising Mr with lieu hei wonderful powers ers po o of i learning This last she did to Lion Uon No lesson was ivas so long but 1 I I was readily learned and anh its is substance admirably told lold In words of her own lel She preferred reciting m alone and sh she sheso D so 10 far outstripped the others s in tb the D length of oC her lieu I lessons eo ns it I seemed Hal sar sary lint she hl should do ho so Mr Wll Vil VI mot often wondered at her mm S capacity for fot learning ning so much In s sc so Li short a space of or time for she neve never r took home her hel hooks books at night night ant and 1 she he said Id she sho had plenty of time fo 0 for r her lessons during the school hours With Fann Fanny It i was Just the reverse re She got n her hei r lessons at home and anti play pla- ed cd all al day at school ch ol Sometimes 1 a t reprimand from flom Mr h I bring the the- tears tear Into her eyes and sh shi she a would wonder wondel why It was sho she could couk 1 not behave o bohn and make Mr r. r like Ilk Iko 0 her hem heras as fiS voll wJ as li did Julia Jula Thor Thom i she would resolve m not net to male make any y more rac faces s at nt that hat boob booby Bill Di Jeffrey lot for lothe the he girls to lau laugh h at nor mini to draw drav Ira any more pictures on her slate of th tim the 3 Dame Sobriety as she called cald Julia Jula and last lastly not hot to pin any moro mom dial chall I rags on the boys boys' coats But Bui sh she she waa wa was wasa S a a dear deni em lover of ot fun tun and her tons were soon forgotten Her lessons les les- sons however ho e were Jenera generally well we- learned and we well recited but buL sh she C could not compete with wih Julia Jula r did Id s she re wish to She often ofen I now ncr her sister could learn so 80 long lesson les lessons les- les sons son and amid secretly she had her hel own suspicions on the subject but cho chose e to keep them to her herself elt Meantime the lie winter wa was passing rapIdly and to Mr r. r vcr very agreeably away He Ic liked his boardIng board board- board board- In log Ing place much an and amid one of or Its Is In Inmates Inmates inmates In- In mates had almost without his knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge wound herself strongly around his hC heart t For Foti a time he stu struggled led against IU It I. I for Cor his first acquaintance with wih Julia Jula had not left a vet very ery favorable favor able Impression on his his his' mind But ut since that night she had been perfectly pleasant before beCore him and amli had given but bul one demonstration of her hem hel passionate passion passion- ate ute temper tempel This was one enin e evening at nt the time supper table Zuba a mulatto girl brought In sonic some preserves and In passing pasing them very carelessly spilled spied them upon Julias Julia's Julas Jula's new blue merino In the he anger of or the moment Mr Mm Ir an and his good od opinion were forgotten SpringIng Spring Spring- ing lug up she sho gave the girl a blow which sent her lieu half across the lie room and cu caused ed her to drop the dish which was as broken In twenty pieces At t the same time she exclaimed In a loud angry tone Devil Devi take you ou Tho The loss of the dish elided a series of oaths from Crom Mr l Middleton who called calell his daughter such names as lucifer match malch volcano powder mill and so forth To 0 bo be 0 c continued tomorrow morning mornIng |