Show TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE OR LIFE IN KENTUCKY n By Mrs Mary 13 1 J. J Holmes Chapter II Continued For FUi her fathers father's swearing Julia Julin cared nothing but It was the hue sorrowful sorrowful sorrow sorrow- ful disappointed expression of Mr 11 face which cooled lieu her down Particularly did she he wish to lo recall what she had hal lone done when she Rhe he saw that Fann Fanny aJ also o had received some ome of or the preserves eR on her merino but Instead of raging like a fury she arose e and anil quietly wiped it off orr and then burst Into a n. loud Joud laugh which she she afterward afterward after after- ward told her mother was occasioned b by the mournful look Jook which Mr r. r Wll Vil H mot's face assumed when he lie saw that hint Julias Julia's temper tempel was not dead lead but merely covered cred up with ashes From this remark of Fanny's the lie reader will understand that thai sho was waa well weH a aware of the lie part her sister was ph playing And she was perfectly satisfied satisfied satis antis fied that hunt It should be bo so 80 for foi b by this means she occasionally got a pleasant word from Julia She however howe often wished that Mr 11 VII mot could be bo con con- with her sister for Cor his presence presence pres pres- ence emice in the thc house did lid not prevent her from expending her wrath upon both Fann Fanny and tho the blacks For some orne da days 8 after the affair of the lie preserves Mr 11 was somewhat somewhat some some- what cool In his his manner toward Julia who had discernment enough to attribute af- af trIbute the thc change to the lie right cause Earnestly did she sime desire to win tin back his esteem and amid sho she accordingly cast about for some ome method by ny which she could cOUll undo what she had done lone She could think of ot no mio wa way except to acknowledge ack aek- her Imer error to Mr Ir Wilmot and promise to do better betler in the future So one omie evening when her father mother moth moth- er em and Fann Fanny were ivere absent and she was alone with him she adroitly led Jed the conversation to the circumstance of her spoiled merino She acknowledged acknowledged edged that it was vel very and unladylike to manifest such passionate passion passion- ate feelings said Old she knew lwe she sho had a quick temper but sho she tried hard to govern It It and amid nd If Mr would as ns her teacher and friend aid her hel by his advice and Influence she was sure she sho would In time succeed So nicely did she manage each part of or her lieu confession con con- fc lon that Mr Ml Wilmot was Wa thoroughly thorough thorough- I ly deceived He believed her perfectly perfect perfect- I ly Jy sincere and amid greatly admired what lie he re thought to be her frank Crank confiding disposition From that time she was dearer to him than ever and Julia again sure of his esh esteem m placed a a. double guard upon her temper and In his presence was the very pink of amiability Affairs Affairs Af Af- Af- Af fairs Calls were cre gliding smoothly smooth on when time the family unexpectedly received a visit from front a gentleman whom Julia would rather rathel not have seen This was MI Mr Miller MilIeu whom we have mentioned as is having taught In fn that neighborhood thc lie winter before Mr Mm VII Wilmot mot found md hl n In the sitting room one night on his return front from school When hen the men w tere ore introduced cI thc they re rc regarded each ench Bother a a moment mit t In JI Il- Il dice lien theIr hands w ro cordially extended and the words ds Richard Joseph Miller were weme simultaneously aim sim uttered It seems seen that years before they he had been heen and warmly attached friends in the Academy my of oC Canan- Canan dal laigua ua New York and now after the tho apse of ten years time the they met n-met for the list first time lime fai fUI am off in Kentucky A long conversation followed m to what had rad occurred occulTed to each since Ince the lie bright June morning when the they parted with so o much regret in the lie old academic halls of Canandaigua ua At length Mr l' l Miller said said- aid Richard what has become of or that sister of oC yours of whose marvelous beauty you used is-ed to tell us boys such bi big stories M My 1 sIster Kate Kale said Mr IJ Is at present at school in Now New ew ewI I Haven Ia cn And Amid Is she still as beautiful as you OU used to try y to make us think she shewa was wa ask asked d Mr 11 Miller I will show you OU her likeness re returned returned re- re turned Wilmot and you OU can for yourself OU f. f So saying h lie Iw drew ew from froni his pocket a richly cased da and amid landed handed it to Mr Mi- Miller It was a a. face ace of uncommon beauty which met Mr l' l Millers Miller's eye oye and he ho gazed en enraptured en- en lal on the surpassing loveliness 10 of or the picture At last Jast he passed It to Fanny who was ea eagerly Otly waiting waiting- for forIt It It and then turning to Wilmot ho said Yes Richard she sho has the handsomest face I ever saw And the Iho handsomest face I ever saw Haw with one ono exception said Mid Mr h Wilmot Wilmot Wil ViI mot glancing glancing- admiringly toward Julia Mr Mm- Miller Milieu followed the direction of or his hise e eyes and as he saw the brilliant beauty of or Julia Julin he sighed hed for fear his young youns- friend might or had already become become be he- come con entangled In hor her dUJ dark k meshes Just then Fann Fanny exclaimed Oh ho v handsome handsome- look mother Julia Isn't she perfectly beautiful And Amid then sire sime added But Dut Mr 11 Wilmot is she alme as good a as she Is hl beautiful How absurd said Id Julia Just as though one can not be bc handsome hand hand- sonic some and good gool too loo I 1 didn't sa say tile the they couldn't sister Iter said Mid Faun Fanny but hut I thought yes cs yes Im I'm sure suro she looks a little tiP selfish Upon my word vori youre you're very polite said Id Julia Mr rr Wilmot will doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less feel complimented by what you OU OUsa of his sister sa say Never mind Fann Fanny said ald Mr Mm IJ VII Wll mot never mind you OU are aro more of or a than I 1 thought you were tere for Cor Kates Kate's great fault Is being too selfish but she hie will overcome that In time Ume I think Oh do 10 you ou said Fann Fanny clapping her white dimpled hands anxious to todo todo todo do away with any unfavorable impression slon sion sIte she ml ht have made So she slur went up to Mr 11 Wilmot and anil laying haying her hand on his shoulder said saltI I am sorry orr If I said ald anything bad of your our sister She Is very beautiful and ancl I think I should lovd her here e very much Do you OU think she will ever come como to Kent Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- t tucky U C 1 y I hard hardly I think sho she will wiil said Mr 1 Wilmot but I think you would like c cher her and I am sure suro she sho would love Jov you r T often write to her hel about m my two Kentucky sisters Oh do you OU said ald Falm Fanny clapping lg I her white while dimpled hands do you yot rea really II call us both bothi sisters And do tIo you tell lell her how much handsomer Julia Is than I am and amid how much I more she knows know's And how lion much more does she know said mId Mr ili- ili Miller IIller who was al always always nJ- nJ a ways interested in whatever Fann Fanny said Oh she knows a heap more thai Into I t do said Fann Fanny I fear I haven't haven Improved ed much since sinco you ou loft left for faa Mr 11 is so 0 very indulgent that he lie never scolds when my lessons lesson are Ie but bu learned half but consoles himself I suppose with Julias Julia's great long yarns arns And are Julias Julia's lessons so vcr verj tery long Jons- asked Mr Mi- Miller Yes sir Ir replied Fanny It Is the wonder of all the girls how she shie manages cs to commit so o much to memory memory mem menu ory oly In so flO short shoat a time for she novel never brings home for Cor books hooks and she ahw hp spend spends two-thirds two of her time during school hours In writing something on a sheet shee of foolscap We e girls have our own suspicions about that lint paper for or when her lesson Jesson is vel very hard we notice that tha she sIte t Is unusually confined to her hel notes Holp Julia nn angrily exclaimed Fanny Fan ny liy what do you mean Do you intend to Insinuate that I write m my lesson down and amid then read It Fire and fur fury said Mr 11 Middleton Middle Middle- ton who had been an attentive listener listen listen- er em- all this his about Tempest do you write down your task Good Gooc reason why you OU dont don't bring homo home your books Speak girl quick quick are nrc are you OU guilt guilty of or such meanness Julia burst Into tears tOOls and said No father Cather I am not and I think It too bad that I should be bo suspected of such sucha a timing thing when I am ant trying to do as ns aswell aswell well as I can I think so too loo said Mr Ir Wilmot who whoso whose e sympathies were wore all aU with J Julia lla Mr lr Miller thought otherwise but buthe buthe buthe he said n nothing Julia lund hall never been beena a favorite with him him lie Ho understood her hea character perfectly well ivell and he ho lie hofelt felt grieved cd that his friend should be beso beso beso so deceived in her Perhaps Julia read something of what was pa passing Ing in his mind for she felt er very uneasy for foi fem fear he ho might tell Mr Mm something something some sonic thing unfavorable of or her Nor was wa she sho mistaken In her conjectures fo for after the young men had retired fo for Cor Corth th the he night their conversation natural enough turned upon the family and the lie two tivo girls gius both hoth of whom Mr lr Wll Vil 11 mot spoke of in the lire highest terms Mr 11 Miller agreed with him hint as long Jong as hi his remarks H were confined to Fann Fanny bu hut when he came to speak of Julia am and of her superIor beauty Intellect am and agreeable manners he lie ventured to disagree disagree dis- dis agree with with-u him hint Said he hue As to Julias Julia's beauty beauts there can be but hut one opinion for she sho Is fM vcr very handsome but the tho Interior of the casket does docs not correspond with tIme the exterior she slip is as false as fa fair aim h Then as a to lo her hem intellect I never thought it greatly superior to Fanny's To be sure she has a a. wa way of showing off of all aU she sho docs loes l know now while Fanny is ismore more mOle retiring Here Mr spoke e of oC the faculty faculty fac fac- she possessed for fOl learning g- g such long les lessons ons Even Evon your favorite Fann Fanny said he hue admitted that True returned Mr lr Miller but have you ou forgotten th the notes Do you ou not think there ma may be something ir In that lint Is It po possible said Mr Wilmot rather rathe warmly is It II possible you think the Juliu capable of such meanness You do 10 not miot know her as is ts well ns as I do 10 If you ou think she would stoop stool to such deception You shall go to tu school schou I with me inc tomorrow ant and th then lien n jou ou can cart see sec for yourself To be bc continued tomorrow morning |