Show I TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE OR LIFE IN KENTUCKY KEN rUCKY Ry By Mr Mrs fr Mary 1 J. Holmes Chapter XI Xi XI Continued I Once during dining the evening he found himself standing with wIh Florence Floence alone near an open window Florence Improved Im Im- iii- iii proved her opportunity anti and raising hazel to- to the doe doe- h her r bewitching eyes ees to toes tor's face nc Id said Why h do you YOI not ask mo me about your our Kentucky friends Dr Jr Lacoy CI Had luel Florence observed ll her companion companion com coin panion closely she Rhe would have noticed ed time the pa pallor I 0 which for an In Instant tant his face ace Tt Ir pas passed l' l away an and he replied with an nn assumed gayety gay gay- gy- gy ety en How should I know now that we i In an any acquaintances in common 1 Before Florence had land timo to reply Mabel joined thorn them She Sho was waR as unwilling between th the ing log to risk a tete tete-a-tete doctor and her fascinating cousin ant antas anti antias ant as soon oon as ns she found them standing alone alom she h he went vent up UI It to them Her 11 ox- ox ample was sas followed d by ly several young oung ladies ladles among whom was Llda Lida Lila Gibson who began by saying Doctor tb do you know that Florence Floronce has hR love lov affairs anc and told us all al about your our also described the tho Golden I Fairy Now wh why hy didn't you ou fall In love lovu with wih her hei sister Istel Flon Florence nee s says say H she is I for far more hen beautiful u t t I fu I. I l Dr DI Lacey answered calmly What Wha reason has Miss s Woodburn to In think I J am ani In love with wih either cither No reason said Mabel quickly neither r docs loes sho she think you ou are aro It In Inlove inlove love with wih her hel either Dear me said Llla Llda Lida Of course I Iou you ou tb do not flot wish mo me to think so ant and we vI- vI vIall all ni know why wh but bu n never vcr mInd mine frowning so dreadfully Mabel I wont won't tell tel and the mischievous girl Irl glided awa away lu laughing to think that she he had hac succeeded so o well wel In teasing Mabe Mabel 1 S Mortimer After a moment Dr Lacey turned to Florence and said It I seems you yoi OU saw Julia Middleton Do you 01 no not think her very ver handsome Yes Yos vcr very answered Florence buI but bu butI I liked Fanny's looks the best A pan pang shot through h Dr Laceys Lacey's heart at the mention menton of Fanny's name but he continued to inquire concerning concerning concern concern- ing his friends in Kentucky Before the part party closed Florence Mabel an and Llda Lida had each mana managed cd to repeat t thim to him all the conversation which he ha had overheard In the first part of or the evenIn even even- In Ing never once thinking how desolate was the heart hert which beat beneath th the calm manner and gay laugh of oC him who ho listened to their thoughtless railI rail rail- ri- ri I len lery cry At length the part party drew to a close cose Dr Lacey Lace was among the first that tha left left He lie longed to be alone with hi his troubled thoughts Mechanically bIddIng bidding bidding bid bId- ding Mabel Good night he ran rn down dow the marble steps step and stepping Int Inthis Into his carriage ordered Claib the coachman coachman coach coach- man to drive home as soon as pos pos- sIble sibe There was no particular ne no- no for this command for Claib had been f retting for the tho last hour hou about aboul White folks settin ot n up all al night nigh and keepin awake Darned Darne if IC he didn't run the horses home Ilk like Satan and sl sleep ep over ver next day too too With such a a. u driver the tho horses sped swiftly over the tho smooth road and i ia In Ina Ina a very tow fow ow minutes Dr Loce Lacey Laces was a ahome at home alone alono In his room Then th the full Cul tide of ot his sorrow burst forth H Ho He did not weep He lie would scorn to d do that But nut could one have soon seen him a ahe as ashe ashe he hurriedly paced the apartment h he would have sId said his was a sorrow sorro which could not vent Itself In tears Occasionally he lie would whisper to himself himself himself him him- self My 1 Fanny false she false she whom I 1 believed so 80 truthful so loving so in innocent Innocent innocent In- In And she loves Joves another one another one too whom hom It I were almost a sin t to love Fool that I 1 did not see seo It before before before be be- fore for what but love lovo have hav drawn such devotion to him on hi his deathbed And yet et she assured m me that I was the first tho the only one sh she had ever loved and 1 believed it an and andave gave ave her the entire entre affection of or in my heart hea Then came a reaction Resentment toward Fanny for thus deceiving him mingling with wih hl his grief But he ho had loved her too deeply too truly t to cherish an unkind feeling toward he her long Throwing nn himself upon the sofa sora and burying his face faco hands hands h he went vent back bd In fancy through all al the theman man many haj py h hours ul's ho had spent pent In her While doing this sleep descended upon him and In hi hIs dreams he ho saw again his darling Fann Fanny Fan Fan- n ny fly not falso false and faithless darlng as us he ha had feared but arrayed In a spotless bridal brida robe Sho She stood by b his side Ide as his hi own wedded wife Was Vas that dream ever oyer realized Wo We 0 shall see XII NH XI Tho The Letter I That flint Was as a Not ot Delivered Tho The next morning Rondeau waited a a along long time for hi his masters master's u usual ual or orden orders or- or den ders that he should go to the tIme postoffice postoffice post post- office once but hut no such command came and as Dr Lace Lacey had not been beon heard moving movinG in his room yet et Rondeau concluded concluded con con- eluded to go at all aJ events vents I know he be- be bo bethe the first thing hell he'll hel tell teJ me me to do and 1 I 1 Imay may as well go on m my own hook hool as asto asto asto to wait and be sent ent Accordingly ho again started stalled for the thinking to himself I hope hOle that get gel a lel letter lotte r this time for he dont don't seem no more mOlo like Je the wide awake chap he ho did when whon ho fl first t come from Crom Kentuck than I dont don't want ant him to have havo Miss MIs Mabel Iah l for Cot o their say sy she's sItes awful awful awful aw aw- ful spunky hardly know her she Is so o gonte gentle so obliging so amiable You ought to have havo heard her plead your our cause with wih me She besought me mc almost with wih tears not to prove provo unfaithful to you and wh when n I J convinced her that Impossible for me to love another as asI asI I r had Mr 11 Wilmot she sho insisted on my writing and und not keeping you rOl In suspense sus stis- pe pense se ah any Jon longer erDI er DI Dr Lace Lacey If you could transfer your our affection from rom me me- me but no wh why should I speak of such a thing You will wi probably despise all al 0 my family Yet Yel do not I beseech you ou cast them theta off or for poor Fanny Fanny's sin They respect respect re- re you ou highly highl and Julia Jula would be bevery bevery vcr very angry St it sho she know knew Jeow that I am about to te tell tel you ou how she admires a certain Southern friend who sho probably probably ubI ably by by this time thinks with wih contempt contempt con con- tempt of f f little lite Fanny Middleton There was as no perceptible change In InDr Dr Laces Laccy's manner after aCel reading rending the heartless forgery for er but the iron had entered his soul and for a time he seemed benumbed with wih its Is force Then came camo a moment of reflection His Ills love had been trampled upon and thrown back as a thing of nau naught ht by her who had fallen aJen from the high pedestal on which he had enthroned tho the idol of oC his lils hearts heart's deepest tion tonI ton I dl could have pitied and admired her hor too thought he had she sho candidly can can- confessed her hel lovo love for tor Mr 1 mot but bul to be so basely deceIved cd by byone byone byone one whom I thought incapable of deception de do- i is ls too much Seizing SeizInG tho the letter Jeter he again read It I 1 h tind rind this lie He felt his Itis wounded pride somewhat soothed by thinking that the beautiful Julia ula ad admired admired ad- ad mired and sympathized with wih him But pshaw he exclaimed most likely Julia Jula Is IR as lolow hearted d as asher lien her sister and asal yet many Iman dark spots on her character seem wiped away hy by y Fanny's confession Throwing the he theetter etter lotte aside he lie rangi rang th the hell bell bel ami anil ordered 01 or- or 1 dered his to tu r be Relt sent up to ro Ii him lim That afternoon noon h he called caled on Mabel Moi timer add ad her hr cousIn lie le found the young ladles ladies In the he drawing room and with them u ri dark looking line Ine a middle aged genteman gentleman whom Mabel Mr Middleton Something Something Some Some- hI introduced a as 11 thing lung in the Iho looks as 18 well wel as name namo of the stranger made Dr Lace Lacey Involuntarily tarl start with wih surprise and he se secretly so- so creU wondered whether the he gentleman gentle gentle- onte- onte man inami mal was In any way connected connected with the Ml Middletons of Kentucky Ho lie 10 was not kept long in d doubt tot for Florence I Iwho who was vc very talkative soon said sall We Ve were just speaking of or you Dr Lacey and Mr seems In Inclined In- In to claim you yell as an acquaintance acquaint acquaint- of having anee ance on the ground your O h been intimate with wih his brothers brother's family tamI tarn tam I ily In Kentucky Indeed said sid Dr Lacy Lace then turnIng turnIng turn- turn Ing to Mr 11 he said I Is it I possible that lint you OU are alc a 0 brother of Mr Mi 11 Joshua Yes sir returned the stranger eyeing Dr Lace Lacoy closely Joshua Is Ismy Ismy ismy my brother but for more mOIo than twenty years I have o ha n not t sec seen s-een n him or 01 scarcely scarce scarce- ly heard from Crom hh him Ah Alt answered Dr DI Lacey In some astonishment and then as he be fancied there was In Mr Middle Middle- tons ton's t former f I e life wic which l he h- h wished c l' l to to conceal he changed 01 the subject tho-subject subject by afI asking Mr Ir if it ho had been lon long in the elt city j Oy Osy two weeks ho Ito replied and he lie proceeded to speak of himself say ing For many years past I 1 have been in the Iho Indies About About the time my brother Joshua married m my father died When hen his will wH was opened I thought it a very unjust o oe o e. e for It I gave to m my brother brothe a much larger share than was gl glen given cn to me In a fit of anger I declared I would never touch a penny o or m my portion porton and leaving college where here I 1 was already in Ia my senior year I went to New NewYork NewYork York and getting gelling on board a vessel b bound Ilund und for the East Indies I tried by hy amassing amassIng wealth In la a distant land to forget that I ever had a home this side of the Atlantic During DurIng the thc first years cals of my my brother wrote to me fre frequently and most of or his letters letters let let- I answered tot for I really bore him no malice malce on account of the will wi I had not heard a word from him to for fora Co Coa a long time until I reached this city Are rc you going to visit K Kentucky asked Dr Di Lacey It I is m my present Intention to do doso doso doso so answered Mr Middleton but first I wish to purchase a 3 summer residence near neal th the Lake and after fitting it I up I shall invite my nieces to visit me mc You Tou aro are ac acquainted acquainted tic tic- with wih them thorn I believe beleve Dr Lacoy answered In the the affirmative tive t e and Mr Middleton continued I Iam Iam Iam am told by Miss Mis's W Woodburn that they are aro very beau heau beautify especially one of so them and quite 1110 quie accomplished Is It I I Ithem Dr Lacey Lace replied very calmly The world I believe e. bele unite urle In calling Miss Is Julia Jula beautiful But nut what of or the tho other one asked asked ask ask- ed cd Mr I UI am am prepossessed prepossess prepossess- ed cd in her favor for she bears the name of the only sl sister ter I 1 ever hal had Dr DI Lacey Lace sighed for he remembered remember remember- ed the time when he ho was wa drawn to toward towar toward to- to war ward Fanny because he fancied she resembled the only sister sistO he ever had Mr Ir Middleton observed It it i. i and Immediately immediately im Im- Im- Im mediately said DOs it I make you sigh just to mention menton Fanny Fann What hat Is the matter mater Has Hm s she bhe he Jilted you If I she has she sIte does doe not partake of or orthe the tho nature of oC the Middletons for fr the they could never nevel stoop to deceit deceIt Here Florence came to Dr Lace Laceys Lacey's s I relief reHer by saying Why Dr Lace Lacey Mr 11 Middleton wants yo you OU U to th repeat what I have ha already told him that Julia JUla Is exceedingly I beautiful and that Fann Fanny Fan Fan- n ny Is as lovel lovely as a u h hOuri and has the saddest sweetest face faco r I Lver l er saw sw and I the softest mildest blue e eyes es Dr Lace Lac Lacey laughingly I said Thank you Miss ls Florence Mr 11 Middleton will wJ plea please e take what you OU have said sid as m my opinion concerning his fair nieces Mr Middleton bowed bowe and then said How Ilo does docs my brother appear He lie used to be bo vcr very rough and abrupt in his manner mannel Dr Lacey Lace laughed lau hed He lie could not help it It His faculties whre I always excited wh when he of Joshua Middleton aHI ad J ho answered ans that although ho lie hl highly hl esteemed 1 Mr Middleton ho lie feared his manners were not much Improved I II I dare daro say ay not not said sid th tho th brother Whoa Whon he was at home he lie was al alwa's always always al- al ways was saying things which our mother called impolite ou our father outland ishi Ish and the bla blanks blank's our Ks IJ right ht down don n do heathenish h. h However with wih all al his roughness I believe oleve there thero n ner nver was wits wasa a more trul truly honorable m man n or rn 01 a amore amore amore more sincere friend friend After a few moments of general conversation con con- Mr said sId turning to o Dr Lace Lacey I 1 feel Ceel some anxiety about this summer residence which I 1 Intend intend I 1 am ann told that that you have line taste both in a good locality and in laying out grounds If I you have bare e leisure suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose you OU OtI accompany me mo on m my exploring ex- ex excursion and ani I will wl reward you QU ou by b an invitation imitation to spend as much time Ime with me mo as you ou like after my nieces arrive I Dr Lace Lacey thanked Mr Mi MIddleton for or the tho compliment paid pall to his taste and ind he politely expressed his willingness willing- willing ne ness less s to assist his friend in the selection elec- elec electon ion tion ton of a country countr seat seat By y tho the way ay continued he be you ou are stopping at the St. St St Charles I believe beleve Suppose you ou exchange your our rooms looms at hotel for Cor fora Cora a homo home with wih me and l become como m my ins' guest until mill you OU lea e the city for Cor Kentucky Ken- Ken tucky tick I Mr h accepted Dr L Lacey Laceys es invitation nv willingly and amI the tho three weeks which ho he spout spent at athis his residence passed rapidly and add pleasantly plasant away avay During that time Dr Lace Lacey met with witha wih a gentleman genteman who owned a vcr very hand hand- some ome villa vila near neal the Jal lake e shore This Thise ho he e wished to dispose of of and Mr 11 Middleton Mid Mid- lelon and Dr L Lace ce went vent down to Inspect it H. They found rhey he I found It In ever er every way ay desirable and ant Mr 11 Middleton finlly fin |