| Show TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE OR OR LIFE IN KENTUCKY By Dy Mrs Mary J. J Holmes Always h a s 's after these ebullitions Lucy would relapse for COI weeks Into a n silent moody fit answering answering- In monosyllables to every everyone one save Jenny And yet ct she was a favorite although the girls united uni uni- united tc ted 1 In saying that she was a strange Inexplicable girl The stor story of or Julia Julin Middleton had several times tines been brought up and discussed and once several se months after Luc Lucys Lucy's arrival al Jenny said Ever I since Lue Lucy has been here Ive I've been heen trIng trying try try- ing to think who she resembles and n now lW Ive I've thought C Who Vho is lt o Luy Luh and anil or J Jenny I answered To be sure suro I never saw her hel I but from Crom what Cousin Mar Mary said yo you must look like Julia Middleton only not quite so 80 well Two crimson spots spols burned on Lucys Lucy's cheeks and Jenny clapping her hands said it now it-now now I am sure you look exactly like her And do llo I act like her asked askell Luc Lucy No not exactly returned Jenn Jenny I an and L y yet et when ii hen you ou threw Lottie Lottle through the window and the shears at Sarah's head I thought of or her her herThen Then Tien as anew a new Idea entered her brain she said Raid Oh girls wont won't It be nice when Mlis IJ ilsa II Dillon goes gocs away to have some more tableaux and take e that wedding for fur the scene You know alady a lady who was present told Mold Cousin Mary I r HI all about ft It and she and she has described des des- described It accurately enough nough for us to Imitate Tableaux were the the favorite amu amusement amuse amuse- emont e- e mont ment of the these e overworked half fed girls irl and the place which the they were In offered many inducements to such pastime as ever every ne needful article of oC dress lio hn fl 1 Accordingly Jennys Jenny's suggestion nu was s readily received and ere ero time bed the girls of or two or three other othel shops were notified o of oC the coming event In a afew afew few tew weeks Miss Dillon went awa away and the third night of oC her her- abs absence was fixed upon for Cor the play Jenny Carson never nover 1 Idle when fun tun was afoot was chosen mistress of oC ceremonies Now ow said she let lct us choose characters I will wm be Fann Fanny because Ive I've got gol curl curly hair hall Lizzie Lizzle Copeland I shall be the minister minister she's she's jUl Just t goodenough good goodenough enough Co for I that Sarah Burnett shall hall hallbe be Dr Laccy because Bill Bm Dillons Dillon's clothes fit her so well and now said she looking ov over r the girls girl be bethe bethe the thc bride Why U Lucy of course course said three or four Cour voices You Yuu sa say she looks like her hel So she does answered J Jenny but but somebody has got to be the old man He you OU snow know will rave and shake Julia and Lucy can cun do lIu that so sowe we well II Yes Ye I can personate him him to lo perCe perfection per per- Ce said Lucy somewhat bitterly But nUL Jennie was uv overruled and Lottie Lot Lot- Lottie tie who was largo large for COI her age o. was appointed to personaTe Mr Middleton whose six feet Ceet and n a half halt would have felt InsuRed Insulted ut at being represented by bya a girl irl of twelve Yes that will do said Jenn Jenny fur for next to Luc Lucy Lottie is must most o of aSri a Sri spitfire I 0 re After some talk It was decided that thai Lucy should hould be the time bride to which she sho consented rather unwillingly unwilling Wednesday e evening came cume and Jenny was appointed to dress tho thu bride which she did with a great deal o of care continually continually con con- lamenting Luc Lucys Lucy's s obstinacy In we wearing her hair hall short In her neck Now I If wore only long said she I could arrange It beautifully Never ever mind Jenn Jenny said sail Lucy I 1 am Julia Middleton enough without without without with with- out the hair hah At Ia last t all was ready rendy To be sure Lottie's Luttie's clothes did not tit fit exactly but hut the wrinkles and cavities were tilled filled out out with aprons towels etc so 80 that when her toilet was wras completed she was a tolerable good picture of oC a ashurt short rc red faced raced portly old man Near Neat tho the door stood Lizzie Lizzle Copeland ii with w. ith black dressing gown and prayer I book Two or three times Jenn Jenny had nearly spoiled the scene by running running running run run- ning down stairs to see the fun go o on At last through h the door came Sarah Burnett and Lucy and as tho the latter swept h Into o the room all nil marveled at atthe atthe 1 the thc wh whiteness of her face Greatly 1 too did dill their wonder and admiration increase at the facility with which she acted her part Julia herself herselt could not have e a done on better er and when at tho the thee t i e r final winding up Joseph Dunn appeared appeared ap ape peare she fainted and fell to tin the thi e floor so naturally I Meantime Jenny came tripping In inand In and Sarah Burnett Instantly caught cough f her In her arms Either b by mistake e or design Jenny called out Come Sally that will do Put mo me down Youve You've squeezed me mo most to death now and the whole party burst Into nt nta a loud laugh Lucy still lay on the thc floor and J Jen Jenny en- en ny fly who bent down to speak to her screamed out Oh girls Irl mercy mercy she's she's s cold she's cold she's dead or dead or fainted tainted one o othe or orthe orthe r the other Half out of their sen senses es with fright tho the girls lifted her up and carrying her to her room placed her upon th the tho bed She soon opened her eyes e an and d glancing at the bridal dress In which whirl she sho was still attired shuddered as sh she said Come girls help iric nic off wit with h this Cooler foolery They did so and in a short time lime sh she e was able to sit up talking and lau laughing about the tableaux and her hel fainting fit saying she was accustomed to them and had felt Celt sick and dizzy all day In two weeks time lime Mss Miss Dillon returned re returned re- re turned turnell bringing with her as Jenny Jenny- y said tho not cholera not that she actually brought It in an any one of oC her hr numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous trunks or bandboxes but tin the same da day that sho returned firs case of cholera was reported In th the city Rapidly the disease c spread andone and andone andone one by one Miss lIss Dillons Dillon's girls wen went t home until nono were wore left lel save ave Luc Lucand Lucy y and Jenn Jenny the former Cornier stayed because e she had hall no home to go o to to she he said Jennys Jenny's mother was a widow and lived JIved d with a married son In Sandusky where tho the disease was making fearful raw ra- ages a Consequently It was as safe afe for tor Ir Jenny to fn stay In Cincinnati ns as It Jl w was to tu venture home Nearer and nearer came canH the pestle more and more terrified grew Miss Dillon until at last she he too was way v smitten If Ie she had valued Luc Lucy Brown Drown as ns a workwoman how much more did she now prize her a us as a nurse Utterly fearless of the disease sh she stood tood with untiring patience by Miss liss Dillons Dillon's bedside e. e while In the furthest attic attle of the hou house c Jenny held camphor to her no nose e or 01 entirely entire I suspended her hel respiration if by chance she he was obliged to pass Miss 1115 Dillons Dillon's door Alas poor Jenn Jenny Up In that little attic at attic attic at- at tic the tho destroyer found Cound her With an agonizing shriek of oC terror terrOl she threw herself Into Luc Lucys Lucy's s army exclaiming Ive got It Ive I've got but It I shall die Oh my poor pOOl mother If Ie I could see her again agate Terrible were welO her suffer SUffer- ings For Foy three lon long hours Lucy stood lood h by her and when at nt last tho the lit little little lit lit- little tle parched hand fell Cell heavily at her hersl sl side e and und oer o'er the laughing eyes ees tho the heavy eyelids closed when whon the last spasm came camo and went she sho lay In Lucys Lucy's army arms and as tails falls the rain In the tho dark November days s so fell Cell Lucys Lucy's tears on the face faco of the pale palo dead Jenny Ji More than a year yea I had hall passe passed since the curtain fell upon Jenny cold and still and Lucy weeping passionately over her In Miss Dillons Dillon's workroom arc are assembled nearl nearly all our old friends though one seat the seat tho little stool b by Lucys Lucy's side side side-s Is vacant and In tho Limo common graveyard sra is a grassy rass mound on whoso whom plain ulain marble slab I is the single word Jenny The girls do not play at tableaux tableau now for the moving spirit of ot fun Cun Is gone and tho the motto at Miss Dillons Dillon's seems to be Work ork work till the eyes COM grow dim On this afternoon several of the girls are enga engaged ed upon an elegant ant party dressy dress i which must be finished by sun sunset et Among them Is s Lucy who since Ince Jennys Jenny's death has grown more inure rave grave and taciturn seldom asking a favor though often doing one At last lest the dress was completed neatly folded and placed in a bandbox while Luc Lucy asked permission to carr curry carry it Il home Her reqUest ro- ro quest was granted grante and with the tho dross and Miss 1 Dillons Dillon's bill she star started d fort forI Mr l Grahams Graham's which was I distant near nearly ear ly Iy n a mile It was wal dark when vixen she khe he reached the house where she was seated in the hall while fettle the tho servant look took the dregs drets and bill to Miss bills Woodburn Woodburn Wood Wood- burn bUln who was In the adjoining parlor with her friend Alice Allee Graham Here maam ma'am II Is your our dress and a n note said the girl My dress exclaimed Florence for I she It was Oh Allie Isn't It beau beam But where is th girl girlIs Is Is sl sh she lie r- r e waiting to be paid Yes Ye maam ma'am maam ma'am-In In the hall j I Well she wants a a rest and I iva want wan mil I II j I to finish reading rending my letter so ask h her e I to wait walt a moment Luc Lucy merel merely bowed to lo the tho nies ag g I which the girl and th then ther en listened eagerly while Florence re real read ad aloud a letter w which h ich she had hall Just r re Ie received c ell cowed from Crom Nellie Stanton In tl th the letter Nellie said that Mrs fibs Ml Middleton n whose health had hall long long- been tailing falling fallin g was not expected to 10 live flue that Dr Lacey and Fanny ha had come conic from iron N New New- Orleans and were wele now with her lh that at Mr I r. r William 11 1 Middleton and amid Ash ton tor on had hall gone to En England ostensibly to at- at attend at tend the Worl Worlds World's s 's Fair Fall but In inn real reality t on a wild-goose wild chase after a a. little le Spaniard When hen Florence appear appeared ed In the thc hall Lucys Lucy's green greenell yell veil is wa was drawn closely over her face Cace and aft after aftel er receiving recel the money she immediately immediate 1 departed I That nl night ht Mss Miss Dillon was ts s ed cd when Luc Lucy requested sted tho the pam payment nt o of a a. part or alq oj her her- J U q B. B due saying she she was was l J g to to taRo take the morning morning- stage for Lexington AL At t first Miss Mss Dillon was angry but Lu Lucy cy persisted saying b by way of explanation flea tion that she had hall that night tea heard something which made it necessary try for Cor her to go that she was not win what at she seem seemed ell neither was hot her nan name me Lucy Brown Drown But nut llo do not question o n me sold said she Twill do no good and some som sonic ti time lime m e I will tell you all The stars were shining Mining in tt the to sky of or a September morning win when en the Ito sta stage e coach stopped before beCore MI Miss Dillons Dillon's gate A group roup of pale sick sickly sickly- y- y looking girls assembled In hl the ha hall haJJ Il an and with many tears tealS bade their com comm companion n panion good by Miss loWs Dillon warm warmly ml I. I pressed Lucys Lucy's s 's hand and In a lo low voice said Will you not tell mo wl who 10 you ou arc are Lucy whispered In hl her car eal a a. narl name e which made malic her reel and fall all bar backward back rk- rk I ward upon the stairs When she r re recovered re- re covered the stage was far down tl the nc stony tony street and Lucy was gone one Now tam far m away fat far away uway over o valley valle and plain ITo i iTo To the land of oC ky well we'll speed us us 4 In Uncle Joshua's home there was tad sad troubled faces Caces and anxious hearts as the husband and daughter watched by tho sho w wife and mother whose lire life onearth on i enl earth th was well nigh ended From Front her mothers mother's family Mrs hs Middleton had Inherited the tho seeds of which had hall fastened upon her t Du Day by hy lla day the they watched her and when at last she left leftt them It s seemed el cd like ike l falling tailing awa away to sleep that I Mr Ir 1 Middleton I who sat b by her know knew not the tho exact moment moment- which ille hips him hima hrna a lonely widower The rue next afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon sympathizing and neigh neigh- b bors bOlS orn assembled to pay PRY tho ho last tribute o of respect to Mrs ills l man many manyan an nn e eye e overflowed and more than one heart hearl ached achell as the haired ray old man bent bont Fadl sadly adly above th the cornn which contained the w wife o of his ills early love e But nut he mourned not as as one without I hope for COl her end cud mad iad been peace and amid when upon her face faco his tears fell Cell he felt assure assured that again bc beyond the dark darl river ll of death he ho should meet her herThe The night succeeding lIng the burial Mr Mx Middleton's Middletons ton family ov overcome with fatigue fa fatigue fa- fa tigue and grief retired early euly to their theil rooms room but Fanny could coul not nOI Sleep deep and between ten and eleven Ie I who she and throwing on her dressing sown own nervously nervously ner ner- walked up and down her het sleep sleep- ing ng Through the Iho closed shutters shutters shut shut- tel's the rays of oC a bright moon Were stealing arH and attracted by bythe bythe bythe the beauty beauly of the HIP night Fann Funny Fanny opened the blinds and the room was tilled filled with a rr Hood flood of ur soft oft pale light From Front the window where she stood glood she sine could distinguish the litile graveyard al with its e cypress press and willow trees an and It Us its I monument gloaming gleaming through tho the slivery silvery moonlight ht and near that monument monument mon mon- nt was wa n n. ll dark rk spot the grave rave of hOI her beloved mother mothr If all nigh nights Is ts were as lovely 10 a as this thought she It would not seem eem half hal so dreary to lo sloop sleep In hl the cold dark darl grave crave and then Fann Fanny fell into a fit lit of ot musing of the Iho night lint hot would surely come come- whets when she would first be bo left mono alone in tho the shadowy shadow graveyard sra In the midst of her ter reverie re her attention at attention at- at was attracted b. b by a slight fe fc female fe- fe male mole figure which from Crom ome tome quarter had harl approached unperceived and anti slow now upon the newly made grave wa was bowing itself in apparent weeping The Tho size and form Corm of oC the girl were so much like Luce that Fann Fanny concluded It must be bo she at the tine same time wondering won- won dering how with superstitious Ideas she ventured alone near a grave rae In tho the nl night ht time In a n moment however however how how- ever er she sho saw that Tiger Tigor the watchdog watchdog watch watch- dog was with her arid anti at the |
