Tempest and Sunshine

By this time Luce had arranged the room all it wanted arranging, and as

Mr. Wilmot had no further need of her services, she left him to think of

what she had said. He did not know that the bright red ribbon, which

appeared on Luce's neck next morning, was the gift of Julia, who had

bribed her to say what she did to him. Julia knew that she had made a

favorable impression on Mr. Wilmot by making him think meanly of Fanny.

What Luce said had its effect upon him, too. He was accustomed to the

refinements of the North and he could not help respecting a young lady

more who showed a taste for neatness. That night he dreamed that a bright

pair of dark eves were looking at him from each pane of shingle in the

window, and that a golden-haired fairy was dancing the Polka in Aunt

Judy's hoe cake batter.