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Tempest and Sunshine
Set in Kentucky, the story begins with the arrival of a young man named Richard Wilmot who has come from New York in search of a teaching position.
"Tempest and Sunshine" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel. Set in Kentucky, the story begins with the arrival of a young man named Richard Wilmot who has come from New York in search of a teaching position.
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It was the afternoon of a bright October day. The old town clock had just tolled the hour of four, when the Lexington and Frankfort daily stage was heard rattling over the stony pavement in the small town of V——, Kentucky. In a few moments the four panting steeds were reined up before the door of The Eagle, the principal hotel in the place. "Mine host," a middle-aged, pleasant-looking man, came hustling out to inspect the newcomers, and calculate how many would do justice to his beefsteaks, strong coffee, sweet potatoes and corn cakes, which were being prepared in the kitchen by Aunt Esther.
This good dame divided her time between squeezing the steaks, turning the corn cakes, kicking the dogs and administering various cuffs to sundry little black urchins, who were on the lookout to snatch a bit of the "hoe cake" whenever they could elude the argus eyes of Aunt Esther. When the rattling of the stage was heard, there ensued a general scrambling to ascertain which would be first to see who had come. At length, by a series of somersaults, helped on by Aunt Esther's brawny hand, the kitchen was cleared and Aunt Esther was "monarch of all she surveyed."
Contents
- 01Tempest and Sunshine
- 02Chapter I
- 03mr. wilmot arrives at mr. middleton's
- 04Chapter II
- 05getting up a subscription school
- 06Chapter III
- 07resulting in a betrothal and a tempest
- 08Chapter IV
- 09dr. lacey appears upon the scene
- 10Chapter V
- 11the fatal letter
- 12Chapter VI
- 13sunshine has two graves upon which to plant flowers
- 14Chapter VII
- 15julia's plot to break fanny's engagement
- 16Chapter VIII
- 17mr. middleton has more callers from new york
- 18Chapter IX
- 19the resemblance of the cousins
- 20Chapter X
- 21tempest forges a letter and its results
- 22Chapter XI
- 23a glance at new orleans society
- 24Chapter XII
- 25the letter that was not delivered
- 26Chapter XIII
- 27letters written but never received
- 28Chapter XIV
- 29fanny and julia's uncle arrives from india
- 30Chapter XV
- 31mr. middleton's brother
- 32Chapter XVI
- 33fanny refuses to go to new orleans
- 34Chapter XVII
- 35fanny middleton arrives in new york
- 36Chapter XVIII
- 37fanny welcomed by mrs. cameron
- 38Chapter XIX
- 39julia announces her engagement to dr. lacey
- 40Chapter XX
- 41rondeau digs up the missing letter
- 42Chapter XXI
- 43stirring events
- 44Chapter XXII
- 45julia is found drowned
- 46Chapter XXIII
- 47fanny's illness leads to her father's repentance
- 48Chapter XXIV
- 49the wedding
- 50Chapter XXV
- 51the wanderer
- 52Chapter XXVI
- 53julia at home again
About this edition
- Author
- Mary Jane Holmes
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 351 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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