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Julius was his beau-ideal of all that was best, and he thought that if he imitated Jule, and answered quickly the first thing that came into his head, that was guessing. But Rolf was angry. "How can you be so stupid, Hunne? Just think about it a little, can a nut cover some one on his last way?" "Why, it can cover well the shell covers it."
"I've heard girls talk like that about a man and then get just green and yellow after him," said Miss Sally critically. "But goodness me! speaking of meeting people reminds me I clean forgot to stop at the stage office and see about bringing over the new overseer. Lucky I met you, Jule! Good-by, dear. Come in to-night, and we'll all go to the party together."
Julius, just returned from his ride, had thrown himself as usual into an arm-chair, stretching out his legs, as an intimation that he should like to have his boots pulled off. Dora ran forward and offered her services, frankly desirous of making herself useful. But Jule instantly drew in his long legs.
"Say, Jule, I'm goin' in! Come, can't I? Come-say!" he pleaded as they stopped at the fence to let the horse breathe. "I've let you go wade twice." "But that don't do any good. My legs is all smarty, 'cause ol' Jack sweats so." The boy turned around on the horse's back and slid back to his rump. "I can't stand it!" he burst out, sliding off and darting under the fence. "Father can't see."
When he went down the ravine the love of Julia Anderson shone upon his heart as benignly as the moon upon the waters. Now the light was gone, and the black cloud of a doubt had shut out his peace. Jule Anderson's father was rich. He had not thought of it before! But now he remembered how much woodland he owned and how he had two large farms. Jule Anderson would not marry a poor boy.
You must try hard for this now. I have just made it up." And Jule declaimed with emphasis: "My first transforms the night, And puts its peace to flight. My second should you now become, You scarce will move, for fife or drum. My whole hath power to soothe you all, Be your delight in church, or camp, or ball." "That is hard," said Rolf, who was rather a slow thinker.
Silence for a little while at the window above, and from the boy below: then he broke forth suddenly: "I say, Jule, hadn't you better do it after all not for Ester, but there's mother, you know." "But, Alfred," interrupted the truthful and puzzled Julia, "what can I do about it? You know I'm to tell Ester that I'm sorry; and that will not be true." This question also troubled Alfred.
FOR a while leaving Little Jule to sail away by herself, I will here put down some curious information obtained from Hardy. The renegado had lived so long on the island that its customs were quite familiar; and I much lamented that, from the shortness of our stay, he could not tell us more than he did.
"Rolf, Rolf, a riddle! guess! try!" and Lili held up a strip of paper and rattled it before Rolfs eyes, repeating, "Guess, guess, Rolf." So the riddle-maker was now caught in his own meshes. "Well, at least leave me room to guess in," cried he, striking about him with his arms to make room. "You can't guess anything," cried little Hunne contemptuously, "I am going to Jule he knows."
"I suppose Nell Darrel will be delighted to see me," chuckled Elliston, as he walked up the steps and rang the bell. Aunt Jule opened the door. "Marse Dyke ain't home." "But Miss Nell is, I suppose." "Yes, and deed, sir; she's got company, and can't see no one fur de present," cried the grinning negress, quickly. "Company? A lot of chattering girls, I suppose?" "No; a young gemmen "
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