gentleman and your brother has given us twenty pounds my brother ned is a good fellow and you re a good too said the old man shaking h m by both hands with trembling eagerness put me down for another twenty � or � stop a minute stop a minute we mustn t look put me down ten pound and tim ten pound a for twenty pound for mr tim god bless you � and come and dine with us some day this week you u always find a knife and fork and we shall be delighted now my dear sir � from mr tim smashed by a of sugar and six poor children � oh dear dear dear talking on in this strain as fast as he could to prevent any friendly from the of the on the large amount of his mr led equally astonished and affected by what he had seen and heard in this short space to the half opened door of another room brother ned said mr tapping with his and stooping to listen are you busy my dear brother or can you spare time for a word or two with me brother charles my dear fellow replied a voice from the inside so like in its tones to that which had just spoken that started and almost thought it was the same don t ask me such a question but come in directly they went in without further what was the amazement of when his conductor advanced and exchanged a warm greeting with another old gentleman the very and model of himself � the same face the same figure the same coat waistcoat and the same breeches and � nay there was the very same white hat hanging against the wall as they shook each other by the hand the face of each lighted up by beaming looks of affection which would have been most to behold in and which in men so old was touching could observe that the last old gentleman was something than his life and adventures of brother this and a slight additional shade of in his gait and stature formed the only perceptible difference between them nobody could have doubted their being twin brothers brother ned said s friend closing the here is a young friend of mine that we must assist we must make proper inquiries into his statements in to him as well as to ourselves and if they are confirmed � as i feel assured they will be � we must assist him we must assist him brother ned it is enough my dear brother that you say we should returned the other when you say that no inquiries are needed he shall be assisted what are his necessities and what does he require where is tim let us have him here both the brothers it may be here remarked had a very emphatic and earnest delivery both had lost nearly the same teeth which imparted the same peculiarity to their speech and both spoke as if besides possessing the utmost serenity of mind that the and most nature could bestow they had in collecting the from fortune s retained a few for present use and kept them in their mouths where is tim said brother ned stop stop stop said brother charles taking the other aside i ve a plan my dear brother i we a plan tim is getting old and tim has been a servant brother ned and i don t think tim s mother and sister and buying a little tomb for the family when his poor brother died was a sufficient for his services no no no replied the other certainly not not half enough not half if we could tim s duties said the old gentleman and prevail upon him to go into the country now and then and sleep in the fresh air besides two or three times a week which he could if he began business an hour later in the morning old tim would grow young again in time and he s three good years our senior now old tim yoimg again eh brother ned eh why i recollect old tim quite a little boy don t you ha ha ha poor tim poor tim nd the fine old laughed pleasantly together each with a tear of regard for old tim standing in his eye but hear this � hear this first brother ned said the old man hastily placing two chairs one on each side of i u teu it you myself brother ned because the yoimg gentleman is modest and is a scholar ned and i shouldn t feel it right that he should tell us his story over and over again as if he was a beggar or as if we doubted him no no no no no no returned the other nodding his head gravely very right my dear brother very right he will tell me i m wrong if i make a mistake said s mend but whether i do or not you ll be very much affected brother ned remembering the time when we were two lads and earned our first in this great city the i wins pressed each other s hands in silence and in his own homely manner brother charles related the particulars he had heard � rom the conversation which ensued was a long one and when it was over a secret conference of almost equal duration took place between brother ned and tim in another room it is no to to say that before he had been with the two brothers ten minutes he could only wave his hand at every expression of kindness and sympathy and sob like a little child at length brother ned and tim came back together when tim instantly walked up to and whispered in his ear in a very brief sentence for tim was ordinarily a man of few words 