Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-06-19

frightened start backward.
lareds two great pistols looked fierce en-.
ough but not n whit moreso than did the two
enormous cutlasses with Hopkins worA sui-
pended upon the belt
Take oarer gaspcd he Of Bmtown, draw
ing n eutlass with quaking hand
"Ah---a--a--look out' burst out from the
pale lips Of him from Blytown, ut the Same
time managing to get ont n pistol from his
sash
"W-w-w-hat you want2 stommercd Jerry
Hopkins, retreating a step, and holding the
ponder0us cutass up before him.
"I--l--a-a--wan TO talk-to ye
Then put UP your pistol.
81 will If yen put mp your sword
The weapons were Put up and both men
breathed more freely
"Now, what yR got to say2'
y want to know what for ye plague my
girlY
"Who dye call your grl2'
"Lizzie PingletonN
"Shes my girl
"Your girl2 She is mine She my prom
iscd wife. persisted be of Rimtown, with
swapping eyes,
did You see q girl with me Inst nightY
asked Jared
Yes. ! see my girl with We. And seed
ye kiss herl'
"And ! seed you Kiss her yesterday after
noon You was a standn on my piazza
4saFtip yas and don't that prove that
she's my girl9
"No It proves that yoh was tryin' to get
away my girl
Your girl! Dye pose Lizzie Pingcton d
have any thing to do with you2 She knows
hettern that?'
Jared coulddt stand this. He drew pis-
tol, and took q step forward Jerry Hopkins
whipped out cutlass, and Jared took o step
back
"You dares'nt go right down to the Wild
der's now, cried he of limtown, starting for
ward under the force of thought
"Yes, dare il, returned Jared, lcaping
back under the fear that the others sudden
advance meant mischief
"Then come on BY the pipers cone, well
have this hush settled I'll know what's
what l know she kissed ye last night, for
seed her; but that was only to wool We. Lizzie
Pingleton knows too much Come on!'
And away they went Both were confident,
and both were very wroth With steps as
long as two such little men could take, they
strobe on, Jareds pistols dragging YEARLY
upon him, while the steel scabbards of Jerry's
two cutlasses changed together with ring
that sounded far and wide.
At length they reached the widows cot
They approached and both knocked in cun-
cert Lizzie came 10 the door.
"Ah--good morning gentlemen. Walk in.
Will you haye--have--Aha ha-ha-ho-ho-e-e
-
And again the bright-eyed girl laughed till
she was faint
"Miss Pingletou, spoke he of Bimtown,
Nmay ask the meaning Of this2'
"No, no--you mustn't ask me anything"
she replied aud then turning towards the hall,
she cried out. in loud, merry tone
"Lizziel Lizzie
'What2' c@ne from distant apartment
.Atfercs@rSiipe, and take. off your tailQrl
Come quick He's got deadly weapons with
him, and looks savage as meat-axe.
In few moments mare lghttee wore heard
pattering upon the floor, and soon a second
girl made her appearance. But who was she?
A ghost2 Surely she must have been. She
was Il ghost, or she was Lizzie Pingleton.-
Jerry looked, and Jared looked. There stood
| Iizzie-and there stood Lizzie. There were
two, and yet they seemed but one Which
was which,
(Which is yours JaredY asked one of them
smiling
Poor Jared looked first upon one, and then
upon the other, and gradually the truth burst
upon him. He knew that Lizzie had sister,
| but he did not know that she was twin sis
| ter, he never having seen her before, But he
began to detect difference.
''You are mine, he said, holding out his
hand to the one who had answered their sum
mons. s..t
"Yes, ,Jared-yours truly and forever, she
replied, giving him her hand.
'And you are mine cried Jerry Hopkins,
tnrning to the other sister.
'Yes-Ill be as true TO you as my sister
can he TO Jared" she said, allowing him to
draw her upon his bosom.
Ere long the enigma was solved. Eliza and
Elizabeth Pingleton were twins, and so near
alike were they in form, in size, in feature,
and tn voice. that their most intimate friends
were often at fault when the sisters were apart.
| Some years before Eliza had gone to Blim-
| town, to work in relatives family there and
there Mr.. Hopkins had wooed and won her.
Jared had often heard his Lizzie speak OF
her sister Eliza, hut had never seen her be-
fore, he having been in Blytown only a few
wears. The people with whom Eliza lived
liked the name of Lizzie, so they had called
her thus and thus she was called in Blim-
town.
And poor Hopkins had been as ignorant as
had Milliken He had followed Eliza from
Bimtown, according TO arrangement with her
and when he called upon her first at her
mothers house her sister was out, so he did
not then see her. He sat upon the piazza with
his own charmcr; and thus Jared had seen
him Later in the evening, when Elizabeth
came home, Eliza went out so Jared saw his
, own charmer, and she wicked girl that she
| was, saw his error, and resolved upon sport
But all was JOY now The two tailors east
aside their engines of death, and shook hand'
with right good will When another sum
mer came, he of Blimtown visited Blytowr
again; and this time there were great DOING
at the widows cot The minister came anC
performed the part assigned HIM
And then Jerry Hopkins, Tailor of Bimtown
introduced to Jared Aliliken, Tailor of BLY,
town, Mrs. Jerry Hopkins. And after th
Jared went through the same operation.
Jared" said Lizzic-his own Lizze-afte
, she had been introduced as Mrs, Jared Mill
ken, Hopkins wants 10 kiss me"
'I.et him do il, said Jared in high glec
'Ive kissed his wife.