Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-03-06
AVANT COURIER.
4 ROMANTIC HORROR.

Many 81. I.ou;s people viii relneEl
lrr the nlonstrIs.t; that was Gil eE-
I:iiI.oD here q IT,, years ago, under
The cafirating tile Of "Ihe Two
healed Nightingale" Evidently in
tended fl twins, tie pair, Of which
this ci:.i,s;:., is constructed, are joined
together back to back, SO that both
appear at the first glance to &c two
i:v:,.e;! woman. Caa Of them, Chris
tire. gigii.s in a tolera'le soprano
voice, While tie other head, called
Mile. enits i deep coniralto. Their
voices Gil not exactly fill Mercantile
Library Hall when they were here,
III. combined with tie uniquencss OF
their appearance. the twins drew a
pretty large crowd. Ike most singu-
lar part OF their performance was their
dancing, and as their limbs we're al
most bound to move i'll time together.
it was executed with comparative
grace. Wei, these two youn. ladies'
iiavc recently been the sensation Of
Ia::s. and the latest piece Of news
about them j, an almost incredible
story, tale Of romance and horror
that Wil!sic Collins ought b. al means
to use il tie plot of Ills next novel. 1t
appears that IN En.lisliiman-no one
hut al EnslisIiman wo:ild be guilty Of
such an eccentricity-ieIl desperately
il love with the part Of his freak Of
nature that il called Christine, TIE
part that has the soprano voice. he it
understood. With her part Of the
double body she returned the English
man, love with tie arlor Of a first
passion; but unhapl,iiy tho other side
Of the Eyds-.hc party Of the other
part, 50 to speal,-felt just the reverse,
rs might have been expected. This,
indeed, seems to be the general dis
position Of the other side, called Mile.
tor whenever Christine catches q cold
AMI !;n-.i!S to snceZa Mile scoi.ls fuii-
oN,iy. Whenever Christine has a raw
enoas appetite. as she generally has,
and wants 10 stay an hour or two at
tic dinner table, Mile looks profound
ly gloomy. and punches her incorrigi-
bic sister ii most uns;steiiy way. In
short, Mile is, il every sense Of the
word, the opposite Of her sister, and it
il not silEprisin. that she took VIC
lent dislike to the Eng'ishman who
fell in love with tie PARTY Of the first
part, called Christine. But an Eng
Ns'llnan-particgIlarl,y if Of Scottish
descent, as his young lord vas-is a
pretty tough and obstinate fellow. and
not easily rel u!sed, especially when in
love. Accordingly tic youthful lord
III question Ec.seyerel III truly lordly
style. Wherever lie ordered punch
for Christine. he was certain to hand
70 Mile glass Of saltwater. If to
the one &c gave al apple, tie other
was Modified by a lemon. The result
nf the HntHing tactics VIZ; that the
English lord aaally won q gloomy con
sent on tie part Of Mile to his mar
rage with the sGi3laiio part Of tie per
ormancc. And thus it happened that
he Lord Of something or-anot!.cr was
;olcmnly married to That part OF a
,ra, ,,a.ssi:l vas c,i,c,i Christine, to
distinguish it from the ether part,
which was called Mile. There was
much Qualification at Tie wedding: but
LET i.> draw the curtain over slbse-
IEcnt events Until TIC break Of the
next morning. Then Christine woke !
~ to find in her arms husband ,
lead, with Ills threat cut. The knife
lat PIT az end to his existence was !
immediately identified as belonging to !
Miiiie, and TO inil1rIson ore Of the sis
-eYs the officers Of the law were COM /,
,eIled to arrcs- the whole ns,rosity. ,
ne question that Eoy puzzles the lc- t
"a! mind ci Fran c is this: If the part
# the body called Mile is convicted !:
II having killed tie husband CT Chris ,
ine-wilo is the other part OF the body
how shall tie sentence of death be
Hpcn Eer? Ii she dies, her {
innocent sister d;ea. Tie speculative
If the Whole world are !!
invited to 5enl il propositions for tie | {
olut on OF Ills problem. /.