Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-01

sure; | always hear the same old story
| There's two of me. 1t seares folks, but /
can't help it."
age.
I'm used to it, said Peggy. ..Being
two of me got me lots of seedlings where /
was before. cause, you see, can't help
where t'other one of me goes, or what it
does"
Eyes, she has double, " said Mr.. Saw
age; ..yes-yery singular, very"
..Pm sorry, Peggy, said Mrs. Savage
| ''But it frightens my sister very much and
we shall be obliged 10 part. You've been a
good girl, Peggy. I'll pay you months
wages, but l can't bear ghost-seeing any
| longer"
Very well, ma'am,, said Peggy, "I'n
| pack up. You must excuse there being two
of mel can't help it."
Very singular-very, very, very, said
Mr.. Savage.
Peggy went upstairs to pack her clothes,
and came down with her box.
IF you'd like to look over my things,
ma am, said she, there they are. If there
Is two OF me, why, I'm honest"
Then Peggy slowly proceeded to spread
upon the floor her worldly possessions.
Il bHdb dill anu LUefe
my pocket" she said.
She turned this. receptacle inside out as
she spoke and spread out her hands.
I'm honest, if there is two OF me-" she
said again. Il can't help that"
ma, cried Thomas, just then bursting
in at the door, Peggy is going over the
bridge with a big bundle-oh! why here is
Peggy. Oh, my, lookv
i he thPaa allar folI v11shad tn tho yEyiD-
| dow, and stood gazing solennlyout.
In the room, beside them, stood Peggy
with her black calico dress, pink apron.
| round hat, bundle and all.
They all saw it at once.
Ii was frightful.
Miss Olivia sank into a chair, trembling
Mrs. Savage graspfd her husbands arm.
Thomas fairly yelled.
Even the sterner man turned pale.
"There are more things in heaven and
earth, Horatio, than are dreampt of in
your philosophy" he quoted solemnly
Eyes, sir" said Peggy. Good morning,
Away she went, and those to whom she
bade adieu breathed more freely when she
had left the house.
'.Ihe most curious thing | ever heard
of, !" said Mr.. Savage. 81 shall write an ac-
count of it for the papers, and letter on
the subject to my friend - the mesmer-
ist. Most mysterious indeed"
1t was nearly two hours after Peggy's
departure that stout gentleman rang the
door-beil.
Mrs. Savage answered it in person.
There stood before her the stout gentle
man.
Il call, madam" he said, '.to make
few inquiries concerning a girl you hired
about three weeks ago-a girl named Peg
gy. / should like my inquiries to be quite
private for the present, if you please y
Mrs. Savage Instantly summoned her
husband and sister. 3i@-
The parlor doors were closed and the Wis
itor began:a Ts.li
Il do not wish the girl to suspect any
thing as yet. If you can keep her from
leaving the house, you will oblige me.
''She left this morning, said Mrs. Saw
age,
81 am very sorry to hear that; pray,
mayI ask if anything singular occurred
during her stay"
Sir, said Mr. Savage, something SIN
gular did occur. l presume you hope to
investigate the phenomenon
swell, sir, don't call it that, you
know. l see you've been taken in. just as
the Smiths were. She's cute girl-that
Peggy"
'Mr dear sir, cried Mr.. Savage, ''you
scientific men doubt everything Now it is
certain to me that Peggy has double. /
myself
Ny dear sir, stop bit I'm not exact
ly what you suppose me-Pn detective.
Peggy's double is deaf and dumb twin
sister. as near like her as two peas and
this ghost dodge is her little game She
smuggles. the dumb girl into the house she
lives at, and she goes through the closets
and trunks. Has the lady made certain
that nothing is goneF'
The wraith-seers stared at each other.
Mr.. Savage turned red.
The ladies rushed up stairs together.
A few moment inspection proved to
them that they had been robbed.
While Peggy had been exhibiting her
bundle, the double had walked away with
another containing laces, jewelry, and
other small matters, not to speak of Mr..
Savage's watch, which be had left on the
stand in his room that morning, and the
cuckoo clock from the back parlor.