The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25

to his side in an agony of terror. The
people in the farm houses along the way
rushed to the doors and windows and
gazed in amazement at the unprecedented
spectacle Jchiel had a word for each
q shout of derision for one, blast Of bias
phemy for another, and an invitation to
ride for third-but he reined in for no.
body, and in twinkling the five miles
between Hosea Getchells farm at Duck
Trap and the village at Saturday Cove
had been accomplished. I think am
safe in saying that never before did
hearse rattle over five miles of hard roxd
SO rapidly.
%, Jehiel, Jehiel! ! said Miss Giles, as
the hearse entered the village, are you
crazy of sudden2'
"'No,' said Jehiel, CURLY, but my
eyes are open now. Gelang, you beasts {!
You get out here; I'm going to Belfast
!" But, Jehiel, dear, she protested, with
many sobs, remember DR.. Gookin.'
"'Dang Gookin 7 said Jchiel. a
"'And for my sake,' she continued.
Dear Jehiel, for my sake
e.. Dang you, too!' said Jehlel.
"Drawing up his team in magnificent
style before the village hotel, he COM
PEELED the weeping Miss Giles to alight,
and then with an admirable imitation of
the war whoop of a Sioux brave, started his
melancholy vehicle for Belfast, and was
gone in flash, leaving the entire pop
ulation of Saturday Cove in state of
bewilderment that approached coma.
The remains of the worthy DR.. Gookin
were borne to the graveyard that after
noon on the shoulders OF half a dozen OF
the stoutest farmers in the neighborhood.
Jehiel came home long after midnight, up
roarously intoxicated. The revolution in
his character had been as complete as it
death he was a dissipated, dishonest
scoundrel, the scandal Of Saturday Cove,
and the terror of quiet respectable folks
for miles around. After that day he never
could be persuaded to speak to or even
recognize the young woman named Giles.
She, to her credit, I think, still remaius in
spinsterhood, faithful to the memory OF
the lost Jehiel. His downward course was
rapid. He gambled, drank, csuarreled and
stole; and he is now in State Prison at
Thomaston, serving out a sentence for at
tempt to rob the Northport Bank. Miss
Giles goes down every year in the hopes
that he will see her, but he always refuses.
He is in for ten years. liz .f..,s,s
to remark.
"See here" said DIR. Richards, turning
suddenly and looking me square in the
face. "Do you think of what you are
saying? Now I hold that he is as inno-
cent as you or I. believe that the souls
of the twins were bound by bond which
DR.. Gookin's knife could not dissect.
When Jacob died, his soul, with all its de-
pravity, returned to it's twin soul in Je-
hicl's body. Being stronger than the
Jehiel soul it mastered and overwhelmed
it. Poor Jehiel is not responsible; he is
suffering the penalty of crime that was
clearly Jake's."
My friend spoke with good deal OF
earnestness and some heat, and concluding
that Jelliel's innocence was hobby Of
his, I did not press the discussion. That
evening, in conversation with the village
clergyman, remarked:
"That was very singular case, that Of
the Dow twins.'
"Ahr' said the Parson, e. you have
heard the story. Which way did thu
Doctor end it," -s
Why, with Jehiel in jail, of course.
What do you mean?"
Nothing" replied the Parson, with
faint smile. "Sometimes, when h.
feels we'll disposed toward humanity he
makes Jehiel's soul take possession Of
Jacob and transform him into pious,
respectable Christian. In his pessimistic
moods the story runs as you heard it. Sd
this is one of his Jacob days? He should
take a little quinine."
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