The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-04-11
acknowledged to by Bugbee amount to $780,
Ooo: as stated in the associated press dispatch
from Boston.
Mr.Miller's Twins.

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They were in the parlor-car, just read
to start for Pittsburgh, with the twins
Mrs Miller happened to remember tha
she had left her satchel with the candy
woman in the ladies' room, SO she asket
| MIR Miller to hold the children for
minute, while she ran out to get it. Jus
as She reached the waiting room the trai,
started. Miller did entertain faint hop,
that she might have jumped upon til,
hind Car, but no, she did not appear, anc
nc began the journey in condition O.
frenzy, with baby upon each knee.
10 add to the horror of the situation
he remembered that the nursing bottle.
and the other baby appurtenances were
in that very satchel Mrs. Miller went tt
get. &
For awhile the babies were good. The
passengers eyed him n little, and he hac
an unpleasant feeling that he was pos
sibly regarded as kidnapper; but ht
bore up under it braveIy. About twent,
miles out, 1vanhoc, one of the twins, be
gan to cry. Trying to soothc him, Miller
let Polycarp, the other baby, tip over. sc
that 1t was necessary to catch suddenly al
him and bring him up with jerk. This
set Polycarp to crying, and Miller KEEP,
both OF his knees going in an effort tc
quiet them. But the har;Icr Miller jolted
the louder the twins cried.
He tclt as if he would like to sing to
them, but he was ashamed to do so before
the passengers. So he gave Polycarp his
watch to play with. That quicted Poly
carp. But lvanhoe c'utchcd at the watch
and organized a contest with Polycarp
over 1t. This induced Polycarp to tune
up, and, between them. the watch drop
ped on the floor. While stopping over to
pick it up. Miller let Ivanhoc drop, So
that he bumped his nose against The
arm Of the seat. Ivanhoc lifted up his
voice and wept, and Polycarp gave
equally violent expressions 10 his emo
tim.
"!iller felt certain they were hungrey.
but there was not a morse of food on the
train. excepting g'ngernuts that the news
boy had for sale, and he knew they would
set the babies stomachs afirc. Beside,
they had no teeth. Miller had a notion
recklessly to cram them full of the fine
cut tobacco he had in lis pocket, and to
steel his heart to the consequences.
But Just then the train stopped. Put
ting the babies on the seat, he rushed
out and bought two slices Of peach pie,
the only Wand for sale and then he
rushed back with it. Polycrap was on
the floor, head downward, and I.anhoe
had swallowed three inches of shawl
strap. He Strengthened them out and
stuffed them with pie until their eyes
bu|gcd out. 1t was effective for while,
but pretty soon they began to cry with
the stomach-ache, and in few moments
both of them were sick.
Miller began to feel that death would
be a welcome relief from all this woe.
He began 20 wish he had remained single.
But there was nothing to do but to
stand it.
When night came, Miller put the
babies, grim with dust and cinders, and
smeary with pie, into the berth with him.
They cried all night, and the atmosphere
OF the car was heavy with improper adj
jectivcs hurled at Miller and the twins
by the sleepless and excited passengers.
In the morning as they glided into Pitts
burgh, Miller found that Polycarp had
gotten turned around, and had been lying
on top OF 1vanhoc, kicking his heels in
Ivanhoe's face during most of the night
When he shouldered the twins and
walked out into the depot, he felt as if he
looked like tramp. He didn't dare to
60 to a hotel lest he should miss Mrs.
Miller: who would be certain to come on
the next train, 50 he sat down in the room
to wait for her. A crowd began to gather
around him. and to watch him with curl
osity; and u policeman, who was about to
collar him and run him out, was restrained
only by a rehearsal of his sad story
Mr.. Miller waited there eight hours
feeling certain that the twins would be
dead by the time their mother arrived.
He was utterly miserable, and he knew
she would be near:y frantic.
A train entered the depot. Il moment
later in walked Mrs. Miller, bright, chip
per and smiling. She said:
why, John, what's the matter! Amt
you weIl!"
"Ain't well?'
THE babies, too, they look awfully.
What on Garth have you been doing to
them?'
''Doing to thcm!' replied John, getting
angry.
why you haven't taken bit of care
of them, declare" said Mrs. Miller, be-
ginning to cry. III never trust you with
the dear little darlings again"
Miller rose. He planted Polycarp
firmly in one seat. He soused 1vanhoe
down in the other. Turning to Mrs. Mil
icr with tragic air, he waved his hand
and said:
There, madam, are your little darlicgs,
your Internal little darlings! Take care
OF them yourseIf!'
Then he pulled his hat over his eyes
ana walked grandly out, resolved to com
nit suicide on the spot. But he didn't
he returned in half an hour and took the
family TO hotel; but he has registered a
VOW never to travel again without nurse.