The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-11-26

things when you were lost"
This western world has changed
q good deal since that time,r said th
old gentleman "Such q loss ant
finding would be simply impossibi
now. The newspapers would heral,
the child's disappearance in all it.
known particulars, from one end o
the land TO the other. Now, abou
these little clothes My wife wa
greatly impressed with their origina
elegance, though they came to bel
hands badly soiled and tattered. Sht
was especially struck with the fac
that each article was marked as i
wasn
THE little ones clothing was
marked with her first name in full a
my suggestion" explained the Judge
You see. sir, the two children were
so exactly alike that nobody but theil
mother could distinguish them-ant
it is my beliefthat she was sometime:
mistaken. So We had everything be
longing to them marked with their
first name in full, to avoid confus
ion."
MAY / inquire" continued the
Judge, "the name of the gentleman
to whom We are SO deeply indebs-
ed ?n
II am Jonas Cummings, the origin.
ator of the railroad which first brought
your city into notice, ss l am vain
enough to believe You and | have
been occasional correspondents these
many years, though We now meet for
the first time.n
"And, father" said the young lady,
now for the first time taking an ami
mated part in the conversation, and
blushing and stammeriDg over her
difficulty in calling a strange gentle.
man father" "if you only knew how
kind be has been to me, you wouldn't
blame me, even now that | have
found my true father and mother.
He has spoiled ME with his indulg-
enee, as you will fnd, | AN afraid.
| will Try to be good daughter to
you, and always call you father" if
you please, sir. But won't you let
me continue 10 call him papa" as l
have done so many years ?"
my daughter" said the Judge,
with emotion. 81 shall value you in
proportion to your gratitude and az
lection for your beDefsctor. If be
has spoiled you with indulgence, as
you cay be hss-and | can easily be-
lieye from what I know Of him,
though we now meet for the first
time-it is well that your sister was
married and gone before you came,
for it would be inconvenient to have
two spoiled girls, two only daughters
in the same family Besides, if your
sister had not secured husband be-
fore you cam, | don't believe she or
you ever could have got one. What
man would be bold enough to make
love to one of TWO girls that be could
not tell apart? | don't see, for nv
part, how be could possibly make up
his mind which be wanted
Mr.. Cummings and Mr.. Rankin
took dinner with Judge Noble and
bis lady and their newly-found daugh-
ter that day.
Mr. Rankin had never been q vio-
lent adnirer of the lady whom bis
brother Rad wooed and won aud wed.
He had regarded her as q very nice
girl and very suitable match for
Harry.
Fortber than that be had never
committed himself 10 his own mind
10 Der favor.
Now that be was seated by one
that be could not possibly have dis.
tlnguished from her bad she been
there and similarly dressed, be began
to be sensible of charms which bad
quite escaped bis attention before.
10 fine, be went away from ,hs, din
ner party q smitten man.
Ii was agreed that Mrs. Harry
Rankin should not be informed of the
discovery and return of her sister un-
I'll she came back from her bridal
tour, and her mother undertook TO
communicate this arrangement to ev-
cry person who would be likely TO
correspond with her in the meantime.
Mr.. George Rankin was q very
frequent visitor st Judge Mobiles
house, where be was so cordially
welcomed that be soon made bold TO
propose TO Miss Ella.
He was frankly accepted by the
young lady, to the undisguised salts
faction OF her parents.
After some little demur on the part
of the young lady aud her mother, it
was arranged that the wedding
should come of before the return of
Harry and his bride, which arrange
ments were duly carried out.
A bridal tour was out of the ques-
,ion as Mr.. Rankin could not leave
his business during his brothers ab-
seHce.
He and his bride took furnished
house, and proceeded 20 establish
home forthwith.
When Harry and his bride return.
ed, they we're received by Judge No
BILE and his lady at their house.
As soon as the first rash of ques-
tions and answers between mother
and daughter bad subsided, George
and bis bride appeared, and the latter
was duly presented
Hsrry's astonisbme1t at finding
bis brother married to fac simile of
his own wife, though very grest, was
not to be compared TO the amazement
Of his bride
She seemed TO be confronted with
her own image in a mirror.
Ella. though fully prepared for this
interview, was also strangely i'm
pressed with this first sight of ber
sister.
She seemed to see ber own feat
ures on another face, aud TO hear her
own voice from the lips of another
To their husbands and parents the
extraordinary likeness Of the two la
dies was astonishing and bewildering.
but TO the ladies il was magical ana
almost uncsnny.
1t was at 6rst hard for either of