The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-07

some distinction as a wool expert NV mother
had died before my father. In the autumn of
1883 my uncle had called to Boston to help
him. with my knowledge of wool in his negotia-
tons with some manufacturers who proposed to
introduce new grades into their mills. L was
glad to come, both for the sake of the journey
and to make the acquaintance of my mothers
only relatives, the Kingstous, cousins, who lived
In town near by. Most delightful people l
found them. spent most of my spare time
there; In fact, about all of it. after discovered
what lovely girl Miss Anna Lyman was-a
niece of Cousin Fanny, Charles Kingston's wife
and 1t did not take me long to discover that.
Unaccountahly to me, she also found something
to like In Der Australian cousin, as insisted on
calling myself. though there was, in reality. no
relationship. How much. / could not tell;
feared not so much / wanted her to- and
dreaded lest might find my fears verified.
The Kingstons were going to Europe that sum
mer, taking Miss Lyman with them The night
before they sailed felt that could bear the
torment of uncertainty no longer. and made
bold to tell Anna what had been both longing
and fearing to tell. TO my unbounded Joy
learned that she thought of me just much as
did of her. / went back to the city by the la
test train, with the most exultant heart that
ever felt beat for the throbbing Of another
heart in unison Herewith had qulckened 1t as
had no idea it could.
The next day was to be busy My I'M
Gle was also going off on long journey that day
to Buenos Ayres on some business connected
with the wool interests there [ to remain
in charge of his affairs during his absence. He
going to New York by the Shore-line at
o'clock, and was to take the steamer for Rio
the next morning After seeing him off l in
tended to hurry over to the Cunard wharf at
East Boston, whence the Pavonia was to sail at
o'clock 1 managed to find time to buy ring,
which intended to place Annals finger on
the steamer and give the Klngstons surprise, for
we agreed that nothing should be said about 1t
until then, except to my uncle.
The rest of the time | was kept busy with my
uncle every moment. He had that morning re-
about the condition of the wool market in Ger
many. He had, in consequence, telegraphed an
order to Sidney to buy an enormous quantity of
wool, the profit on which would be a fortune in
itself. But at half-past II he received further
news of contradictory nature, which caused
him to reconsider his action. Lucky. indeed, he
deemed himself to get the additional tidings
in time, for to have carried all the wool which he
had ordered with falling instead of a rising
market might have swamped him. He dashed
off telegram countermanding his previous
order and asked me to rush down to State street
to the central telegraph Office, that it might be
cabled as quickly as possible. That, of course,
prevented me from going to the train with him.
Good bye, Geordie," said my uncle; 'gI the
lass an extra kiss for me- and may heaven speed
her back safe to ye," he said, we parted on the
steps of his lodging house on the hill, where the
cab which was to take him TO the station had
just drawn up.
carried the dispatch in my hand and hurried
along by the shortest cut to State street. through
one of the narrow lanes that abound in that
abound in that neighborhood, and which In
Boston arc often unduly dignfed by the name
of avenue" AS l was passing by the entrance
of a great hotel two gentlemen stepped out to-
ward carriage waiting there did not notice
the elderly one particularly, for lis face was
turned the other way, but / started in amaze
ment at the sight of his companion. l could
hardly have been more astonished to see my re-
Election step out from looking-glass and walk
away on it's own responsibility, while stood a
motoness spectator
When two persons ere said, even by their
friends to ''look exactly like each other" it is
very seldom that they can see the resemblance
themselves. Members of family, between
whom everybody sees a likeness. tracing in the
features of each the common mold in which they
were cast wonder in what it consists, for they
themselves cannot perceive it the least But
here there was similarity SO marvellous that,
had he stood facing me with sheet of glass be-
tween u.s. would probably have mistaken the
glass for mirror.
Nature, IL seems to me- has her regular set of
definite types after which she models her human
children. These types intermingle and pass
from one into the other with hundreds of varia-
tons and combinations. All people approach.
probably not be difficult to classify them,
as an observation of the people one
passes in a walk through a crowded street
might show. The common possession of some
feature or lineament affords those resemblances
which nearly everybody notes. Twins are apt
to be strikingly alike. and there may be said to
be class of twins without blood relationship
born, perhaps, thousands of miles apart, some
subtle set of causes combining to repeat in them
type which produces exact resemblance. These
persons. when brought together or in contact
with the same persons, sometimes occasion re-
markable mistakes.
$50 this then, is my DOUBLE / thought
had already been made aware that must have
double somewhere around. For instance, sew
eral weeks before, in the spring, a young man
had rushed past me on the street, shouting
citedly as he did so: "Halloo! Hen. 'Rah for
eighty-four!' There had been college boat
race, or base ball match, something of
the kind that day. did not know of it at the
moment, and my impression was that
some young fellow was taking remarkable free
dom in abbreviating my family name. Another
time somebody addressed me as "Leverett"
while coming out of theater, and one after
noon, in Back Bay car, l was greeted by two
young ladies with most friendly and cordial
smiles, which salutation I returned with some
embarrassment, since / could not, for the life of
me, remember ever having met them before
What common ancestor may have trans
mitted his face and form to US two strangersa"
queried; some companion of Hengist and
Horsa? Some primitive Aryan who lived in the
the shadow of the Himalayas, perhaps hun
dred centuries ago2"
We not only looked, but were dressed alike.
Both of ut wore suits of light gray Canada
homespun, cut in the prevailing STYLE and straw
hats of the similar pattern, for the straw hat of
season has few variations His eyes also met
mine with a startled look, but their real express
sion seemed one of hopeless melancholy. The
startled glance turned to flash Of desperate
eagerness, such as drowning man might have
when he clutches the straw he has reached for
How the impressions of that instant are indel-
IDLY stamped on my brain! A gentle east wind
morning, as it often does in midsummer. bring
ing delicious GOODNESS and slight salty flavor
that gave the air almost an edible quality, it
seemed so tonic was it, In the north and south
streets this wind is not perceived, but in thos 9
running east and west it draws up as through a
| iue. Around the corners on such days the diff
ference is almost as radical as that
between the climates of Massachusetts
bay and the Missouri river This easterlv
hreeZa while ii had hnap WASTING