Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-08-21

NV TtdA llAts L HtNt udh hAAuN ~
tell YOU about it, but YOU must not let
il make YOU supcr>titious, for renlem-
Der. that in all my long lifes eNpeI-
fence. this is absolutely the only dream
I have ever had which was followed by
aun effect whatever.
There was another meditatiye pause,
snd then the old lady began;
You remember, my dear, that am
n twin: | have often talked TO you
about Bessie, my twin sister; the pair
of us were so much alike that strangers
could not tell Us apart, but folks well
acquainted with Us could tell which
was Bessie and which was Kate as
soon a we spoke, for she was much
livelier and sprightlier than was,
Mother was very proud OF the Ike
ness between us. and always dressed
us alike and kept Us together. so that
each seemed to the other like q second
self, and we hardly had q thought we
did not share. Until we were fifteen
years old we had never been separated
more than an hour oil two at a time IN
our lives, but about that time-the last
Of June it was, | belieye-there came
a letter from a cousin of father :, who
lived in the mountainous country sast
of Pittsburgh, inviting Bess and me to
come and spend our vacation with her,
Our home was in Philadelphia, which
was q good big city even 50 long as
half a century ago, and father and
mother were DESTROYS TO have us make
the visit, which they thought would be
a benefit as well as a pleasure to US, for
we were growing fast and were not
strong.
at happened, however, that only a
few days before we got the letter,
mother had had a fall going down cell
lar, and was now laid up with a broken
limb. We were the oldest girls in the
family, and there Were several little
ones, so that. even if mother had been
well. it would have been hard for her
to have spared us both for a long
visit. As matters stood, it was just
impossible.
after a great deal of talk and de-
bate, it was at last decided that We
should take our visits separately; that
| should 90 first and stay a month, and
that when | came home, Bessie should
90 and stay the other month. Mother
did not like the plan any better than
/, We girls did. | overheard her and
father discussing it, and mother was
!, actually crying when She said; 4 be.
lieve the children will die if they art
separated, and | am sure the trip vii
= do them no good if they don 90 to
gether.
Father laughed at her, and sale
Bessie and Kate were two individuals
and her hobby of making us only on,
had gone far enough, and that h
thought the present arrangement
e good one, if only to teach us that W,
d could live independent e~xistcnces.
# suppose mother thought he was right
. for after that our separate trips wcr
" decided on, and mother was careful t.
say nothing that could make us fee
e worse about the separation than W
did naturally.
4. 1T took a long day to accomplisl
,t the journey. Father put me on tn
ears, in the care of the conductor, q
~ six o'clock in the morning, and | di
: not get off of them until two in the a
ternoon. | was met at the railwa
station by Cousin John in his own cal
:, riage, and we had Il ride of twent
~ miles, up hill and down hill, before W
~ got to his house at Hillside in time TO
( supper. Every body was kind, but
was tired, and, in consequence, home
sick. Cousin Susan seemed to under
~ stand just how | felt, and after a goo
deal Of pctting and a nice supper, act
ed on my WI secret wishes Icy sayin
that she was going to send me RICH
70 away to bed. She put me into tn
cleanest, prettiest, little white-cul
~. tanned room | had ever seen; tn
u sheets, pillow-cases and towels a
~, smellcd Of rose-leaves and lavender
i. and when she had seen me safely curlc
away in the big feather-bed. she kissc
me heartily, and left me feeling quit
happy. But / was too tired to slec
-, well and if had not been, the feathe
IN bed would have made me restless, f,
ha | had never slept on one before.
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