Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-02

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y you got in, was MT itl Aud, / say, what
q me name ol--Great Castor and Polluxl VIII
Il nave we bereW and my loquacious frier
i stopped short. Confronting ms was a man
G about my tuild, dressed nearly as | WAS
v saw no resemblance in the newcomer
: features to me, but knew that my unfortul
Y ate trait had shown forth and that had er
4 c0untered my doublc-or, rather, he had me
, his. The trio Of Engishme,. stared in open
mouthcd wonder.
Great Caesar, Lionel which is you, an
who is the other fellowl" asked Cyril, Iookin
from one side to the other.
DENNY If / know" said the real ST
Lionel drew forth my card-the first tim
that the chance had been offered, Tor the tw
had held both my arms-aud handed it TO him
AT the sound OF the Others voice the illusion
departed,f for tho three men burst into laugh
and one OF them cried:
I'VE beg your pardon, Mr.. Stevens, bu
really at first the likeness was wonderful. o.
course, we see our mistake now. viii yor
not Join us in the wine, however? Funnies
thing | ever saw"
pleaded an engagement, and accepted the
profuse apologies of Cyril and Bob. | watch.
ed them go Off with the genuine article, look
ing back now and then TO make sure that they
had really found the right man.
10 look like waiter one day and the next
Ike scion of Britain's nobility completely
upset me, and mailing a cab jumped in and
~'Ye my address. In few minutes was at
my house, and as / was about to pay the cab
man, he inquired, in an injured tone, "Sha'n't
wait for YOU, Mr. Graham?"
i was used 10 that sort Of tb{por Ait,
time, so told him that l was uncertain how
long | would be detained and gave him his
fare
IL was almost surprise to me that the front
door opened with my latch KEY, and entering
my room / looked dlstrustfully about. half
doubling that it was my own sanctum. and
expecting TO see another George Arthur
stevens reclining in my armchair I even
touched the familiar objects on the mante-
piece, and ran my fingers over the notes of
the piano, before l was absolutely sure that
was at home
linen sinking into my great chair ran over
the events Of the day and concluded that
was crazy. Raying stark mad | Thought
myself and the story of the man who knew
mat lie was insane, and kept It to himself,
came to ms mind, / decided that must act
IS that man did, and dissmulate, in order TO
conceal nav disordered condition for | felt
That was but harmless luuatlc mt worst
Now, at the present moment, / conclude
that 1t is Nemesis Confound i'll
Ill
OCTOBER 18th, 1857
FOR some DAYS after my last meeting was
quiet myself. / went out. met Miss Earle
several times, aud each time grew deepcr and |
leeper IN love with her; and she-it seems al |
most sacrilege to mention it-she has grown |
very different Of late and her manner toward
ne has changed. We're it not for that. life
would be worthless. All, when / win her. I
eel as though there would be no such thing
Is trouble. ! imagine myself n knight-errapt
striving against the powers Of enchantmcnt
o gain nv fairy Princess. But shall wln7
}y-the-way, know her full name now. II is
iadys Murray Earle. Isn't that pretty
lamef 1t just suits her
Well as have said, the first few DAYS were
Ineyentful, slight incident occurred at
lnner-party that was somewhat unpleasant.
nd forerunner OF other trials. Before we
vent down to the table a strange old gentle
IAN rushed up to me, and graspcd me by the
ana, Keeping up most outrageous string OF
uestions on matters / knew nothing of all
ne time. To avoid any unpleasant cxplana
ons ana to preserve the peace, answered I'm
preoccupied manner At the dinner-tabl.
oweyer, the old gentleman was my els .a.yis.
nd once in a while broke in on INV converse.
on with Miss Earle, at whose right hand
IT, Suddenly, during lull in the conyersa. {
on, he exclaimed: {
"By-the-way, how is Miss Rothmerl Oh J
'u sly fellow, you; the last time | heard 4
ON hampton, you were engaged TO her
-etty girl; lots Of money; suppose IL is
III on, isn't iti You were pretty well gone
remember You should have seen him
ISIS Earle" continued the old fogy. address {
e my partner, 'head-ovcr-heels In love with q
pretty girl this summer. | didn't believe IL l.
ssbe for fellow like him to be so utterly >,
nshed. lie went about all day with the
)st woe-begone expression. No doubt he L
S told you all about it," The amiable old {;
d had been saying this in loud tone which "
q attracted the attention Of all the other =
ests, and seeing that he held an interested
dlence he went on: @
Miss Rothmer, you know, was I'm love with u
n all the time, too Look how red 10 cet. Ill
thing to be ashamed of, my boy, and she tr
49, ny N"uShbVI Nudl sue Wouldn't | Ia
lfess that she liked him, because she enioyed =,
king him miserable. All, girls have hard y
'rts, sometimes, Miss Earle. By-the.wav
rkham, when will the cards be outlr ID
'-hdrkhdmW cried the hostess from the hi
or end OF the table "Why, MIR. Brown. co
must be mistaken. That is Mr.. Stevens. - -,
~ vIs-a-vts elevated his glasses and stared :"
ne Tor moment. "Stevensl' he mutter. on
"Stevensl Humph! how long since9n III
host seeing that matters were getting un- or
lfortable, broke in at that juncture. TO,
You're getting old Brown, aud can't see fo1
l.. I've known Mr.. Stevens for the last ten ~
rs" Brown got mad at the allusion IN II
age and kept quiet, while Miss Earle look. tol
1t me for moment and then laughlngly of
arked: ,,iI
How is It to have a double, Mr.. Stevensln MOI
double. wouldn't have minded a double:
as the hundreds that objected to- int
may have been q mere fancy but Miss the
e seemed somewhat distant and reserved inc
rest of the evening sbT
ne next day, however all my fears were .
It rest by receiving an invitation 20 a live
eek tea at her aunts house. The tea was
srday, and / went of course 1 got there ES