Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21


Of his parents" The photograph Of Mrs
Doraas curiosity and amusement thus excited,
another photograph Of Mrs. Thirkle, which
showed the hair normally parted, and from
which Dora's composite photograph, so
strangely revealing her parentage must
have been educed say nothing OF the
many emotions which huttered In our
hearts and expressed themselves fordbay in
mutual caresses when we realized that these
untoward circumstances had left Us dearer
than ever to each other. i appreciated
Dora's cruel position-bound by infinite
gratitude to her reputed father and mother,
who, childless themselves, had adopted her
from the Thirkles probably because the lat
ter were too poor to bring up more than enc
of the twin children born to them; bound by
the indissolubls ties Of blood to parents hum
BILE and uneducated, and to twin brother
who, handsome though his portrait proved
him to be, was probably as uniformed as
they in manners and in mind
While we were thus debating, carriage
drove up, but ere we could see who had
ahghted the parlor door was violently
opened and Mr. Golding broke in, followed
by his wife.
"Poor childi what have you done" ex-
claimed Mr. Golding.
''Doral Dorat we meant to keep it secret
from you" exclaimed Mrs. Golding.
'Why did you not tell usF' said Mr.. Gold
ing. "Why did you leave it to us to dis
cover, that you had found the portrait which
proved that MIR. and Mrs Thirkle had
SOM
Before the question could be answered the
arrivals in the carriage had asserted them
selves il the room, and looking up saw Mr..
and Mrs Thirkle, accompanied by young
man whose full tawny beard and thick mus
tache did not altogether conceal a remote
likeness to Dora.
As Mr. and Mrs. Golding turned to say
word of welcome, they uttered inarticuiate
expressions Of surprise. Mr.. Thirkle breced
himself as If to make speech We all, as
though by common consent, took seats, and
listened to him 1 afterward learned that
never before had he said 50 many words on
one occasion They were as follows:
''Mr. Golding, ladies and gentlemen, all
here's our Frank come back to U.s. He was
stole from us when be was baby, and you
know to Mr.. and Mrs Golding) why me and
and then to have look at her Indicating
Dora by a turn Of the thumb. Frank was
stole, but them as took him got frightened
and left him at the door Of a founding hos
pital. All his little clothes were on him and
his little name was on them. And he was
adopted from the eSylum by kind hearted,
rich lady, who brought him up as her son,
and never told him the truth till the other
day when she was dyin'. And the baby
clothes as was found on him, with his name
on them, was KEEP. They prove who he is.
So wot does he do but come straight
home to his doting father and mother, as
was so glad to see him that they brought
him straight here to see you, and to tell you
that now they've got him, they amt coming
here never no more again"
l glanced at Dora. She was turning red
and pale by turns with multitude of con-
Trajectory feelings The genuine love of her
reputed parents did not perfectly repay her
for the indifference Of her true parents. It
was now only too evident why they had paid
these yearly visits Their love being given
to their lost son, they had come merely to
refresh their eyes and memories by gazing
on his twin sister. But they had really
cared for her only SO long as they had be-
ieved him lost.
"Oh. is it possiblel" heard Dora exclaim,
as if to herself. "Is it possible that my own
flesh and blood do not love mep'
But other ears than mine had overheard
her.
"My darlingI" exclaimed Mrs. Golding,
show can you talk SO wildlyp
Dora rose All eyes were bent upon her.
"You have acted cruelty" she said, point
ing first to Mr.. and Mrs Golding and then
to Mr.. and Mrs. Thirkle. "Your composite
photographs told me too much. They told
me that they" pointing to the Thirkles, ''are
my father and mother; that that young man
is my twin brother, and that am simply
your adopted child Again l say you and
they are cruel-cruel to have so deceived
me!
Instantaneous photography would have
been necessary to catch the fitting express
sions of that group, SO sharply brought to-
gether. Mr.. Golding was the first to recover.
"My darling" he said, "Mr. and Mrs. Trim
kle had one child. You see him. We had
one child-you. The resemblance between
the children is one Of those strange coinci-
dences for which nature alone is responsible.
took the photographs to please Mr.. and Mrs.
Trinkle, with whom your mother and / were
acquainted when we We're first married As
a matter Of curiosity only, we wished to
sec how nearly resembling you their
blended photographs could be made. The
result was the portrait of yourself Che had
picked 1t up from where she bad laid 1t on
the nanteD which you so unfortunately dis
covered this morning. When MIR. and Mrs
Thirkle lost their child, they came here for
the sole purpose Of gratifying their affection
for him by looking at you and imagining
how much he would look like you were he
living. The result has justified their motive.
But now that they have got their boy back,
/ don't suppose they viii ever care to look at
you-or us-again."
ayes we will, tool" It was Mrs. Thirkle
who spoke. In an instant we were all laugh
ing, crying and shaking hands. In few
moments more the wedding party was on its
way to church, where the guests had become
extremely impatient have been a happy
married man for some years: but no one who
witnessed the self possession Of bride and
groom at the altar that morning would have
imagined what emotions they had undergone
an hour before they took their vows-A E
Lancaster In The Httsbmg Bulletin.
There are only two kinds Of men who can
afford to wear shabby clothes The rich man
and the genius
Secret of Underglaxe Decoration.
'Only 81 for that dinner servicef II