Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-08-19
Too Much Alike.

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is truly wonderful"
The remark was made in answer
to tribute of respect which the
writer had paid to pair of young
ladies, use the word "pair'' advis-
edly, because they were twins, who
had passed out of the office of Mr..
Bird, one of the oldest aud most
highly respected members of the
MiddIesex bar.
81 knew the mother of these girls
and her sister, and their parents,
more than thirty years ago. The
grandparents of these girls were
clients of the man with whom l read
law. and afterward their children be-
came my clients, and am now legal
adviser of both the grandchildren.
/ don't think, however, these chill
dren are so much alike as were their
mother and her sister. You could
not tell them apart at all, unless you
had them together
At this point one of the young la
dies returned with little rush and
furry, saying in very pretty tone
ST beg your pardon, Mr.. Bird, but
went off without my gloves"
''Don't apologize, pray, Miss
-Miss-ah, Miss Annie. l am only
too glad to see you in my office OF
home, at any time" "Alice, you
mean, Mr.. Bird, but thank you for
the compliment all the same" and
away she futtered.
"Confound it % growled the old
gentleman, as he resumed his seat,
after closing the door upon the fair
visitor, s'Pd have sworn that one
was Annie" Then he looked up
with smile, after thinking few
minutes, and resumed: eff you can
spare five minutes, and care to hear
it, will tell you how / came near
going crazy getting acquainted with
the mother of those young ladies and
her sister,
Of course nothing would please
me better, and l said so at once.
Mr.. Bird produced an ancient and
most respectable brand of cigars,
and when we had lighted up, he pro-
ceeded:
1.-THE maiden name of those young
ladies' mother and her sister was
Van SERVER, and their father and
old John Van SERVER, was large
farmer and miller, quite wealthy, re-
siding near Princeton. l had been
admitted to the bar only about q
year when he died, and my preceptol
in whose office I was still located.
had the settlement of the estate.
son one occasion he wrote to the
girls, who were the only heirs, tina
he needed certain memoranda from
certain papers in the homestead, ant
that on a certain day he mentioned
he would be there to get them, ask
ing the girls to look the papers III
i'm the meantime. When the ola.
came the old man was particular.
engaged, and asked me to take hi
horses and carriage and do the er
rand, and was only too glad t
oblige him.
In due season / reached the home
stead, was received by staid, el
DERBY housekeeper, and ushered int
parlor, where l was greeted b
one of the brightest and most beau
tiful young ladies / had ever me
with. [ told her who | was an
how | came to be there.
ssThat is all satisfactory, Mr.. Birc
We are glad to see any friend
Mr.. Adair's. Be seated and | wi
have the papers ready for you in
few minutes. Excuse me, pleas
and she disappeared.
81 sat pleasantly thinking of tt
young lady who had just left N
when the housekeeper came in wit
cake and wine, after the good, oil
fashioned custom, and soon left n
to enioy them. / had been aloI
again but very short time, it a
peared to me, when the young lac
returned with papers in her hane
but instead of coming forward, 81
stopped and stared at me in mo
embarrassing way.
''Did you find the papers"' l as
ed, in my best society tones.
ssSir!" she exclaimed with Ja'
Frost in her beautiful voice. ID
/ what?'
ssFind the papers you went after
"What are you talking abou
Who are you, sir, and pray, VIII
are you doing here?'
''The only thing I'm doing at pre-
emit, madam" / responded, in ton
quite as glacial as her own, lis lea
ing here as soon as possible
'sOh, thank you,' she replied wi
lofty urbrnity, as the maddest you
man in New Jersey slammed the dc
behind him.
"Long afterward l learned tina
had hardly driven away when
housekeeper reentered the room, a
Miss Laura Van Server with
dignity still in in its full height,
manded:
-sWho was that horrid, impud,
young man l found in the par
just now?'
"Why, he's the young man ]
Adair sent down for some pap
that Maggie has gone TO get. VIII