Smyrna times., 1890-08-20
Dolly's Twins.
BY MRS. NJ. A. DENNIsON.

"Oh what a weary, weary journey !"
sighed Dolly, leaning against the side
Of the car, "and I'm sick and unhappy,
and I'm going among strangers Oh,
dear !"
Rattle, rattle went the cars with
their momentous rumble down dash
ed the big drops on the window pane,
and the sky was the color of lead. The
old man with the red nose on the op-
posite side was asleep, and his paper
had fallen from his fingers. A country
woman hushed her baby with the most
uncouth of whistles, and filed his
mouth with gingerbread.
There was a nice-loOking girl sitting
alone over by the water cooler who
read perpetually, and as she read she
smiled, and sometimes laughed little
amused laugh.
Dolly watched her and wondered
what she was reading surely not of
poor girl of 16 going among relatives,
she had never seen, leaving the dear
form of her dead mother under the dai-
sizes far behind. Oh, no, it could not
be of such one. There she was,
laughing again, and that laugh put the
climax on Dolly's miseries. She pull
led down her veil and plash went the
big tears over her pale cheeks.
1t was a sunny-hearted girl in the
corner If she had only known that
Dolly was in trouble, how quickly she
would have taken the vacant seat by
her side, opened her little black RITZ
cule, and given her some of the delica-
cies her own fond mother had put up
for her But she did not know it, never
dreamed it.
The car stopped and young man
in a seedy coat took a seat by Dolly.
The little lady incensed at his attempt
to get look at her face, drew nearer
the window, aud resolutelY shrank
away. She looked yearningly back to
the village she had just left. She
still heard good dear Doty's farewell
words:
"If you can't make yourself happy,
child, among your grand relations,
come right back to Milford, I'll find
room for We, and be glad to, for your
dear fathers sake"
won't ye hev some peppermint
drops, miss ?" asked the youth, by her
side, who must have surmised by some
delicate intuition, coarse as he was
that she was not happy.
mo, I thank YOU" still gazing out
the window.
A boy came round with pictorials
books, prize packages and toys. He
accosted the miserable Dolly:
Wouldn't you like a paper, miss?"
mo"
Wouldn't you like package?"
II don't want anything" said Dolly
in so cross a tone that the greer
young man skunk away to his side
of the seat.
The clouds grew more leaden; every
thing was soaked, even to the adver
tisements that dis6gure the brown
beauty of the rocks.
The man with the red nose walked
up and looked at Dolly in a sinister
way, probably unaware that he wa
looking at her all. Behind her TIVE
burlY fellows drank whiskey out of 6
tin flask, and made her, oh, so sick
Up went the window, in dashed tn,
rain. Dolly felt spiteful-not wicked!
but miserably so.
"Danvers ~ called the brakeman
shaking his wet hat, and up got the
seedy young man, and up got the mai
with a red nose, and out they went.
Dolly drew a long breath. Now i
she conld be alone! But no; ther,
was rush of wet umbrellas outsid,
people jostled each other, and then
begged pardon with a snarl, as thougI
they didn't mean it-and then th
crowd poured in.
There were bundles, there wer
boxes, and overcoats with great eros
men inside of them, and, worse thai
all, there were babies, babies in al
stages of fretfulness, from the worry
ing cry to the downright shrek @
ill'nature. Or perhaps they wer
tired, poor things; people seem crosi
sometimes, when they only a littl
tired.
Presently, something heavy dumpe
itself into the vacant seat by Dolly
side.
First, Dolly saw an immense bundl
mounted by a large straw hat, with
thick green veil falling over a yer
coarse German face. Another momeu
and the bundle had developed wor
ders; for there, as it slowly opened
lying, one curled up over each arm
were a pair of twins.
Sound asleep? Not bit of it. Thei
eyes were wide open, and had probs
bly, been so for en- indefnate time, III
der the cloak. In each small mout
appeared, or rather disappeared,
chubby thumb; and the creature
were doubled up in the most comics
fashion, and did not seem to extricat
themselves.
With a few German gutterals, th
woman then Strengthened out their fl
arms and legs, shook them simultan,
ously into something like order, (
which they only stared at her an
went to work more vigorously tina
ever upon their thumbs.
Dolly's attention was attracted. 81
began even to be amused. The chi
dren were certainly twins and locke
: as much alike as two peas. Both ha
; a bright scarlet spot on their cheek
and dimple in the chin. Both lay
: placidly as china babies in toy shol
: in the woman's arms and ample arm
they were.
"YOur babies, 1 suppose ?" sa
Dolly, in a faint voice.
"Ach," was the answer, with cul