Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-27

Ths twin uasn who. At the outset Of
this possSels easc. were Il the station
AZ the outer cad Of an Adirondack
railway. had been physical counter
parts az birth; bas between the age Of
forty vinks sad forty ysss. they had
grown into . difference CT appearances.
This account win tell how they became
two alike again in . manner very singu-
lar indeed Jasper Haden was lean
Joseph Haden WA fat In that dis
parity Of stse lay the contrast which
had nsaxiy obiiterztsd all similarity.
Both bad grown 20 precisely the zane
height, and II h not likely that their
skeletons. II the two hundred pounds OF
flesh bad been removed from enc and
the one hundred from the other, would
have shown any marked cortrazt-save
In one particular. Jasper hse lest his
left foot IL bad been cut OF at the
ankle Nevertheless. he had won IN .
feet mercantile race for wealth, while
his brother had Jagged In poverty as .
physician and surgeon
Two sieiets for Tupper Lake and
return" said Jasper to the young man
inside the window.
The face Of Jasper was enasciated.
and its complexion was wan Many In
valids 60 into the Adirond2chs and die
there. Jasper looked like that kind Of
Q traveller; bat In fact he was not very
bediy of for health: and he had an Inn
pulsive way OF using his fair degree Of
strength
IBID you say: And rcturn?'" the
ticket seller asxed. with o hook and .
tone administrative OF the man who,
apparently. was buying o seat that he
could never sit in
Jasper was sensitive abor. his false
show of Illness. and very retsliatory.
zoo. Tie reached through the window,
grippcd the young man, and hauled him
halfway out
.Donr hurt him." Joseph interposed;
che Is aware now that you're not In .
precarious state Of health"
Yes" the assailed fellow said. going
back into his scat like . rubber doll
that had been stretched and then go of.
"Yes-ycs-I know-you're not In q
precarious state OF health"
man with sidclong eyes and edge
wise attitudes watched the episode with
very conspicuous slynesa That man
was . private detective. Sometimes he
feared that people would not know 1t.
He liked 70 Be- . spy. When he was not
spying for pay he spied for pleasure.
So tho uaders had not disappeared
into the wilderness q week before he
knew who they were; how rich was tho
one who looked poor In health, and how
poor In money the ono who looked rich
In health: and that the reason why the
irascible one linped was that the left
foot was an artificial me mber.
Tho twins encanpcd on tho shore Of
Bssoom pond. and Gshed and hunted
with tho help Of Reuben Brown, IN
Adirondack guide. Reuben allowed
them how TO hook the trout and bullet
the deer. and no was their proxy in
much of the sports which proved at all
dangerous to the dumb creatures But
he has never revealed the fact Of their
failure As sportsmen, not only because
10 WA Q professional secret, but also for
reason which viii presently appear.
The hunting and the fishing, such -
they were, went on for few days orti-
narily. The campers told one another
that they liked the discomforts of camp
ing. and they convinced themselves that
the dampncss Of the rainy days the
chilliness Of the windy nights and the
lack OF sanitary things oil the time,