The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-17

The man had q commonplace face, with a
pleasant look usually upon it. A sparse,
stubby beard grew around the lower part
of his face and under the edge of his chin
IL stopped at the ears, of course, but was
continued just behind them by another
sparse, stubby fringe of hair, which
reached around the back of his head The
entire top was bald and shining.
The woman was short and slender and
very trim in person and dress. Her face
was not so round as her brothers; her
hair, just turning gray, was parted careful
ly and smoothed away over the forehead
and behind the ears into coil low in her
neck
You're real mean an graspin, Jot," the
woman was saying somewhat shakily
IAN how you can be, with poor pa a-lyin
there in the Parlor don't see wouldn't
begretch hirn anything nice naow. I'm
sure it was all his'n, and he ARMED it by
worl1in hard"
Now, Dot, don't you take on 50. Can't
you talk sensible 'thout cryin, wonders
1 knowed pa well enough. He Wouldn't
prove o no sech outlay as you seem to
want. Well come to the poor US yet if
you're bound TO go on So"
Come to the poor'us!" she CALCULATED,
her eyes flashing. II amt Altered O. that
anyway | wouldn't be mean enough to
think O. sech things while poor pa is
waitin to be buried. Mebbe you'll want to
60 an dig the grave yourself. to save payin
fur hevin it done"
The brother made no reply to this. He
rose and walked cautiously to the door of
the parlor and opened it a trife. "Come
In, MIR. Gregory" he whispered to the
waiting undertaken.
We've decided to hev the hearse, Mr..
Gregory" said the brother; IAN give US a
plain wood coffin with proper trimmins,"
Mr.. Gregory soon departed. He had heard
che discussion between the brother and sis
ser, and was not slow in telling of it.
The TryBns had lived for years in one
Of two frame houses built double" the
only structure of the sort in PARKWAY.
People thought old Jacob Trynn eccen-
trio when he built in that manner. When
the houses were done they went by the
name of The Twins" a time honored
Joke which was meant to be a pun on the
owners last name.
The family was also called 1.-THE Twins"
and finally every one forgot how the name
was spelled There had been originally
the father and mother, son and daugh
ser-cQrlouSIy enough GWlnS-alSO a young
pr son. The mother faded out of life after
Eve years in the little house. The father
nived long enough to see his twin children
oconfrmed in solitary ways Of living. They
Were about fifty when the old man, four
nd irs past the allotted threescore and ten
vhicliuman strength, died. Their names
fter>e Joshua and Dora, Familiarity short
md ID to Jot and Dot. The younger son
md gone away after the mother died, to
oct inch it, in Colorado, and had not been
e ,egrd from for several years.
-;ufhe END came to Jacob Trynn suddenly
ID formed the chief topic conversation
II the store. The tale told by Mr.. Gregory
vas not long in reaching there.
"Heerd anything abaout the trouble up
60 Twins" asked Hi Anderson. the stage
driver, who generally had the news before
the rest did.
NO: is there any? What abaout, HIP"
asked his hearers.
"Wal, it's baout how they she'll put the
old man under. Dot. she wanted him 10
hev cloth covered casket an hearse, but
Jot he said 'twan't no use goin to seen