Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-06

| HE SUDDENLY RECOLLECTED THE LETTER.
name No, no! 1t cannot be! There
must be some other explanation of the
mystery. / will glance over this letter
when get to my room and see if it af-
fords any clew to the solution"
| With this decision he turned to the
books and registered in dashing but
somewhat illegible characters:
"a North, New York"
"And now, colonel he said, turning
around to that gentleman, where are
You going to put ne?'
| Where am / going to put you?"
| The colonefs amazed courtenance was
a study as he repeated the question.
what on earth areyou thinking about,
Mr.. North? Your rooms are precisely
as you left them this morning. Here
SAM" summoning a colored porter,
take Mr.. North's valise up to a.
! A few minutes later North found him
self in the suite assigned to him. evil
IDENTIFY the apartment of his mysterious
double. He proceeded with much
curiosity to survey his new domains.
There was nothing in the appoint
mcnts that especially attracted his at
tention, except large black walnut
!
it contained were locked, as he dis
covered when he attempted to open
them. The pigeonholes wcre empty;
| few books were ranged neatly be-
meath them. Everything indicated q
careful preparation for the absence OF
| the owner.
Having ascertained that his sur
| roundings were entirely non-committal,
Mouth ~,,rron1nra1 biu,Sa1f
| to baff1ed speculations, which he pur-
| lounging chair.
IF man is not what be thinks him
self" he began, speaking aloud, as he
frequently did in soliloquy, ''but what
| the world thinks him to be, then I am
entitled to the possession of this room,
the use of all it contains, all the pre-
negatives of the rightful tenant. And
yet solemnly affirm that l never was
in this deluded place before in tho
whole course of my natural existence.
Isn't that curious contradiction Of
facts and appearances? However, this
will ell come out right some time.
There is nothing so crooked that time
cannot make it straight; and why
should trouble myself about misap-
prehension for which an in no degree
responsible? / Will pursue the even
tenor of my way, neither aggressively
asserting my own identity nor endeav-
oring to assume that of my mysterious
double; and then, come what may, the
dear public, and not l Twill be to blame"
At this point in his soliloquy he sud-
denly recollected the letterin his pocket.
''Ah." he exclaimed, drawing it forth
hastily and once more examining the
address, this is one of the preroga-
tives! An open letter is supposed to be
designed for the perusal of the general
public. Mr.. North, Clement House,
City Well, am certainly that gen.
tleman, SO here goes! l shall see what
my fair unknown correspondent has to
say"
Very little, but entirely to the point,
as he discovered. on glancing hastily
over these delicately traced lines:
Mrs. Maynard will be at home this after
noon at TWO O'Clock. VIII it be convenient for
Mr.. North to call at that hour?
AT che top OF the sheet he now noticed
the handsomely engraved address: NO.
33 Delaplaine street"
''Maynard-Mrs. Maynard" unused
North. abstractedly, dropping the hand |
eiAfsG StAAi ASio IifS pei IulliSi oilSCS LII AIS
listless grasp and frowning at the car
pet as if he expected to find somewhere |
amid its warp and wool the thread that
should unravel this mystery. Where |
have heard that name lately? 1t seems |
to me i ought to know. Two o'clock
this afternoon at two o'clock He |
drew out his watch suddenly and con-
suited it. 1T is now precisely 1890. |
HIM! No. 33 Delaplaine street land
pray, where may that be?) viii it be
convenient (oh, very convenient, but |
how about the expediency?) for Mr..
North to call at that hour? Short and |
sweet; and eminently unsatisfactory.
No light whatever from this source. |
The mystery only grows deeper, my
position more involved. Shall call on |
Mrs. Maynard, or not? It woad be a
piece of unparalleled daring. To go, |
or not to go; that is the question:
FRO EE coxTnUED.l