The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-16

most remarkable discovery, this of mine,
! Grcgson, and you're the first I've re-
vealcd it to. There's only one circum-
! stance which battles Inc, and that is.
what becomes of your own proper per-
! sonality when you're masqucrading
| round in some one else's bones? But
for that should have tried the expert
mcnt myself before this, and projected
myself into the outward fabric of-say
| Mr. Gladstone or the Archbishop of
| Canterbury; only the question remains,
Who should take charge of INV own
body i'll the meantime? | shouldn't like
! to leave myself lying about anywhere.
for fear of mistalie-of seeing nv name
in the police Intelligence. or perhaps of
even getting buried, under n wrong i'm
precision, before | could get back and
lay claim to myself, You see, the sub
| lrct is in itself SO vast and opens such Il
field for conjecture that it is almost
more than the mind can grasp"
| did see it. or at least tried to look
as though did; but. to tell the truth.
was just then engaged in staring hard
at Simpllins, who wns now leaning bacl,
in his chair and picking his teeth. in
what appeared to me Il peculiarly per-
sonal and aggressive manners though,
! as looked. it struck me that there was
Il haziness in his outlines and n want OF
finish about his features which was I'M
| usual l, him. or. at any rate, which
had not remarked before. 1t occurred
to me, however. what Il joke it would
be to--what WAS the term Davis had
made use of:-projcct myself into
Simpkins. 1t was worth thinking about
and the more | thought about it the
more the idea ticlilcd me- TO borrow
Snnpiins body and turn him ont of it
--cvict him, in would be no end
of lark. | could hear Davis still dron-
inc away in my ears, but I was too
much amused at my own notion to pay
great attention to what he was saving
Simpkins, too, of all men! | suppose
we stayed another half-hour or so at
the club, and Davis ordered spirits and
cigars, of which we both Dar;oolS.
After this, Sinpkins outline seemed TO
become moro blurred and underlined.
and at one time it even appeared to me
as though there were two Simplinses.
mentioned this fact to Davis as be-
ing rather peculiar, and asked him il
he had ever heard of Smpllins having n
twin hi other, but he only laughed and
said, Come along, old chap, we'll get
out Of this" And then fancy we left
the room, FOR the last thing rccollect
seeing was the twin Smpllinses, each
smoking Il couple of cigars and imbib-
ing something liquid ont of an indcfi.
mite number of tumblers with what
seemed like Il most unnecessary profu-
sion, not to say bad taste.
The next thing remember clearly was
finding myself in Il cab, suppose, driv-
ing homeward. with my mind still harp
ing on Davis remarkable theory. and
then all at once a peculiar and indie.
scribabie feeling came over Inc Of hav.
ing on some one clse's boots acconlpa-
MED also by e strange sensation Of some
one clsc's corn on one of my toes Be
fore had by any means successfully
solved this puzzle the cab came TO a
stop Cefore house-my house, evil
dently-and though didn remcln Der
having given the ca bman my address
he appeared at the door of the vehicle
and, wrcnching open the door, an
nounced; Here You are" So rot out
and paid him, and sauntered slowly
i'll consequence of the undesirable pres
cnce of that unexplained corn-up the
path TO the front door, in which in
serted my latch-lley, and entered the
house. There was a light burning in
the hall, but turned down very low in
order to cconoElize the gas-so low, in
fact, that on advancing toward the
umbrclla -stand / fell over some large
and unfamiliar object and bruised my
Sims Numerically. I made few secu-
lar observations 10 myself on the su b.
ject, and proceeded to investigate the
stumbling block.
1t was perainbulator! Now, what
on earth, thought to myself, does my
landlady mean by sticking such thing
as this in my way for me to fall over
and nearly break my legs, and who has
she got stopping with her that requires
such an apparatus? Confound the thing,
and gave it vicious kick, with a total
disregard OF consequences and my
newly-acquired corn. For the next five
minutes or so | was fully occupied in
hngging my foot and uttcring profan;-
ties. with reference 10 that infantic
equipage. Then | picked myself up
and made for my sitting-room, the door
OF which was aiar, showing the gas
also turned down low and tie fire nearly
out In no very good humor proceeded
to rake Tie Goals together ana turn up
the gas. Why hadn't the landiady put
more Goals on before She went to bed
when She knew i hated to come home
late and find nothing but Il few burned.
out cindcrs and the coal-scuttlc empty:
However, there were the whisky dc.
captcr and the biscuits on the table, as
usual, and some cold meat; brt all the