Middletown transcript., 1893-10-21

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I can remember boyish indignatio
because the twins were girls, and Una
/ waylaid the doctor in the hall an
angrily reproached him from bis lac
of taste in the selection OF babies. d
patted me on the head and told me
with more amusment than could Sc
the reason for, that boy babies had bt
come scarce and high-priced in thos
days, and that twin boys, especially
were luxury few people cared to in
dulge in
Aside frem my vexation at their gen
der and some dim fancies about tina
mysterious place where pink-toed ant
helpless mortals we're manufactured II
regular course of trade, can recall NJ
other impression made upon me BY III
advent of the twins.
l did not shudder, or turn pale, o
feel any presentment of coming woe
There was no small prescient voice t.
whisper: ssThese twins are creatures o
fate; beware the day. None Of th'
powers that wait on mortal thongh
had the kindness to say TO me: tin th'
year os our lord 1898 you will live il
Chicago, and these twins from the ole
farm will invade your life and Gil your
daily existance with hilarious peplexi
ties.n
My wife gave me this telegram at the
breakfast table:
We will be In Kansas City to-day, in
Chicago tomorrow. Meet US at the depot.
EFT AND NET.
"Thetwins are crazy" I exclaimed.
"WhyPYou will meet them Of course. "
tOf coursel Oh, yes, of course. There
are only dozen regular trains, and
heaven knows how many specials a day
arriving at three or four different de-
pots from Kansas City. OF course III
meet them. What could be easier?n
Well, having tried 1t, am free to adj
NIT that good many things could be
easier. In point Of physical exertion.f for
instance, 1t would be easier to pound
stone or carry mortar; and SO far as
finding anything is concerned, it would
be infinitely easier to search the stellar
system for the lost pleiad than to rush
shout from train to train trying to
meet a pair of freckled faced and
indefinite twins.
/ did not expect to meet them at the
rain, and you may besure l did not;but,
when the shades of night began to fall,
l went home and found them there.
1t is hardly necessary to say that they,
were financially In distress, and If any
body happens to learn Of a cab-driver
opening National Bank or starting
q daily newspaper | wish the fact
could be communicated to me. / am
seeking information Of that particular
descendant Of Jehu who brought the
twins from the depot to our fat.
We were looking with breathless int
crest at the Partisan gowns in the
Manufactures building, the twins and
/, it being their first day at the Worlds
Fair. was trying to decide between
the respective merits Of a perfect dream
in pale blue terra-cotta trimmed in
combination Of fourteen karat old gold
and point d'oppm lace. and another
perfect dream of q thing with hand
work button-holes and six-cord basting
thread. I ha about decided upon the
latter, for it had oriental attachments,
as being the handsomest costume,
when q hand was laid upon my arm,
and twinly voice exclaimed: "Oh,.
LOrdin
whats the matter?' asked.
"Oh. Uncle Sam, Nets gonel" cried
Et. bysterically.
/" Gonel where?"
Heaven knows where; she's lost.
Oh, oh, OH"
ssShe will go home, - said /.
''She couldn't find the way home in
q thousand years; and besides, Uncle
Sam, she hasn't got cent, not a single
solitary cent. Oh, she's lost, and we
must find her.
Then agonozing search began, for the
girl was surly lost. We inquired at all
the departments, we ransacked every
foot of that vast region which lies be-
tween the peristyle and the western
bonndry OF the plaisance. In vain.
We came down town and enlisted
the services Of the police force, and
then, for4we could do no more, and the
shades of night were again rolled across
the windows, of the sky, we went home
tagged, footsore, and detected.
That exasperating twin was at home
and had been for hours, as fresh as a
daisy. She told her. story, and for rea.
son / had / got the henarrative complete
In my ph0negraph. It's the most connec-
ted storyI ever heard. Here it is In full:
"WelI. Uncle Sam, was looking in
the glass showcase at those lovely
dresses, the Ioveliest things ever saw,
and know heaven can be no fner, when
saw a man walking away, and there
was q girl in blue serge dress on bis
arm, so I surely thought it was you
and Et and / went up and took him BY
.tire other arm and off we went. -
$50 that washow you left us, was itl''
Eyes, and pretty soon / saw the man
tickled nearly to death, and l looked
up to him and said, what are you
laughing at, Uncle Sam? and he looked
down and says he, do seem old enough
to be anybody's Uncle s. m, and the
girl, who was his sister, ,on bis arm, gig
gled, hateful thing. though must say
she behaved just lovely to me, and |
know where she's staying here in town
and I'm going ito call ON her. She's