The Lamar register., 1893-03-25
THE HEILMAN TWINS


man twins we're born the voN poi'ur
Of Nfpponosc Valley declared in un-
conpronisinc terms that nothing but
trouble could come of It, Not that
twins were usually regarded as un-
lucky; only there was something TN
cau6v about the Holman twins,
II was not natural that they shnuld
bo so exactly alike. even 70 the tiny
..cow-lick" that developed above the
left temple of each Of them a. soon -
their hair began 90 ihickcn' thcrr-
fore tho Duichm disapprovcG of
the twins.
Whom tho twins vent 20 school .he
trouble became worse than ever. At
homo whom one OF thcm was unusual
Is naughty. unless caught tn tho a0i,
She usually escaped punishment. lr-
cause Mrs Hciiman could NOT tnl
which was the guilty one. Occasion
allr. however. she squared the 80
count bv administering sound
spanking % each. which proceeding
covered ali She ground ard soo'hod
her own cunscience.
But MIR. Holmsu'- system u
auulsN spankinE obviously would not
do az -chool. No teacher Eoaid uA-v
10 punish two scholars for n fa~li ~
which only one couIl possibly hy
guilty. 20 she twins led thrir lorg-
suffering prcrcpirC-- miserable
dance ~ aE.t ihcy ucrr allowed 60
sft together bat when O., was dis
covered that itzrtha had lsscn ccc5t-
ing history aud geography Tor both.
while Gr=ta attended Ia the arith-
mctir problems II the whole fnmlls.
the teacher rrbsilcd Il the giris
had bcru physically iu-cp4rahlc, Ike
the Sinmese ;uins, thls. style ~
oduraii0n wuutj have served soil
enough. but as ultimate separation
vas 10 l,c cEpcc;cI 10 the nature %
things thi= division ~ iabos had -
b. stopped 80 the iains were
placed on opposite side. IL she ruola.
IL spite - rg-rgrtic protests and
unlimited promises ~ rsisrgnAgioa
Bat the pHrEatnry ~ she -chall
mistress elaid not lat forever and On
course o. tEre the ;uins scat forth.
seeking fresh worlds - coma uer- 4
fertile hcid for thgir Ingenuity imFae-
L.ateIy presented lfscI Ia tar musti-
tudc OF y0uu. mra ul1 appeared a.
candidates for tkc favor % either err
q bgth-uf them. ard 10 their ucw
rulcs they found A. murA au1u-sszas.u'
a. ever ia exchanging uanv~ 81 thy
vast bcwildermeut az their adurrrs
This bad ifs Disadvantage, ihoagh.
for naturally. the young mcn w-ro
ehary 81 showing lcri3cf prefer.
rure for either sister 81 the risk -
finding himself the next Jay misials-
ing the other Tor hsr II might bad
% az AwArd situatiuns they thought.
So. though aImirgrs were plenty. "a
Appeared that earnest slitors ue.7.
fcN.
Few. but mot altogether iari,lss
There Werc several youths who hasi
strong feeling in regard 70 on- or tir
other Of the tEin- One 81 these.
who was either more rash 81 rsore IN
earnest than the rrst boldly Agowed
a preference for Bertha and in some
| inesplicabl~ manner be seemed abb,
10 distinguish her frufn her sister.
How be did IL no one eouid guess.
himself least Of all. but certainly he
rarely made a mistake.
Bertha had no special regard ,nr
Peter JpieEran and Was careful 90
make him understand this Bl,
Peter was a Pennsylvania Dutchrnan
Of the good old typc-rathcr deitso
and heavy. with an enormous fund oi
perseverance. sufficient TO keep him
struggling aIl his life TO attain Erv
single object upon which he had 1T
his heart He vas not otherwise
objectionable. b1ing quite up 20 tho
average Of the valley IN the matter OF
brains and considerably above in lte
matter Of property. But these things
did not move Bertha. and being a
gopa-hcarted girl She endeavored 20
escapc all appearance Of flirting with
him as soon as she found the lest -
eumlng earnest. sill she liked HIN
yell enough and common eIvnitv
forced her occasionally 10 accept some
slight attentions which she ygon.d
hcvo avoided II she could. There's
lore II happened that one aftcrncon
she rushed up stairs In great haste In
search Of her sister.
oh Grotatn she cried. a. she
burst into the room. there's Pete
updegraf coming up the road. and !
had forgotten all about promising to
go sle.Shiug with him to-day"
''Neil, what Of thats" oucricd
1'reta. lazily. Il suppose YOU can
60, even il you did forget it.
! We'll. but l don't want TO 90 /