The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-02
PERPLExED BY HIS DOUBLE.
Serious Complications Arising Over the
Identity of Two Men.

Identity of Two Men.
The folly of introducing a handsome
male friend to ones best girl was illus
trated in Cambridge recently.
1t was a case of diamond cut dia-
mond. The courtships of two young
men were cut short, and a pretty
Cambridge girl is mot keeping com
pany now with anybody in par
ticular."
She is good looking, and her father
is we'll off, all of which made young
man No. 1 an ardent admirer and a
frequent caller at her home. His at
tentions were received with favor,
for he, too, was good looking, and
dressed like a man in good circum-
stances.
One day the couple met young nan
No. 2, and he was duly introduced.
He found an opportunity to call at the
young woman's home, and, as he was
an agreeable companion and a good
conversationist, his visits were as
agreeable as they were frequent.
Finally he was received with such
favor that young man No. 1 began to
realize that he was losing ground,
and he determined to take decisive
action.
When he got a chance he casually
asked the pretty Cambridge girl if she
knew anything about his rivals occu
patton. She had never thought of that,
and said so, ~whereupon he hesitatingly
intimated that No. 2. was a waiter in
a cheap restaurant. This caused a
small sensation, which reached a eli
max when No. 3 called. There was a
GOODNESS on the part of the young
woman which he could not under
stand. He asked for an explanation
and got it. 1t was a surprise, but he
grasped the situation in a moment.
"Do you know what Mr.. IS occu-
patton ISL" he asked.
Well, no., she didn't, but she had
inferred that he was a student at the
medical college. The young man
looked more amused than before and
said:
Il suppose that if [ told you what
his occupation really is you would be
inclined to doubt me, under the cir
cumstances, so I will not ask you to
believe what I say. But if you will
agree to go into Boston with me to-
morrow evening and come home again
on the next a I think I will be able
to surprise you"
The young woman, after a moments
reflection, assented to the proposition,
and the young man left the house with
his face wreathed in smiles.
The next evening the two came into
Boston and got off the car at the Ire
mont House. They walked along a
short distance, and suddenly the young
man stopped in front Of a hotel and
asked his companion to look in at one
of the windows of the tonsoriaI depart
ment. She did so, blushed and turned
away quickly.
Thai evening the young man stopped
at the Cambridge girls gate to have a
laugh, and as he went away exclaimed:
"By Jove, that barber does look like
Jack, but how did I ever come to think
of it,"
The last act Of this little comedy
drama took place a few evenings later
when young nan No. 1 called. He felt
as happy as a man who imagined he
was in complete possession of the field
naturally would be. But the atmos-
phere was as cool in one part of the
room as it was agreeable in another.
finally asked if she had weighed
what he had said on his last visit.
YES" replied the young lady with
as much composure as she was capable
of under the circumstances, and l found
out what your occupation is too"
The young man looked amused and
felt confident that he could explain
away anything his rival had said by
attributing it to jealousy.
"What did he say?"
"You are a barber"
The young man laughed loudly and
seemed to think it all a very good joke,
but seeing that his hilarity made no
impression, asked with a smile:
"And you believed HING
believed him! Why, [ saw you
shaving a man."
That settled it.-BOStOn Herald.
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