Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-12

known to fame as thc"shcridan twins" a.
pretty a pair Of sAocy, losabie elrlE as you
can md anywhere. They know thair
ute, ths sheridan twins, ar thoroughly
ss they do those conferred upon them ny
their parents.
When they were much youngor than they
are now they wandered away from their
nurse one day. and hand Ia hand wandered
blocks away from hpma.- While thus roam
ing they met distinguished Western Sem
ator Who was not acquainted with the pre-
cocious youngsters. The statesman was
struck BY the appearance Of the littie ones
and patiins them on the head asked their
names The twins drew themselves up ana
Their eyes opened wide with Advertisements
why, don't you know usG'' one OF the
twins answered In q trnc Of surprise N
which there was also tinec Of contempt Of
the senators ignorance. why. every one
knows us Every one knows Us. We are
the Sheridan twins"
And then the little tots toddled on, leav.
Ing the Senator crushed aud humiliatri
under the scorn Of the sheridan twins
or course no told the story. and then the
little girls who had been called the 'shcri-
dan twins" by the Immediate trlendn u
their parents were known from that time 10
all Washington by The same title. For that
matter, they wear It yet,
Mrs. Sheridan lives quietly. and she nnds
her time much taken Up by her children.
ties as woman IN her position must. aud
she IA what some women are not. popular
With the members Of her own sex. Just as
her husband was popular among mon, Her
sweet temper. eiiuahle temperament ana
strong common sense form the basis Of her
popularity. Mrs. Sheridan Is Intellectual.
but not blue stocking. and she is lilef.
airy without belng hootlsh. Her husband
always and very properly called her the
cievcrest Of women, and she certainly Ia
woman Of more than ordinary talent
General sheridan was not literary and not
booklsh. hut he admired those qualities In
his wife that he himaef did not rosscuu.
and he took the highcs, delight In oncour-
aging his wife to nll their pretty Washing
ton home with literary and art treasures.
and 1t y among these momentoes--most OF
them OF her husbands tender rogard-that
she now lives with her children,
There are mementaea u tho brilliant
soldier who was her hubbard all about hor.
There ore pictures Of him as hb was at
West Point, as a slender lieutenant in
Texas, captain IN California. and 10 on
through the grades until he looks down
from tho wall In the full uniform OF
Lieutenant General OF the United States
Army, for he lay dying when CQngrcFs cone
ferrod the full title OF General, he boing tho
third soldier to hold It. There ~ a bust or
two NJ the General. and there arc aone VI
his swords and medals. Letters from home
and abroad oxtolling the great soldier, rrso-
luiions OF thanks from Congress for moro
than one brilliant ael-all of these are
ehorlfhed and preserved by the lowing wife
usl,tv N sheridan secme 10 h5nv about the
niere ss tbongh ibo rtnstor' ys,ro ,,et stlve
ana had but iust gone out. And vet no has
been sleeping over ON Arlington lioighis
these six years,
from Inc wiyea Of some OF our erent rol
6iera 'rhoneh she I'd literary artist
sbe cannot bS induced 10 write al her hI,s.
hand in bis homo life or a, rho knev him
NAM n,,hit,bcra have vritton nav nniiine
IL tbsi ybiin ali tbo world tna,y pbnin
tionry sheridan aa a ,oldier ami , mills
ahars,,cr iitIio Ia trno,gn ~ gb~ rn5tcr
siJn ~ bts cba,aeter M nho,yu IN bia homo
10 Nrs shnri1nn has reninrd All prbnorl
,inns "a wrlte on no eubieot gho elyos
~, ,.nsors IN mo nuhiishers, sbo eifrnIv
Ie,tincs Ia III what thoy ,yish b1t 10
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Me- no, 40 ssered frnm tho ma N
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