The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-10-11

once j i minute; anyway. Hin The clerks i
got letter that was sent up after you
left this morning; You didn't tel us
where your correspondence should be.
forwarded to, so we were in something
of u puzzle: to decide" The rest of
the sentence was lost in the colonel's
putting endeavor to open the heavy
swing-door. '''5 '.''" 'L''i'"1 ~ -
(lAllan North, attorney sat:,law, was
glad TO escape from the hilarious crowd
on, the hotel steps and followed the
colonel into the office But here another
difficulty confronted tl,im, when \ d :
dainty missive bearing aYlady's chirog-
raphy was placed in his hand = foc Ia
:. True, the envelope was addrcs sed sim
ply to Mr. North, a Clement House,
City," and was not he that gentleman?
But Them very probably al the time
in one hundred miles Of the Clement
house and had never even heard Of the
place. ms .TuNI}!N Hn";u} i}ng vii
Il Itgmay appear to the COOL disposition
ate reader that North'sg proper course
at this point was too obvious TO admit
Of any hesitation zor mental debate.
Nevertheless he did hesitate; and he did
argue within himself what, line Of ac7
ton, he should adopt: Refuse to take
the letter? That would give rise to re-
newed questions, explanations and ridi-
Guile, which, in view of his late trying
experiences, he, did not wish, to pro.
woke. How would it do, for instance
His reflections were suddenly arrested
by the discovery that the envelope was
not sealed. A vague sense of relief
came to his mind, as if he now saw an
easy and justidable solution of the diff
'fculty. - f., LIS ~. ;. !i*ht.: 81, ,.-'3'@'i
IAN oversight, of course" he thought,
still contemplating the creamy envelope
that he held, from which arose a faint
exquisite perfume as Of withered rose
leaves; t'but there cannot be anything
very private or personal about this cor
respondence or the fair writer would
not have been SO careless. After all,
whom is it for if not for me? Who is
the man whose perfect counterpart
seem to be?'' ~ .n., ...,.s ....r..i
He paused in his speculations. A
sudden suspicion darted like lightning
into his mind, then as suddenly was
dismissed 70 z.r1Ii1wAJ arr
sob, no, that is impossible!'' he men
tally declared the next instant. "Quite
out of the question. a!-aAnd yet the
name No, mol 1t cannot be! There
must be some other explanation Of the
mystery. ~ will glance over this letter
when get to my room and see if it! at
fords any clew to- the solution E,:f,1r
a. With this decision he. turned to, the
books and registered, in gdashingg1 but
somewhat illegible characters: - o-.e.oa
tn ga. North, New York; ,rt<r r.9ts-Ir,iJ
81 '.And now, colonel, he said, turning
around to that gentleman, where are
you going to put me?"' ar,i, t. o,rrs
;.4'Where am II going to put you?2''
The coloners amazed count enance was
q study as he repeated the question.
''What on earth are you thinking about,
Mr.. North? Your rooms are, precisely
as you left them, this morning Here
SAM" summoning colored porter,
!''talze Mr.. North's valise up to 54.'y '.,'''
"A few minutes later North found him
self in the, suite assigned to him, EVIL
IDENTIFY the apartment of his mysterious
double. He proceeded with muck
curiosity to survey his new domains. u
There was nothing in the appoint
ments that especially attracted his at
tention, except a large black walnut
writing table. The many drawers that
it contained were locked, as he dis
covered when he attempted: to open
them. The pigeonholes were empty;
a few books were ranged neatly be-
meath. them, Everything indicated a
careful preparation for the absence Of
the owner. -, .,G.. h4,,,Y,.,r
Having ascertained that his sur
roundings were entirely non-committal,
North surrendered himself once more
to- bafaed speculations, which he pur-
sued from, the depths OF q, luxurious
lounging chair, 20 e;,n,.: .e-y !..,,,s~g.,
.Ir:sM man is not what he. thinks him
self" he began, speaking. aloud, as he
frequently did in soliloquy, but what
the world thinks him to be, then / am
entitled to the possession of this room,
TIL, use Of ali it contains, al the. pre-
negatives Of the lrightful tenant And
yet solemn1y. affirm that I never was
ii this: Sde1uded' place before IN the
whole course Of my natural existence!
Isn't that a; curious contradiction of
facts and appearances? However, this
will all come out right some time.
There is nothing SO crooked that time
cannot make, it straight and why
should I trouble, myself about misap-
prehension for which I am in no degree
responsible?j / will pursue the even
tenor Of my way, neither aggressively
asserting my own identity nor endeav-
orring to assume that Of my mysterious
double; and, then, come what may; the
dear public, and not ], will be to blame. -
- At this point ID his, soliloquy he sud
denly recollected the letter in his pocket,
- =. ''Ah!'' be exclaimed, drawing It forth
hastily and once more examining the
address, ssthis, is one Of the preroga-
fvees,' All open letter is supposed to be
fdesiRn ed fort the Appefusafof the general
public a'Mr.aI North, Clement House,
city, Well, r am certainly that gen
njs JfE tsi fi.EErFT5:NrfT a X: Z