The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-11-01
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Comedy Of Errors | 5;
BY s. s. Morton.

CHAPTER v. %
/. Pol.-Hath there been such q time Id fain
know that. IA &N- si5
%i That have positively said "'Tis so' XIX
H When it proved otherwise9 III
Rme-Seal up your lips and give no word but
This business asketh silent secresy!
Immediately after dinner North re-
turned to his room with the intention
of writing to his New York colleagues,
notifying them of his arrival in X---,
and giving them the benefit Of his opin-
ion as to the probability of his discover
ing Dennis O'Reilly himself, to say moth
ing of his supposed clews. t Ar
Seated at the writing table, deliberat-
ing gravely before commencing the let
ter, he drew his cigar case from his
pocket, thinking that he might find in
SEPARATION in fragrant Havana, and
with it came the envelope that he had
received from Mrs. Maynard's hand
The sight of it struck disagreeably upon
him. BY this time his better Judgment,
having secured a tardy hearing, was
severely condemning. the reckless spirit
that had led him to call on Mrs. May
nard, and he had the good grace to be
heartily ASHAMED of himself for that
exploit How he should make amends
for it was question difficult enough un-.
der any circumstances, but complicated
to the extreme Of awkwardness by his
possession of that letter-a letter which
Mrs. Maynard had evidently designed
for the perusal Of a trusted and conf
Dental friend. not of a total stranger.
With a growing sense of his own en-
barrassing position, North laid the en-
velope as far as possible from him on the
desk; and, as he did SO, his glance fell idly
upon one of the books that were ranged
beneath the pigeon holes. In his first
hurried examination of the room he had
glanced through several of the books
without finding anything that would
identify the owner; but he had over
looked this volume, which, as his eye
now rested upon it, seemed to wear a
strangely familiar look.
He drew it from it's place and looked at
the title; it was copy of Don Quixote,
in the original. With growing excite
ment Returned to the fly leaf. There,
above date that carried him back in
memory several years to his college
days at Harvard, he saw written by his
own hand the words, collin, from
Allan,' while underneath, in the dog
gerel in which undergraduates delight,
were ,scrawled a few stanzas, the 4
authorship Of which remorseless mem
ory Immediately fastened upon him.
The book dropped from his hands in
his agitation at this discovery. In tones
of incredulous amazement he exclaimed:
Sat last the mystery is solved! By
Jove! So my first suspicion was cor
rect, after all, Ollin, not Allan; the
similarity in sound deceived me; twas
Ollin North that he said his thoughts.
suddenly reverting to the gentleman
with the eyeglasses. s Actually Noll,
my own twin brother! No wonder they
can. tell us apart! Well, / am aston
ished! should as soon have expected
to run against the man in the moon, or
any other person of doubtful existence,
as to find Noll here. Why didn't he let
me know where he was? I hope he
doesn't lay any of Uncle Dicks sins at
my door! What if the old gentleman
was always holding me up as model
for Noll to initiate, ever since we were
in knickerbockers, and calling me his I
favorite nephew and all that rubbish;
why, bless his heart, Noll knew well
enough howl felt toward him, and
don't believe there was ever the faintest
shade of jealousy or even so much as "a
DaSSinr clO1ld between us nm tn the very
day we parted so suddenly! Let me see,
now, how long ago was that? We were
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