Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17
Story Of Girl T,cins.

The blue smoke from Perkins cigar
wavered upward aud Jabson leaned over
for another match. says the Chicago Rec
ord. "a woman" he remarked, is the
epitome pui-"of mystery and unhap
piness.'
(Which girl was il this timer quer-
led Perkins. He knew Jab.on well. In
fact, he understood him.
Jabson looked iujuried. "If ] knew !
shonldn', be telling you the story" he
said. Il don't know which girl it was
puff you see, it was twins"
Perkins looked more than family IN
terested. He quite woke up. Go ON,
he ordered
"She was mighty pretty Jabson said
reheclively. "When say she you are
to understand that mean the twins
WHY, Perkins those two Smith girls are
so exactly alike that believe it one oi
them broke off a sentence in her conver-
sation aud the second came into the room
that the second one could go right on
aud finish it easy enough. Well, | was
fearfully stuck on her aud she liked me,
too. 1t used to worry me sometimes try
ing to puzzle out which one liked me or
whether both of them were i'll love With
me.
"There was another fellow in love With
her. too. We hated each other violently
for, although there vas always a Miss
Smith apiece when we called, here was
always dubious doubt in our minds as
to whether the girl we loved wasn't enter
tanning the other fellow, and whether Il
was the same girl we both loved or not.
II began to get thin, and deep lines
marked themselves into the face OF the
other fellow, while she-lhey grew more
beautiful than ever. Finally concluded
couldn't stand it any longer. The ri
val fellow came to the same conclusion,
and one day we had an interview. After
calling each other all the bad names we
could think of we took breath aud agreed
to help each other out. He said he had
noticed he told me this solely to assist
in strengthening the tangle, for he was a
nice felIow-hc had noticed when she
kissed him good night that at times there
was decided difference in the way she
did it, aud by following up this clew We
might find ont which girl was which"
Then" broke in Perkins, eagerly
"you both have been spooning on eacl
Others girl after all, hadn't you p
"Yes," said Jabson mournlully, "anc
we hated each other worse than ever
then. But the more we thought of it th'
more impossible it seemed to tell which
kiss belonged to which girl. And then
we couldn't decide which girl-dislin
guished solely by their manner Of kissing
was the one each Of us liked. W.
couldn't ask the girls to settle the thing
By giving US osculatory samples together
and there was nothing to do but to MAKE
one wild dash. We made it together an'
settled the question"
"How?' queried Perkins.
"Why," said Jabson. leaning over, "w'
called the same evening. | proposed t.
the Miss Smith assigned to me AID tn
other fellow proposed to the one be got
We we're both rejected"
But that didn't settle which wa
which,
Didn't it," said Jabson, scornfully
I'D like to know why not. 1t showe'
that we'd each proposed to the other one
girl or we'd have been accepted. j
might be called a negative satisfaction
had that evening, but yet the happines
experienced in knowing which girl
was talking to, even if she was the wron
one, more than counierbalanced my col
row at being refused" >"
'Jabson," said Perkins, gently, {"
think III take another cigar. No, one
your extra fine Havanas, please. | nee
it after that story"
Better aud Better.