Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-16
TWO OF A KIND.

~ am in trouble" said Bremner to
,l5 friend sommers, and l want you
10 help me out"
.Financ,al?" asked Sommers, W IT,
slight contracting of the eyebrows
..Oh, no. worse than that, gooc
ieaL;
II didn't know anything could be
worse n these panicky times. What
5 it,"
Il have friend" said Bremner.
''or a man VINO tn nks h msel1 my
friend. and whom, forcertain reasons,
| wish to shake of. hut lie re uses 10
be shaXen. Now, you are resource
ful man, and may be able to give me
hint. | ave tried ,verything Win
SnagLs-e erythinr short Of positive
nsuIt-and all to no purpose
What is the matter with hlnl:
asked Sommera
THE matter is this. He has boy
seven years old, or thereabouts. and
he always lersists in talking about
the lad fact, he can't talk OF any
thing else, and imaglnes every one
as de ply Interested as b m,elf- L
have nothing at all against the boy
ne is good enough cunmonp ace
little fellow, like all the rest OF them.
| never s,e any difference n boys my
self. tie all Seem e ual y OBJ ection-
able. But Sn2ggS CONES to our house,
SITS down. and talks about his boy,
what he does. and what he says, un-
Til | am nearly drlveI crazy. ! nope
you can suggest something for my
-eIief."
Il suggest" sad Sommers, 'that
you take SnagLs tOthe state of Michi-
gan, u. S. A, and Kill him.
why to NJ chigan:" quer ed Brem-
aer.
"Oh, simply because they don't
lang for murder there, and any PEN
atty short of hang ng should be cheer
fully borne to get rid Of man like
SnaggS"
Il didn't know you were acquainted
vita him." said Bremner, eXcitedly.
I'm not, ut l am anicted in the
same way myself"
"NonsenSe!'' cried Bremner; 81
never even heard you mention your
children"
II mean that l am afflicted with a
friend like SnaggS Its daughter
in his case. His name is Gregsby.
Pm even worse off than you are, for
this only daughter IS but years
old. You are two years ahead OF me.
BY and by the boy Will reach years OF
discretion. and he will get there
1ufcker than Gregsby's girl"
Il don't know out that" Brem-
ner repl ed, gloomily: girls grow up
so much faster than boys do"
But they never reach years of
discretion, you know"
Il don't Lel;eve any son Of Snagg;
will, either. The BOYS father hasn't,
at any rate. But, l say. Sommers,
an idea strikes me. Why not intro
duce Snaggs and Gregsby to each
other!"
That wouldn't be bad plaD," re-
piled SOmmers, cheerfuliy, '.and
then we N ght let on them. Ill
back my man to be the greater bore. !"
There wouldn't he any Use in bet
ting said Bremner, "for if your man
is as bad as mine, it could only end
in a draw"
Bring your man round, and we'll
test the clse.
Shall l bring Snaggs to your
mouse to O-morrow ght, then?' asked
Bremner.
81 es and if you're in for bet,
I'm your victim. l have great faith
in regsby, and would like to have a
little stake on him"
Its serious subject with me, I"
replied Bremner.
'Oh, very well then, I'll exp ct
YOU to mo. row night about s o'clock,
though l su ,pect your man is not
half so capable bore as mine -
1t was few minutes before s
O'Clock when Gregsby pressed t e
elec ric button at the SOmmer's resi-
dencc. Sommers heard him talking
to Mrs. SOmmers in the hall, say NJ,
oh, yes. thank you, she is ~ tie
well. FL tell you something funny
hat she said to-day to her mother.
Sommers groaned. and helped b NJ
self to (uantity of tie stimulapt
provided for his guests. The next
moment Gregsby appeared smiling,
and DINNERS greeted him with we'll
feigned cordiality.
Very soon the bell rang again, and
a few minutes after Bremner was in
Il. ducing Snagss to the two sitting
in the smoking loom.
"Beastly weather, this" said
GIegsby to the ncw-comcrS ~
don't mind the weather myself, but
when a man has children he is com
PEELED to think of it,"
Have YOU childrCn?" asked
Snaggs, with apparent interest
'I've a little boy myself, but he
loesn't uind Tie weather in tho
east"
Il shouldn't say Children" replied
Grcgsby. Il have one little girl, and
he is only 5 years old, but wonder
'ully knowing for her age, and this
weather Is so bad that she misses her
walk with her mamma We never
rust her out with nurse you
Know"
Il was saying" broke in Snaggs,
that have little boy myself: he
Is I, and he goes out III al sorts
of weather l don't believe in cod.
1llng children. And that reminds
me Of a cle-er thing he said to me
this morning. He always comes a
title piece CT the way with me when
start TO the office; he"
"Ah yes" interrupted Grogsby,
but girls are delicate little creatures
and have to nc taken care Of"
''Quite So" agreed Snaggs. II ad
nit that th"-e are disadvantages
about girls that boys are quite free
rom"
..Disad dvaHta.esI" cried G:egsby.
you don't E.al TO cay taat a great
clumsy boy Is to be compared with :
neat little girl. l would rather har.
girl any day, Dig or little, than
boy"