The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-07-27
THOSE SCREENS.
so Matter What MIR. Dare Did, They Came
Back.

w ~ mr. Dare D1I, IneY Eam9
Back.
This Is a story of an express company,
two screens and a name. There was only
one name, though there were two fam
lilies. That nobody may know what the
name was it shall be called Dare. The head
of one family was NJ. Dare. The head of
the other family was NJ. Dare.
To the summer home on Staten Island
of Mr.. NJ. Dare-Mr. Manley Dare it was
came one day two screens from a New
York dealer, express charges Collect
The family wasn't at home, but one of the
servants paid the express charges, and
when Mrs. Dare came in she looked the
screens over. There was nothing remark
able about them, and she did not want
any screens, but she set them up. That
evening at dinner she spoke to her hus-
band about them.
My dear" she said, 'the screens are
very nice, and 10 doubt 1 can make use of
them, but what put it into your head that
we wanted any screens?"
"Screens?" said her husband. What
screensf l don't know anything about
screens" And explanations followed.
The next day the screens came down.
They were bundled up and returned to
the express company, with the suggestion
nat they must be for Mr.. M. Dare, but
not Mr.. Manley Dare, if you please. Mr..
NJ. Dare, rs well as Mr.. M. Dare-Man-
ley Dare, If you ~please-was also living on
Staten Island.
About two weeks later, the family again
being out of the house, there came a cou-
pie of screens to Mr.. M.-Mr. Marley
Dare, If you please-Dare; the express
charges were paid; the mistress of the
house came home; the screens were pack
ed up again and sent out into the cold
world.
The summer wore on, and it came time
for the Manley Dares to return to the city.
While they were packing trunks and box
ing household property there came two
screens, which were promptly elected.
In New York Mrs. Dare-Mrs. Manley
Dare-going to call on her mother-in-law
one day in the fall, saw two screens that
seemed familiar.
Mother" she said, with something
akin to horror, "where''-great stress on
the 'where"-'did you get those screens?"
"Well," said her mother-in-law placid
ly, "Nita wrote me several weeks ago that
she was going to send me a very beautiful
screen. Two or three weeks ago these
screens came. l don't think either of
tiltIll l. CslCCldlly Dcilcllul, DuU L SuppOSt
as the beautiful one turned out not to be
beautiful she sent me two. So l set them
up, and that is where l got the screens"
Then, the horrible tale of the screens hav-
ing been told to the senior Mrs. Dare, tho
express company was once more called
upon to remOve them.
The next afternoon saw the screens de-
posted in the hallway of MIR. Manley
Dare, express charges collected from a serv-
ant.
1t was at this period of persecution that
Mr.. Manley Dare resolved to settle the
screen question forever. He sent back the
two offending screens and then called at
the office of Mr.. NJ. Dare-Mr. Maynard
Dare.
Mr.. Dare, Z" he said, Il am Mr.. Dare,
the other Mr.. Dare. For a long time 1
have been bombarded with a pair Of
screens. vt one time | thought they must
belong to you, but as l asked the express
company to take them to you, and as l
still keep getting the screens, l presume
they do not belong to you. But, Mr.. Dare,
if you can throw any light on the mystery
of the scrcens''-
"Screens!" said the other Mr.. Dare
YEARLY. "Once several months ago Mrs.
Dare bought two screens, and we have
been tracing them in vain ever since"
"Then," cried Mr.. Dare-Mr. Manlcy
Dare-''we may solve this mystery. Will
you, Mr.. Daro-will you go with me to the
express %company's Officer"
In the express company's office the Darcs
stood side by side.
1--WE are the Messrs. Dare" explained
Mr.. Manley Dare to an officer of the COM
pany. This" pointing to his namesake,
lis Mr.. M. Dare. l am also Mr.. M. Dare,
but Mr.. Marley Dare. Your screens, adj
dressed to Mr.. NJ. Dare, ave always come
to me, Mr.. Manley Dare, who has paid
the express charges. They should nave
gone to Mr.. Dare here-Mr. Maynare Dare
who will be glad to pay the express
charges. We are each Mr.. NJ. Dare; but,
as you see, we are quite unlike, and 1 am
very sure that l do not want the screens,
and l am happy to say that Mr.. Dare-Mr.
Maynare Dare" he said in an impressive
tone, lis willing to take them. Have 1
made the situation quito clear?"
The official thought hat he had.
Are you quite positive" said Mr.. Dare
Mr.. Manley Dare, THAT you make the
distinction? l, Mr.. Marley Dare, have no
claims in the world upon those screens.
l would not for anything under the sun
touch them-eXcept to put them out Of
my house. On the other hand, Mr.. May
mare Dare owns the screens. They belong
to him. He bought them. He paid for
them. Nc one else has a shadow of right
to them, viii you," asked Mr.. Manley
Dare, with great solemnity-''will you
send those screens to Mr.. Maynare Daref"
And the man promised that he would.
And now, Mr.. Dare" said Mr.. Manley
Dare to Mr.. Maynare Dare, Il congratu-
late you upon the near recovery OF your
screens"
"And you, Mr.. Dare, ''said Mr.. Maynare
Dare to Mr.. Manley Dare,"I ask your par
don for unwittingly having been the
cause of much annoyance to you, and !
congratulate you upon your escape from
further bother"
And they went away-Mr. Maynare
Dare with "a hope that what was Caesars
would be rendered unto Caesar; Mr.. Man
ley Dare with a joy for the peace he G x
pected.
And on the next day there came to the
house of Mr.. Manley Dare a pair of bat
tered, travel stained screens. Where they
are today Mr.. Manley Dare does not know;
but, wherever they may be wandering, he
Epoys that tbev will come hack Now