The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19

IJare, If you please-Dare; the express
charges were paid; the mistress of the
house came home; the screens were pack
ed mp 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 trunk and box
ing household property there came two
screens, which were promptly elected.
In New York Mrs. Dare-Mrs. Marley
Dare-going to call OF 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 screensf"
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
them is especially beautiful, but l suppose
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, the
express company was once more called
upon to remove them.
Tho 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.
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the other Mr.. Dare. For a long time /
have been bombarded with a pair of
screens. At one time l 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 no belong to YOU. But, Mr.. Dare,
if you can throw any light on the mystery
of the screens
"Screensl' 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. Manley
Dare-"we may solve this mystery. Will
you, Mr.. Daro-will you 90 with me to the
express company's Officer"
In the express oompany's office the Dares
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,
sis Mr.. NJ. Dare. l am also Mr.. NJ. Dare,
but Mr.. Manley Dare. Your screens, ad-
dressed to Mr.. M. Dare, have always come
to me, Mr.. Manley Dare, who has paid
the express charges. They should have
gone to Mr.. Dare here-Mr. Maynare Dare
who will be glad to pay the express
charges. We are each Mr.. M. Dare; but,
as you see, we are quite unlike, and l 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
made the situation quite clear?'
The official thought that he had.
Are you quite positive" said Mr.. Dare
Mr.. Manley Dare, that you make the
distinction? l, Mr.. Manley Dare, have no
claims in the world upon those screens.
/ 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 fol
them. No one else has a shadow of right
to them. Will you," asked Mr.. Manley
Dare, with great solemnity-"will you
send those screens to Mr.. Maynare DareS'
And the man promised that he would.
And now, Mr.. Dare, " said Mr.. Manley
Dare to Mr.. Maynare Dare, II congratu
late you upon the near recovery of youl
screens"
And you, Mr.. Dare, said Mr.. Maynard
Dare to Mr.. Manley Dare, Il ask your par
don for unwittingly having been th'
cause of much annoyance to you, and
congratulate you upon your escape from
further bother.
And they went away-Mr, Mnynar;
Dare with "a hope that what was Caesar
would be rendered unto Caesar; Mr.. Man
ley Dare with a JOY for the peace he eG
pected.
And on the next day there came to TIN
house of Mr.. Manley Dare a pair of bat
tered, travel stained screens. Where the,
are today Mr.. Manley Dare does not know
but, wherever they may be wandering, h
knows that they will come back.-Nev
} York Tribune.