The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-03-02
those SCREENS.
So Matter What Mr.. Dare Did, They Came
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Back.
This is a story of an express company,
two screens and q name. There was only
one name, though there were two Jam
lilies. That nobody may know what the
namew 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. MaDley 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, 1.-THE screens are
very nice, and no doubt l can make use of
them, but what put it into YOU head that
we wanted any screens?"
''Screens?" said her husband. What
screens; 1 don 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
that they must be for Mr.. NJ. Dare, but
not Mr.. Manley Dare, if you please. Mr..
NJ. Dare, as well as Mr.. NJ. Dare-Man-
ley Dare, if you please-was ais. 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.. MN. Manley
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 anne 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, "whcre'-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. 1 dom 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 ] got the screens"
t Then, the horrible tale of the screens hav-
; ing been told to the senior Mrs. Dare, the
Q express company was once more called
8 upon to remove them.
0 The next afternoon saw the screens de-
posted in the hallway of Mr.. Manley
: Dare, express charges collected from a serv-
ant.
1t was at this period of persecution that
Mr.. Manley Dare resolved to settle the
o screen question forever. He sent back the
two offending screens and then called at
n the office of Mr.. NJ. Dare-Mr. Maynard
Dare.
Mr.. Dare" he said, Il am Mr.. Dare,
the other Mr.. Dare. For a long time ]
have been bombardcd with a pair Of
screens. At one time 1 thought they must
belong to you, but as l asked the express
company to take them to you, and as
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 screens
L "Screcns!" said the other Mr.. Dare
d YEARLY. "Once several months ago Mrs
10 Dare bought two screens, and we have
ID been tracing them in vain ever SINCE"
''Then," cried Mr.. Dare-Mr. Manley
Dare-"we may solve this mystery. vii
1t you, Mr.. Daro-will you go with me to thu
IF express c%ompany's Officer"
le In the express company's office the Dares
stood side by side.
ave are the Messrs. Dare" explained
70 Mr.. Manley Dare to an officer of the com
al pany. "This," pointing to his namesake
"A "is Mr.. M. Dare. l am also Mr.. M. Dare
O. but Mr.. Manlcy Dare. You screens, ad
dressed to Mr.. NJ. Dare, have always conn
to me, Mr.. Manley Dare, who has pait
10 the expfess charges. They should hav'
" gone to Mr.. Dare here-Mr. Maynare Darl
nt who will be glad to pay the express
t. charges. We are each Mr.. NJ. Dare; but
40 as you see, we are quite unlike, and I an
C. very sure that l do not want the screens
IL M l am happy to say that Mr.. Dare-Mr
as Maynare Dare" he said in an impressive
or tone, lis willing to take them. Have
made the situation quite clear?"
of The official thought that he had.
ke Are you quite positive" said Mr.. OAR
he Mr.. Manley Dare, that you make tn
he distinction? l, Mr.. Manley Dare, have III
1 would not for anything under the SUI
touch them-except to put them out O
as my house. On the other hand, Mr.. May
st mare Dare owns the screens. They belong
to him. He bought them. He paid 70
ol them. No one else has a shadow of RICH
IN to them. Will you," asked Mr.. Mamie.
Dare, with great solemnity-'will yo'
cs send those screens to Mr.. Maynare Daref'
en- And the man promised that he would.
an And now, Mr.. Dare, " said Mr.. Mamie
hit Dare to Mr.. Maynare Dare, II congratu
ly late you upon the near recovery of you
80. screens"
in And you, MIR. Dare, "said Mr.. Magyar
ul Dare to Mr.. Manley Dare, II ask your par
ri don for unwittingly having been tn
cause of much annoyance to you, and
congratulate you upon your escape fror
further bother"
- And they went away-Mr. Maynar
"a Dare with a hope that what was Caesar
NV would be rendered unto Caesar; Mr.. Man
;so ley Dare with a joy for the peace he ez
pected.
rs And on the next day there came to tn
:. house of Mr.. Manley Dare a pair of bal
.an tered, travel stained screens. Where the
,,n are today Mr.. Manley Dare does not know
-. but, wherever they may be wandering, h
~ knows that they will come back. -Ney
80, York Tribune.
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