Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-09-06
had a twin brothei

they loved each ether 50 thai they were
never quite happy wAen separated even
f3r The shortest while. They worker
tcge.hcr on the NUle mountain IN
owned b. tleir father, they ASAeu "
Ether in The noun ain streams my
hunted tcgether in the dusky mountain
woods and they slept together IN ruue
ugI unuer the lean-,o shed Dehihd
CABIN. Poor as ID y were tley were an
s,mia,v conlen.,d and joyous; for they
baI no ambition beyond Ihe simple IKE
they were living. 49,, :.
The.e vas d Singular fact when, III
The case CT thesJ wins, oIs,.hsu ne u
tbcm one from the ether. Laikih mar
was black. L2bans N1s red; C.leI We
re Two boys we're exactly ALIKE. ana
50 mn 10 heir SIX. nth year ,ley iiVcI
as if bound together by an lhFl'.Dle
thong. Where one went there W5HO .-e
orher: what Labal did thaJ L2rkln d'u'
md from nirnt ill m0ying ana IOni
morning till night they were SD Dy s.IE'
Hearty. strong ard healthy tAey le.c
ne ned of Injuries or any cA2hse u
habit or surroundings.
one Sunday morning ne twins We4s
si--rg teacher on the top raj Oh INC
Torr fsnc- that iIclcsed the cao.l s.
yard. / was spring and the moun'dlls I
voo1s were green 20 tle very tops v,
.aa usals: birds sang everywhere lCulIu
aL,n, and the perfume of flowers sweet
eneT me air. Suddenly Laban ran ms
fnqs~s though his curly hair ana Sd.u'
.sW5at dc We s'pose fe.ler could see
o. he went fur eff away yaAd II
scmer's?' ,oz,. mountain
,ange eastward. L2rkin iooHeu aI n. IN
cnr ously. Somehow the WORDS nau u. -
an a s.rangeness ana touch Oh s""-
ness. vet Labln was smiling o4oa
AWAY eff yaader,' me boy rep ae c1'i,
half closing ais eyes, where the SKY
comes down. o-bor ade-
LTD, la mn rneans of expression, then after
a while said: oror thor AN
Their air here ,.,o5 1aban.
"Do YOU know what's away OIL y ,lloso -. :.
Tark.n did moi know, and 'he. e.o - ! =
no cat silent. Nor did Laban pursue '''o
Nnhiecr further. save TO say:
' - air gwine 10 see. Good bye -.
VIII these words he jumped down On
a ,r4 Of The fence and strobe away
Clie 0'o- lille mountain road, when Ien
oa"t The cabin. In a moment or TWO nv
pa. , omt Of sight. leaving Larkin ST.
TING there somewhat dazed anu anu 9'' INV.
Tbe act was something SO uhthe a w..
ling ever before done by Lap1n tn,'
- 80 - brother it was almos; slupely M
ood when he quite disappear "a D.. so.' t,,o
az ~. dim cloud had passed over 40
Do -, - ;ng srn The bird songs souli''eU
far off and queer. 10 on the
no" 80 n7ver ccuM say; however J.
~ a. have been more than a ihllH ~
co'' ., i,g he sprang down ana ran o., a.
80 brother vita all ms m'sn,' o1d an
49,; ; name loudly. lie went oH "H' an,
-, - he was tired. then ne s'oppeu ~, II
u.L,.' ~ How foolish he had DeeH, -, -
..Io Ill a mere tIick Of LaDan = nc W.,
WIS a. 80 he rrugdei back home con
c .C.i,. ~ ev-necting 20 find his pfotHo.
nu'l'''[ IN 10 laugh at him. buC g,,, q.
fl-Is - there was no LaDan' IN. no
-, ~ took fright at cnce; me eN .ho
fanny ' 1.ra,ge. they ran all over 'he
W9H se-tied country, inqulTins d. 80 .,
~. 80 No one had sen the ms - :;
hOuse nd never track CT d tl"IS ~
, pUy' c1nId they find. Il was a. -, II ~
- vanished into air OF DeeH 0"-'''0
up by the earth Tho resources
what could be done. ~ 90 few
VIZ na moor mountain people are Ie",
o. SIg member OF the family S,Io .',o
i ~ sI1ecially Larkin. 10 gel SOM ~,
cina 10 this mystery. Iney ven ven , ~ Dc,
- ~ Owns within their reach anu nia lSe
AJAX search: rhey ransacKeu ~. ~
T.6ods the thickets. the caves anu ~. IN
Zines of the mountains. In lsct .u =.
IS'-c.' vas exhaustive and they kept II
IN m, even after all hope was gone, go,
w. = bree years passed by LaFkin n- .i
o-oa,n almost TO manhood lonely ana
Miserable longing al the time Tor MS
-, brother. One day. l. was a sun
a. he stood leaning on the lijt.e TICK,
"a "a! ,.a-a cate in front Of the cabin, ana
$50 with his eyes bent upon lne
ground he reflected upon the past SUI
SanIv 4 football startled MIN. he
looked up and there 5000 LarKin'
bright faced and smiling.
aHow're We. Lark" gayly the young
wanderer called out, extending his
hand.