Arizona republican., 1898-10-14
tContinued From Yestsrday.)

nal not so pad now, gentlemen not So ba1." declared the colonel, who had a happy appreciation of huInor, however absurd or whimsical it might be, and an amiahle habit of sympathiz- ing with any nonsense that might be afissat. ''tslasl to see you here again. anyway, Mir. North You'll have the same roonls again. I suppose? They haven't been taken yet, you see. Kept 'em for yon all this tilnel'
 This was said with renewed chuck ling and an air of good-naturcdly. though cllmsily. carrying on the pleas antry that Mir. North had originated.
 ''Confound them all" thought the latter in despair. Whoever heard of my word? Oaths and protestations seem to have no more weight than a feather against their own stupid pre- conceived ideas. l begin to feel my reason tottering. my memory failing me, Where did l ever see these idiots before? It's all nonsense; I never saw them. in my life. And yet am certain ly Allan North, attorney at law. How could they know me so well if they had never seen pse before? Was I here four hours ago? Am,I their old friend and comrade? Or am 1 dreaining-be witchcd? No, mol It is case of mis- taken identity; l am clearly the unhap- py victim of some other fellows good fortune his strange and unaceountable resemblance to me. The same name. too; what singular eo- incidence! Upon my word. this savers of comedy, and. since it is forced upon me, m take my role and sec what l can make of it. I'm in the hands of these harmless lunatics who think they know who am better than l do myself; so I'll hunor them for the present It's a queer entanglement. but protestations are useless unless the other fellow should turn up and settle the question; and, so far as can see, the best thing Tor me to do is to drift with this tide which have found it so impossible to stem, and let the results take care of themselves. It cannot do any harm. How could anyone blame me for it., under the circumstances? And, really, might as well combine a little innocent amusement with the i'm portant business that calls me to K. Unless an vastly mistaken, this prom iscs to be the most diverting experience l ever happened uponr'
 This soliloquy flashed through North's mind in very brief time, during which he stood abstractedly in the center of the group whose chafIing remarks he only half heard CT conprehended; and as 1t reached this definite conclusion he resigned himself to his fate with sense of reckless enjoyment.
 "Certainly, coionel," he said. having caught the title, though the name of the gcntlenanly manager had escaped him, the same rooms, by all means By the way shall l rcgister?''
 ''As you please. MT. North: as you please. When will you leave off jest ing?" And the expression of vague un- easiness again appeared on Col. Dayton $ round, rosy face. Just step into the office minute. anyway. The clerk $ got letter that was sent up after you left this morning. You didn't tell us where your correspondence should be forwarded to, so we were in something of a puzzle to decide-'' The rest of the sentence was lost in the coloners puffing endeavor to open the heavy swing-door.
 Allan North, attorney at law, was glad to escape from the hilarions crowd on the hotel steps and followed the colonel into the office But here another difficulty confronted him. when a dainty nissivc hearing a ladys chirog- raphy was placed in his hand.
 True, the envelope was addressed sim ply to Mir North, Clement House. City" and was not he that gentleman? But then, very probably at the time the letter w;is written he was not with in one hundred miles of the Clement house and had never even heard of the place.
 1t may appear to the cool, dispassion- ate reader that North's proper course at this point was too obvious to admit of any hesitation or mental debate. argue within himself what line of ac- tion he should adopt. Refuse to take the letter? That would give rise to re- newed questions, explanations and ridi- cnle, which. in view of his late trying experiences. he did not wish to pro- yoke. How would it do. for instance
 His reflections were suddenly arrested by the discovery that the envelope was not sealed A vague sense of relief came to his mind. as if he now saw an easy and justifiable solution of the diff ficnIty.
 An oversight, of course" he thought. still contemplating the creamy envelope that he held. from which arose faint exquisite perfume as of withered rose leaves: but there cannot be anything very private or personal about this cor rcsponience or the fair writer would not have been so careless. After all, 1 whom is it for if not for me? Who, is the man whose perfect counterpart l seem to be?" ,.
 He paused in his speculations A sudden suspicion darted like lightning into luis mind, then as suddenly was dismissed
 Oh. no. that is iInpossible." he men tally declared the next instant. Quite out of tue oueS.ion And 7-ct thu