The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04

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 and Mrs. Chapman, with whom Ottis boarded. When MT. GohrinSer and otto entered the Chapman house they were
 met by Mf. and Mrs. Chapman, and re mained in the parlor for time. Then MT. Gohringer said:
 1 Come into your room a moment Ot- tis," and led the way into the room set
 apart for Ottis.
 After that there was smooth sailing
 in the Chapman home. They did not | suspect anything until Wednesday when Mir Chapman noticed something
 strange, and knowing that her boardel
 had a twin boarder, she charged Otto
 with taking his brothers place. It was | thought best to acquaint her with the | facts, and she promised secrecy AL
 the school there was no trouble Tor two
 days, but finally the children accused 1 their teacher of acting strangly, put dlo
 not knew that he was a total stranger
 to them. The trouble arose in naming | lessons. Some classes contained pupils | in two different grades, and Ottis hau
 neglected to explain this fact to Otto' It ] led to confusion, and the pupils report 1 ed the matter to their parents ana QUO | thought best to confess.
 | On Wednesday Joseph w. Rectof'
 trustee of Adams township, made ms 1 periOdical visit to the ButtonWood
 school. Of course he was ignorant oL
 the real situation and remained an en-
 tire afternoon conversins with otto ana calling him Otis discussing institute
 work and a special feature which ne had discussed with Ottis on former oc- casions Otto performed his part so l well that MT. Rector left Wlthout sus- | pecting the fraud and when the tfuth was related to him he refused to helleNe | it.
 Otis had q similar experience at Ot- | tos boarding house The deception was not discovered for two days and the pt- pills were longer than that in detectihS it. It was not their looks nor speech that betrayed them, but the hesltatlng manner in dealing with subjects with which those about them knew the teacher to be familiar. If the brothers
 had trained each other for few hours it is more than probable that no one would ever have learned of the fraud Otts was engaged in hearing classes on Thursday about o'clock when a rap at the door announced NlsltofS. Lawrence McTurnan, the county super intendent, and Carey Forkner, township trustees, walked in. Ottis, in slang par
 lance fell dead" He had not counted on his. He knew his brother had adept ed methods in his schools not praetised in all country schools, and he was also aware that the superintendent and the trustee knew of those methods Plain- ly. he was in position where care full policy was advisable However, he resolved not to enlighten the visitors at once, and continued with the regular work of the school. The superlntend- ent made his usual examinations, ad- dressed the school complimented the teacher and gave way to the trustee, who made few remarks. Presently the visitors withdrew, never dreaming that they had been victims of decep- tion, planned originally mainly for their benefit. This occurred the first week in october and it was three or four weeks before the facts in the case be- came known abroad. The school off cials were embarrassed for time, be- cause their friends chaffed them with out mercy, but soon accepted the joke in good humor and excused the broth CTS for their breach of discipline in eX- changing schools without permission.
 Otto had a peculiar experience out side his school work during his stay at his brothers school. Before leaving, Ottis had made an engagement with young woman named Pearl, who was visiting a young married couple near Markleville Ottis was well acuainted with all the persons concerned, but Ot- to had never seen any of them. He knew where they lived. however, and set out one evening to fill his brothers engagement. As he ntered the door young woman met him and held out her hand.
 Hello. Pearl" said Otto, but it chanced that she was not Pearl, but the young married woman that Pearl was visiting.
 Otto instantly saw his mistake from her actions and, passing the mater off as joke actually stayed during the evening and left without giving any further cause for suspicion. None of these persons ever heard of the man ner in which they were deceived, and unless they have been recently cnl'ght- ened, are yet in ignorance of It.
 township institute was to be held on a recent Saturday in Adams town ship It was required of all teachers to attend or forfeit days day. Ottis found it impossible or inconvenient to go, and not wishing to lose the money. reuested his brother Otto to attend in his place and take up his work. Otto consented He attended the institute discussed the subject assigned to Ottis urged the adoption of certain rules gov erning institute work which had been advocated previously by Ottis, convers- ed with the teachers present and was introduced to new acuaintances as "Ot- tiS, one of a pair of twins so wonder fully alike that one could not be told from the other" He spent a pleasant day as Otis and went away without one person suspecting that it was not the real Ottis who had been with them.
 As a single example of their mental similarity d mysterious fact may be mentioend A brother, ColfaX. is teach- ing school at Cayuga, Ind He cor responds with the twins. and has often remarked that when he receives let ter from one he is sure to receive let ter from the other within very short time and usually the same subjects are mentioned in both letters and discussed along the same lines, s
 A thousand instances could be cited Il. ,l.i.-