Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-10
A Story of Twins.

tween twins is something far beyond
ordinary fraternal affection - that a
man win suffer any amount for his
twin. You have a twin brother, 20
you ought TO know II this Is true. How
is it,"
"You mean suffer things willIngIyT'
"of course. Why do you ask thatT'
We'll, sometimes fellow will suffer
for another when he doesn't want to-"
II don't understand you"
'Its this way: I'm fond Of Dan Just
as you say twins are, but | want you
to understand one thlng-the next time
Dan gets sick and has to go to a hos.
pital propose 70 let the doctors and
the nurses take care OF him. As for
going to him with pigs feet or jelly
or any other good things, I'm not going
10 do IT, He can get on without me IL
he IL my twin brother"
Something unpleasant must have
happened while Dan was In the hos
pital last summer"
Something happened should
smlleg'
well, smile then: don't look as II
you'd like to carve somebody and tell
me about H."
well. not long after the surgeons
had been carving Dan I went to zee
him. The door Of the hospital being
open, walked In, expecting to see a
janitoF or somebody connected with
the institution who'd show me TO Dams
room. Nobody being around just then.
walked to the rear Of the building,
looking this way and that for an at
tendant, but not finding any stopped
and exclaimed 10 myself:
"'WelI, I'll be jlngedr
Suddenly heard woman's voice:
Heavens! There's my patient walk
ing about dellrlousg There was a
smash OF crockery, and, turning. l saw
a nurse looking at me with horror, a
heap OF broken dishes at her feet,
which she had just dropped from q
tray. Another nurse came out OF a
door and, seeing me. seemed TO recog-
nixe me, though I'D never seen her be.
fore. and the two made q dive for
me.
"Im a peaceable fellow and can be
led like a lamb. especially by a won.
an or even two women II they are
pretty, and both OF these were, but
I'll be Hinged II could stand having
each one OF them seize me by a wrist
and attempt to force me up a stair
way. / resisted, One Of them stepped
20 an electric button and pressed II.
Il must have sounded a general alarm.
for man attendant came from one
direction and another from another.
and the nurse who'd dropped the
dishes said;
Take him up to No. IL. When I
came down TO get his dinner he got
up. dressed and came downstairs. III
got discharged for this. Heavensl
There comes the house surgeonl Put
him In here
"DO you know, those two buffers
just picked me up and hustled me
into room close by, while kicked
and struck out like a maniac. They
put me on bed. and one Of them held
me down by main force while the
other rushed out for something. The
nuFge-mv nurse, you know--poured
some funny tasting stun down my
who had gone out came back with a
chunk Of Ice and put II at the top OF
my head. Then they got hot water
bags and put em to my feet. and all
stood round looking scared to death.
"Well. was getting madden and
madden every minute. Now. look
a-here,' shrleked. you Just let me
mp or when do get out Of this I'll
murder every mothers son or daugh-
ter Of your
"'Give him another dose. Miss Wal
kerr said one OF the men.
Miss walker-mg nurse. you know
she poured out another dose, and
Just as she was about to put It down
my throat | made a big effort, freed
one of my fists and sent the glass aud
contents dying toward the ceiling.
Mercy met cried my nurse. Why
did ! ever leave him2 It's a sure case
OF brain fever
''Just at that moment something pop
ped into my head. I wondered why /
hadn't thought of Il before. They had
mistaken the for Dan.
See here you people. you're bark
Ing up the wrong tree. aren't your D.
you think i'm Dan MaloneT
Funny remarked one OF the men.
how people who are on their heads
Railways think they're some one else
"'You blankety blank foolsl You
70 to Dams room aud see II you don't
and him there. I'm his twin brother
I came TO STE him.
+rhe two nurses began to look al
each other, the two men priCked M
their ears, aud then my nurse said 10
the other one;
"'Run up aud see
$50 she did and IN 4 minute came
back into the room with a grin on her
face that looked like the cat that ate
the canary
He's safe In bed she glggled.
THANK heavenr sobbed my uurse
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