The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-08

you were Dever coming
$50 did l." remarked her father
grimly. 'But now he's here, make
the best Of him.
"What is the matter, Paul? Father
speaks as if something had happen
ened," said Madge appealing to our
hero, who stood really -plussed.
Something has happened, Miss
Madge." he replied with growing en-
barrassment. "There is misunder-
standing somewhere, of which I am
the unfortunate victim. lam not"
"At it again?' broke in the far
mer. "You better keep away from
him. Madge, until he sleeps it off.
He isn't over it yet, see. -
"Over what, father?" Madge ask
ed wonderingly.
- His spree, of course. won't
shield him any longer He's trying
to pretend I'm mistaken and don't
know him."
"There is a mistake - interposed
Paul. "There must be someone else
who bears my name and looks like
me-"
"Fiddlesticks p calculated Farmer
Sherman. "You'v We either been drink
ing or turned loony, or else you're in
love with another gal and want to
give my Madge the slip"
"Paul, have you ceased to love
mel" exclaimed Madge, her pretty
eyes full of tears.
IT believe / can answer for the
fidelity of your Paul." stammered
Vance. "But unfortunately I am
not one who has been honored by
your preference"
"You will persist in deceiving me !"
exclai m d Madge reproachfully.
"Just wait until I call Ida; she'll
know you" She stepped back into
the house reappearing in a moment
with her sister. "There, Ida, tell
me if am in my right senses; if that
is Paul Vance?"
"Why certainly" answered Ida
after moments scrutiny. "Either
himself or his double; but there
couldn' t etwo people so much alike. +"
"There must be, Miss Ida," inter-
posed Paul. ''I assure you I am not
your sisters lover"
"There that will do p exclaimed
Madge, manifesting decided symp-
toms of Mysteries. 'I will give you
until this evening to come to sense
of your duty, and if you then persist
in this cruel conduct will take legal
measures to punish you p and with
burst of sobs she collapsed into a
chair, just as young man who had
been coming at brisk pace along the
road and had even passed through the
gate without being noticed, precipi-
tated himself into the midst Of the
group.
Psniss sack sack ass was shis fowaf 5af n me- But But
as his voice so like his own greeted
his ears, he wheeled around to meet
his double, indeed, perfect counter
part with slightly darker hair and eyes.
"What are all these tears about,
and who the mischief is that?" ex-
claimed the newcomer, pointing to
Paul, while Madge with glad cry,
sprang up and flung herself into his
arms.
"Paul Paul you are my Paul,
aren't your" she cried excitedly.
"Of course 1 am, unless you've
made some exchange in my absence !"
he answered with a laugh. ''But
who the dickens is that fellow-my
shadow ?"
"Is it possible your name is Paul
Vance? 7" inquired our hero, stepping
forward.
''It is, sir-at your service. ;"
And you came from Berwyn
county,"
eyes I am attending the medical
college there at the present time-my
home is elsewhere"
"Well, this is extraordinary. My
name is Paul Vance, and I live at
Berwyn came down here on busi-
ness by the $50 train, to be seized by
this man at the station and hauled
here on the charge of being his daugh-
ter's lover"
With ringing laugh Paul No. 2
interrupted him.
"The $50 train Well of all
things I wrote Farmer Sherman to
expect me by that train, but missed
it and took the express half an hour
later. I wondered he was not at the
station to meet me but l borrowed
a lift from a neighbor as far as the
cross road. You have my sympathy.
Ha, ha, ha p
Explanations were plentiful after
that, and Paul No. finally left after
hearty invitation to call again,
which he did with such frequency
that when Madge got out her we'd
ding cards another set accompanied
them bearing the names respectively
of Ida Sherman and Paul Vance.
The double wedding, with two
bridegrooms of the same name, made
decided sensation, and Farmer Sher-
man declared that his sons in. law
would have to tie ribbons of different
colors around their fingers in order
to be distinguished that it was worse
than the Siamese twins but Madge
and Ida both declared that though so
much alike each ones particular Paul
was a little the better looking, and
therefore easy to be identified, which
judgment was perfectly satisfactory
to their respective bridegrooms.-
Mrs. E. II. Hough.
"I IsuPPosE, Uncle jim, you remem-
Der good deal about the politics of
(, the early days?"
"Well, l never tux much int'rest
in pollytics, but I kin recollect when
John c. Fremont was 'lected Presi-
dent"
Fremont Why, Fremont was