The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-04

il Hiu>iliny confusion. Mama, we
are dressed right this time confess
ed Tie culprit with short hair.
"Great Scott. wife, who went with
me to the barber?'
"Paul, Of course. They are just
teasing us" replied Mary.
mo, Mama, it really and truly
was Paulina. I'll go today. if You
please" and Paul's arm stole around
his mothers neck while he eontlnued:
"No. little Mamadie-don't be an
CRY. We just can't bear to be so
different-only in dress. 1t would
spoil everything. What's the use OF
being twins if there amt no fun III
| it," teased the boy, kissing her again
and again. As usual John Dayton S
mirth knew no bounds. His laugh
was contagious, too, and at last the
smiles came back to Mary's grave
face, though there was an evident
fact that the tears were very near
the surface, as she at last spoke re-
signedly:
"Well, it's no use, John-waH
never know which is which till Paul
is old enough to sprout NOUS
tache!" Of course Paul's hair was
cut right away and except in dress
the twins we're still exactly alike. AS
I hae intimated before, John Dal-
ton was a farmer Of only modest
means, and as the years passed he
achieved no greater success, but rath-
er, his farm was "going down, and
he seemed to just plod along with no
energy OF aspirations. Crops failed,
horses and cattle die7, and At last
Johns health failed. Steady drinking
was making him a physical wreck
though he was no drun>.,rd. The
farm Wa. mortgaged 70 hny n:'rc
horses and cattle and man ~4S :lred
to take Johns place al the p!.w.
Uncle Jake and Aunt Disc worked
faithfully but slowly, and both could
hardly do the work Of one "hand.
The twins attended the district
school near by, during the winter,
and in summer we're taught by their
mother. They were wonderfully
bright and at twelve years Of age haG
an unusual talent. for music, which
their mother was anxious to have de-
veloped. But to buy piano WAS i'm
possible.
A kind neighbor who was the
proud possessor of an organ gave the
twins three music lessons every week
and their progress was wonderfully
rapid. Paul and Paulina talked and
talked, plotted and planned, but how
to gett a piano was puzzle. "Papa'
had big doctor bill to pay, besides
the mortgage and they wouldn t think
of adding another burden to the load
he was carrying.
One day in early spring they were
walking in the garden. Half a mile
away, they could see the great white
hotel, known as ,"The Springs. - "It
was great summer resort and soon
reorle w,uId begin to come there
from everywhere to drink the health
giving waters Of the several different
mineral springs.
4 long row Of rhubarb, or pie
plant, had begun to greet the spring
and was springing up in beautiful
1uxuriant growth. AS Paalina looked
in admiration at the broad green
leaves, she exclaimed:
"Oh! brother, T have an idea-a
tremendous great big one! Let's get
Mama to let US have all this that she
doesn't need, and We'll make pies an
sell 'em at the hotel! I can bake real
nice, you know, an Aunt Dilsie will
help me. You can sell 'em! I know
Mama will let us-and la! maybe we
can have a vegetable garden Of our
own
Pau1's eyes danced, 'Paulina you
are a brick! Let's 60 and ask Ma
ma"
When at last Mama understood,
she gladly gave hearty cooperation,
knowing that piano was the prize to
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