The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-26
A Story Of Twins.

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you ought te know ifthis is ttne How
IL itT f1t
''Iou mean snfer things wlllinglyy'
"Of course WHY do you ask .lmtf'
We'll. sometimes fellow win suffer
Tor 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 thing the next time
Dan gets sick aud has to ge 10 4 hos
pita | propose to let tie 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
to do it He can get on without me II
he is my twin brother"
Something unpleasant must have
happened while Dan was lm the hos
pital last summer
Something happened should
smile."
Wei. smile then; don't look rs 81
you'd like to carve somebody ard tell
me about IT,"
We'll. not long after the surgeons
had been carving Dan / went 20 see
him The door OF the hospital being
open. walked In. expecting to see
ianitor or somebody connected with
the institution who'd show me to Dams
room. Nobody being around inst then
walked to the rear Of the building
looking this way and that for an at
tendant. hnt not finding any ! stopped
and exclaimed to myself
We'll. III be llngedr
suddenly ! heard a woman's voice:
"IFeayens. There's my patient walk
ing about deiriouse There WAS
smash of crockery. and turning saw
nurse loolslng at me With horror
heap OF broken dishes at her feet,
which she hatl just dropped from Il
tray. Another Nurse came out OF
door and. seeing me, seemed to rccog-
nize me, though Ia never seen her be-
fore. and the two made a dive for
me.
I'm peaceablc fellow aud can be
led like lamb. especially by a wom-
an on even Two women II they are
pretty. ana both Of these were. hut
III be jlnged il could stand having
each one OF them seize me by wrist
ind attempt 10 force me up stair
way. / resisted One or them stepped
10 an electric hutton and pressed IT,
II must have sounded general alarm
for man attendant came from one
direction aud another from another
and the nurse who'd dropped the
dishes said
Take him up to No 4, When I
came down to get his dinner he got
up, dressed and came downstairs IN
get discharged for this. Heavens,
There comes the house surgeon 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 maniac They
put ME on bed. and Que of them held
me down by main force while the
other rushed out for something The
nurse my nurse. you know poured
some funny tasting stun down my
throat. and Ia few minutes the man
who had gone out came back with 4
chunk OF lee and put It al the top OF
my head. Then they got hot water
bags and put 'em to my feet. ana an
stood round looking scared TO death.
"Well. was getting madder and
madder every minute. 'Now, look
a-here, l shFieked. you Just let>me
up or when / 40 get ont OF this I'll
murder every mothers son or daugh-
ter Of your
"Giye him another dose, Miss Wal.
kerr said one OF the men.
Miss Walker-my nurse. you know
--she poured out another dose, and
Just as she was about to put II down
my throat ! made big effort, freed
one of my fists ana sent the glass and
contents flying toward the ceiling.
Mercy mct cried my nurse. why
did 1 ever leave him? IT'S n sure case
Of brain fever
Just at that moment something pop
ped iilio my head. : wondered why
hadn't thought Of II before They had
mistaken me for Dan.
See here. you people, you're bark
ing upihe wrong tree. aren't you? Do
You think I'm ban MaloncY
Funny remarked one OF the men
how people who are on their heads
always think they're some one else
You blnnkety blank fools. Yor
20 to Dams room ami see II you dom
find him there. I'm his twin brother
came to see him
"Thc two nurses began TO look a
each other the two men prlcked NJ
their ears and then my nurse said t'
the other one:
"'Run up and see
$50 sue did aud In a minute eam'
back Into the room With a grin on he
face that looked like the eat that att
the canary
'''IIa's safe M bed she eiggled.
"'Thank heaven, sohbed my nurse
aud she fen over ia the other onct
arms When she came 10 herself sh,
turned "a me aud said Il ask thou
sand hardons l shall rely on you
magnanimity 10 help us keep this ~