The Press., 1911-07-19

doing so did not appear to occur to her. She asked me what was my nationality, and when told her was an American she at once showed an eagerness to hear anything would tell her about my country. But I found she could tell me more about the underlying principles on which our government rests than could tell her.
 "What a grand thing 1t is," she said, 'tthat union of free and independent states surrounding a common center at the capital. In the eastern hemi- sphere all points the other way, not from the periphery to the hub, but from the hub to the periphery. Our governmental centers inherited from a barbarous past, are merely tax on the people. We pay large price for them and get nothing in return. Our problem is to throw of these excres- cences that have served their term of usefulness and are rotting like so many corpses."
 was astonished that foreigner, a mere girl, had such knowledge of our institutions and could state their su- perierity over those of European coun- tries, while I, an American, had never thought about them. After telling me much of my own country of which I was ignorant she began to question me about customs of which she could have no knowledge without visiting Amer ica. She kept me talking on these matters till noon, then arose to go on.
 "Come to my hotel," said, "have luncheon with me and a rest after ward. You look both tired and hun gy." a..a. ...- = F ree..--a ..
 Instead of either accepting or de clining my invitation, rising she said:
 'aThat's what I like about you Amer leans. What Englishwoman would ask a stranger to share her comfortsT
 With a smile that charmed me she continued her journey. watched her as she went down the road, wondering where she could have picked up so much knowledge of the science of gov ernment. Though she was large and strong and seemed to be fearless, could not understand how she dared tramp alone. Had she been of the peasant class I should not thought this so strange. But, judging from her dress and especially her intelligence, she doubtless belonged to the refined classes, whose women are allowed few privileges in respect to going about alone. When she came to a turn in the road she looked back, kissed her hand to me and disappeared.
 Two weeks from that time stepped out of a railroad train at Neuchatel and went to pension. I was on my way to Paris, and since a single days Journey was too long for me intend ed to stay overnight. Travelling alone, I always practiced stopping at pen sions in preference to hotels. At din- ner 1 was introduced to my fellow guests by the landlady. Opposite me, but near the other end of the table, sat young man whose face was fa- miliar to me. looked at him so stead fly that I attracted his attention. FL nally he said to me:
 "Mademoiselle, have we met be- foreT'
 q don't know. have certainly met some one very like you"
 q know of no man who resembles me, but several times this summer per sons have told me that they have met 6 woman making a pedestrian tour who might be my twin sister. The singular part of it is that I have 6 twin sister whom have not seen for some years. She left home when she was fifteen to study. She read so hard that Ae injured her brain and disappeared. If l can find any one who can tell me where she is to be found will telegraph the police to hold her till can reach her. Where did you meet herr"
 He looked at me eagerly. What he said convinced me that the girl who had talked with me at Lusanne was this twin sister of his.
 ''Is she very intellectualT' I asked.
 Every. She has too much knowledge | in her head. That's what broke down | her health"
 told him of the girl walking to | Geneva, and he left the table at once to go and telegraph the police of that city. l waited for him to come In, be- Ing anxious to discover if he had re- ceived favorable reply. But he did not return before went to bed. The next morning the landlady told me that he had returned late and left at 3 o'clock in the morning for Geneva. was pleased at having put him on the track of his sister.
 went on to Paris, where I found he people making preparations to re-