Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02
The Argus Daily Short Story
, A Pair of Twins-By Edith v. Ross.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Pres:

Instead of either accepting or de-
clining my invitation, rising she said:
That's what 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. l watched her
as she went down the road. wondering
where she could have picked up so
much knowledge of the science of gov
eminent Though she was large and
strong and seemed to be fearless, I
could not understand how she dared
tramp alone Had she been of the
peasant class / 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 l stepped
out of a railroad train at Neuchatel
and wentsto a pension. ] was on my
way to Paris, and since a single days
journey was too long for me l intend
CO " stay OfCl L2izAA' q SAAhkS AADANs
l always practiced stopping at pen
sions In preference to hotels. at din
ner / was introduced to my fellow
guests by the landIady. Opposite me,
but near the other end Of the table.
sat a young man whose face was ia
miliar to me. looked at him so stead
lily that attracted bis attention. FL
naIly he said to me:
"Mademoiselle, have we met be-
fore?"
81 don't know. I have certainly met
some one very like you"
ST know Of no man who resembles
me, but several times this summer per
sons have told me that they have met
a woman making a pedestrian tour
who might be my twin sister. The
singular part of it is that I have a
twin sister whom have not seen for
some years. She left home when she
was fifteen to study She read so
hard that she injured her brain and
disappeared. If / can find any one
who can tell me where she is to be
found 1 will telegraph the police to
hold her till 1 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 lausanne was
this twin sister Of his.
as she very intellectualY 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. / 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
G o'clock in the morning for Geneva.
was pleased at having put him on
the track OF his sister.
1 went on TO Paris, where I found
the people making preparations to re
ceive the car OF Russia, who was ex-
pected 10 be the nations guest. The
city was crowded with strangers.
Coming ont Of the Luxembourg gallery
one morning, whom should l see hur-
rying along the street but the girl /
had talked with at Lusanne ran to
her and stopped her. She stared at me,
evidently not recognizing ne.
Don't you remember our meeting on
lake LemonE' l said. I'm so glad to