Arizona republican., 1911-12-10

yells of such piercing triumph that the immemorial oaks for quarter of mile round emptied themselves hast fly of the wood-pigeons feeding on their acorns.
 Wiggins rose glOomily. glOUmily took from his knickerbOcker pocket dirty, but tattered notebook. gloomily made an entry in it. and gloomily said. That makes you three games ahead" Then he spurned the earth and added. I'm going to have q bicycle"
 The Twins looked at one another darkly: Erebus scowled: faint frOwn broke the ineffable serenity of the Ter TOTS face.
 'Therell be no living with Wiggins now. he'll be so cOcky,' said Erebus bitterly.
 "Oh no, he won't" said the Terror. But we ought to have bicycles. too. We want them badly. We never get really far from the village. We always get stopped on the way-rats. or some thing" And his guileless, dreamy blue eyes swept the distant autumn hills with look of yearning.
 There are orchards over there where they don't know us," said Ere bus wistfully.
 We must have bicycles. I've been thinking so for long time," said the Terror.
 We must have the moon,' said ErebuS with cold scOrn.
 Bicycles aren't so far away" said the Terror sagely.
 They moved swiftly across the con- mon. ErebuS poured forth a long. mo- nOtonous complaint about the lack of bicycles. which for them. made this CoSmic All 2 mere time-honored cheat With ears impervious to his sisters vain lament, the Terror strode on. Sc renely thoughtful. pOndering this press ing problem. Now and again. for Ob- Scure hut profound reasons. WigginS spurned the earth and proceeded by leaps and bounds.
 It had been an odd whim of Nature to make the Twins so utterly unlike. No stranger ever took Violet AnaStaSia Dangerfield. so dark-haired. dark eyed. dark-skimed. of such a rich col bring. so changcful and piquant q face. for the cousin, much less for the twin sister of Hyacinth Wolfram Danger field. so fair-skinned. fair-haired. blue eyed. on whose finely chiseled features rested so perpetual. SD contrasting. q serenity. But it was q whim of man. of their wicked uncle. Sir Maurice Fal- coner. which had robbed them of their pretty names. He had named Violet "Erebus," because. hc said,
 Sine walks in beauty like tho night Inf clQIl1lnSS plimpG anG starry
 spheres;
 and he had forthwith named Iiyacinth the Terror" because. he said. the ill., lated Sir John Franklin had made the Terror the eternal companion of Ere bus.
 They had crossed the common. and were nearing the village. when they met three small boys. One of them carried a kitten. ErebuS stopped short: What are you going To do with that kitten. Billy Beck" she said
 we be goin' to drown i'm in the pond." said Billy Beck in the imp1r- tant tones of an executioner.
 Erebus sprang. and the kitten was in her hands. You're not going to do anything of the sort, you little beast,' she said
 Gimme my kitten, ,'' howled Billy Beck Mother says she won't 'av i'm about the 'Ouse an I could drown i'm
 You won't have him." said Erebus.
 Billy Beck and his little brothers. robbed of their simple joy. burst into blubbering roar of Its Ourn. It ain't yourn, It's ourn"'
 "Is it? I've got it." said Erebus in a tauntinG tone.
 Ut is their kitten" said the Terror. for whom kitten. unlike an apple. was one of the objects which came within the law of meHm and fUum.
 Tt isn't, A kitten isn't anyone's to drown"' cried Erebus. asserting the higher law.
 The Terror gaZed at Erebus and Billy Beck with judicial eyes. the cold personification of human justice. Ere bus edged away from him. ready to fly should human justice intervene act lively. The Terror put his hand in his pocket and fumbled He drew out q penny and looked at 1t earnestly.
 Heres a penny for your kitten. You can buy bullseyes with it." he said with a sigh, and held out the coin.
 A sudden greed sparkled in Billy Beck's fearful eyes: IFS worth more'n a penny-a kitty like 'im!' he blubbered.
 Not to drown. It's ali you'h get" said the Terror curtly. He tossed the penny to Billy's feet, turned on his heel, and went on.
 Erebus followed. cuddling the kitten. and talking to it as she went. Pres ently Wiggins spurned the earth and said. There ought to be q home for kittens nobody wants-and puppies"
 The Terror stopped short, and said, By JoveI There's Aunt Amelia." Erebus burst into a bitter complaint of the stinginess of Aunt Amelia. who had more money than all the rest of 1 the family put together. and yet never | rained postal orders on deserving | nieces and nephews. but spent it all | on horrid cats homes.
 That's just it. said the Terror. | "Come along; l want to write a let | ter"
 "i'm not going to write any disgust ing letter." cried Erebus hotly.