The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-30
MY OTHER
SELF
BY DONALD CHAMBERLIN

atlons and bring them to her when
should leave the city to join her at ou
country place. Passing Hyde's few
days before ! was ready to start,
thought of the jewels, called for then
and took them home. There is no SAT-
! In my house, and was at loss wha
to do with them until my departure
4 Ny wife has a woman who has beer
with her great many years, She was
and is her maid but If she is to b.
called by such a name now she is sure
ly an .'old maid" | am very careless
and knew that my wife placed i'm
| plicit trust In Phoebe. ! therefore
gave her the jewels and told her &c
take care of them until I called FOL
them.
The next day, returning from my Of
fee, as was my custom, about half an
hour before dinner on passing the din
! ing room / saw that dinner was al
ready served and man was sitting al
| my place at the table. Then | received
the shock of my life. He turned his
face toward me. and | saw Great
heayeDs / saw myself!
| had no more doubt that I had re-
ceived one Of those brain shocks the
doctors call amnesia or some more I'M
! pronouncable name than that ! am
telling you this story. / clutched at
/ the wall for support. My legs We're
| giving way beneath me. Then, fear
ing to faint, grasped at consciousness
and succeeded in holding on to it,
! THAT / which was sitting in the
| chair looking at NEWS dressed ex-
actly the same as the | standing in the
| hall. The most remarkable thing about
| the matter was that he seemed as
much stricken with surprise and terror
MS l.. He trembled like leaf. My
| colored butler Joe. who was carrying
out a dish TO the kitchen, turned, stop
ped short and stared at both me and
my other self Phoebe, who was up
stairs, hearing the front door open and
shut, came TO the landing and, seeing
that had just entered the house, ran
down TO the lower hall where ! was
standing. exclaimlng:
For heavens sake / thought you
were in the dining room"
My double, sitting at table with a
small cup of coffee before him. indi-
eating that he was at the end of his
dinner, spoke first and to Phoebe.
do you see anything strange" he
asked
Phoebe was too agitated to reply,
She stood looking from one TO the
other.
Tell me. quick" continued the
speaker. have | gone stark. staring
mad? Tell me that you see myself
standing there shlvering just as / am
doing
II see you both she gasped.
where did you come fromT' | man
ages 70 ask my double.
where did you come fromw
THE office"
81 have been at the office all day till
came here"
What Officer
Mine; 50 Harrison street"
oh, heavens! That was my office.
I had left it only twenty minutes be
fore
Zoe" said to the butler IAN ]
myself or is that man myselfg
There was n smash. Joe, whose
eyes were as big. rs saucers- dropped
the dish on the door and ran out OF
the room without word.
phoebe" said my double, tell me
whether | am the master of this
house or that He could get no fur
Their.
IL don't know said Phoebe, as
much agitated as any one Of us.
Don't know cried the man al the
table, rising Ring up a doctor. !
shall GO mad. No; can't stand this.
/ can't walt. l must know the worst
at once"
Dashing past me, he seized his hat, /
that was hanging in the hall, and In !
another moment the door was slammed Z
behind him. went into the dining I
room. sank into a chair and asked 4
Phoebe to hand me a stimulant from (
the sideboard. 1t put me in better con-
dition.
Now, Phoebe. tell me what you 7
know about this
IAN | know. sir, is that an hour ago /
you'll mean him-came home and said 4
he must have dinner ut once, as he we /
going away. He told me TO bring him (
all the valuables and he would put
them IN the bank. got the jewels
"'The iewelsy
Eyes. sir. gave them TO him and
A light began to break through my
stupid skull. Rushing to the telephone,
called the police and told them that
had been vieumized by some one
who looked exactly like me.
Five minutes had not elapsed be-
tween the mans departure and the
police getting after him. A patrol
wagon dashed up to my house. They Z
all took look at me, and in less than
an hour they had my double.
The story he told as to how he con
ceived of and arranged for his plan
he had been watching me for some /
time-showcd great ingenuity. And
yet it was a very simple matter He
had seen me at the jewelers. al |
heard all said about the jewels. More
over. he saw a strong resemblance II
TO himself He had been on the stage I
and was well versed in the art of 4
up. The suit l wore was of