The Washington herald., 1914-03-10
THE TWINS
DOUBLE

Grace Ward stared with crafty smile
into the face of .he fashionably gowned
woman lying on the tumbled bed in Yeen
KEGS opium dive. The woman's face,
though still youthful and pretty. showed
traces OF the opium curse. and Grace
Ward saw that she was an almost exact
double of herself. the. queen of thieves
and associate Of sluggers and cut
throats
''slfe amt been at It long," she muir
nured stopping over the sleeping wom-
an.5..but the stuff's getting her fast. So
ciety lady, too. ugh: II II wasn't for
that baby face of hers they couldn
tell me and her apart. What's this?
With the instinct of a thief, Grace had
opened the sleeping girls gold mesh bag
and extracted a letter addressed TO Miss
Nell Cunard She read the brief note:
Wear your coed costume at the ball tonight
And u will not mistake you for your sister
will wear cap and goun--Phii
.'PhiI-PhiI?" munbIed tine thief, re-
storing the letter to the bag. wonder
IL that amt my old-time friend, Phil
Kelly who thinks he's a whole Sherlock
Holmes outfit She studied the letter in
tentfy. Wear your coed costume at
the ball tonight and I will not mistake
Won for YOUR sister," she repeated. The
This lady has a sister who looks so
much like herself they've got to wear
different clothes to be told apart. That
makes three of us what looks alike
enough to be triplets." she reasoned,
staring thoughtfully at the face of the
sleeper And then a cunning smile crept
into her face
..Tn do it" she muttered. This baby
face here amt likely to sleep it on for
several hours I'd like to know how IL
feels TO he Miss Nell Cunard for an hour.
Guess I'll slip into that coed costume and
go to the ball and see my old friend
Phil
She smiled gloatingly In anticipation of
the adventure. 1t would be such a good
Joke to sneak into that ballroom in the
disguise of Miss Nell Cunard and pick
up a trinket or two right under the nose
Of Phil Kelly, the famous detective and
r.5 cIubman. who had sworn he would
srld her to sthe penitentiary. He had
.s.sne mighty near doing 1t once or twice,
Grace remembered, but she had outwit-
I'D him She wasn't called the queen OF
t,'eVes for nothing.
With an agility acquired through many
llars of practice she stole into the Gu
nard mansion late that evening and found
NeIi's room. The coed costume was
hanging in the wardrobe, and Grace eN-
changed II for the dress she was wear
ing. 1t was not the first time she had
disguised herself in strange attire to OBJ
trude her thieving genius upon a fash
ionable sociey throng. And she could
act the role to perfection-it was part OF
the education she had acquired as queen
OF thieves.
4 glance in the mirror assured her
that her task of impersonating the So
ciety woman who was sleeping OF the
effects of a drug debauch in Yeen KEGS
dive would not be at all difficult She
tripped down 10 the ballroom and lost
herself in the gay and glittering throng.
Presently a man in cap and gown el-
bowed his way to her side and with a
culver of mischievous triumph she per-
ceived that her disguise and her strik-
ing resemblance to Nell Cunard deceived
him completely.
Sweetheart, I am glad you followed
my SUGGESTION he murmured- 1T is so
awkward to make mistakes-only the
other night told your sister Jo certain
tender condolences intended only for your
ears, dearest. She took it in good ma
turc. OF course"
Grace smiled. Her triumph was COM
plete
Here's another queer thing" said'Phil |
Kelly. Lately / have been on the trail