The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-01
Which Was
Which?
By EUNlCE BLAKE

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! Not in the dark" was the reply.
Nor in the light. suppose We
change our engagement rings and SET
if it doesn't fool them. I'll exchange
my diamond solitaire for your sap
phire. We dress alike. and Dick has
said that we look more alike than any
difference in any of the things about
US Is our engagement rings"
| 1--WE can try it anyway"
So the girls exchanged rings. II
was Saturday. and their lovers usually
called on that evening. Lucy's tiance
| came in first. and Lucinda went down
to receive him with her sisters dia
mond ring Oh her finger
Bob Bracket arrived half an houI
after Weatherbee. He was shown. as
usual, into the library. where be found
Lucy with her sisters sapphire on her
| finger. He, too. was deceived. The
| pair had not been long together when
Bracket and Lucinda came into the
room where they We're
We've been discussing the we'd
| ding" Bracket said. and there are
points We must talk over with you
| two. How about the ushrrs? Shall
we limit tie reception to relatives Oh
make it general"
A number of such questions were
| taken up and discussed The girls
soon dropped their tianccS out of the
argument. celebrating with each other
| Dick winked ut Bob and said:
Lets go and have smoke. Bob
We don't count in these wedding
plans"
The young men went 10 the smoking
room, and Dick said to Bob. Seen any
thing unusual in your girl:"
"No. Why 10 VOC Ask
They're putting up Il job on us. Ii
wasn't Lucinda who received you; il
WAS Lucy
You don't mean it,"
Yes, | 90. found out that Lucinda
WAS with me by talking with her
When mentioned something that only
Lucy knew she was dead ignorant of
it. But didn't let on pretended
still to he fooled Now tell you what
we do When they laugh at Ills for
being fooled we'll declare we're not
fooled ut all. You cling to Lucy. and
I'll do the same by Lucinda"
Good boy! Wen do it,
They returned to the library after
their smoke without manifcSting the
slightest evidence that they had dis
covered the ruse that was being prac-
ticed upon them. When they arose to
go Dick. bidding good night to Lucin-
back. laughing. He stood looking at
her with well feigned surprise.
I'm not your girl: I'm Lucinda" she
said.
''Oh, come! You can't impose on me
in that way" said Dick. you don't
suppose l can't tell the girl | love from
some other girl. do yOu:"
At this juncture Lucy. who in like
manner had refused Bob kiss, found
it necessary to struggle with him. He
pretended to take the matter in high
dudgeon. Then the girls. both talking
at once and both laughing. tried to ex-
plain that they had been playing a
joke on their lovers. Dick, who led
the way for both. winked at Bob, then
walked up to Lucy and took her in his
arms. whereupon Bob angrily pulled
him away. Dick. in a fine stage pas
sion, struck the man who had interior
ed with him, and u fracas ensued, the
girls trying to part the antagonists,
Bob declared that Lucy was the girl he
loved and he would have no other
ing that he believed Bob was right and.
having engaged himself to the girl who
wore the ring he had given her. he
didn't propose to marry her sister
Finally the two young men left the
house, neither of their fiancees having
received the usual parting kiss.
The girls stood looking at each other
They had some time before ceased to
laugh.
This is serious" said Lucy.
who proposed it,"
81, but i didn't think they would be
so stupid as to mistake US perma
nently."
How are we going to prove which
is which,
"Mother'll have to set them right"
"Tm not sure they'll believe even
her."
The next day Lucy called up her
Dick on the phone.
"Dick," she said. I'm Lucy"
(which Lucy-the real one or the
one whom it was attempted to foist on
me last nightT'
why, I'm the real Lucy wore
Lucinda's ring"
There was a click. then silence
which Lucy could not break. She
suggested that Lucinda call up Bob
and try to appease him. Lucinda did
so and, by promising that he and
Dick might choose for themselves, Sc
cured his promise to call the same even
ing and bring Dick with him.
When the two men called each girl
wore her own engagement ring.
Now, which is which," said Lucy.
Each man walked up to the girl he
was really engaged to and gave her a
kiss. which she received willingly.
The girls were much relieved. The
men refused to admit that they had
changed rings and that each man had
not passed the evening with his fan
Gee. But after awhile they told the
story Of their collision and. having
been roundly scolded for joking on so