The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-12
By EDITH v. ROSS

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smiling ut him he took off his hat. The
girl stopped; so did Jim.
Upon my word" she said, you have
u short memory. You don't remember
me-
Jim did remember her very we'll as
soon as he got near enough to distin-
guish her featul $. but he didn't re-
member her name. He skirmished for
time to think it up.
II certainly do remember you, hav-
ing passed some time with you very
pleasantly last evening. But l am not
sure that you have not mistaken me
for some one else"
"How r%idiculous!"
"Who am ~
"What assurance! You are talking
this way for a purpose"
"IIu tell you what I'll do. I'll make
two calls on you and another will make
| q third. If you write my name, correct
" when l call and never write my
name to the other visitor I'll pay any
| forfeit you may suggest. If you fail
you pay any forfeit 1 suggest"
"There's a catch"
mo catch at ALL"
whats the forfeit l pay you?"
"That I'll tell you If you lose"
what is your full name!"
James Smithson Hawksworth." .
Have you a pencil and paper?"
Jim tore a bit Of paper from a letter
J and handed it her with a pencil. She
-,,ak2 %l,o n,, lo lo1 rirnp hnr, on
| the paper and put it in her bag.
II gree to your TERMS she said,
But, mind. if there is any catch ]
won't pay. Now tell me who ! am"
you're Miss Turnlee."
Jim bowed himself away and pro-
ceeded to put a plan he had in his
mind into operation. His brother Bill
had returned from South America a
few days before. and the two were still
alike as two peas in a pod. Jim went
home, where he found Billie. whom he
told Of his agreement, adding:
Now. Bill. l wish you to call on the
girl tomorrow night, pe%rsonating me.
The next night l will call on her my
SELF
Bill assented and the ley evening.
after being thoroughly coached by his
brother, made the call. He asked the
young lady to write his name on q bit
Of paper, which she did, and before
handing it to him she took care to com
pare it with the name Jim had given
her.
The next day the twins had their
photographs taken standing side by
side. AS soon as the pictures were de-
livered Jim put one of them in his
pocket and. with a written statement
from his brother that he had called on
Miss Turnlee on a certain date, went
to see her himself. Miss Turnlee, who
could not divest her mind of the sus.
picion that some trick was being play,
ed upon her. was a bit ratified. She
was looking for some difference in her
writing the names on the W. different
occasions. After chatting awhile dur
ing which period she scarcely heard
what Jim said. he drew the paper Oil
which she had written the name when
his brother had called and, handing 1t
to her. asked her to write This name be-
low the One she had written before.
This time she was in no hurry. She
studied the name she had written. COM
pared 1t with the n Jim had given
her and held the first paper to the light.
looking at it and through it. Jim
handed her a pencil. but she refused it.
seeming to suspect that there might
be something wrong in It. After much
thought and hesitation she wrote the
name under the one she had already
written. but even then she seemed
loath to part with the paper. However.
a time came when SHE reluctantly sur
rendered 1t.
Il suppose now 1t will depend or my
not mixing you up with the other wis.,
itor. II you have played me fair ]
have won. l have identified you twice.
All I have. to do is to say when he
comes that lie Is not you. When is he
romingg'
"He has been here"
Been here!" Miss. Turnlee looked
iacredulous.
HE was here some time ago He is
my twin brother"
He drew the photograph of himself
and his brother and showed It to her.
For a few moments she looked at it
with a blank stare; then. the explana-
ton coming to her. she exclaimed re-
proachfully:
That's not fair!"
Jim admitted that It was a bit
tricky and said that he would not hold
her to her bargain unless she preferred
to lie held.
what forfeit am ! to payY" she
asked.
Jim did not reply at nee. The lady's
curiosity WIS aroused. She urged him.
"YouYself!:' he said at last.
Miss Turnlee did not pay at once: but
she did In time-not. she said, because
she had lost fairly. but because Jim
assured her that II. she did not his life
would he wrecked.