The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-04-13
The GRAND
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Copyright BY the Frank a. Nun
sey Co.
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BY a. II. 9.
Tho Souvenir Stick Pins.

Cf7AP LID u 8ss
The Souvenir Stick Pins.
On May Is George BENJAMIN Car
teret and James Benjamin Carteret,
twins were winning q ball game for
their alma mater in a small New Eng
land town.
These two men in their senior year,
formed one Of the most remarkable
batteries that eyer graced q college
diamond, for this cogent both
could pitch or catch equally well, and
It was their habit to shift positions IN
! game whenever they felt like 1t, or
the exigencies Of the particular case
seemed to require.
The game was important, from an
undergraduate standpoint, and the
twins had covered themselves with
dust and glory. George Carteret had
just scored at the end OF the eighth
when his brother pushed a single to
right. He was at the water tanks
when a messenger handed him q tele-
gram. Tearing it open with sweating
fingers, he read:
Your father died suddenly this
morning. Come at once
The telegram was dated from San
Francisco, and signed by their faith
er's attorney. .
That night the Carteret twins left
tor San Francisco.
The twins were fine, outstanding
fellows. approaching their twenty
third year. Each was exactly six feet
one-half inch tall, and the beam quiv-
cred at 100 when either eone of them
stepped on the scales after a shower
bath. For three years they had been
the main battery of their college nine,
and for three years they had played
guard on the eleven. They were clever
boxers.
In addition to their triumphs, afieid,
the twins wrote, composed, rehearsed
and produced the annual college
cream. They were in fact, remark
ably clever magicians.
Their family affairs always had
been very peculiar. On the death of
their mother during their infancy,
they had been placed in care or an
aunt who lived near Boston. Their
fathers home always had been in
California, and they saw him only
on his infrequent visits East. But he
always had been generous with them.
and they believed him ito be fairly
well of.
Speeding westward in answer to
the telegram, gloom upon their souls.
the thought of an adventure, however
mild. was far from the minds of the
Carteret twins. But at Omaha they
met their adventure, which didn't
amount to much, certainly, vet months
later they had reason to thank their
lucky sta $ that they had taken part
IN It.
killing an hours time i'm making
connections, they watched a through
train ron In from the West. The col
ored pcrters descended and placed
their little f~ootstools On the ground.
From one Of the coaches came two
young women, hand In hand, Laughing
mily. The first stepped Rightly to the
track level, but the other. ignoring
the porAer's ~outstretched hand, Jump
"a from the last step, turned n ankle
end crumpled to the ground.
The Carteret twins were not ten
feet distant when It happenad. In an.
instant they were assisting her to
arise. She smiled family.
How stupid of me. Thank You
both very much,y' she said. ''1Il be
alright q soon 40 / stop seeing stars.
/ guess Id better get back On the.
train. Edith. where's fatharl''
I'm the smoking compartment play
ing cards. / suppose returned the
other girl. Il. was easy to see they
were sisters. The first attempted ito
walk, wavered, and clutched wildly ct
the young men.
""Why, nm helpless. and ! can feel
my ankle swelling, and It hurts aw-
fulIy!" she complained. half between
. laugh and q cry.
The twins made 1 simultaneous
moyement, but George, n the left,
was ii 4 better position. He slipped
enc arm around her waist, the DINER
around her knees. and lifted her from
the ground s. though she were 4 lit
~ child. n
asOnIy one thing TO %. done he
lid, stepping aboard the train
What section. pleasef
seaThe drawing room. right here.
Thank you Do much. I'm m Awful
bother, said the injured girl.
George placed her "a the couch and.
arranged ! pillow under her head. ~
the other girl crowded Into the state
room with his brother.
Now, I'm the family doctor hers &
I Id George With businesaliks ] y
fhorfty .sansd yOu VIII ~ OBEY orders
g pain 81 death. Tim, we've 3 XXI
teensminutes y spale. Run cutaAand
paper bucket. I'M 4 third nn1'
1xaters ma asIpult chunk of ice & it.
Ana say,J Ia, ! slinallgbottleap Us arnIcaa.
I'M when he getsI back2 tufninlg
other young woman tAake 6ffE