The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-01-02

And what is more continued he
I bought this paper yesterday
'Whatp cried.
Then you know nothing Of itr
Not l. / answered truthfuliy, but
he went away, laughing at what b.
took for my drollery.
Three more days I tried to rur
that paper, but every one of my edi
tons had been duplicated and set or
sale; and. mark you this, before. q
day before. had printed them my
self, or indeed had even written hall
of them. Somebody certainly had &
wonderful scoop on me.
"Then, one night I had an ides
come to me while was in bed. II
was patent for an automatic door
opener. 1t was practical In every de
tafl-wOrked to nicely. ! got out
my model of it and sent 1t to Wash
ington. s
'The result? After the customary
delay, / received letter along with
my model, which was Herewith re.
turned. The letter stated that, by the
most remarkable coincidence, they
had issued the patent rights upon an
Identical affair such as mine, which
they had received the very day be
fore mine arrived at the patent Office
The letter even intimated that they
wondered how / should have got hold
of the idea so soon. Can you beat
that? ....
'Then I wrote a novel and took il
to publisher. I saw his brow cloud
as he scanned the opening sentences
Of my manuscript; then he turned on
me sharply.
"'You made a little mistake in
bringing this particular manuscript to
me- said he, for it happens that ]
have just, only yesterday, consented
to publish the original +
'"The thing was getting on my
nerves by now. Four other attempts
l made to forestall my unseen and
premature cOpyist. Until finally to-
night the last straw fell on me. I'm
not boring your ~
Scarcely" answered the astrologer
softly. Z.
"Of course, you must know" the
young man continued, 'that my best
efforts to succeed in the world were
being put forth in the hope of Undue
ing certain young lady to share her
fortunes with"
"A-ha 4" sibilated Chanedra. "They
are always in things"
"Yes," assented the other, "and this
very night, frenzied almost beyond
myself, I rushed over to her house,
threw myself at her feet, and poured
out my love for her. Would she come
to me and let us make our way to-
getherT' ..
sand the result?"
Listen. She was kind; too kind,
for I guessed even before she had said
1t. Only last night she had been pro-
posed to and had accepted that myth
ical, mystical enemy of mine!"
"What!" cried the astrologer, be-
trayed into genuine surprise. you
have even seen this other?" 'a-
"Oh. how I've triedl But some
thing, almost uncanny, always pre-
vents my running up with him. He's
veritable will-o'-the-wisp to me,
though he's anything but such to 9TH
erS. 'H
"But, tell me, have you ever heard
of such case? Am 1 losing my
mind? Can you help me-? #a
Chanedra rose languidly and
stepped over to where ponderous
volume lay open upon small table.
"Where were you born?" he asked
as he turned the pages.
81 was born in Philadelphia" .-.
"When? Be exact as to time"
'"The morning of July 26, 1873"
For a full five minutes the seer
consulted the page; then he turned
slowly upon his caller and said:
"There is little can do for you,
young man. But I can help you to
understand the most unfortunate cir
cumstances under which you were
born"
"How3 What?" the other cried
eagerly. M
swell, 1t happened that upon the
morning of the 25th of July Of that
very year, and In the self-same city
Of Philadelphia, this other You speak
Of was born. You see the signifi-
canoe, don't you? The same stars
ruled the planets at that time; and
so the same destinies viii be yours.
But. with this exception-he has
twenty.four hours start Of you r.
"You must be mistaken. You're
chatting me. How do you know when
the fellow was born. anyway? AHA.