Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-01-27
Alfred's Twin
Brother
By r. RAY BAKER.


When at home in big Ohio city
Kearns & Kearns dealt In hardware.
In the northern resort where they
were spending the summer, however,
they suddenly found themselves deal
ing in love.
Nice looking young men were Al
fred and Charley Kearns, but never
had they been sufficiently lured by
feminine charms to plunge into the
sea of matrimony. They were con-
firmed bachelors, they thought, with
minds for nothing but business.
When at home Kearns & Kearns
took pains to dress decidedly different
because they were twins who looked
almost exactly alike, even when side
by side, and they were anxious to
avoid complications In their dealings
with patrons.
BY some stroke Of good fortune O
man came to work for the Arm who
was exceptionally reliable and pro-
gressive, and the twins decided they
would go on frolic and leave him In
charge. During their five years Of
business not one vacation had they
attempted, and they thought 1t was
high time they tasted of little recre-
alton. So they went together to the
northern resort.
Out for lark, they saw opportuni-
ties for fun In their looking alike, so
they dressed exactly the same In sum-
mer buds.
The trouble all started one afternoon
while Alfred was walking along the
lake shore in quest of oddities In beach
stones. A young woman engaged In
the same pastime almost bumped into
him, because both their heads were
down as they searched the shore line,
and they struck up an acquaintance
ship. She was pretty girl, who was
summerlng with an aunt In a lake
shore cottage, and she had some fas-
clnating ways about her. Alfred es-
cOrted her home and learned her name
was May Winters. He arranged to see
her again a few nights hence.
The very next afternoon May re-
sumed her hunt for beach stones, and
1t so happened that Charles Kearns
was out for stroll In the same local
ity. She called to him, and naturally
he responded and hurried to her side,
although he wondered at her action.
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~rhis thing hos got m atom - sota
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edge NJ their he'd apn IN love ,,,,h
Miss Winters and have dec,dsa 20
marry her. You must stsv awov from
her and leave clear trecx for ma /"
"That would be all ightD admit.
ted Alfred with n tIn0e ne sarco.n
"onIy II happens I'm lust about os much
in love with Miss Winters as Won are
I'm fact. probably more so. i've do.
cIded TO make her Mrs Alfred Kearns"
Their further discussion resulted I'm
the exchange of some rather angry
words. and things went on az before
Three DAYS later Charles. I'm des.
peration. convened another conference
"There's only one way to settle f."
he declared, "and that's to fight a
duel. However, I have no desire TO
kill or be killed, so suggest we bowl
to see which of us drops out OF the