Those Extraordinary Twins

the twins to come down. The widow was quiet, the

, ma, just a boon!

ope so, I

age; why, they'll make life different from what it was-so humdrum and commonplace, you know-oh, you may be sure they're full of ac

set eyes on them yet." After a pause she added, "

were singing! And it

ough, but too mixed

ever hear 'Greenland's Icy Mount

ke out. Why, they don't go together, at all. They are not of the same nature. 'Bob Ridley' is a common rackety slam-bang secular song, one of the rippinges

a, I th

heard such a crazy uproar; seemed to me, sometimes, the roof would come off; and as for the cats-well, I've lived a many

anything, ma, because it is the nature

ey will both sing the same tune at the same time, for in my opinion a duet that is made up of tw

had every opportunity to know what is right, and it don't stand to reason that with their education they wo

sigh of discontent, and admitted that the daughter's position was probably correct. Being vanquished, she had no mind to continue the to

-he's

ht to say they-it

of blades, and shook hands with the whole family simultaneously. He was so easy and pleasant and hearty that all embarrassment presently thawed away and disappeared, and a cheery feeling of friendliness and comradeship took its plac

coffee, gentl

, if you please,

and s

fee, black. Our natures differ a good de

e, then saw the commingling arms feed potatoes into one mouth and coffee into the other at the same time, she had to pause and pull

all finished up and disposed of, as a subject, before the simple Missourians had gotten sufficiently wonted to the spectacle of one body feeding two heads to feel composed and reconciled in the presence of so bizarre a miracle. And even after everybody's mind became tranquilized there was still one slight distraction left: the hand th

t understand it; and Now, here is the dark-complected hand with a potato in its fork, I

y Rowe

r with you? Are you dr

st random thing that came into her mind: "I saw Mr. Angelo take up Mr. Lu

ch as I would like to. You did see me take up Luigi's cup, it is tr

ht you did: Di

ow

ittle embarrassed

s expecting to see you drink, and you got a potato that I thought he was going to get. So I t

laughed and

time and labor. We have a system of signs which nobody can notice or understand but ourselves. If I am using both my hands a

conve

r the second half. The stewards rush both parties, they give them no time to eat a satisfying meal, both divisions leave the table hungry. It isn't so with us. Angelo books himself for the one table, I book m

is perfectly wonderful, perfectly wonderful" and the boy Jo

is enormously expensive, in all countries; we have been obliged to do a vast deal of it-come, Angelo, don't put any more sugar in your tea, I'm just over one indigestion and

interjected Rowe

e not charged with the board, but separately-another saving, for we stood to our rights and paid

s it was a double bed-a rare thing in Europe-and the double bed gave them

twice. He said he didn't mind the first time, but he thought the sec

ped, and was evidently struggling with the difficult problem a moment, then she added in the to

on's Landing that could have risen to the occasion like that. Luigi detected the applause in her face, and expressed his pleasure and his thanks with hi

er seat for one ticket, pew-rent is on the s

s a rule, what one of us has lacked, the other, by the bounty of Providence, has been able to supply. My brother is hardy, I am not; he is very masculine, assertive

ted the widow, "when you are sick,

ys, m

a thing in my life! I thi

, don't mention it, it's

stick to it!" cried the widow, wi

. "I declare I'll never rest till I've shook you by the hand," and she scrambled out of her chair in a fever of generous enthusias

she made a swift chan

one again, ma

irritated. "Give me all your hands, I want to shake them

and she cared nothing for diplomacy. She shook the four hands in turn cordially, and went b

dless and poor-ah, so poor! We lived from hand to mouth-lived on the coarse fare of unwilling charity, and for weeks and weeks together not

e!" sighe

severely, to her boys. "Let it be

disparaging toss and said: "Et for bo

manners than that. You don't see th

food, and I'd 'a' et

erstand? They were starving-actually

gimme a cha

ad! and don't you open it

lls how his parents th

or political reasons,

property by confiscati

a freak-show during

starv

seldom ate anything during that t

ed the widow, with strong emotion,

adam, a thousand times! though

" said Angelo, plaintively; "now what have I done, Mrs. Cooper, t

y I will; what are you thinking

eaking up the story

on all the better, I reckon. One interruptio

ed one, now, an

to talk back at me when you ha