Those Extraordinary Twins

the evening and con

mination for mayor; f

o a city by charte

. Judge Driscoll ther

oing the kicking); h

ace against Angel

turday night n

the further end of the vacant ground, near the haunted house

ndly granted the privilege of fighting my principal's battle for him. It is growing la

. He wishes to save his brother the sorrow of fighting on the Sabbath, and he is right;

ve command of their mutual legs turn about. Count Luigi is in command now; but at midnight, possession will pass to my princip

ing very definite, it is true, as regards dates and durations of power, but I see it is definite enough as regards to-n

a shiver went through Angelo. The doctor was a fool, but a thoroughly well-meaning one, with a kind heart and a sincere disposition to oblige, but along with it an absence of tact which often hurt its effectiveness. He brought his box of lint and bandages, and asked Angelo to feel and see how soft and comfortable the

deliberately, "One-two-three-fire!-stop!" and the duelists could bang away at any time they chose during that recitation, but not after the last word.

ay from here, I can't

t's the matter with you?-you're in no danger-nobody'

d, just in t

ne

et in the moonlight. The judge did not swerve; he still stood erect and motionless, like

wo

ree

ir

-Angelo dodged with the report.

mined and band

h fleshy part of arm-no bones broken-the gentle

again, and when he fired Angelo jumped and got a knuckle skinned. The doctor inspected and dressed the wounds. Angelo now spoke out and said he

are not here at all; officially you do not even exist. To all intents and purposes you are absent from this place, and you ought for your own modesty's sake to reflect that it cannot become a person who is not present here to be taking this sort o

f at the same instant, and he jumped once more; he got a sharp scrape along his cheek from the judge's bullet, and so deflected

anting so unusual a privilege, but the judge took Luigi's part, and added that indeed he himself might fairly be considered entitled to another trial, because although the proxy on the other side was in no way to blame for his (the

proof that he is a brave and chivalrous gentleman, an

igi, with a polite bow, and moving to his place. Then he added-to Angelo,

instruments and bandages in his hands. The deep stillness, the peaceful moonlight, the motionless figures, made an impressive picture and the impending fa

night swung up out of the dista

" wailed his brother, as they

strange spectacle until distance dissolved it and swept it from thei

ut-up convenience between those twins; and when Count Angelo fainted I thought I saw the whole scheme-thought it was pretext No. 1, and would be followed by others till twelve o'clock should arriv

n that Angelo is-I hope and believe there are not many like him. It is not right to engage in a duel on the Sabbath-I

ng, still wonderi

h had gone to leaking blood again, "that in this duel neither of the parties who handled the pistols lost blood while nearly all

he time. In the case of Angelo it made no great difference, because he was in a measure concerned, though

o change it. If we could have stood at your side, or behind you, or in front of you, it-but it would not have been legitimate and the other parties would ha

judged that if a duel where nobody was in danger or got crippled but the seconds and the outsiders had nothing

he judge accepted, but the doctor said he would have to

d in the afternoon Ang

union by immersion-a

r fea