Show for Tat lers aud and busy basy bodies in others business busi THE TWINS OR olt SELLING A WIDOW doctor williamson formerly of staten island N Y was renowned for his eccentricity as well kellas as lor for his excellence as a physician a peculiar fet feature iture of if which was A a nervous horror of being I 1 stopped in the street by very inquisitive persons many of whom particularly in iu country places will leava any and all business at the sight of an approaching doe doc tot tois Is gig to t ush upon him han a shower of q queries adries aeries respecting spec ting the condition of liis his patients ac some of which are often put in the hope elic biting general information of a private character for the edrica uon of gossips within tile the doctors circuit lived two cousins both widows buxom and in addle aged between bipeen a sort of feud fetid had existed for many years tae elder of the two was a notorious bews manger and was generally better posted up in the affairs of her neighbors I 1 than her own owa devoting the greater portion of her time to that pursuit there was not a family on the island with whose history she was not familiar and could tell ell volubly and circumstantially ly in full and at extreme len ath every flaw in the cha character of nun man or woman far and wide knew the circumstances of every courtship of twenty years back and could tell why this one lial hail got married 1 or why that one ot ae course she was or wished to be hand and glove with every physician phy sinan sivian m in the place and apin aping in what is called comfortable was usually listened to with more attention iun than is ordinarily given to more needy tattlers battlers tatt lers with the old dor doctor tor the widow mehitable was of light esteem in fact especially avoided whenever practicable nevertheless she contrived to annoy him to a greater extent than any other woman of his acquaintance tile the widow sally her cousin being of a diffie tent stamp sensible and discreet and with tact enough to descry his peculiarities and set them was of course cour very popular and in speaking of the twain the comparion compari aon was always di dhawn awn in her favor the cousins ins like social anler i 1 between bel cou nothing j course had for a lung time exsted existed never recognizing in 11 each other with any thin tiling more fri friendly than a co cool 1 l courtesy and the widow S was conscious of oe bein an ct of envy and close ob observation observant 1011 with her cousin any little tale to 0 o her discredit being always laboriously circulated by that amiable relative I 1 about the time lime in which occurred the incident we are nana ting k politics raged fiercely and ami mens mena minds mind were busily occupier in their consideration 1 gifter fter the elic election tion a wins S ippei appet was held 1 county town winch anich the doctor attended par tta freely in the festivities of the occasion occa siou oish usually of arese a reserved ived turn and naturally lq iq it was observed that on this occasion his evere unusually buoyant and his conversation ayl aa unmated an mated the sitting was a protracted piotr acted ad pot not until w well e 11 among amon ahe the small hours hoi rs did itoi order his gig ains ting 11 made a friendly call upon sally sa ly during daring I 1 his pin i the it oc mccu edred red to him that it ab I 1 ij no more than tair fair to call upon mehitable te wiy way home which he accordingly did though t b expense of some additional travel imbed im ved at the house the doctor cautiously tied I 1 chis hoise and aad gave a very knock at the 1 knoor loor i A few moments elapsed when up went a winlow and out came a nightcap night cap with a head in in it atwi there 10 0 i is is that you 3 ou widow its williamson Williami ion the doe doc I 1 want to see you a m nute nite n ite why deicy ercy bakee doctor is is that you youa why by nat hat where M AP h who wh a at it as tile the mattei matteis jl fl be town down directive 11 ie ane widows liepp lie ip was aroused and a fire hist hast h fc in mide inide ide the lady att attiring attain irin I 1 herself hai hastily tily in in ilie most coming ft s opened id 1 wiy doctor do walk in in why is is anyone dead deada 5 no ri n o o not that I 1 am aware of but pf af but what whal doctor doat keep me in suspense ri hiti t is the matt pl c well weil well how iong ion is is it since you saw sal le ei 7 i E sally decker me why its a year I 1 I 1 well 1 suppose I 1 shall suppose you or have hace you a 1 I ird rd of 0 W it id as being bein probable pio bable though I 1 think no in n suspected it I 1 peaking very slowly I 1 was to lo widow interrupted heard of it heard ef t ll 11 ill doe doc it t for foi heavens sake oli oh will you tell me what p e i mean what has happened i I 1 t in well well I 1 suppose being a relative I 1 ought wil t 11 you yon but p poor codr sally I 1 siai alic 11 sie mat docton if you dont want me to have a ae I 1 ell me what where how is is sally what of re I 1 IV she is doing g well full as well as could be 4 ji q finer pair pifer of twins I 1 never sawa saw jet eimel his avi hearer hea rei tw LW docto A r my iny soai and down she went com aa lei I 1 powered and hastened home hoine before su sun n imitable table ln iii had travelled five miles with the he nd before nightfall had reason to regret her vi 7 ancy y having unfortunately met her degraded D I 1 ell t akin ikins teal tea w ip in rob robust heal health th wi with th a mutu nd to 0 whom aiom mehitable had imparted the aw 1 1 telli gence ence aa in the etric strictest tat confide confidence me at tile the door r una unable bleto to wait until they wey could coul reach dreach arlor iose the fol lowing following day the talkative widow met her 25 ant octor what did you mean by that awful story 13 thy hy my dear madam I 1 was prevented from fin i it b by y your swooning being in a hurry ivas was lied ailed to leave I 1 ay iby iy there a word of truth in it dosi doci 4 idon don me madam it was true as geneses Geni ses more i E il twins I 1 never saw hi 1 1 pin doctor whal sally deckers y V iven forbid my dear madam 3 not hers but the i s her poodle madam youk you know now she calls it 11 k oh what will become of me ive been and I 1 i I 1 it the other way doctor declared that from that day forth lie he p new a less inquisitive person than that |