| A TWO-HEADED FAMILY. |
| THE COUNT OF CORFU. |
| CAUGHT IN A SHOWER. |
| TIM AND TIP; |
| FRIENDS IN NEED. |
| LAVINIA'S LAWN PARTY. |
| HALICORA, THE MERMAID. |
| OUR POST-OFFICE BOX. |
| TEDDY, PET, AND DOT. |
| PARLOR MAGIC. |
| Vol. II.—No. 98. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, September 13, 1881. | Copyright, 1881, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
A TWO-HEADED FAMILY.
A TRUE STORY OF WHAT TWO BOYS DID.
BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON.
Everybody talked, of course, when it was known that Bob Towne had runaway, and had taken his brother Ned with him, and everybody said it wasa shame. By everybody I mean all the people in the little Mississippitown in which Bob's mother lived. They did not know why Bob had runaway, and they did not know where he had gone; but they talked about itall the same.[Pg 722] They said it was a shame for him to leave his widowedmother, and worse still to take his little brother with him, though notone of them could have suggested any possible way in which Bob couldhave helped his mother by staying. Bob was "curious," however, andpeople never think well of persons whom they do not understand. Bob wasfond of books, for one thing, and because he read a great deal, and didnot "sit around" in the village, they said he was morose; and so whenthe news spread that Bob had gone away in the night, and had taken hisbrother with him, everybody said, "I told you so," in a tone whichindicated that that was the very worst thing they could say.
Bob's mother had a letter, however, which convinced her that he