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just kept it up for a joke�察�so as to surprise us and have a good laugh at us 



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when we get to Boston。         Of COURSE it's Willis。 

    MR。 ROBERTS ��doubtfully��。             Do you think so�察�my dear�拭�

    MRS。 ROBERTS。            I KNOW it。       Didn't you notice how he looked at 

your card�拭     �And I want you to go at once and speak to him�察�and turn the 

tables on him。 

    MR。 ROBERTS。           II'd rather NOT�察�my dear。 

    MRS。 ROBERTS。            Why�察�Edward�察�what can you mean�拭�

    MR。   ROBERTS。          He's   very   violent。   Suppose   it   SHOULDN'T   be 

Willis�拭�

    MRS。   ROBERTS。           Nonsense�      �It  IS  Willis。   Come�察  �let's   both   go 

and   just   tax   him   with   it。 He   can't   deny   it�察  �after   all   he's   done   for   me。 

��She   pulls   her   reluctant   husband   toward   THE   CALIFORNIAN'S   berth�察�

and they each draw a curtain。�А       �Willis� �

     THE CALIFORNIAN ��with plaintive endurance��。                  Well�察�ma'am�拭�

    MRS。      ROBERTS        ��triumphantly��。    There�     �I   knew    it  was  you   all 

along。 How could you play such a joke on me�拭�

     THE   CALIFORNIAN。            I   didn't   know   there'd   been   any   joke�察  �but   I 

suppose there must have been�察�if you say so。              Who am I now�察 �ma'am 

your husband�察�or your baby�察�or your husband's wife�察�or ´ 

    MRS。 ROBERTS。            How funny you are�          �You KNOW you're Willis 

Campbell�察  �my  only   brother。      Now   DON'T  try   to   keep   it   up   any   longer�察�

Willis。 

     ��Voices   from   various   berths。   ;Give   us   a   rest�察  �Willis� ─ �Joke's   too 

thin�察�Willis� ─    �You're played out�察�Willis� ─         �Own up�察�old fellow own 

up� ─�

     THE   CALIFORNIAN   ��issuing   from   his   berth�察  �and   walking   up   and 

down the aisle�察�as before�察�till quiet is restored��。         I haven't got any sister�察�

and my name ain't Willis�察�and it ain't Campbell。            I'm very sorry�察�because 

I'd like to oblige you any way I could。 

    MRS。      ROBERTS        ��in  deep    mortification��。     It's  I  who    ought    to 

apologize�察�and I do most humbly。           I don't know what to say�察�but when I 

got to thinking about it�察�and how kind you had been to me�察�and how sweet 

you   had   been   under   all   myinterruptions�察  �I   felt   perfectly   sure   that   you 

couldn't be a mere stranger�察�and then the idea struck me that you must be 



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my brother in disguise�察�and I was so certain of it that I couldn't help just 

letting you know that we'd found you out�察�and ´ 

    MR。 ROBERTS ��offering a belated and feeble moral support��。               Yes。 

    MRS。 ROBERTS ��promptly turning upon him��。                 And YOU ought to 

have kept me from making such a simpleton of myself�察�Edward。 

    THE CALIFORNIAN ��soothingly��。               Well�察�ma'am�察�that ain't always so 

easy。    A   man   may    mean   well�察 �and   yet  not  be  able  to  carry  out   his 

intentions。    But it's all right。  And I reckon we'd better try to quiet down 

again�察�and get what rest we can。 

    MRS。 ROBERTS。           Why�察�yes�察�certainly�察�and I will tryoh�察�I will TRY 

not to disturb you again。      And if there's anything we can do in reparation 

after we reach Boston�察�we shall be so glad to do it� �

     ��They    bow   themselves    away�察  �and   return  to  their  seat�察 �while  THE 

CALIFORNIAN re´enters his berth。�А�



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                                           III。 



       The train stops at Framingham�察�and THE PORTER comes in with a 

passenger whom he shows to the seat opposite MR。 and MRS。 ROBERTS。 

     THE PORTER。          You can sit here�察�sah。        We'll be in in about an hour 

now。     Hang up your bag for you�察�sah�拭�

     THE PASSENGER。             No�察�leave it on the seat here。 

     ��THE   PORTER   goes   out�察  �and   the   ROBERTSES   maintain   a   dejected 

silence。 The bottom of the bag�察�thrown carelessly on the seat�察�is toward the 

ROBERTSES�察�who regard it listlessly。�А�

     MRS。 ROBERTS ��suddenly clutching her husband's arm�察�and hissing 

in his ear��。    See�    。�She points to the white lettering on the bag�察�where the 

name ;Willis Campbell�察�San Francisco�察─�is distinctly legible。�А�But it can't 

be�察�it must be some other Campbell。           I can't risk it。 

     MR。 ROBERTS。           But there's the name。        It would be very strange if 

there were two people from San Francisco of exactly the same name。 _I_ 

will speak。 

     MRS。 ROBERTS ��as wildly as one can in whisper��。                    No�察�no�察�I can't 

let   you。   We've     made    ourselves    the  laughing´stock      of  the  whole    car 

already with our mistakes�察�and I can't go on。             I would rather perish than 

ask him。     You don't suppose it COULD be�拭              �No�察�it couldn't。 There may 

be twenty Willis Campbells in San Francisco�察�and there probably are。                  Do 

you   think   he   looks   like   me� �He   has   a   straight   nose�察  �but   you   can't   tell 

anything about the lower part of his face�察�the beard covers it so�察�and I can't 

make     out   the  color   of  his  eyes   by  this  light。  But    of  course    it's  all 

nonsense。      Still if it SHOULD be� �It would be very stupid of us to ride all 

the   way   from   Framingham   to   Boston   with   that   name   staring   one   in   the 

eyes。    I wish he would turn it away。          If it really turned out to BE Willis�察�

he   would   think   we   were   awfully   stiff   and   cold。  But   I   can't   help   it�察  �I 

CAN'T go attacking every stranger I see�察�and accusing him of being my 

brother。 No�察�no�察�I can't�察�and I WON'T�察�and that's all about it。              ��She leans 

forward and addresses the stranger with sudden sweetness。�А                 �Excuse me�察�

sir�察�but I AM very much interested by the name on your bag。                   Not that I 

think   you   are   even   acquainted   with   him�察  �and   there   are   probably   a   great 



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many of them there�察�but your coming from the same city and all DOES 

seem a little queer�察�and I hope you won't think me intrusive in speaking to 

you�察�because if you SHOULD happen�察�by the thousandth of a chance�察�to 

be the right one�察�I should be SO happy� �

    CAMPBELL。          The right what�察�madam�拭�

    MRS。 ROBERTS。           The right Willis Campbell。 

    CAMPBELL。          I   hope   I'm  not   the   wrong   one�察  �though   after   a   week's 

pull on the railroad it's pretty hard for a man to tell which Willis Campbell 

he is。   May I ask if your Willis Campbell had friends in Boston�拭�

    MRS。 ROBERTS ��eagerly��。            He had a sister and a brother´in´law and 

a nephew。 

    CAMPBELL。          Name of Roberts�拭�

    MRS。 ROBERTS。           Every one。 

    CAMPBELL。          Then you're ´ 

    MRS。 ROBERTS ��ecstatically��。           Agnes� �

    CAMPBELL。          And he's ´ 

    MRS。 ROBERTS。           Mr。 Roberts� �

    CAMPBELL。          And the baby's ´ 

    MRS。 ROBERTS。           Asleep� �

    CAMPBELL。          Then _I_ am the right one。 

    MRS。   ROBERTS。         Oh�察  �Willis�    �Willis�    �Willis�    �To   think   of   our 

meeting     in  this  way�    。�She     kisses  and   embraces     him�察  �while   MR。 

ROBERTS shakes one of his hands which he finds disengaged。�А                  �HOW 

in the world did it happen�拭�

    CAMPBELL。          Ah�察   �I  found   myself   a  little  ahead  of  time�察 �and   I 

stopped   off   with   an   old   friend   of   

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