The Wrong Twin
THE WRONG TWIN BY HARRY LEON WILSON 1921 TO HELEN AND LEON [Illustration: "THE GIRL NOW GLOWERED AT EACH OF THEM IN TURN. 'I DON'T CARE!' SHE MUTTERED. 'I WILL, TOO, RUN AWAY!'"]
the common cemetery.
_Chillicothe mound._--Its perpendicular height was about 15
feet, and the diameter of its base about 60 feet. It was
composed of sand and contained human bones belonging to
skeletons which were buried in different parts of it. It was
not until this pile of earth was removed and the original
surface exposed to view that a probable conjecture of its
original design could be formed. About 20 feet square of the
surface had been leveled and covered with bark. On the
center of this lay a human skeleton, over which had been
spread a mat manufactured either from weeds or bark. On the
breast lay what had been a piece of copper, in the form of a
cross, which had now become verdigris. On the breast also
lay a stone ornament with two perforations, one near each
end, through which passed a string, by means of which it was
suspended around the wearer's neck. On this string, which
was made of sinews, and very much injured by time, were
placed a great many beads made of ivory or bone, for I
cannot certainly say which. * * *
_Mounds of stone._--Two such mounds have been described
already in the county of Perry. Others have been found in
various parts of the country. There is one at least in the
vicinity of Licking River, not many miles from Newark. There
is another on a branch of Hargus's Creek, a few miles to the
THE WRONG TWIN BY HARRY LEON WILSON 1921 TO HELEN AND LEON [Illustration: "THE GIRL NOW GLOWERED AT EACH OF THEM IN TURN. 'I DON'T CARE!' SHE MUTTERED. 'I WILL, TOO, RUN AWAY!'"]