The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-08
MISTAKEN IDENTITY,
Curious Story That Several Theories
May Fit.

A Curious Story That Several Theories
May Fit.
A rather puzzling experience has just been
related to me. A man who was going
abroad last month met in Broadway, the
! day before he sailed, an Enslishman whom
he believed to be in London, and whom he
expected to see when he reached that city,
AS soon as he saw him he said 10 himself,
Hello, there's Vaulterr' or words to that
effect. the real name being immaterial to
the story. The two, men-nct old friends,
but acquaintance on very friendly terms
seemed glad to see each other, and stopped
and shook hands. The American had mo-
ments mlsgiving as to the identity Of his
vls-a-Vis, but it disappeared under the reas-
drew forth.
When did you get here?" he asked.
last Wednesday," was the answer
wednesday being one of the days on which
the last Is, steamers arrive from England. us
you return n Saturday" W II snail hall be be
sorry not to see you on the other side,
sail on the Majestic tomorrow Gt was then
tuesday, and had counted upon seeing you
and your wife in London" II shall be very
sorry to miss you" was the polite response.
by the way exclaimed the American.
where Is Mrs. -? She was to be in Lon
don now, and l had expected to learn her
address from you" The name mentioned
was that OF well-known American writer
whose cousin the Englishman had married.
she Is down in the country visiting some of
her relations" After exchanging a few
more words the two men shook hands again,
smiled, touched their hats and parted.
On arriving at his Office, five minutes
later, the American dropped line to the
son OF the lady whose exact whereabouts he
mad neglected to ascertain from his English
friend, and by return of post received an
address in Charges street. "What you say
about Vaulter." added the young man, sis
pure abracadabra to me; the last heard of
him he was with my people in England.
Qna re: Is this case for the Society for
Psychical Research? ?"
The puzzled American sailed from New
I ork the next day, and on his arrival at
Liverpool posted to the London address of
the lady In the case note reporting the co n
Trajectory statements as to her place of S o.
1ourn. When he reached London two days
thereafter, an answer to his letter awaited
him at his hotel in Jermyn street. 1t con-
tanned an invitation to dinner, aud the next
evening, over spotess cloth, around which
a typical English butler moved with noise
less dignity, the tale of the interview of ten
days ago in Broadway was told at length.
Il have been visiting relations IN the
country" said the hostess, ''but not for sew
eral weeks and Mr.. Vaulter hasn't been
out OF England for many months" Need
less to say the mystifed American made a
point of calling upon the Vaulters at their
pleasant apartment overlooking Hyde Park.
or course they were out. Out OF town."
No, sir, in town, but not at 'ome" A let
ter with London postmark and an English
stamp brings excellent evidence that they
were in town a very few days after this
fruitless call; but 1t does not account for the
striking mblance to Vaulter OF the gen.
tleman in Broadway, nor for his appropri-
ate replies to the questions of his puzzled
lnfHTlnpnt0r al cd
to think this is "a case for the Society for
Psychical Research. From the Critic