Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-02

niye me-. lie himself had a different
look IA his fact. That dissipated but
vet crafty look had disappeared. and In
it, plaue was Wondcrment IL not hon
est. II was my wicked man in the
flesh. but not in the spirit. lie got on
the roor and felt OF the bump on his
head and sat down ON chair. and II
was long five minutes before he said:
Sir. my name is Brown Brown. and
I don't exactly understand the situa-
ton. Am | in your room, or are you
in mlnc:'
II believe it's my ROOM" ! replied
but being as you arrived late aud the
landlord is asleep you can stop until
morning"
Very kind of you. sir-extremely
kind. As 10 this bump ON my head
is il a bump or noty IL it's a bump,
how did receive itT'
You hit your head on the door In
the darkness. | believe"
"Ah, Just so. Very stupid of me.
hut it's only trifle. Now. then. Mr..
Ashmere. as to the business in hand.
III YOU think you can advance me 500.
am sure | can make a 90 If it,"
1t took me little while 10 catch on.
but by and by | discovered that Jones
Jones had been knocked out and
Brown-Brown had taken his place.
Jones-Jones was a crook who wanted
to reform; Brown-Brown was poor
hut L nest man who wanted TO 90 into
the making of shirts. He knew moth
ing whatever of Jones-Jones. He pick
ed up the conversation as If he had
been talking about the business when
the accident happened. He called me
by another name than my own. and
il was plain to me that he was also
another man. | sounded him about
crime and state prison. but he solemnly
assured me that he had never been ar
rested. He was Brown Brown as fan
as his name went, but as for his past
history he was rather hazy on the sub
ject.
had turned Joncs-Jones. the crook
back into Brown Brown. the honest
man. by a knock on the head. 1t was
rapid transit reformation. and looked
upon the problem as solved. Having
been willing to assist crook, | could
not refuse an honest man. When my
week was up. we went back to town
together, and | gave BrownBrowr
money enough to set up in shirtmak
| ing. He had on the clothes | hat
| bought Jones-Jones. He had the hair
the eyes, the mouth and the build o
| the crook, but there had been a change
of souls. AS far as the present wen
he was bright and laxative but whel
asked of the past he looked puzzled
and could not figure it cut. The doc
! tors agreed with me that it was thu
whack on the head that had mad,
Brown-Brown of JOnes-Jones and tina
the police ought to be given full powe
to 20 around breaking water pitcher
over crooks craniums; but. alas, tina
was a twist of the business we hadn'
the foresight to discover and prepar
for.
My man prospered wonderfully well
People said he was little eccentric
but he was honest and hard worker
In one year he had paid me back hal
my money and built up a good busl
ness. One day detective entered tn
store to make a purchase. He ha,
known JOnes-Jones as crook. III
knew that Jones-Jones had crooke,
finger on his right hand and mol
on his left cheek. When he discoverc
that Brown had these sam
Identification marks, he began to loo
at him more closely, and by and b.
he made up his mind that the oil
crook stood before him. He was S
sure of it that he set out to make a
arrest. Brown Brown was an homes
man, but in his surprise he started t
snake bolt of it. AS he ran out of hi
shop and down the street, pursued b
the detective, he encountered a police
man who tapped him on the head wit
his club. Brown-Brown went dow
like a log and was carted off to tn
station. l was present when his sense
returned, and you can imagine my fee
ings when he sat up and said:
well, you've got me at last but
gave you run for it. You fellers ain
half sharp"
You are Jones-J Jones, the crook
said the sergeant.
"Of course l am, and the slickes
crook in the country. Is it that ban
business you want me for this time -
"Mr. Brown Brown l began as
stepped forward, but the crookystoppe
me with:
"Who in blank is Brown Brownp
Then l realized how it was. | ha
smashed Jones-Jones, the crook, ov,
the head with water pitcher an
changed him into Brown-Brown, IL
honest shirt constructor. The polio
man had smashed Brown-B Brown wit
his! club and changed him back I'M
Jones-Jones, the crook. The taps G
the head had done the business. NJ
.tap was all right, and had founded
, new. theory upon it and invested So
in cash. But l hadn't foreseen that
second tap might come any day, {
come it did, and my theory had bee
knocked into cooked hat and W,
$3.50 out.