Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-11-02
might be on the lookout Tor your

might be on the lookout Tor your
Jones-Jones sat up, He didn't recog-
nize me. lie himself had different
look on his face. That dissipated but
yet crafty look had disappeared. and In
Its place was wonderment II not hon
esty. 1t was my wicked man In the
flesh, but not In the spirit. He got OF
the floor and felt Of the bump on his
head and sat down on a chair, and Il
was long five minutes before he said:
'Sir, my name IL Brown Brown, and
l don't exactly understand the situa-
ton. Am | In your room. or are you
in mineT |is.
II believe it's my ROOM" replied.
"but being as you arrived late and the
landlord IL asleep you can stop until
morning"
VERY kind Of you, sir-extremely
kind. AS to this bump on my head
is 1t bump or notf II It's a bump.
how did receive itT'
You hit your head on the door in
the darkness, l believe"
"Ahl Just so. Very stupid Of me,
but It's only tribe. Now, then, Mr..
Ashmere, as to the business In hand
II you think you can advance me $500.
am sure | can make go Of It."
II took me little while to catch on.
but by and by discovered that Jones'
Jones had been knocked out and
Brown Brown had taken his place.
to reform; Brown-B Brown was poor
but honest man who wanted to 20 into
the making OF shirts. He knew moth
ing whatever OF Jones-Jones. He pick
ed up the conversation as II 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. bat he solemnly
assured me that he hao never been ar
rested. He was Brow Brown as IA
as his name went, but AZ for his past
history he was rather hazy on the sub
feet.
had turned Jones-Jones. the crook.
back into Brown-Brown, the honest
man, by knock on the head. II was
rapid transit reformation, and looked
upon the problem as solved. Having
been willing to assist a crook, | could
not refuse an honest man. When my
week was up. we went back to town
together. and gave Brown Brown
money enough to set up In shlrtmak-
ing. He had on the clothes | had
bought Jones-Jones. He had the hair,
the eyes. the mouth and the build Of
the crook. but there had been q change
OF souls. As far as the present went
he was bright and laxative. but when
asked OF the past he looked puzzled
and could not figure It out. The doc
tors agreed with me that II was the
whack on the head that had made
Brown-Brown of Jones' Jones and that
the police ought to be given full power
to 20 around breaking water pitchers
over crooks craniums; but, alas, that
was twist OF the business we hadn't
the foresight to discover and prepare
for.
My man prospered wonderfully well
People said he was a little eccentric,
but he was honest and hard worker.
In one year he had paid me back half
my money and built up a good bust
ness. One day detective entered the
store TO make u purchase. He had
known JoDes-Jones AZ "A crook. He
knew that Jones-Jones had a crooked
finger on his right hand and u mole
on his left cheek. When he discovered
that Brown-Brown had these same
identification marks, he began to look
at him more closely, and by and by
he made up his mind that the old
crook stood before him. He was 10
sure Of II that he set out to make an
arrest. BrOwn-Brown was an honest
man, but In his surprise he started to
make bolt Of Il. As he ran out OF his
shop and down the street, pursued by
the detective. he encountered a police
man who tapped him on tho head with
his club. Brown-Brown went down
like log and was carted or to tho
station. | was present when his senses
returned. and you can Imagine my feet
iDgs when he sat up and said:
well, you've got me at last, but I
gave you Il run for It. You fellers amt
half sharp"
you are Jones-Jones, tho crook"
said the sergeant.
"Of course | am, and the slickest
crook Ia the country. IL II that bank
business you want me for this timer
"Mr. Brown Brown began az I
stepped forward. but the crook tapped
me with:
"WhO In blank Ia Brown Brown
Then I realized how 1t was. had
smashed Jones-Jones. the crook, over
the head with a water pitcher and
changed him into Brown Brown, the
honest shirt constructor. The police
man had smashed Brown Brown with
his club and changed him back Into
gones-Jones. the crook. The taps on
the head had done the business. My
tap was all right. and had founded a
new theory upon It and Invested $500
In cash. But hadn't foreseen that q
second tap might come any day, as
come II did. and my theory had been
knocked into n cooked hat, and was
$3.50 out.