The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
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r,a..hle Trouble. By Herbert Quick. hrilliant hour of unbroken. fun lies before the readers of Double Irou- hIes, It is a cheery thing to find whole book with not problem. not fear, just one loving sigh. and all ih- creasinE interest between its covers.
 MT. Floucia Anlidon when last seen b.r his friends was on a train bent on a summers outing. In the parior car Mrs. Hunter was explaining the new styles in ladies' figures" when the rasjIv embarrassed Amidon seeing his lawyer exclaimed: Hello. Blcdgett! Come into the buffet! l want to see you about some legal matter
 What legal matters did ne place before you?
 ~sTwo bottles of beer and a box of cigars. Then he talked Browning to 1ne until s:3c when he got off at Elm SprinRs Junction to take the Limited s North He was wrong on Browning but otherwise all right.
 So disappeared Amidon.
 Five years later appears Eugene Brassficld en route to New York.
 Mr. Brassfield has the memories ana conscience. and conscientiousness Of Amldon. But his clothes, his travelling appearances. his letters, his taste are those of Gene Brassfield.
 The puzzle Is too much for Amidon. Who is BrassfieId. where is Brassheld, how came Amidon possessed of all his intimate articles. great roll of pills and tender. most tender, love letter? Amidon calls on Madame Claire, clair voyant and occultist, to solve the niys- fery.
 Madame Claire, who to the world, is A figure beauty with ~vari-colored eyes and gold striped hair, and good daughter Clara to Professor Blather- wick. solves the mystery.
 In the last five years of Amidon Eu- gene Brassfield, in his outer shape and likeness, has lived gay life in Belle vale. He has made a fortune, has. all the friends that fiock about a good fef- low, and is soon to marry Elizabeth 0f the tender letter. All this Is more than Amidon, the paragon of Hazel hurst, could have done in lifetime; yet as Eugene Brassfeld, he has done all this and more, none of which can he recall except under the enlightenine influence of Madame Claire.
 Opportunely at a restaurant in New York Judge Blodgett turns up, sitting opposite at the table where Amidon newly discovered to himself is taking a luncheon As I said awhile ago." begins the Judge, Browning falls short of being a poet, just as amarble-cutter falls short of being a sculptor. You were quoting Love Among the Ruins as the train stopped at Elm Springs Junction"
 Henceforth we have a good business sense and scent pervading Amidon's further experiences. Professor and Clara and Blcdgett accompany Amidon to BeIIevale. the city of Brass1eld's eonquests with fortune and fair ladies The Professor takes notes in dual per sonaItty for the benefit of science.
 Clara describes how Amidon going honorably about fulfilling Brsssheld's engagement learns love on his own account.
 Judge Blodgett tries to grasp the immense business intents that Brass field holds for Amidons further en- richment, the old lawyer is full of worldly wise maxims like this: "A mans behavior is worth money to him. Many a man gets credit at the bank on the strength of the safe and con servative vices he practices. Business requires you to act more like Brass field. man who has a good deal of money must be like other people who use a good deal of money. He musn't have issues, and he musn't have the reputation of being queer. He musn't be for any reforms except impractical ones"
 With Madame Claire at hand to bring BrassfieId to the surface often