The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-19
James Parsons, JT.

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 ry., a.. uu. James Parsons. Jr- No. -. uu.y,t uH took rnm x. on tue .e.ruE floor. Two days after No. 9 rara >o. @. lIr JauE ruum 9. on the 1Hrd hur@
 uur world think Uat Car agent who lad rented three different rooms to .u..n different unu ut th. same uamo .a t.r same hu.u.ug Gu r.la same week
 ,ouIl have remarked r1 u IaIst one of tla Parsons 0n lnr singular couet.
 dune.. but the receipts were made oul auI nothing was sa.d For two weeks
 .nr three muu were ignorant of each others identity Then something hap ururd that Ied Ir muA trouble for gl ut them Oun day as the artist was
 painting away rle agent 0r am express
 company walked into his room, made
 him identify h.m~et hy bis rent re-
 cpIpJ and left Lm a package cJutlin-
 ing SIUuH0 With him it was an ey-
 pryday matter. and after getting the
 signature hc went oT whistliDg. With
 the artist it was a matter 10 make him
 gasp and turn pale and wonder if a
 house had fallen on him. On the en-
 veIope It was recorded that the back
 age was sent by Thomas Parsons of
 Oxford. The artist had never been In
 the town OF heard of the sender.
 The artist waited three days for a letter. but none came. Ills first thought was to communicate with the sender. His second was to keep and enjoy what the gods had sent him. He clean ed his brushes, put away his easel and walked out and locked the door behind ufm Then he went to the barber's and had n0s mustuclc shaved off, tO the cIDtlrers and indulged la the purchase of a new suit and when he took lodg. fugs ft was in a street four miles from Trv0u row. He had vacated just in time. He had not been gone an hUuE when the congressman, accompanied by a policeman. knocked at his door, In hunting for the man who had walkcI out the others of. the same name were discovered. What was more, each one claimed that the package was for him and began to hIuSler and threaten.
 The artist had always G-urcI that if be found himself rich he would paint a painting tD astuuisl the world. His figuring went to pieces lu the face of facts. He quit the brush forever, as he hoped. and went to the country to loaf aud fish and pass for a million aire While tue police were looking for him m London and having all the sen ports watched the man of paints was only thirty miles away and paying court to a young widow who had been left public house. Within a month he proposed marriage and was accept ed. and the newly welded pair went on bridal tour through France and Switzerland.
 Meanwhile, as a matter of course, Thomas Parsons of Oxford had been communicated with. He was mcr- chant and had sent the money to his brother in the city for special ob- feet. The brother was named James Parsons. Jr He was not at 9T TryOn TOW. but at 97 Chester street. which l was the same thing, with a difference. That made four James Parsouses who ! were mixed up in the affair, with 1 Thomas Parsons on the outside. When 1 the artist did not return to his rooms l 1t was realized that he was taking ad- l vantage of the mistake 4 reward was l offered, and some of the best detec- | tive talent was put ou the case, but | weeks and months went past and there was no news. It was believed that ! Parsons. had got away 10 North or l