The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-05-01
BROWNS FIVE
DOUBLES
D. NJ QUAD
Copyright, INA BY Associated Ii.
erary Press.

At the age Of thirty and stili unmar.
Iied William Brown made a visit to q
western state. Up to the day he left
home he had never been out OF the
state of Vermont. His adventures be
gan in Chicago. He vas sitting In the
ONCE of u hotel when q grim faced
man entered and walked up to him
and began:
'"You Internal scoundrel. but I feel
like killing you where yon sit:!'
"What do you mean" asked MI.
Brown In great establishment.
why. you measIy apology for a
man. how dare you ask that question:
shouted the stranger. III yon think
you have got safely out Of that affair
you are mistaken. III have revenge
on you II ! have to live a thousand
years to do it,"
1t was a long time before william
Brown could get to the bottom OF
things. Then be discovered that he
was supposed to be Henry Williams.
who had been hanging about a certain
village ifty miles away for several
months and who had become engaged
10 the village belle. borrowed money
right and left and proved himself to
be a bad man in many directions. The
man who was talking to Brown was
the girls father. and he had been look
ing Chicago over for a week before
the Vermonter's arrival. The first
thing. OF course. was a prompt denial.
The next was for Brown to prove his
identity.
When Brown had established bis
identity he went his way. consoling
himself with the thought that not
more than one man In the world could
look near enough like him to be a twin
brother. but three days later BE- found
that It vas q mistake. He was In
Evansville to see a certain person and
was talking business In the mans Of
dce when be was arrested ON q war
rant made out In the name Of Richard
Roe, which charged him with hav-
ing passed counterfeit money on n liv-
cry stable man two months before.
He lay In Jail for three days. and then
bis case came up for examination.
Brown was In q fair way to be convict
Cd when 4 dentist saved him. 1t was
remembered that the drummer bad
had 4 tooth pulled before be started ON
the dplTe. The dentist had also found
two Or three others which needed bu-
ings. The minute he looked into
I~Mn;s mouth he declared that he
emaAnakshe the man.
BrosAa Aial adventure was more
funny tha1Esaeasak L. day ~ two aft
q 3eaving lDvansy1llA. q 10 was rid
ing In = passenger coae1As woman
boarded Tho train at q a1nt5on and
@ams aae1a down the alDte SM4 greet
las him With: F.,
swell. wGN. MI. jackson. hat who
would have thousht u sesing you
hare! How's Nancy and the cA1aoFen2
when II she coming up TO 80 NJ all?'
II beg your pardon" said the travel
u, hut haven't you made q installer
"A mistake in whats"
Madam. my name 10 not Jackson.
but Brown. and l never saw you be-
fore!w
"What! What" she cried 40 she
turned on him. well. did I ever!
You sit here and tell me that l don't
know Tom Jackson as well as I do
my own father: Have you gone crazy2
Are you running away from NancyT
1T Is as ! told you, madam. may
look like Tom jackson. but l never
saw nor heard Of him or you before"
Browns last adventure was the most
serious one Of all. He had spent II day
and a night at Lafayette when be was
arrested On a charge Of attempted rob
berry and felOni0us assault. 1t was
claimed that he was q Of h trio whO
had assaulted a merchant In hts store
in a village six or eight miles distant.
The three men had entered the st0eo
in the evening when the merchant hap
pened to be alone and had knocked
him down as the first step toward get
ting the cash. He bad proved a tongh
nut, however. and ha1 driven the gang
OF In a battered condition. william
Brown exactly -6tts4 the description Ut
m Of the trio. OF counsabs vigorous
" denied the charge ana raised q
strong doubt. but when he was placed
In line With twelve other men the mer-
chant walked straight up to him and
said:
"You are the man who entered the
store fIrst and asked mi to change q
twenty dollar bill for yOn."
"You are making a serious mistake"
replied Brown. Il can prove that I
was in Terre Haute the night you were
assaulted"
He secured a lawyer and sent for
witnesses at Terre Haute.
When the trial came on Brown had
ten witnesses from Terre aaute and
was lucky enough to lind two men who
had at a certain hour been bis COM
panions all the way to Lafayette.
Such was the weight Of evidence in
his favor that be was acquitted BY the
Jury.
A month later Brown reached home.
The right man was caught. and when
the merchant was called upon to iden-
tify him be did 81 as promptly as on
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