Show WAS TOM REEDS DOUBLE Besemblonco to tho ExSpeaker Was Worth 820000 to a Drummer A man who travels out of Sl Paul came to New York the other day as Is his custom several times n year and about the first thing he said to a friend wasThe The death of exSpeaker Reed will relieve me of a lot of trouble Then he explained what he meant He Is physically and In some other respects re-spects the double of Speaker Reed He has his peculiar drawl even The sleepingcar porters all Insist that I am Mr Reed he said One night when I registered my name In a Buffalo hotel the clerk said he supposed it was all right and that I didnt want the reporters to know who I was I said it was all right and went to my room In less than an hour D halfdozen reporters had called and wanted to interview In-terview me Each one of them wanted to know why I was traveling under another an-other name I had to sit up halt the night with those chaps to convince them that I was not Mr Reed One day Thad some business in Grand Rapids I hadnt been in the town an hour when I was waited upon by several lawyers who wanted me to make an address I had to show that committee my shirts arid collars and private correspondence to convince them that I was not Mr Reed and then one of them said it was all right If I didnt want to acknowledge who I was On another occasion when I was in Boston I asked a friend to identify meat me-at Uifr bank He had heard that I tl was frequently mistaken for Mr Reed and when he went to the bank with me he said to the cashier I suppose It Is hardly necessary for me to Identify my friend The cashier replied Mr Reed does HOt have to be Identified He can get whatever he wants Just to test the cashiers sincerity I mare t draft on New York for 5000 and he paid me the money I cost him 20 for a dinner for three I suppose sup-pose after this story I can tell almost any sort of f story I wish but this was un actual case However it was not as good as the one I have for a climax Six months ago when I was In New York I concluded to pay my respects to Mr Recd In his office at 10 Wall street I had always been curious to leo what he would say If he saw me The young man in charge of the office addressed me with a welcome and remarked re-marked I We hadnt expected you quite so soon but we are always glad when you come back And then he started to show me toll to-ll Reeds room I think I might have had Home fun but my courage failed me I told the young man he was mistaken mis-taken but he only replied Thats all right Mr Reed we understand un-derstand And then 1 made an excuse and got out quickly I never saw MI Reed In my life that I i know of And lOW I am wondering what T shall dp for I suppose some day I shall scare the life out of some alcop ingcnr norter for they are mighty PU pcrstltlouii But I reckon Ute reporters report-ers Su will give mo 1 reslNe York |