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Show "LOST IDENTlfr GRAFT Clever Swindler Working Western Towns by Feb ing Complete Forgetfulness of His Past Life, "About a month nto " said n commer-clnl commer-clnl ti iveter who arrived In AA'nshlng-ton AA'nshlng-ton the other da when I got Into 11 small town In Iowa, on my way Knst, I found the town ln a stnte nf considerable consid-erable commotion ovei the peculiar case of a man who had leached the place the dcy helnie 'lhe man It seemed bad one of these sudden-loss-n. Identity eases about which weve been reading so much In the new 'pipers 'pi-pers during th past foul or file )etrs This I fottnl out before I had seen him He had slcisd off a train bound ftem limaha to ( hlcago on the day before and had engaged the Million 111 islet In lonvtitatlun an aoon as II. ualii pulled out llu hud 1 lean forgotten who ho was where he had tome fiont vvhtic he was going or niulhliik whtttcver about himself (he vomits nun told the at Hlon master The elation muster of oursc was willing 10 knoek tilt vuik an time In tulk with such 11 queer 1 toposltlon as that lhe station masiei look tho )iiuhk mnn tn the hotel nf the town ami Inleiesteet sciciul of the solid citizens In tho ease ln conversation with all of these the joitng man a manner ivub exactly the same us It had been wh n Ie hud tttikli I the stntloti mnstir und l il I tin t offli lal of his sudden loss or litutltv In 11 qui I pathetic sort of wu) and rreinientl) rnMiiiR his hand in A iiusale I inannei tu rosn his toie-head toie-head he told them that be h id 1 o more idea whit bis name was thin of am of the events that had led In his dropping drop-ping olt the train Into the little town In which hi fiuntl hlmseli He dldnt Ic-Ineniuer Ic-Ineniuer evu having seen the town be-I be-I fore and v hut hla j ui pose hid been In stopping oft ihtrc was loo much for him The leading ihvslclnn nf the town was called Into eonfeienee after awhile, and he was ns much pusled ovrr the voting mans sttn as the solid rlllens He qiicsllincd the )ouiig man close!) as 10 whether he had leeenll) received all) Injur) to bis held and the )0UiiB man leplled tint he dldnt rccitl an) -thing of the sort The medical man examined ex-amined the )nung mm thoroughly nnd founl that be was In tiptop e. mention ihvslcall) nnl that he was perfectly rational and level-headesl mentall) except ex-cept that nil tetollecll in of cver)thlnR connected with his previous lire hud absolutcl) ilepaitcel fiom linn 1110 towns press toricspiiudenl of course got hoi 1 of the queer stor) und Inter-vlewcd Inter-vlewcd tho oung mnn and he sent the stor) out all ovei the eounti) All of Ihls was em the el i before I Rot In AMien I arrived 111 lhe hotel the landlord pointed the )ouur in in nut to me nnd I went up to the table where In was enJn)lnR a heart) meal an lb id ti tulk with him Up vvns tt thnp of about 21 or so gool looking and very well dressed He bad 1 tnded In the town without 11 cent nf mono nnd without an taers wlureb) be ceiuld be Identified but hla e ise secme 1 so extrnoriHnai) that the solid citizens had token tare of him und volunteered to stand for his hotel bill and so on, until It could be eiecldcd what lo tin with him The solid citizens iih a in titer ti-ter of fact were mtlur pioud of tho business knowing ns the) dlel that lhe stor) hid leen wired to the pijcra all over the einintrv The) innsldered thut It sort nf nlvirtlsed Hull tnwn 'The tnvvnsintn who hid roluntterel tn look out fnr the vutniR fellow assembled assem-bled ut the lintel em the nlcbt thit I got In for the 1 urpnsc ot arriving at tonii. decision as to what should In demo with him There was nn h'spltil In the 1 lace deslcnel 10 inpe with enses of lost I lentil) 1 h tppene I to mention nt the e inference that peilnpu tho voting men vv mid be better off In ("hi curo vi titie he could ro to one of the blR hospitals for trentment The )oung chap came In at that nei.. tcmirk that he had I a1?."' H, recollection thnt the nam. S" "wis ft on. which he hailed S5Sa'; 'I am uo big up to im Mat row ' nail itS$ conf'8" C rens, und If Jou bciiii,!'"0 Mi I 1 ould tnke this follTml Willi mo and see that hf r,".0 i right hands ror treatment lnllt The) all looked upon th. . ns n gool one und thantiS "Wlei Then they took up a coIIcmIo? jojing mans benetlt na r.b.V0 u hundred doll irs. w hlcf, ,,,. d t(-' me to keep for him un uu ".'rJ' l hlcngo I to d then ti,..".H'i lathe, not do that hUJ ' . joiiiiR man pppenred to he 1.',,'' Hi llonal and In shape to lakf .. l. fund himself. So they UjWt money over to him on tK? " morning nnd Rrl Pp,1 his h.7" 1 dial good-b)c hnnd.hikes .."A? of us climbed aboard the ,XBJ.,h,'t bound for Chicago "pr" tn, ' e got Into the smoker .. joting mnn lulled ojt a k'v, l pood cIriis and offercl m. .M,": Then lie proluced from,,,',?' emart bottle of Iowa drug .tor. i'L" nnd offer d me 1 drink This . hl1 surprised me a whole lot "ut W want to take a chance of iSil?1 mm of lost Identltj nsrveSk?1 n.lttlng Inquiries te? him V?t,V' ion and why he Kot the vvhl,k, took a nip uloiu with him and in no nt thnt AVell to inaki It ivl '" lilt that bottle up pretlj hrft' nn hour nfter our departure Jj side of n couple of hours he i , ' well jigged He Invited n to S, i.ame or poker w lib him tniiir.! the HDOvvnd that the silod ctffii' donated to him. and gSS .t1 humurousl). It struck me if ii. thins pretty queer that a man nS clean forgot all about hla on Mr. should still remember the Mineiiui. v oil ed r line of draw poker, tut I J" ni) nil) thing nbout It Then liiZ:. fellow took nnother large tilt ;.,' bottle and Riized nt me ln a reran, of way out of the slants ot hlierf. "'flrcnt graft, pal, aln tit hi. to n e " ' A hnt s a great gnftr I UM " Thlsh losh o memory icb-snld icb-snld be and then he nentonjroti I) nnd let the cat out of the Ur ut me that he hnd been norklnrthijs light nlnng nil over the countrr two or three )ears past whertm was brol e and thit he got attiyr a cute little bundle on the atrirta It eier time I told him tut hi n loifcr and a blickguard anl m other things, hut he was too r Inadel to tare by that time inJle the smoker In disgust and senttu nf the front enrs He was itlllju; up when I left the train at Ckln nnd I would surel have turned I over to the police If Id been tn, thnt there vvns nny iharge iijioan1 he could be held In Chlcijo "Ihree nights liter I saw thit jt mnn executing a queer Hunt u . much-lighted district of aomjto ChlciiRo A street piano Iti'Jut pin) Ing his Instrument In front 1 prominent enloon and the jourf low. still ver) well dressed tnl r tending to be lntoxlcated-whlch viasnt then wis taking then nwa) from the Diro every tnlnmts nnd plijlng the thing hlmaelf, passing the hnt around Ills rrr unee rn tltkled the crowd, who tort upon the joung fellow ns a Hoiri lire 1 In devilment that ther w uted llberill) I followed bin i to three or four w Idelj separstelM that evcnliiR, and he repent tlnilBe, evetyvvhere getting bljmr which lie, of course, split sin hlclllnn organ Rrlnder All In il wan nbout as fox) a grafter u It met up with an)ivherc' niitn; Htar |