Show THE WRONG JACKSON copyright 1902 by john hayden lorenzo jackson shot and wounded a man in self defense then he skipped out one day thirteen months aft T this I 1 entered the town hello jackson anad the landlord of my hotel back again glad to set you V hen I 1 came to register I 1 put down uy own name of course had it changed since you went awa queried the landlord I 1 never had any other it seems that I 1 rc Bimble a named jackson w 1 0 used to live here Ilca emble ell a man ought to resemble himself I 1 take it hee here I 1 replied my name Is not jackson I 1 was never in this town before I 1 dont know a soul in the town well by thunder bluntly ex claimed the man when I 1 finished look here jackson what sort of a game Is this ou are playing are you ass enough to think a year baa changed you BO no one here would know 3 ou there s occasion for any skulking jim neier made a complaint oi the shooting and who Is jim re iou anno enough to sign your name to a receipt h naked after a painful pause I 1 hope so then sign athla one I 1 sold a horse for vou for and was to keep ao 20 of it as commission he opened a wallet and counted down 12 and banded out a receipt for me to sign that money belongs to mr jackson and of course I 1 can t take it I 1 bald the man turned pale as he picked up the notes and balked out of the room he had made the ery that I 1 wag insane and be probably feared I 1 would become violent before he could make his escape lie went downstairs and reported his discovery and halt an hour later when I 1 descended to tha office I 1 found myself an object of curl osley U allo there waa a humorous side to the case t was on the whole very annoying and embarrassing hen it was decided that I 1 was barm less a dozen or more persona ad dressed me as jackson I 1 selected four of the most intelligent among whom was a lawyer added the landlord and asked them to a conference in my room hen we had reached there I 1 eald gentlemen there seems to be something very queer about all this I 1 may resemble a man named jackson but it Is only resemblance now see here jackson eald toe landlord as he saw that I 1 was losing my temper you are among friends some of cm think you re a little off in the top story but I 1 can t see any signs ot it come now tell u all about it I 1 have nothing to tell you except that you are mistaken did this jack son have any relatives here they the matter over and decided that he had not then I 1 asked where he boarded and they gave me the name of a widow ery well gentlemen I 1 eald I 1 will go with ou to the house of this widow and w e 11 hear what she has to say she ought to remember a man who boarded with her for two years it was decided that the lawyer and I 1 should go together and I 1 felt certain that the woman would instantly solve the mj astery eclie had no sooner opened the door and caught sight of me than her face was covered with smiles and she cried out for the lands ne but if here isn t mr jackson looking as natural as an old shoe vi ere on earth have ou been and why dlan t you write to say I 1 might you to say that I 1 was amazed Is draw ing it mild I 1 was knocked out and eat dov n lu a sort ot dream hile I 1 waa in this dazed state the lawyer asked her if I 1 had changed much and if sho would have known me in a crowd and a lot of other questions in tended to establish my identity belond a doubt then be took me bv the arm and walked me out bisot a word was paid until wo reached my room where the men wire waiting then he stated that the woman had positively identa fled me gentlemen I 1 said after observing n look of sympathy on each one a face it may bo possible that my name Is jackson and that I 1 have lieen out of my mind for a year past the more I 1 think of it the more I 1 believe I 1 m jackson if everybody says I 1 m jack son then I 1 must be 0 couram oure right enough replied the landlord see here I 1 suddenly shouted ns I 1 was about to give up my identity this jackson had a tailor here oh ca and a shoemaker of course tl now let us go to the tailor first he 1 ns my measure it I 1 m jack boll tl at 8 so come on As me entered the hop the tailor shook hai da with me as jackson but it gasn wasn t ten minutes I 1 had won my ease ite had scarcely put his tapeline on my body before he said a ala mla take had axen inide lit no single did I 1 measure the same ns jack hon w 1 lie I 1 Is anus were three inches the longer at the boot makers ie took an eight and I 1 a seven with n difference in other hen tt eee t ings had been settled people bean to note other cles and in OIL course of twenty four hours everybody was ready to pro it a marv clous coincidence so it was and it went leond that while I 1 was in town lorenzo jackson re turned the resemblance could not have been closer lad we born twins instead I 1 of la different vears and aillen apart it was a care because it BI lauy teats M QUAD |