Jackson Gregory

“ Rand had felt anger at the mistake and had felt amusement at it. Now he began to feel the first vague stirrings of alarm.
“The whole thing is incredible, Mr. McAdams,” he said finally. “That one man should look so much like another that a man who claims to be the best friend of one of them fails to see the difference. But there are these likenesses now and then in a thousand years, I suppose. And there must be someone—Has Jasper Ruud any very near relatives? People who see him daily?” ”

“ Captain Hudson, the chief of the local police, who could not deny himself the pleasure of escorting his prisoner in person, smiled and nodded approvingly. He knew that his capture was going to be the sensation of the day, that the newspapers from coast to coast and upon the other side of the Atlantic would grow garrulous with word of the taking of the multi-millionaire, and that his own name would appear in printed letters more times within the next forty-eight hours than it had ever done before. It is not every day that a man who is a power in Wall Street. ”

“ No, she was not the kind of a girl a man would want to have for a sister. A slip of a girl who had not yet scampered through her teens, all pink and white freshness; all delicate, dainty girlishness, bringing with her a feeling that it was May-time in the world. ”

“ I'm John Rand, and I'm just in from South America. There is some likeness, I suppose. But you'll make a fool of yourself if you think of trying me in court as Jasper Ruud. There'll be dozens of men—”
“Have you seen your lawyers? Is it some scheme of theirs? Oh, well,” his voice showing a little hurt, “it's up to you. Only let me tell you something. New York is tired of having men play insane and get away with it, dead tired. It's a rich man's dodge ... and juries are as a general thing only too happy when they get the chance to hand it to their rich brother. ”

“ Hudson was saying, well-disposed towards the whole world, with all men and women in it, “but we are going to make it as easy for you as we can. We are going to take you straight to McAdams.”
“The district attorney?”
“Yes. You will spend the night at his home. You see, Mr. Ruud, we all realize that the whole thing is unfortunate, and that—oh, well, we don't look on you as a common criminal.”
“Thanks,” drily. “May I ask why the distinction?”
“Why, you certainly see it yourself. A man of your position...”
“That's so. I'd forgotten. Jasper Ruud has money, a lot of money, hasn't he? ”