Double Trouble

A young banker is very timid in the presence of his stenographer, and all young women. However, he is shown to be at home addressing a Sunday School in his capacity as President of the Sabbath Day Society. As he is leaving on a vacation, Banker Amidon is hit on the head by a thug. Five years later he awakes as Amidon again while in pajamas on a Pullman car. He is astonished when he sees a paper and notes the lapse of time. He is still more surprised at seeing a suit of sporty checks, which he discovers belongs to him. He goes to a hotel and is again astonished to find that he is greeted as an old and familiar guest. He meets an old friend, Judge Blodgett. They go to a clairvoyant, who puts him in a trance. He awakens as a Mr. Brassfield. In that character he tells of waking up in the boom town of Bakerstown after the blow on the head with no consciousness of what had happened before or even his name. He takes the name of Brassfield, strikes oil, becomes a wealthy man, and is nominated to be mayor. When he enters on his love affairs, he is so enthusiastic and has apparently been breaking hearts right and left besides engaging himself, that the old judge and the clairvoyant decide that he had better become Amidon, the good and respected banker. They go to Bakerstown. There Amidon is unable to transact the big business built up by Brassfield. He is again returned to the aggressive Brassfield. He proves very successful in business dealings and also in political affairs but is so unscrupulous as to railroad a poor man who wouldn't be bribed. He also plays fast and loose with his sweetheart, flirting with a girl known as Strawberry, and others, as the occasion permits. The clairvoyant turns Brassfield back to Amidon, who rescues the poor family from death by gas and releases the father from jail. He also is reconciled to his sweetheart through the good offices of the clairvoyant, who explains that gradually the two characters of Amidon and Brassfield will be blended into one, the good qualities of each being retained and the bad ones neutralized.