McAllister and His Double

"McAllister and His Double" by Arthur Cheney Train is a story set in the early 1900s, where a man named McAllister, part of an exclusive club, finds his holiday plans upended when everyone thinks he's a criminal known as Fatty Welch. The story looks at what defines a person, differences in social standing, and the role of destiny within a funny series of unfortunate events. At first, McAllister is just a grumpy guy stuck at his club during Christmas, but his night spins out of control after a wild cab ride with a crook and a surprising arrest; he thinks he's just in the wrong place at the wrong time. As everyone mixes him up with the wanted thief, McAllister struggles to prove he's innocent, facing chaos, absurd situations, and the hard realities of people on the edges of society and must come up with a plan to restore his reputation.