The Washington herald., 1914-03-29

which betokened no little esteem.
"Has my plan for classification
Charles Captain asked, been consid'
ered?"
at has," replied Bourbon. 1T is 4
good plan. We have adopted it"
That is to say-I repeat it so that
there is no misunderstanding-the Hun,
dreds and Thousands have been divided
into classes according to height, build
color, and general appearance, so that
very little attention, such as a hair
dye in some cases, little padding OF
nonpadding of clothes and so on will
give a certain number of men the same
appearance in a sufficient degree, any
how, for official description"
ayes, if shaved alike, and padded
alike, dressed alike, with hair parted
alike, and keen attention to such de-
tails, we have several complete sets OF
duplicates in England"
"T want" the young man consult
ed his note book, two or three men
answering to the description of De
nesanton, that is height about six feet,
dark, and stout; two or three after DR..
Mount, middle height, sloping shoul-
ders, a slight lisp, prematurely gray;
two or three after Holm, about five
feet eight, readhaired, long faced, very
broad"
He closed his note book.
Bourbon meditated.
"Ah, yes! Yesl Denesanton, Mount,
and Holm being now at Portland. l,
of course, recollect their cases per-
fectly.".
He rose, went to a bookshelf, ex-
tracted a new register, kept in code,
therefrom, and ran his finger down the
entries.
Gall our men have been carefully
sorted; there weren't many red-haired
ones, but We have the sizes, and the
hair can be done, of course, if neces-
sary. Let US see-Denesanton can be
supplied from Class A, which numbers
fifteen; Mount from Class D, number
ing twenty-five lisp, of course, to be
added; Holm comes from Class T,
which is a class of FIVE only"
"Very excellent, indeed" said Mr..
Captain.
He sketched his plan. Bourbon lis
tened.
1T is to be carried out at once?"
Il have promised to report myself to
her majesty in fortnight, with a hun
dred thousand pounds"
an notes." Bourbon impressed. "No,
checks"
my dear commander, I am not an
infant.
Gould I see these men tonight"
Bourbon considered. an two hours
time"
81 will wait here, if I may. A GER
tain amount of expenditure will be in
volved."
"The expense fund will meet it."
He crossed the room to send a tele-
phone message. The young man lost
himself in thought for half an hour. At
the end of it-Bourbon had been smok-
ing tranquilly-he awoke from his
trance to ask:
Have we anything in this line
short, ruddy, dark, an English varsity
manner, and a little unction?"
Bourbon consulted the register.
"Class E is the nearest"
MAY / see Class E?"
Again Bourbon delivered a telephone
message.
They had plain dinner, and talked
little, both being men of action. At oI
o'clock the telephone bell rang. Bour-
bon, answering the cali, looked round
to say to his guest: "The disengaged
in Glasses A, D, T, and E are all
ready"
They were indeed all ready, in big
back sitting-room of house in Pim-
lico. Captain inspected them, class by
class. Without difficulty he picked out
his men, discarding the others. The
ones to receive most scrutiny were the
short, dark, rosy men with twinkling
eyes and some unction; and it is won
derful what subtle differences you get
in units of a type.
At Q 80 o'clock Captain and the little
rapt-eyed commander were left with
the chosen. They, with a close atten-
ton. received the explanations of the
young man in the latest shade of fawn,
who sat upon the table, allowing a
choice cigarette to burn away so eager
ly did he talk.
"Your work, my friends, is of the
simplest description, merely involving
a little travel on given lines. Forward,
Denesantons
They stood forward, laughing.
"The biggest of you is the best
match. You others must match the
biggest. All must be convict-shaved.
Darlsen your skins very little. The