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which betokened no little esteem.
Has my plan for classification,
Charles Captain asked, been consid
cred ?"
1t has replied Bourbon. 1T is ;
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 tina,
very little attention, such as hail
dye in some cases, a little padding OF
nonpadding of clothes and so on will
give certain number Of men the same
appearance in sufficient degree, any
how, for official description"
Yes, 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"
Il want" the young man consult
ed his note book. two or three men
answering to the description of De-
nesanton, tina, IS height about six feet,
dark. and stout; two or three after DR..
Mount, middle height, sloping shoul-
ders, a slight lisp, prcmaturely gray
two or three after Holm. about FIVE
feet eight rcadhaired, long faced. very
broad"
He closed his note book
Bourbon meditated.
All, yes! Yesi Denesanton, Mount,
and Holm being now at Portland l..
OF course, recollect their cases per-
fectly.'
He rose, went to a bookshelf. ex-
'racted a new register, kept in code.
therefrom, and ran his finger down the
entries.
All 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 Glass D, number
ing twenty-five lisp Of course, to be
added; Holm comes from Glass T,
which is a class of FIVE only"
VERY excellent, indeed" said Mr..
Captain
He s1etchcd his plan. Bourbon lis
'cncd
1T IS to be carried out at once?"
i have promised to report myself to
her majesty in a fortnight, with hun
dred thousand pounds"
IN notes" Bourbon impressed. No,
checks"
My dear commander, am no, an
infant
Gould see these men tonight"
Bourbon considered, IN two hours
time"
Il will wait here, if may. A Ger
tain amount Of expenditure will be in
volved"
The expense fund will meet it."
lie 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 tranquily-he awoke from his
trance to ask:
Have we anything in this line
short. ruddy, dark, an English varsity
and a little unction?"
Bourbon consulted the register
Glass f is the nearest"
May | see Class E."
Again Bourbon delivered telephone
message,
They had a plain dinner, and talked
little, both being men of action. At o
o'clock the telephone hell rang. Bour- /
BON, answering the call, looked round
70 say to his guest: The disengaccd
N Glasses A. d, r. and z are all
ready"
They we're indeed all ready, in big
back stting-room of a house in PIN
leo. Captain inspected them, class by
class. Without difficulty he picked out
his men, discarding the others. The
ones to receive most scrutiny were the
snort, dark. rosy men with twinklng
eyes and some JUNCTION; and it is won
1erful what subtle differences YOU get
N units of type.
At o:3o o'clock Captain and the little
-apt-eyed commander were left with
he chosen, They, with a close atten-
ion, received the explanations of the
'oung man in the latest shade OF fawn,
who sat upon the table. allowing a
,hoice cigarette to burn away so eager
y did he talk
Your work, my friends, is of the
simplest description, merely involving
| little travel on given lines, Forward,
OenesantonsT
They stood forward, laughing.
The biggest Of you is the best
match. You others must match the
biggest. All must be convict shaved
)arken your skins a very little. The
lair is right. Some of you let your
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