THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897

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CHAPTER TV. ‘ THE CONTRACT. “JT have devote d mor study to the <ing than to anvthing else,s explained Harold. “So much

so, indeed. that, although not a strong I i can best any of my acquaint- From words that I

ard I am isfied that a plot

Ss on foot te humiliate me. There is an exhibition to-night at the clubrooms for the benefit of a public charity. I have agreed to meet an unknown boxer. Of course he i professional, i ble and

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and is able intends

to Knock me into the middle of next week.”’ “ And I will take your place ?” “That's it Holy gee! And the good fellow ped to his feet, hardly

able to restrain himself in anticipa-

tion of the way in which the tables

would be turned on his false friends. “But &# will

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not do for each in propria persona, f taken for yourself d things will be mixed.” enough. _ ao personal appearance can possibly

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du will for you, an ‘That is easy will change my so that no one you.”

Both of us were clean shaven. adjusted a mustache so skilfully no cne could suspect it. It caused marked change in his appearance. he applied a wash to his curly hair, which did not turn it black, but of a dark brown, several shades deeper than its natural hue. The eyebrows were ‘touched so as to correspand with the mustache.

“Nothing more to your dress ?”

“I have a score of suits, and there- fore am never judged by my attire. We will separate just before reaching the building, and take widely separ- ated seats. When a call is made for you to go on the stage, you will do so and be guided by circumstances.”

At § o’clock that evening the spa- cious hall of the club coniained fully 500 persons, most of whom were well dressed, and members of swelldom.

As JI walked in and took my seat one man after another extended his hand and greeted me effusively.

“* Good luck to you, Westcatt! got $100 on you to-night.”

“I'm afraid you'll be a loser,” I re- plied, modestly, though well aware that the fellow was lying, and hoped to see me knocked senseless.

‘No fear of that if you handle the mitts as you did last week, when you gave me and Robbins our quietus.”’

“That was more luck than skill. But I’. do my best.”

Similar remarks were repeated. was clear to me that Harold was right. A plot was on foot to over- whelm him with mortification by vis- iting an ignominious defeat upon him.

In fact, I caught some words not intended for me. They revealed that the pugilist whe had been imported was the notorious Sid Buxten, gener- ally known as the Western Cyclone, a burly giant, who had knocked out every aspiring boxer that had pre- sumed to stand before him.

The exhibition was similar in most respects to those with which every New Yorker is familiar. There was club swinging, fencing, dancing, some good singing, several pleasant exchang- es of taps between amateur boxers, and finally the event of the evening was announced as a sparring bout tween a gentleman, Mr. Richard Morti- mer, of Chicago, and the well-known clubman, Harold O. Westcott

The audience broke into uproarious applause. There was stamping, clap- ping of hands, and loud calls “Westcott! Westcott !”

As yet Mr. Mortimer had not shown himself. He was in the dressing-room behind the stage. I slowly rose to my feet, and with my topcoat my arm, walked forward. As I ascended the steps at the end the applause be- came deafening.

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“What hypocrisy !” I mused. “Or the 500 men in this room four-fifths would give a goodly part of what they are worth to see me stretched almost lifeless before this brute that has been brought here for the express purpose ef half-killing me.”

The man who had expressed fer- went wishes for my success and who declared that he had $100 upon me was obsequious in his attentions. He

accompanied me to the dressing-room, helped me to shed my outer clothing and to adju the gloves to my hands, repeating his best wishes and his con- fidence in my prowess.

“Who is this Mortimer ?” I after the Strings were tied wrists.

“Some Chicago dude, I believe. He has been practising out there until he fancies, like every one from the Windy

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asked, at my

City, that he knows it all. He has come East to give the New Yorkersa fw lessons, but I reckon he’ll know more te-morrow than he does now.” “Possibly, thougn it seems to me that we ought to have been introduc- ed hefore meeting on the stage. “How-

ever, let that go. Where is he ?”

‘““In the next room. Would you like to see him ?”

* ¥en, Lead me to him.”

Passing through the door senarating the apartments, I was introduced to Mr. Mortimer, of Chicago. He was 2 prodigious brute, a mass of rigid mus- piano-like legs, enormous arms, head, with a flat nose, beadlike eyes; close-cropped hair and a counten- > that reminded me of a gorilla. He vith a grin that showed his yel-

cles, bullet

le teeth, but did not speak. Per- haps he was afraid of revealing his personality by his language.

Five minutes later we were intro- duced to the audience from the stage. The applause was tremendous. One

in my position sees much more than is suspected. I could easily read the expectant Jenks, and knew, fhat nearly

be- | nounced that the stricken pugilist was | reviving and

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every man there was givatirg In ada- Vance over my humiliation.

I looked at Harold. Hie caught my eye and nodded He was the happiest person in the house, for he knew what

as coming Possibly was equally happy, for I felt that it was to be my

| pleasure of baffling a mean plot.

Mr. Mortimer evidently looked upon his task as such a “‘dead easy” one that he felt able to toy with me as a cat does with a mouse. He must keep up the semblance o? fairness and not be too rough from the start.

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We had sparred a few minutes, when he landed lightly on my chest. It sent me backward a couple of paces, for I was not expecting it.

It was apparent to me that the fel- low was a skilful sparrer, and it was important to be on my guard, for, al- though my strength was prodigious, I was as vulnerable as ordinary mortals to attack.

If I suffered him to land one of his terrific blows, I should be laid out. My only safety, therefore, was in an- ticipating him.

Sparrers, like fencers , look straight each other’s eyes. It is a fatal mistake to do otherwise. We con- tinued see-sawing round each other, I landing a blow now ami then, which was not hard enough to trouble him,

while I stopped one or two ugly | thrusts. Suddenly there was a pe-

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culiar whistle and call from several quarters of the house. The people were becoming impatient. They did

net wish to wait any longer for my overthrow.

I saw alook of hideous devilishness come into the gorillalike face before me. The brute was gathering him-

self for the knockout blow, and while coing so an extraordinary thing took place.

The Western Cyclone was seen to rise abruptly from the stage and then speed outward and through the air, iike an enormous ballfrog. He shot half way across the room, sprawling in the aisle directly behind where the as- tounded Harvld Westcott was sitting.

Such a “dead easy” one,

The blow which did this was planted squarely in the middle of the hairy chest. Had it struck his skull it would have been smashed like an eggshell. Mad he been an ordinary person, his trunk would have been ground to pulp. As it was, he lay as if dead, and near- ly every cone believed him fatally in- jured.

At the end of tem minutes of inde- scribable confusion the physician an-

would rally from the blow. Then something like order set- tled upon the house, and the master of ceremonies announced that the bout bad been won by Mr. Westcott.

“ And I would’ add,” J] said, advanc- ing to the front of the platform, “now that the Western Cyclone has been lisposed of, that I will be pleased to meet anyone who would like to take his place,”

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only answer to this challenge renewal of applause, amid which I withdrew to the dressing-room. soon resuming my seat. But the exhibition Was over, and, escaping: the tiresome congratulations, I sauntered homeward, Harold joining me in front of his apartments and accompanying me_ to his rooms as the guest of myself, or perhaps of himself.

He wrung my hand and capered with joy.

“ Ye gods! It was the most glorious sight on which I ever looked. What a wonder that you did not kill him !”’

“So I would, had I not restrained the blow just as I was lmunching it.”

“ Restrained the blow! It was as resistless as the stroke of a piston rod. At any rate, it settled the hash of Mr.

Richard Mortimer, the Western Cy- clone.”’ :

“But.” said I, seriously, “ what is to be the end of all this? Y cannot masquerade as Harold O. Westcot*

while you sink your individuality.” "Why set T°

“Why.” I said, wonderingly, ‘it must end some time.” “True, but not yet awhile. See here,

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Harmon !”’ exclaimed my friend, dron- ving into a chair, drawing it un in front of me and leaning over. “I've a proposition to make.”

“T am listening.”’

“YT wish you to become myself, while I become somebody else.”

“TI don’t quite catch on.”

“With your consent, I shall disap- pear for one year. No one but us shall know the fact. I will go to Eu- rope, I will be utterly lost to the world for that time.”

“And at the end of that period ?”

“Tf alive, I return and resume mv identity. Meanwhile you are to be Harold O. Westrott. Our initials are cae enema. so there need be little trou- ble.’”’

“What is the object of this prank ?"

“I wish you to take my place for one year, in order to serane off the barnacles that have gradually attach-

‘ LOTLOSe Ives tO ce, L <amri ee fmt. Your task is to free me whollv of those parasites, so that when Tf come ck it Will be like beginning life over again, With everything smooth = sail- een It was an extraordinary proposal,

and | bent my head shouldering the name Harold Westcott would assunie ? conm:mitted some was arranging penalty ? Put I dismissed unworthy one, ‘You have nothing to fear. There ire some annoyances, but you are at liberty to treat them as you choose. I only ask that everything shall be meothed out to the best of vour abil- ity against my return, I will pay you $50,000 for the favour.”

“Fifty thousand dollars !”

Instead of explaining, he said:

“Take the pen there and let me your handwritin:s.”

I signeil my name underneath several werds. He scrutinized it carefully and then did the same alongside it.

in thought. In and character of What responsibilities

Suppose he had serious crime and that I shuvuld incur the

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There was scarcely a hair’s differ- ence in the penmanship. Neither of us was surprised. We ex-

pected it.

“That’s good. You will sign your

| cheques ‘H. O. Westcott,’ which is my

custom, so there will be no forgery on your part. I shall draw out all

the money I can possibly need for two or three years to come and leave some- thing like $100.000 in the bank subject

to yvour order. You may need more than the amount I have named and must feel free to draw upon it. But

if all goes well you are to receive $50,- 0v0 for personating me for one year from date.”’

“| foresee a good many embarrass- ments and complications ’’—

“Were it otherwise I should not make you the offer. Do you accept?”

“Yes, even though it is taking a leap in the dark.”

* Give me your hand on it.”

We shook bands.

(To be Continued.)

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A Failure.

A certain professor in one of the lead- ing schools of this city was not long since desirous of incorporating some negro dialect in a story he was prepar- ing. Not being very well versed in theiz manner of speech, he bethought bing that it would be a good idea to study the language in its purity undefiled. With this end in view he betook himself to the vicinity of the Union depot, near which representatives of the ebon race are always to be found.

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