dinary walking suit, and went
into town. On making enquiries he found that there was a barber who made
it his business to paint black eyes and to remove the signs of bruises. He
went to him and said: "I hear you are an artist in black eyes."

The man smiled.

"You don't look as if you wanted my services, sir."

"No, not in that way, but I suppose you could make up a face so as to
resemble another."

"Yes, sir, I was at one time engaged at a theatre in London in making up
the performers, and feel sure that I could accomplish such a job to your
satisfaction."

"I have made a bet," Will said, "that I could disguise myself as a certain
man so well that I could take my friends in. Have you a sandy wig in your
shop?"

"Yes, sir, half a dozen."

"And whiskers?"

"I have several sets, sir, and I dare say one would be the right colour."

"Very well, then, I will bring the man here to-morrow, and you shall paint
me so as to resemble him as closely as possible. I don't mind giving you a
five-pound note for the job."

"Well, sir, if I am not mistaken I can paint you so that his own mother
wouldn't know the difference."

Will took a bed at the George, and at mid-day went to the inn where the
coach stopped. The man was on the outside.

"Well, sir, I have found the Frenchman, and given him the letter, so that
part of the business is done."

"That is good. What is the number of the man's hut?"

"Number sixty-eight;" and the man carefully described its position.

"Very well. Now we will set about the second part."

When they arrived at the shop the barber seated them in two chairs next to
each other, in a room behind the shop, and set to work at once. He first
produced a wig and whiskers, which, with a little clipping, he made of the
size and shape of the hair on the huckster's face. Then he set to work
with his paints, first staining Will's face to the reddish-brown of the
man's complexion, and then adding line after line. After two hours' work
he asked them to stand together before a glass, and both were astonished;
the resemblance was indeed perfect. Will's eyebrows had been stained a
grayish white, and some long hairs had been inserted so as to give them
the shaggy appearance of the pedlar. A crow's foot had been painted at the
corner of each eye, and a line drawn from the nose to the corners of the
lips. The chin and lower part of the cheeks had been tinted dark, to give
them the appearance of long shaving. Both