See ?" Copplestone stared for a moment at the wide-brimmed hat, the round collar, the eminently clerical countenance.

Then he burst into laughter.
"I congratulate you on your make-up, anyway!" he exclaimed.

"Capital!" "Oh, I've been on the stage in my time," responded the private detective.
"I'm a good hand at fitting myself to various parts; besides I've played the conventional curate a score of times.

Yes, I don't think anybody would see through me, and I'm very particular to avoid the clergy." "And you left the stage--for this ?" asked Copplestone.

"Why, now ?" "Pays better--heaps better," replied the other calmly.