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knees in the court, and a police officer to 

 impersonate Alexander. Then I was supplied 

 with a stick to take the place of the gun, and so 

 went to work. 



I put the policeman in the exact position of 

 Alexander, on his hands and knees, with his 

 back towards me, as if taking the leveret out 

 of the snare. Then I crept up behind him, 

 with the stick in my left hand, and seized him 

 by the collar. 



I should mention here that this police officer 

 was a very intelligent young man, and, having 

 listened attentively to my account of the fray, 

 he entered into the spirit of the thing most 

 heartily. The moment my hand was on his 

 collar he rounded on me, and caught hold of 

 the stick. I instantly forgot all about acting, 

 the court, and everything else ; all I knew was 

 that I had met a man of my own calibre. At 

 it we went, up and down the place, for about 

 five minutes, the whole court roaring with 

 laughter. Robert was an active young man, 

 and gave me quite as much trouble as Alex- 

 ander had done. How it might have ended I 



