“What’s all this?” said Doctor Slammer, as his friend and Mr. Snodgrass came running up; “that’s not the man.”

“Not the man!” said Doctor Slammer’s second.

“Not the man!” said Mr. Snodgrass.

“Not the man!” said the gentleman with the campstool in his hand.

“Certainly not,” replied the little doctor. “That’s not the person who insulted me last night.”

“Very extraordinary!” exclaimed the officer.