CHAPTER XIX.
Meantime the earl and Hawkins were holding a troubled and anxious private consultation. The earl said:
“ The mystery that bothers me, is, where did It get its other arm?”
“ Yes—it worries me, too. And another thing troubles me—the apparition is English. How do you account for that, Colonel?”
“ Honestly, I don’t know, Hawkins, I don’t really know. It is very confusing and awful.”
“ Don’t you think maybe we’ve waked up the wrong one?”
“ The wrong one? How do you account for the clothes?”
“ The clothes are right, there’s no getting around it. What are we going to do? We can’t collect, as I see. The reward is for a one-armed American. This is a two-armed Englishman.”
“ Well, it may be that that is not objectionable. You see it isn’t less than is called for, i
