Bill surpasses anything he has ever done
in the ring, and it goes on until at last you collapse. Bill escapes,
leaving you for dead. Do you catch the idea?"
"Pretty well," said Percy.
[Illustration: "IT IS YOURSELF _VERSUS_ THE POLICE."]
"Now Bill goes straight away to the police office and states that
you have murdered his uncle. When you come to, you are surrounded by
about twenty members of the police force, the chief of whom slips the
handcuffs over your wrists. With one wrench you snap the chain and are
free!"
"With _one_ wrench?" asked Percy, to be sure he was getting the
details correctly.
"With one wrench. Then ensues another big struggle. This time it is
yourself _versus_ the police."
"The twenty?"
"Quite right. After some time you show signs of weakening, and the
police look like getting the upper hand."
"Ah!" remarked Percy.
"But just then Mignon, the old man's daughter, emerges from behind
a screen. She tells the police the facts and proclaims your absolute
innocence.
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