Found Dead by Fred M. White

Truly the discomfited burglar presented a sorry sight as he stood there panting in the light of the lantern that Rattrey had fetched from the sitting-room. There was not an atom of fight in him after the first wild dash and it seemed as if he had resigned himself to circumstances. But at the first sound of the name that Rattrey had given him, he looked up like a hunted animal and the shadow of a great fear crept into his eyes. Rattrey went up to his prisoner and proceeded to do certain things.

He literally peeled the unfortunate man's face, removing certain substances that looked like wax, much in the same way as one peels a banana. After that, he forced his fingers into the captive's mouth and removed thence other objects. When he had finished, the man now addressed as Cleghorn presented a different appearance altogether. It was as if he had suddenly been transposed into quite another man.