Glueman

[H]e had despatched a brief note to Miss Darby by the omnipresent youngster Glue, — runner of errands, and mender of broken furniture by aid of effective glue-pot […] Miss Darby was just about starting off by herself when the young glueman arrived with Tom's note.

Your pruned cheeks twitched / When we counted the coins / Using your still fingers to separate / The shiny from the copper / Which the glueman paid for the horse.

They find the village of Chillingbourne being terrorised by the 'glueman', a nocturnal figure who pours glue into the hair of girls consorting with servicemen.