"Are you the bondsman in this case?" asks the clerk.
"Oi am!" replies Terence.
"Where is the defendant?"
Terence looked sheepish.
"Where is the defendant?" repeats the clerk sharply.
"In Ireland! Bad cess to her!" answers Terence. "And divil a bit can Oi bring her forth," he murmurs, "whin she's in the ould country!"
"Forfeit the bail!" orders the judge.
Appleboy grasps the arm of the assistant.
"What's the trouble?" he asks anxiously.
"She's skipped!" answers the other with a grim laugh. "That's all."