“I must listen to what he says. Come, here is Chief Larkins now.”
In a moment more we were all in the station-house; and I told how Mr. Norton had been captured; and Mr. Walters gave his knowledge of the event. Then Yates was brought in, and the diamonds that had been found upon the two were put in a safe place until they could be returned to Bayport.
“Is this boy an accomplice of yours?” asked the chief of Yates.
“I have nothing to say,” growled the man.
And I found out later that such was the only reply he had made since he had been captured.
“Of course the boy’s in the case,” said Mr. Norton. “He’s my nephew.”
“Are you?” asked Chief Larkins.
“I am; but the relationship doesn’t count for much.”
“I am his guardian, though he doesn’t seem to appreciate that fact.”