"But how did you get it?" persisted the others.
"Promised the fellow who was most scared by his arrest a light sentence if he'd turn witness against his pals. And say, he jumped at the chance."
"Well, you are in luck, Bob!" declared the officer who had striven to cheer him up.
"Why?" inquired the boy.
"Because now you won't be obliged to wait for the trial. This confession and the evidence of the man will do the trick for us."
"Whoopee!" cried Bob, dancing about in delight. "Then I can start for Fairfax to-night?"
"Just as soon as a through train comes."
This information restored Bob's good spirits, and eagerly he boarded the special car which was waiting to take the detectives back to Kansas City.
As the officers discussed the incidents of the capture, one of them turned to the boy and said:
"Say, you surely are a regular bunch of luck, kid! I'd like to take you out to the gold regions. I bet you'd tumble into some abandoned mine that would be worth millions!"