"Does she know that you are going away?"
"No, I did not tell her. Yes, I did in my letter."
"That is a beautiful story! Now I know that you are taking her dog away without her knowledge."
"No; she knows it," howled Fritz.
"Yes, but all the world knows how cunning dog thieves are in Frankfort. You come with me that we may learn the straight story of how you got this dog."
"Oh, Mr. Policeman, do not take me to prison! I would die there."
"No, not to prison, but to the Widow Steiner's. There we will hear a full account of Pixy."
"But I do not want to go there, because I have just run off from her house and it shames me to go back."
"I believe that, but you need not be ashamed if you are telling the truth."
"But, Mr. Policeman, I am only taking my own dog to my own home."