Policeman.—What’s this mean?
Openface.—It means that I have been swindled on the highway, and that you have treated me in a villainous manner.
Pedestrians.—Hear! hear!
(Enter Dupewell and Tommy. The latter wears a straw hat and long linen duster.)
Openface.—I will give one hundred dollars for the arrest of the thieves!
Tilly.—And I will owe a debt of gratitude that years can ne’er efface.
Tommy (aside).—This is the opening I’ve been looking for. Here’s a chance for a fortune and a wife.—(Seizes Dupewell.)—(Aloud)—Here’s the thief!
Dupewell (takes wallet from his breast and slips it into Tommy’s pocket).—’Tis false, I deny the charge!
Policeman (arrests Dupewell).—Is this the man?
Openface.—He looks like one of the thieves, but I am not certain; the other one I could identify at once by his clothes.