By that time a crowd had begun to collect about the office, among the rest Mr. Renders, to whom the inspector said:
"I shall have to put the office in your charge for a short time, Mr. Renders."
As may be imagined, the arrest was causing great wonder.
"Have you made any farther discovery, Dix?" asked Mr. Goings of the postboy.
"No, sir."
"This was a good day's work, my boy. I hope you will excuse all uneasiness I may have caused you, but to carry out my purpose it was best no one should know my identity. Mr. Calvert assured me you were all right, but I wished to prove it to my own satisfaction. If you will wait long enough for me to put this prisoner under proper care, I will ride up with you."
Hardly able to comprehend the strange turn of affairs, Little Snap gladly waited until the inspector could join him.
"She takes her arrest hard," said the latter. "Mark my word, she will soon make a confession, and if we don't get the gang before, we shall have no trouble in hunting them down now. You have earned a good reward."
"She was the last one I suspected," said Little Snap. "She always seemed so friendly, but yesterday I felt sure the trouble was there."
"Well, I came in the nick of time to see the fun. Calvert claimed that you could handle them, only give you time. But the government has had so many complaints lately that it thought it was best to investigate. None of us dreamed that you were so well assisted."