"What!" exclaimed the man, and he looked out the window and saw the loafer running of with his bundle. "You infernal thief!—threw my bundle out the window for one of your gang to carry off!"
Bragg protested his innocence and endeavored to explain.
"Oh, that's a pretty story!" said the man. "You are a sharp rogue! If you don't pay me for my bundle I will have you arrested at the next station and carried back to jail."
"How much was your bundle worth?" asked Bragg.
"Twenty dollars," said the man.
"Here's the money," said Bragg.
The man took the twenty dollars and resumed his seat. The train now stopped at another station and two constables rushed on board. They looked around with keen and searching glances.
"Jim," said one of them to the other, "that's the man. Arrest him!"
"I arrest you in the name of the law," said Jim, laying his hand on Bragg's shoulder.
"Arrest me!" exclaimed the astonished captain. "For what?"