“Message here,” called out a voice.
“Give it to me. The charges? None? Very well.”
He read: “Your answer is, ‘Yes; we have the man in jail. Have his confession of murder of woman.’”
“My God! Can it be? He has received it, and my brother will be free.”
“I have not been deceived. Thank God, he is innocent!” exclaimed the superintendent.
CHAPTER XVI.
A New Prisoner in Cell 78.
“Mr. Pearson, have you decided to go quietly? I think you may now occupy your brother’s cell, since he is innocent of the crime, and the real murderer has confessed. This is the telegram which brought the news.”
“Perhaps if I would call him a ‘pet’ and ‘fellow,’ he would come along with me,” said Pat. “The officer requested me to take you, so here, you ‘pet-fellow,’ you must go.”