"No; I hadn't heard anythin' 'bout it till Dan hailed me."
For some time after this Seth remained silent trying to devise a plan by which he could aid the unfortunate firebug; but the more he considered the matter the less probable did it seem that either he or his comrades could in any way benefit the prisoner.
"I'm 'fraid Jip will go up the river," he said at length, and Teddy replied mournfully:
"I guess he's a goner for a fact, an' all on account of Sam Barney's wantin' to show hisself a detective."
When the two had come to their journey's end Dan and Bill Dean were seen solemnly pacing to and fro on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to the court-room, looking sadly disheartened.
"Have you done anythin' yet?" Seth asked in a low tone as he joined them.
"There's nothin' we can do. Jip's locked up, an' Sam Barney's struttin' 'round the streets showin' hisself off for a first-class detective," Dan replied in a tone of irritation.
"Do you know how he happened to nab him?"
"It must have been that Denny Macey give him away," Bill Dean replied, "for I saw Jip this mornin' early, an' he 'greed to keep out er sight."
"Do you s'pose he stayed on the street after that?"