"And it worked?" demanded Chief Waller, his face lighting up with eagerness.
"Did it, fellows?" asked Frank, turning to the rest of his mates.
"If the Chief had been anywhere around at three this morning he'd have thought something was working all right," gurgled Andy, his face all aglow.
"Larry, help our guest out here, won't you?" said Frank; and only too willing the one addressed stepped inside the shop, to reappear a moment later and not alone. Chief Waller took but one look and then threw up his hands, exclaiming:
"Jules Garrone, and nabbed by a parcel of boys. Men, the joke is on us!"
CHAPTER XVII
GALLANT ANDY
"Good morning, Chief!" said the prisoner, with a cool grin.
The Head of the Bloomsbury police force looked so utterly amazed that
Larry and some of his mates could not help laughing.
"Didn't expect to find Jules waiting up for you on the way back, did you, Chief?" asked Andy, with perhaps a touch of sarcasm in his voice; for to tell the truth the boy did not have a very high opinion of the stout man's abilities in the way of thief catching, though liking him well enough as a genial townsman.