"All right!" he said. "I shall at any rate secure a good night's sleep."
The watchman did as he suggested. He shut the burglar in his room, and locked the door from the outside.
"Now," he said to Mark, "you can sleep undisturbed for the balance of the night."
CHAPTER XIX.
AT NIAGARA FALLS.
Although Mark was inclined to pity any man deprived of his liberty, he felt pleased to think that Buffington's career was cut short for a time. There was little doubt that he would be imprisoned for a time more or less extended.
"How much better it would be for him," thought Mark, "if he had earned his living in some honest way!"
Stealing may seem an easy way of obtaining money, but the one who depends on it is likely to be brought up with a round term at last.
When Mark went down in the morning the clerk said to him, "So you had a little excitement in your room last night, the watchman tells me."