"Let me see the bat," said the policeman.
"It's a tough customer," he said, weighing it in his hand; "you settled one of the parties, at any rate."
"Curse him!" muttered the burglar once more.
"Come, my man," said the policeman, "you must go with me. The city provides accommodations for such as you."
"I can't get up," he groaned.
"I guess you can if you try. You can't lie here, you know."
After some delay the man rose sullenly, groaning meanwhile.
"My back is broken," he said.
"I hope not," said the newsboy, who was moved with pity for the burglar, bad as he was.
"Don't pity him too much," said the policeman; "he deserves what he's got."