“They were given him.”
“Utterly absurd! People don’t often give boys such presents as that. Constable, I call on you to arrest that boy.”
“Where is your warrant, Colonel?”
“Arrest him on suspicion.”
“I could not do it.”
“Then you mean to connive at his escape?”
“No; I’ll stay here to-night, if you insist upon it.”
“Do so, and I will take the bonds.”
“Lay them down, Colonel Ross; they are my property!” said Harry, sternly.
“You can’t be allowed to take ’em, Colonel, till you prove that they are yours. One you admit is not,” said the constable.