CHAPTER XVIII.
TOM GETS OUT OF HIS DIFFICULTY.
Tom had not been long in the station-house when Alderman Morris, accompanied by Mr. Waterbury, entered. The latter looked at Tom with a humorous smile.
"You don't appear to get along very well without my guardianship, Tom," he said.
"No, sir," answered Tom. "The trouble is, some of my other friends can't let me alone."
"Was it in a fit of emotional insanity that you relieved the lady of her pocketbook?" asked Mr. Waterbury, bent on keeping up the joke.
"If I ever do such a thing, you may be sure it is because I am insane," answered Tom positively.
"I shall," said Mr. Waterbury seriously. "Now, where is this precious acquaintance of ours who got you into this scrape?"
"He has escaped."