“Where to?” queried the other.
“Hang me if I know. Why didn’t you watch him?”
“Why didn’t you watch him yourself?”
“I left him with you.”
“No, you didn’t. I left him with you.”
“It ain’t so!”
“It is.”
So the talk ran on until a crowd began to collect, wanting to know the cause of the dispute. But the policemen would not tell, and went off to hunt for the missing prisoner. Of course they were unsuccessful, and had to go the station house empty-handed.
When Frank and Mrs. Larkspur presented themselves they were told that Gabe Flecker had escaped by the aid of two accomplices.
“Two accomplices?” queried Frank, in astonishment.