“Eh! what’s that?” exclaimed the city editor, startled for a moment from his ordinary self-possession.
Myles repeated what he had said.
“But of course it is all a mistake?”
“Of course it is, sir.”
Mr. Haxall beckoned to the officer, who at once stepped to the desk.
“Don’t you think you have made some mistake, officer, and arrested the wrong person?” asked the former.
“No, sir, not if this is Myles Manning, the Phonograph reporter who was in Mountain Junction last week.”
“Will you let me see your warrant?”
“Certainly, sir,” said the officer, producing it.
“Um; this seems to be straight enough,” said Mr. Haxall, glancing over it.