He gave his head a jerk and extricated himself.
The moment he got free and saw Frank he wilted, and making a dive for the door, vanished in the hall.
Frank and the other guests burst into a roar of laughter and followed him.
When the coon and the Irishman met at the breakfast table, they had so far forgotten their anger that the subject was not referred to.
Frank afterward took them aside, told them all about Mrs. Grey and her son, and after introducing them to the lady they went to police headquarters and laid the matter before the authorities.
A detective took a warrant for the arrest of Alfred Milburn, and accompanying Mrs. Grey to her residence with Frank and his friends, they went in and arrested the lawyer.
His dismay was intense when he saw Mrs. Grey free and Frank in her company, for he recognized the young inventor at once.
The rascal was locked up.
We may as well add here that he had to disgorge the money he held in trust for the widow and her son, and without much delay was sentenced to a long term in prison for his rascality.
The widow received her rights.