“Have the burglars been caught?” asked Anton eagerly.
“They have,” was the reply.
“And have confessed?” asked Charley.
Anton sank back in his chair.
“I don’t believe it,” declared Bernice.
“Where are the diamonds located?” asked Charley.
Nick opened his pocketbook and took out a key to which was attached a brass tag.
“You stole my hand bag!” shouted Bernice.
Nick looked up with a smile on his face.
“One thing at a time,” he said. “Your diamonds, Charley, are now located in deposit vaults on Broadway, in box number three thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, and this is the key thereof.”