"What?"
"He is not there."
"Where is he?"
"By all that's strange and miraculous, boys," cried the man who had first shot forth a suspicion, "we have been played. The dude was a 'copper,' and poor Tommy is in harbor at last."
The men sent out and got a paper, and the first headline that met their eyes was:
"A Great Capture—Tom ——, the Worst Thief and Most Dangerous Bank Robber New York has Harbored for Many Years was Captured Last Night by a very Clever Piece of Detective Strategy and is Now at Police Headquarters."
The men trembled and one asked:
"What will we do?"
Another answered:
"I don't think the climate of New York agrees with me at this season of the year."