"What!" shouted the officer, "they stole the Viceroy's jewels?"
Then he ran off and wakened Ho Hum at once.
"Waugh!" yawned the Chief of Police, "what is this I hear? The Second Story Brothers have stolen the Viceroy's jewels and you will show us how to catch them?"
"Yes," said Dong, "but you'd better hurry up before they find out that I have come to tell you about it."
So Ho Hum, the Chief of Police, and a number of his officers strapped on their roller skates and with Dong hurried off to the boat where the Second Story Brothers were just recovering from the effects of the stolen pies and cakes. And very pale and miserable they looked sitting against the cabin wall when the police burst in and confronted them.
"Surrender!" shouted Ho Hum.
"Quick!" cried Dong, "take their fans from them or it will be the worse for you."
Ho Hum, the Chief of Police, scowled. "See here, boy," he said, "are you the Chief of Police or am I? The idea of telling me what to do! Why, I was arresting folks before you were born."
"But," began Dong, "won't you please listen, I—"
"No," bawled the Chief of Police.