The sergeant looked at Danny and then at the manager.
"Say!" he said at last, "you ain't got the nerve to charge this kid with assaulting you, have you?"
"I'm going to do it," said the manager.
"Oh, all right," returned the sergeant disgustedly.
The crowd was disposed to protest, but the police were in sufficient force to make resistance unsafe, and Danny was lifted into the patrol-wagon.
At the station the captain happened to be present when Danny was brought in, escorted by a wagon-load of policemen.
"What's the charge?" asked the captain.
"Assault and battery on a grown man!" was the scornful reply of the sergeant.
"What did he do?" persisted the surprised captain.
"Hurt his digestion with a rock," explained the sergeant.