"Only this, sir: I was on my beat when this boy came running up to me out of breath and demanded that I go with him to arrest these parties. I went to see what was wrong, and I found these people under suspicious circumstances. The boy claimed that the man had a will concealed upon him that had been hidden for years, and the man claimed that the boy was a girl in disguise. The house that they were visiting to perform a charity was the one belonging to Ben Mauprat, who was arrested to-night, and whose wife jumped out the window later with her child in her arms, so that there was nobody in the house for them to have gone there to see."
The sergeant looked dubious, then after a moment of hesitation, he decided to "hold them for examination!"
It was with perhaps the greatest amount of relief that she had ever felt in her life that Leonie saw the two conducted to their respective cells, though she knew that she must follow.
As she was leaving the room, she lifted her eyes pleadingly to those of the sergeant and exclaimed:
"There is no chance of his escaping with that will, is there? It would place in his possession a large sum of money that rightfully belongs to another."
"That will, if one exists, will be deposited with me inside of fifteen minutes!" he answered.
It had been a night that was to be long remembered by Leonie.
She was thoroughly exhausted in mind and body, and feeling mentally at rest at last in her cramped apartment, she stretched herself out wearily upon the hard bench that was the only bed offered, and was soon sound asleep.
There was a vague wonderment as to what had happened to Liz, and what she was to do when all the facts that surrounded her had been made public; but she was too tired for anything under heaven to disturb her, and after a moment of wakeful dreaming she was in the land of Nod!