Harvey was much annoyed. "Let me assure you, policeman," he said, "that you have made a mistake." "Can't help it," was the stolid reply. "This is my friend, Mr. Harkaway, of England. We are stopping at the Fifth avenue Hotel." "I guess the pair of you will stop somewheres else to-night," answered the policeman, smiling at his own joke. It was useless to argue the point, and the officer conducted his prisoners to the station, where Mr. Cobb made his charge. Jack indignantly denied the accusation, and demanded to be searched. Imagine his dismay, when the searchers produced the missing wallet from the pocket of his overcoat. "That's mine!" cried Mr. Cobb, exultantly. "What did I tell you?" "Lock 'em both up," said the captain. "I will send for the British Consul," exclaimed Jack. "This is some infamous plot." "Bambino," muttered Harvey. "Right, Dick; your eyes were better than mine. I ought to have known that the fellow was never born to be drowned," replied Jack. "Put them in different cells," continued the captain. They were conducted below and locked up, feeling very indignant, but unable to help themselves. The charge looked very grave against them, and Harvey was as much implicated as Jack, because he was regarded as an accomplice. Mr. Cobb promised to appear in the morning, and went home. As he left the station he did not perceive a man who was hiding in the shadow of a house. This was Bambino, who had watched the arrest, and finding that the game was securely bagged, turned away with a chuckle. "Five years in State's prison for highway robbery," he muttered, "will please his lordship." Repairing to a telegraph office, he sent the following dispatch by cable to Maltravers: "Come over as soon as you can. The coast is clear. The lady can be yours, as Jack will not be likely to cross your path for some time to come. "BAMBINO." CHAPTER VIII. A LOVERS' QUARREL. Professor Mole was very much surprised at the failure of Jack and Harvey to return to the hotel, and he was still more astonished, when at midnight he received a note informing him of their arrest on a false charge of robbery. He at once proceeded to the station and had an interview with them, and afterward procured bail in the person of the proprietor of the hotel. The next thing was to see Mr. Cobb, who, now that his money was recovered, was in a happier frame of mind, and being satisfied of Harkaway's respectability, consented to withdraw the charge. How the money got into Jack's pocket it was not easy to explain, and the affair remained a mystery. It was unfortunately necessary for Harkaway to appear in court, but on Mr. Cobb's application he was discharged. The case, however, was reported in the papers; and Jack, to his mortification, read a paragraph entitled: "SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.