"It's no use, Tod," said Manning, with a quiet smile. "I've got the drop on you, and you might as well cave. Throw your pistols on the ground." Mechanically Duncan did as he was directed, and then turning to Manning, he inquired in a low, suppressed tone: "What do you want me for?" "For the Geneva bank robbery," answered Manning. "You have led me a pretty long chase, but you see I have caught you at last." "If you had been one hour later," said the other, doggedly, "you never would have taken me. Once on my horse, I would have defied you, and I would have killed you like a dog." "Well, well," answered Manning, "we won't talk about what you might have done. I've got you, and that's enough for me." At this juncture the marshal made his appearance, and offering his assistance, the crestfallen young burglar was quietly led away to the jail, where he was searched, and fifteen hundred dollars in money was found upon his person, besides an excellent and valuable gold watch. Without waiting for any further results, Manning rushed to the telegraph office, in order to apprise me of his success. He could not repress a pardonable feeling of pride in the victory he had accomplished. His search was ended, his man was a prisoner, and shortly afterward there came clicking over the wires to Chicago, the following message: "I have him, fifteen hundred dollars in money, a gold watch, horse and rifle. Will sell horse for what I can get, and leave here, with prisoner, for Chicago, in the morning." CHAPTER XXIV. The Burglar Returns to Chicago--Revelations by the Way--The Missing Five Thousand Dollars.