"What!" exclaimed the man, and he looked out the window and saw the loafer running of with his bundle. "You infernal thief!--threw my bundle out the window for one of your gang to carry off!" Bragg protested his innocence and endeavored to explain. "Oh, that's a pretty story!" said the man. "You are a sharp rogue! If you don't pay me for my bundle I will have you arrested at the next station and carried back to jail." "How much was your bundle worth?" asked Bragg. "Twenty dollars," said the man. "Here's the money," said Bragg. The man took the twenty dollars and resumed his seat. The train now stopped at another station and two constables rushed on board. They looked around with keen and searching glances. "Jim," said one of them to the other, "that's the man. Arrest him!" "I arrest you in the name of the law," said Jim, laying his hand on Bragg's shoulder. "Arrest me!" exclaimed the astonished captain. "For what?" "Burglary!" said the constable. "By the powers of mud, stand back!" shouted the indignant Bragg. "Come along, my lad!" said the constable. And Bragg, struggling with the officers and uttering volleys of oaths, was dragged from the car and had handcuffs put on his wrists. "I knew that fellow was a thief," said the man who had lost his bundle. A daring burglary had been committed in the neighborhood of Bella Vista. At about twelve o'clock on the preceding night the store-room which adjoined the dwelling-house of a country merchant had been broken open. The merchant was aroused and entered the store-room, but was knocked down and gagged by the burglars, and his goods carried off before his eyes. He had described the leader of the gang as a tall, raw-boned man, with a Roman nose. The appearance of Captain Bragg corresponded to the description, and hence he was arrested by the vigilant constables. Great was the astonishment of Toney and his two friends when the train stopped, and they beheld Bragg led from the cars by the officers, with handcuffs on his wrists. "Good heavens!" said Toney, "Bragg has encountered Botts and murdered him, and has been arrested for the crime." "That is just what has happened!" exclaimed Seddon, with a look of horror. "It is shocking to think of!" said Toney. "Murder a man on account of a monkey!" said Seddon. The constables kept off the crowd, and would allow no one to speak to the prisoner. "Mr. Belton!" exclaimed Bragg, "I want you to be my attorney." "Very good," said Jim, "you can talk to your lawyer." Toney was permitted to converse with Bragg, who explained to him the nature of the charge which had caused his arrest. "Thank Heaven!" exclaimed Toney. "Thank Heaven for what?" asked Bragg, in astonishment. "That it is no worse," said Toney. "What could be worse? Arrested as a burglar!" said Bragg. "Where were you at twelve o'clock last night?" inquired Toney. "At my boarding-house," said Bragg. "Can you prove that?" said Toney. "Yes," said Bragg. "By whom?" inquired Toney.