“It’s the bank money. I’ll travel in the Red Spider with you, Chick, and Clancy and the man with the broken leg will ride with us. Patsy, you and your man can hum along in the other machine.” It was necessary to rope Clancy’s legs before he could be put into the automobile; but he was finally stowed away and all was made ready for the return journey. Nick, before climbing into the Spider beside Clancy, turned to the blacksmith, who was standing near. “How far is it to the Canadian line from here?” he asked. “See that pile o’ rocks?” the smith returned, indicating a heap of stones about a hundred feet to the rear of the shop. “Yes.” “Well, Canady lays on t’other side o’ that monniment.” “Great Scott!” exclaimed Patsy; “you wasn’t very much to the good, Nick, after all.” “It was close, mighty close,” added Chick. “A miss is as good as a mile,” said Nick, jumping into the auto. “Let her go, Chick.” * * * * * That evening, at about nine o’clock, the two automobiles drew up in front of police headquarters, in the city of Latimer. The chief was not in evidence, but he was quickly summoned from home by telephone. “By Jupiter!” he cried; “you’ve done it, Carter--done it, and with ground to spare.” “A hundred feet of ground,” grinned Patsy. “Are you sure they’re the right men?” asked the chief. “That’s the only kind we capture,” said Chick. “I believe you,” returned the chief, and shook hands heartily with the New York men and tendered his congratulations. Cricket and Clancy were taken to their cells, and Spark was conveyed to the Memorial Hospital. Nick went to the place to which he had taken Clancy in the automobile the night before the start north, and found that, as he surmised, Five Points was there. Spark and Cricket had also stayed at this boarding house after the robbery, and when they left a nurse had been hired by Clancy to look after their wounded pal. Five Points’ wound, which was at first not believed to be serious, took a turn for the worse and ultimately caused his death. Before he died he made a statement, telling how he and Spark and Cricket had joined Clancy, had captured the automobile and made prisoners of the Chicago men, and had confined them in a house occupied by Cricket’s father--a worse criminal than Cricket ever dared to be. Nick was on the point of proceeding to the place where the Chicago men were imprisoned and releasing them, when they saved him the trouble by releasing themselves and coming on to Latimer--the newspapers having informed them that the Red Spider was at that point. Aside from their jarred feelings, the Chicago party was none the worse for its little experience. The bank’s funds were found intact in the satchels, including the twenty thousand dollars paid over to Clancy on his certificate of deposit. The ownership of that twenty thousand is still being debated in the courts.