Darke Darrell, the Boy Detective — page 115: what you’re looking at

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106 DARKE DARRELL. and all their appliances captured, the gang and their oper- ations were badly broken up. ‘They returned to the vault with the old man. A grin of satisfaction played around Tim Jordan’s mouth when he saw that the others had escaped. Darke saw the grin and properly interpreted it. ‘© You hayen’t much to crow over,” fe said. ‘«‘ Settling day hasn’t come yet,” growled ‘Tim. ‘Fortunately not, for you,” retorted Darke. ‘‘Just charge this up against me with the rest.” Hoisting themselves and their prisoners out of the vault, — the whole party descended the drenched and smoky stair- way, passed through the hall, and out of the front door, where they learned that the detective in waiting had cap- © tured one of the gang in the act of rushing through the gate. The fellow loudly protested his innocence; he declared that he had run into the court after the alarm of fire had been given. When Darke came out of the front door with his party, the detective hailed him. ‘Darke Darrell, did you see this cove among the rest?” Darke looked. | “Ay, I did,” hesaid. ‘*‘ He would have shot me, hadn’t his revolver caught in his belt. I gave him that bruised eye, as I bounded away.” ““] told you it wasn’t a go,” the captor said to his prisoner. “Til present you with these bracelets for lying,” and on went the handcuffs. | Gomicbooks.com