Chapter 22
The next morning, at breakfast, one of the gentlemen, who had been running his eyes over the morning paper, said, suddenly: "Ah! I see they have caught one of the gang who robbed the house of Mr. Percival, on Madison Avenue, a week ago." "Read the paragraph, Mr. Smith," said one of the boarders. Mr. Smith read as follows: "About noon yesterday a boy entered the banking house of Jones & Robinson, in Wall Street, and offered for sale two one-hundred-dollar government bonds. On inquiry, he said that the bonds belonged to a man in the street, whom he had never before met, and who had offered him a dollar to sell them. This naturally excited suspicion, and a policeman was sent for. Before he could arrive the man had hastily departed, requesting the boy to meet him at a specified hour in fro
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