us."

"I won't do a thing till we get outside, unless it happens that I have
to tell the judge 'bout Sam's borrowin' that money," Master Dean replied
in a tone sufficiently loud to be heard by the alleged detective.

Then the attention of all the sidewalk merchants was attracted to the
opposite side of the room by Dan Roberts, who whispered loudly, pointing
with outstretched finger:

"There he is! There's Jip!"

The prisoner was being led in by a burly policeman, who kept a firm hold
on the boy's collar as if fearful he might make some desperate attempt
at escape, and there was not a person in the court-room, with the
probable exception of Sam Barney, who failed to feel a certain sympathy
for the frightened lad.

"That's his lawyer--the little feller with the big nose," Dan whispered
so loudly that not only his friends in the immediate vicinity, but all
the attorneys within the enclosure, set apart for their especial use,
heard the words, and much merriment ensued, during which the cause of it
looked around in surprise, unable to discover the meaning of it.

Seth and Dan, who had never before attended the trial of a prisoner,
expected there would be considerable ceremony, in which policemen would
play a prominent part; therefore the case was begun and gone on with to
some extent before they were aware of the fact.

It is true they saw Jip Collins standing up while the clerk read from a
paper a quantity of words which had no meaning to them, and after a
time, the prisoner was allowed to sit down again.

Then the "little man with the big nose" talked to the judge as if
confiding in him some secret, after which the clerk called loudly:

"Daniel Roberts! Daniel Roberts!"

Seth's partner gazed about him curiously, never once thinking the clerk
referred to him, until 'Lish Davis, coming swiftly down from his station
near the door, leaned over and pinched Dan's ear as he asked:

"Why don't you answer to your name?"

"Is it me they mean?" Dan asked, and at that instant the clerk repeated
the call.

Dan looked about him in perplexity, uncertain as to what he should do,
until 'Lish reached over to seize him by the collar, when he cried in a
shrill voice:

"Here I be, Mister!"

"Come forward to the witness-stand," the official said sharply, while
the spectators laughed heartily.

It was several moments before Master Roberts could be made to understand
exactly where he should go, and then, assisted by 'Lish Dav