The proper applications were made forthwith to a justice of the peace, and the justice issued his warrant.

That night Silas was committed to prison; and an officer was dispatched to arrest Ambrose in New York.
For my part, I did the little I could to make myself useful.

With the silent sanction of Mr.Meadowcroft and his daughter, I went to Narrabee, and secured the best legal assistance for the defense which the town could place at my disposal.

This done, there was no choice but to wait for news of Ambrose, and for the examination before the magistrate which was to follow.

I shall pass over the misery in the house during the interval of expectation; no useful purpose could be served by describing it now.