Opening the door of the butler's cell, he dragged the shivering inmate into the narrow corridor and forced him against the wall.

With drooping head and sagging body, the butler regarded Britz as though afraid the detective had come to execute him on the spot.
Nor did the attitude which Britz adopted toward the prisoner tend to relieve his terror.
"So you thought you'd elope with the papers I went to all the trouble to gather ?" snarled the detective.

"You thought you could fool the police--eh!" "No, sir! No, sir, I didn't," quavered the prisoner.

"I didn't mean to fool you.

I didn't know you were a detective.