On being informed that they had captured the man "who had robbed him, he came downstairs with great alacrity, and in a spirit replete with vengeance against the robber.

The sheriff, however, was really a good-natured and conscientious man, and would not lend himself to a dishonorable act, nor had he ever been known to do so.

When he appeared, Reilly addressed him: "I am here, sir," said he, "under a charge of having robbed you.

The charge against me is ridiculous.

I am a gentleman, and never was under the necessity of having recourse to such unlawful means of raising money." "Well," replied the sheriff, "your dress is precisely the same as the fellow wore when he robbed me.