CHAPTER XIV.
Proceedings at Geneva--Speculations as to the Missing Five Thousand Dollars--John Manning Starts in Search of Thomas Duncan.
The days which followed the arrest of the three young bank robbers were eventful ones in the history of Geneva.

The three youthful offenders, now downcast and humiliated, were afforded a speedy hearing, and when the facts already adduced by us had been received, they were remanded to jail for trial at the next term of court.
It is needless to say that the good citizens of the little town were shocked beyond expression at the unexpected results of our investigation.

Both Pearson and Johnson had grown to manhood in their midst, and until this time no taint of suspicion had ever been urged against them.

No thought of wrong-doing had ever attached to them, and no shadow had dimmed the luster of their fair fame.

Now all was changed, and the irreproachable reputations of days gone by were shattered.
Debased and self-convicted, they stood before the bar of justice, to answer for their crimes.