ABSTRACT
Now, when Inspector Darley requires the presence of RadclifF Tom, that he may be allowed an opportunity of explaining away that little house-breaking affair at Notting-hill, the intelligent officer seeks for the daring thief among his haunts in the Mint. He enters the tap-room of the "Blue Cow,"and seeing his man sipping gin, merely beckons to him, saying, "Here , Ned, you're wan ted . "Al though the ruffian knows that this simple phrase means, perhaps, seven years "beyond the seas,"yet he leaves the room as readily as if his sweetheart had sent for him, and walks off to the police-station without the least murmur. Radcliffe Ned has no doubt of his own guilt, and he yields himself into the hands of justice as meekly as a cab horse allows itself to be placed between the shafts. But our innocent boy could no more understand why he should be deprived of his liberty than a young colt out at grass, and he plunged and kicked, roared, and jibed, using every artifice in his power to break away from his captors. By the time he reached the station-house he was very hot and crumpled, and most certainly looked as if he was capable of any possible outrage on society.
