Oh, the amateur forger may be the most dangerous kind, because the professional regularly follows the same line, leaves tracks, has associates, but," he concluded impressively, "all are caught sooner or later--sooner or later." Dunlap managed to maintain his outward composure admirably.

Still the little lifting of the curtain on the hidden mysteries of the new detective art produced its effect.

They were getting closer, and Dunlap knew it, as Drummond intended he should.

And, as in every crisis, he turned naturally to Constance.

Never had she meant so much to him as now.
That night as he entered the apartment he happened to glance behind him.