Why don't you
have him arrested now--the phonograph records will identify his
voice, will they not? The diary will show his career, and
everything seems complete in the case."
Shirley sat down in the window-seat, before replying.
"It is just my own vanity, then, perhaps. I am foolish enough to
believe that I can trap him on some crime which will give him the
complete punishment he deserves without dragging in the names of
these unfortunate old society men. All our trouble would be for
nothing, just now, if the story came out. The phonograph records
helped me--but I prefer to keep that method to myself, as a
matter of interest and selfishness. Somewhere, in that beautiful
apartment of his there must be clues which will send him to the
electric chair on former crimes: Warren is an artist who has
handled other brushes than the ones he used on this masterpiece.
He is not a beginner. So, I must ransack his apartment."
"That is impossible, with all the care he takes with bolts and
locks.
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