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"Within the Law"

She went to the Lyric Theater with some
woman. Get her as she leaves, or find her back at her own place
later. You'll have to hustle, anyhow. That's all!"
The Inspector hung up the receiver and faced his host with a
contented smile.
"What good will all that do?" Gilder demanded, impatiently.
Burke explained with a satisfaction natural to one who had
devised something ingenious and adequate. This inspiration filled
him with delight. At last he was sure of catching Mary Turner
herself in his toils.
"She'll come to stop 'em," he said. "When we get the rest of the
gang, we'll grab her, too. Why, I almost forgot her, thinking
about Garson. Mr. Gilder, you would hardly believe it, but
there's scarcely been a real bit of forgery worth while done in
this country for the last twenty years, that Garson hasn't been
mixed up in. We've never once got him right in all that time."
The Inspector paused to chuckle. "Crooks are funny," he
explained with obvious contentment. "Clever as he is, Garson let
Griggs talk him into a second-story job, and now we'll get him
with the goods.


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