Forrest, "and
my only regret is that I was unable to secure him in order that he might
have judicially paid the penalty for his crimes."

"It was a pity," I said, "though I fancy if we had trapped him he would
have found some means of cheating the gallows and making a melodramatic
exit from the world."

"It is more than likely," said Forrest. "He was not the ordinary type of
criminal. I was speaking to a big mental specialist the other day,
and--but I had better complete the story of his career first. Where did
we leave him?"

"New Guinea," I prompted.

"The only other reason I have for suspecting him of being engaged in
deeds of violence in that quarter of the globe is that he returned to
England _via_ Singapore, with a considerable quantity of bullion in his
possession. The rest of his history you know."

"He seems to have had a stirring existence, anyhow," I commented. "And
one hardly sees any reason for it save natural sin."

"The alienist I was talking to the other day described him as a moral
pervert. He said he was a type of insanity usually associated with
physical incapacity or a low order of intelligence, but when, as in
Mannering's case, both physique and intelligence were above the average,
the moral pervert is a greater danger to the community than an army of
ordinary criminals. If ever I said a prayer it would be when a madman of
that type was removed from the world."

"Amen," said both Evie and I, heartily.

THE END.

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Transcriber's Note:

Text uses both St. Alban's and St. Albans.

Page 24, "has" changed to "had" (papers had not)

Page 76, "continue" changed to "continued" (he continued earnestly)

Page 86, "sang-freid" changed to "sang-froid" (companion's _sang-froid_
soon)

Page 88, "typeing" changed to "typing" (typing, and upon)

Page 139, "choose" changed to "chose" (We chose the footpath)

Page 189, closing quote added (address." Then, after)

Page 242, "couples" changed to "couple" (a couple of minutes)

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