a man who would scoff at the notion that he is
bothered by any conscience at all--never passes a policeman without an
instinctive sense of danger. And that is what beats him in the long run.
Crime may be a form of lunacy--indeed, I look on it in that light
myself--but, luckily for mankind, crime cannot stifle conscience."

The chief's tone had become serious; he appeared to awake to its gravity
when he found the young wife's eyes fixed on his with a certain awe. He
broke off the lecture suddenly.

"Why," he cried, smiling broadly, and jerking the cigar toward Clancy,
"why, ma'am, if we cops hadn't some sort of a pull, what chance would a
shrimp like him have against any one of real intelligence?"

"That's what he regards as handing me a lemon for my Orange," grinned
Clancy.

Winifred laughed. The curtain can drop on the last act of her adventures
to the mirthful music of her happiness.

THE END

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