Now most of the stores are working together for their common interests, seeing what they can do to root them out.

We all keep a sort of private rogue's gallery of them.

But we don't seem to have anything on this girl, nor have any of the other stores who exchange photographs and information with us anything on her." "Evidently, then, it is her first offense," put in Constance, wondering at herself.

Strangely, she felt more of sympathy than of anger for the girl.
"You mean the first time she has been caught at it," corrected the head of the store detectives.
"It is my weakness," sobbed the girl.

"Sometimes an irresistible impulse to steal comes over me.