Once we've got that bit of him registered he can't never escape us--no, not if he tries ever so.
But though there's nigh on a quarter of a million records in there, yet it don't take--well, not half an hour, for them to tell whether any particular man has ever been convicted before! Wonderful thought, ain't it ?" "Wonderful!" said Bunting, drawing a deep breath.

And then a troubled look came over his stolid face.

"Wonderful, but also a very fearful thought for the poor wretches as has got their finger-prints in, Joe." Joe laughed.

"Agreed!" he said.

"And the cleverer ones knows that only too well.