China oil paintings

China oil paintings
They were passing a half-open door when Chandler suddenly stopped short. "Look in there," he said, in a low voice, addressing the father rather than the daughter, "that's the Finger-Print Room. We've records here of over two hundred thousand men's and women's finger-tips! I expect you know, Mr. Bunting, as how, once we've got the print of a man's five finger-tips, well, he's done for - if he ever does anything else, that is. 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. Why, not long ago, one man who knew his record was here safe, managed to slash about his fingers