the last. The whole leans forward. By widening the slit and
slowing the speed of the shutter, there is more distortion.

"Now, that is just what has been done. A picture has been taken of
a car owned once by Murtha, probably at rest, with perhaps
yourself, Murtha, Mrs. Ogleby, and your friend in it. The matter
of faking Carton or anyone else is simple. If, with an enlarging
lantern, the image of this faked picture is thrown on the printing
paper like a lantern slide, and if the right-hand side is moved a
little further away than the left, the top further away than the
bottom, you can in that way print a fraudulent high-speed picture
ahead.

"True, everything else in the picture, even if motionless, is
distorted, and the difference between this faking and the
distortion of the shutter can be seen by an expert. But it will
pass with most people. In this case, however," added Kennedy
suddenly, "the faker was so sure of it that he was careless.
Instead of getting the plate further from the paper on the right,
he did so on the left. It was further away on the bottom than on
the top. He got the distortion, all right, enough to satisfy
anyone. But it is distortion in the wrong direction! The top of
the wheel, which goes fastest and ought to be most indistinct, is,
in the fake, as sharp as any other part. It is a small mistake
that was made, but fatal. Your picture is not of a joy ride at
all. It is really high speed--backwards! It is too raw, too raw."

"You don't think people are going to swallow all that stuff, do
you?" asked Dorgan coolly, in spite of the exposures. "What of it
all?" he asked surlily. "I have nothing to do with it, anyhow. Why