The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-28
How l WON nv WIFE.
A DETECTIVES EXPERIENCE
BY l.. 3. ANGELL.

BY L. 3. ANGELL.
'sDid / ever tell you how l won my
wife % said Paul r., the famous detec
tive, as we were taking a quiet stroll
in the park. se..s,
mo" said eagerly, "let me hear
please"
"Well, You must know that my bus
mess as detective brings me in daily
contact with all kinds of people, and ]
learn, their inmost family details and
troubles. So much by the way of ex-
PLANTATION to my story. just two years
ago this month, an old gentleman from
Chicester came to the department in
great trouble. He wanted the services
of the best detective to be had and as
bear that distinction, he sent me-
just here, let me mention that the
whole force, myself excepted, were try
! ing to catch a notorious house breaker
and thief called "Dandy JIM" but
without success so far; the fellow was
| as keen. as a weasle to scent danger,
aud he possessed awonderful faculty
of slipping through the fingers of the
Police You may wonder what he has
/ to do with my story. Just wait and
see. 80 Fai 'SiH
AS soon as the old gentleman, Pierce
Twas his name, was closeted with me,
he told me his trouble He had come
to the city to try and find his only child
who had eloped with a stranger to the
city. THE facts of the case were brief
lly stated as follows: es'} h'z't
Dellie, his daughter, was, blythe vii
of her mothers only brother, left tho
sole heiress of sixty thousand dollars
! and at the age of eighteen, she was t.
come in full possession of the property
In just one week she would be eigh
:ftcen, but in the mean time she had be
come acquainted with a young felloN
: from the city, and fallen i'll love Wit
: him, OF. thought she had, which is jus
$ the same with a young girl, and whe
!, her father, who did not fancy him, Oh
9 dered him to keep, away from til
house, the fellow persuaded her to- lop
n to New York with, him. Dellie ha
c left a note for her parents, and tellin
where she had gone, and that she woul
not return until she was Mrs. Edwar
: Percy, that was the fellows name.
I asked Mr.. Pierce what sort of
h, looking chap this Percy was.
al "Tall, with light brown hair, heay
"a side whiskers, and a, moustache VOL
in in the English style.n 1shookmy hes
ls thoughtfully. go
Id "There was one thing queer abo
his looks" continued Mr.. Pierce, II
eyes are the blacklist l ever saw, al
= one of them turns in a great deal, al
makes him look very wicked, think
on l could have Rugged the old gent
F. man, for unknowingly putting me
op the track of Dandy jim. After ! h
nj heard him through with his story,
,th said: ..
ed "Your daughter is probably in Il
a ay city, and may even now be the wife
d- a william, if my suspicious are right
, 49, HShe may be in the city, repli
the old man, '.but by her uncle's W
- she cannot marry until she is eighties
NAV under penalty of loosing her proper
led and that scamp actually made
,Iit think that / wanted to keep her fir,
tei,. marrying, in order to have control
lol- her income. And she's my only Chi
to too, and Pm well-to-do, if do say i
Old 'Have youa photograph of the You
tlady9" 1 asked. asft2 fiE'T
! Ps1 Mr.. Pierce handed me picture OF
3 9 lovely a girl as ever I saw. TIL
q was such an expression Of innoc
goodness in the young face, that, e
|, a frpolice officer as l was, my heart wal
ia oil toward her. liza Il 1Ei5H PA
AL ssshe's alovely girl; is Dellie,n s
la, LI the old gentleman, "and that's a s.
Ito picture. / guess you viii find her
g g9s that" ~" - 50 E'e# 20 q
9 After ascertaining that the 30,
,. lady was hazel eyed, and golden h;
-, Ted, / dismissed AR: Pierce. Prom
&. ing to let him know how i was gett
RF. along then I started for Central Pa
nix, feeling sure that I should find the c
rms Pile, was after billing and cooling