The sun., 1888-05-20
TASKS FOR DETECTIVES.
n STORY WHICH SHOWS HOW THEIR
LOT rs SOMETIMES UNHAPPY.

Il STORY WHICH SHOWS HOW THEIR
LOT rs SOMETIMES UNHAPPY
raiii.r .. Love with /. Pretty w.-.. ana
Having to Toll Her He Has Discovered
that she 10 = Thief-she Kept Her Premise. |
Prom the chicago rrteune
e got Into the detective business" said |
an operator in that line without knowing |
what was doing"
How did that como about2"
why, you SEQ, happened to be out Of o Job |
Il was bookkeeper-and was Watching the
Tribune advertisements whom saw q notice OF
Office help wanted answered the adver-
tisoment, and before realized what was up /
found myself sitting in tho cooling room OF the
agency waiting for orders.
That was an awful long day, you bet No.
body said anything to mo and no orders came:
Just sat there wondering what was coming.
nnd what the work was to be. until nnallv q
in and asked m. III thoSsht %. could
didn't what h. meant but
lodgings. and there is no indication ot his going
W was taken tIi down Mt to drug store, where
ciercal-looking man was quietly pointed out
1ueery S Sa somehow S N the instinct et Of % cat watch
ing mouse came over me all at once. That
vo nuses ouea e had R dozsn
articles. NV orders were to lot him work. but
tep fs 0 o a" s' did s onY
NSi put him to bed all right in a fashionable
south side boarding house. and l lodged
sDans ou S ,D fa my e
pSisGH put me on the e trail Before hs haa finished
grinniny like q Cheshire cot,
You'll spoil your complexion said he. IL
stay nsH 5S II, s S watch
me W wrs S,m too mad and surprised to turn the
Il yd you IVA Want any tooth powder or soap says
fy nd do%n ps hs sresn pnes
the day before. He said a few words to the
s III II ss sS SG's s ss ysEs in
big, diamond robbery, In an OHIO. city just
isS His Wife t ana aS two had eweis Worth
over $4,000, which they kept a at their bankers.
When o bs roSsern udd etcbed
tributed them among herself and r. the young
9ouns Evens 0s Whom she % had
time tnei beiore but Who had grown up almost ike
another daughter to her; The General regard
ys So
the jewels that. they didn't think Of the possi-
loss When they down to dinner
the three arens Ga Wien they
turned TO their rooms not a Jewel vas to be seen.
posed that her daughters had taken the Jewels
to their rooms to make selections to suit their
%as WI w's eyenns S MAS WITH sht
Se snd no Sencs Of
forcihle entrance was dscernible anywhere.
The case was treated in the only way It could
| be. The servants were suspected but not scrap
them. Gen. Judd at last called tho force of,
md declared hed never lift finger to detect
=" The General died few years later: It was
has ne e e ona ayhg EgeFadinc bs
terry. But his executor. after Mrs; Judd death.
prae,sa! veW Of tRs Ths
them still retained thom, for lear of discovery
either in an attempt to wear or sell them; be-
""1 n had ei'unHi Unlimited credit and time and was
ter into negotiations for a certain man ufactur-
ing business and by such means gain access
at.d h s0 ~ MIS- %sssn sis ssss
tive: I Yas 10 shadow her by becoming her
,,"Col. Wilson, the executor. spspeeted Miss
sfeen @ena The s Ss Gpone be
that a full revelation OF the truth would dis
o for Tho% he had
sssOnH R"s wante ante h0' euro
u went to Covington, and for six weeks tried
Wes S @ f on ind ne4 rssneny es ey
but the arlstocAtc sxclusveness of the house
shut, the, door with me on the outside. You
THE papers made mention Of my plan to buy
a big concern in the ,spirituous line there and
mainod closed But music has charms, you
know! am pretty good vi1llnist: % l ,u,.,
aaS an ns neus f
within | stopDed and listened. ! had the cue
side that parlor playing my violin to Miss Ma
sons piano accompaniment
A more charming Moman da1C"; never had the
ssssa to thini nHa co % tsHe
week before wrote my chief that we were on
tho wrong scent. and simply sqnanderng
IT hne han eHe and q' Das
winning the lady's conf dence.
Tsp dn sent t In9hf 4sma
no attention to that message, except to praise
Then | resorted to another means OF re-
call. / spent money like a millionaire. NY
tionshiD 10 wealthy people helped to carry me
along. Still there was no word OF complaint
from tho agency ana my scne me lsil nat, by
this time I had ceased to desire q recall,
even began to build castle In Spain. In which
Miss Mason occupied u masn ifcent suite
"A month of that delicious lite went by. Ono
evening escorted Miss, Mason to swell party.
She never looked more beautiful and was never
before so gracious ! was on tho verge Of q
proposal. but couldn't make up my mind to
reveal my true purpose In seeking her nc:
quaintance On the way to tho party resolved
to send In my rcsignatioR. seek some other en-
pioyment. and then return to Covinston.
"As Miss Mason Joined mo upon coming from
the ladies' dressing room saw on her magnf;
az once from the description furnished me by
my chief. 1t was the finest of tho Judd jewels.
,, evening / passed
Tho next morning reported to the agency.
sending my resign alton and omitting all mon :
ton OF the discovery had made. But fate
stepped in at that juncturo In my. affairs. A
and. without knowing what she was doing. do
scribed it us the most remarkable jewel dis:
, played on the occasion. Both my chief and