The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13

again. Persist In refusing to return them ana
there will be trouble" and the detective gances
at the telephone so convenient there by her
desk.
A moments hesitation for review Of the con-
sequences. for thoughts the startled husband
In his downtown Office OF the embarrass-
rnent IL not public exposure. and then the
woman weukens.
Il don't know why took them" she says
| lamey, drawing the gloves from her dress.
was going to give them to my maid shes
such comfort. When one pays out so much
| money for yearly accounts little things ike
| these don't seem to matter"
| When first went into the business 1t wor-
| ricd me to have to pump people and then give
| them away" said an experienced woman de-
| tcctive. Il felt as II | was a sneak and not
| acting on the square. but after had helped
| show M several polished dishonorables got
| my bearings and felt better. My bust
ness is to circumvent criminals Just as
| other women's business is to sew. or
| cook, or take dictation. People who class tho
| women detectives In with adventuresses are
| unfair. An adventures works only for her own
| benefit and to get money or advantage from
her victim. She isn't true to anybody. not
| even to herself. The conscientious detective
| Is faithful to her employer. and derives no In
| dividual gain from the pretexts and deceptions
| she has recourse to. Her work benefits the
| whole community, the whole world Women
are not rs extensively used in detective work
| in this country as in England. There they are
trusted with diplomatic and international
| work involving big issues but they are recog-
| nZed as Indispensable on many occasions. and
are coming to be more and more trustee
| "Will cases. insurance cases. the looking up
| private characters and searching into antece-
| dents and obscure personal history-all these
call for womans tact. patience and ingenuity.
The father OF handsome girl distrusts the
man who is sutton for her hand Everything
| looks fair enough on the outside. but the old
gentleman Is business person and wants abb
solute proof as to the character Of this sutton
who NAV or may not spoil his darng's life.
The bachelor may have lived in dozen places;
the anxious parent wants record OF them all.
| Then and then only can he feel secure.
| The born woman detective can feel even
before she knows or can see that there is falsity
and wrongdoing in the air, a feeling some peo-
| pie call instinct and some nerve sensitiveness.
and none can altogether account for. She gets
attached to her profession 1t gets to be sec
ond nature with her to theorze and speculate
as to peoples assertions and face value: but.
singular to say. the business instead of making
her grow callous, softens her sensibilites.
friend OF mine. detective In a high-class de-
partment store. often exerts herself to screen
people whom she might very naturally take
pride in exposing. Lately. when a girl in the
linen-ware department was caught in fragrant
dishonesty. she not only pleaded for her. but
bore part OF tho expense Of her thievery aud
kept her from open disgrace.
Il got into the business by accident. A man
knew well was detective. and when mys-
FERROUS things happened. murders and rob-
berries that / read of in the papers used to
think them out and form a theory OF my own
as to the guilty party. or course. detective
lives with his finger on his lips. and this man
never told me anything. but he saw had an
instinct for the trade. ana when l was II
offered me employment. The firm put me on
several unimportant cases to try my mettle.
and in a couple OF years | was about all over
the country for them and giving satisfaction.
Many women in the belief that they can do big
things III detective work amply for places at the
different agencies. but only one out OF dozen
ever gives satisfaction. They may be clever
dissemblers, really quite accomplished, but
lacking in discretion or in Judgment AS to what
should be done with the knowledge gained
or they may be seli-wied and lazy about send
ing in their reports. Every detective has to
carry out instructions to the letter Just like a
soldier. | worked at a will case for three years
and never Iallcd to send in u detailed report OF
progress or back-sets each night If l was any
where within reach Of Post Ofllce.
IN this case fortune turned on the life OF a
little child whose mother died at its BIRTH and
whose father a physician, would only have
the money II the child lived. Tho baby was a
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was Noo' 90 ue''."'e anu ""ciliic th"' INC
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oho was uouo.e" W 'ne neat men law Inc
t i"S e'c'uh hoc move" often win MS chatEe
an" 'e"''eieu MS of'sha s'ah vi servants &c
| the four winds: but we tracked him and them
ana eventually proved the case. helped prove
it through the old nurse who had been non.
| eior,n IN with , ,rox,s ,,,ol. ,o,h 49,
n ''oi4eN 'i WIN AoN"e s'ocA iahch vi
caught on purpose III horther near the Ole
q woman CABIN was 100 SICK 10 travel Tor
= week anu Ill lhe ehiorceu compromising
, furthef strengthened our acquaintance by tn,