The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
MY RIGHTFUL VOCATION,


Mackenzle: am 25, tall. good looking, and
clerk L am not absolutely miserable. but
am nevertheless, far from happy
Inc cause OF my own unhappiness is that
cannot alght upon the particular walk
In life in which my abilities are destined 10
make me famous 'Aoo ~
1t was my fathers great nrincin,a that
10y man man IS genius in particular depart
nient, put the chances are q million to ono
that ne never finds that department.
for hfty years he worked at the trada oe
tpoosl!dIhins without becoming penny-piece
t .ne ricner, and it was only on his deathbed
net minister e "0ei d capl-
NY own deiusion was that came into this
"orlo ~ Tor the sole purpose of showing its
tive line - ''s III the aetec-
MY opportunity came at last wac WALL
ing down the Strand in London. in that
CAIN thoughtful manner peculiar to peonIe
sesrchr p.a'n mower. when rasserby looked
glance, and he passed m almost irnmadiate1v
apnsrentv satisfied with his inspection
~ ntera"y Jumped with eagerness and de-
n .,a Inc man. although outward1y refined
am eentiemanlv. had very striking face =.
That man" said tn myself. ..has every
indication of being a villain. Then thri1,
or excitement ran through me- As he walked
ansao l nntlced that his tapered to A.
point At the too: it was. in fact a spIendid
example of what is known in nhvs;ognnn,,,
as the criminal ear 0ii'
That man is a villain" reiterated
Having come TO This rather jmportant con
clusion. I Immediately formed The idea of foi
lowing him First of all, I turned m NV
coat collar. A detective must NOT IN sn,
account he conspicuous. Now nv linen is
always white as snow. and therefore naoes
So rilv.g conspicuous.
i men followed nv man in a slouching
snuh.lng Wav. in ORDER to show people that
had no object in following him I rounded
up my shoulders. bowed nv head looked m
under my eyebrows with the most apnroved
ferret expression. and followed nv quarry
with the pertinacitv Of a bloodhound
rs general aDpearance and demeanor'
souloduized. ARE indicative Of refinement
he is. therefore. a. eent1enn any +Peing a. yen
tlemap. it cannot be his object to perpetrat e
a. common BURGLARY. He has the aspect of a
foreigner. Peing a foreigner. he NAV he a
Russian. and being a Russian he may be a
Nihilist. Good heavensi The welfare of the
popu'ace. the very fate Of the dynasty may
be at stake Perhaps This man carries an
internal machine concealed upon his person
Put what is the life Of one man to the safety
of thousands? will risk my life for
tbe-'S:.2s- =
Here coilided violently with lamppost
This delayed me for some time, but when I
again caught up with my man was reward
ed by perceiving unmistakable signs of GRIM
inal communication.
Two or three times I had noticed an in
dividual on the opposite side of the road al
most keeping pace with the one I was fol-
lowing. I rather suspicious of him at
first but when I saw him go into a public
house I naturally came to the conclusion that
he had dropped out of the chase.
wrong however. little further on
my man turned back and went into the same
house. Now thought I, as I followed him
the plot thickens.
I found my particular villain sitting at a
table, reading a newspaper.
For nearly a quarter of an hour furtiyely
watched them; then my patience was re-
warded. The man who was reading took out
nd hoo n nrih mo hi
the margin of the newspaper.
Presently the man threw the newspaper
down by the side of his accomplice and
walked out did not follow him this time
felt, convinced that he had left behind all I
wanted. a. e.a.e
I thought Of walking over and taking up
the paper but as I anticipated, before I
could dc so the other man pounced on it like
hawk. For few minutes he pretended to
read the news, then I saw his eyes sneak to
the side of the page: and devour the pencil
Now. this is where displayed my genius.
When the man had reached the note he de-
liberately tore off the piece, folded it up
stuck it into the gas and lighted his cigarette
with it. Like flash 1 took out a cigarette,
and. walking over to him, said the usual
.After you, please" in the most natural
manner.
Apparently he was satisfied with his scru-
tinv. for he handed me the slip. 1 lighted
NV cigarette, put out the paper and threw
it on the floor so that it went under nv
chair then resumed my seat and awaited
Developments
few minutes later the man left, and with
my heart in my mouth / picked up the paper
and spread it out Part of the writing was
burned but what remained almost made me
veil With triumph. 1t ran thus:
Attempt will be made tonight
Coli Lewis house in
Approach from back garden in Car