The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-09-11

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nj III who considered him.
HAA IA self to be the simple
E(E fH product Of chance. He
~ AHLA was born In Dnnbury.
KS Conn. and at the age
$500 Of zine years he was
left an orphan and Pennies. lmmedi-
atciy after this misfortune. as he did
not Ike the people with whom he was
expected to live, he walked out OF
town. There happened to be n high
wind that day. and the boy walked
with It because the contrary course
would have been d~isagreeabie.
No one made any attempt to bring
him back. and SO he tramped for ahort
q week. eating nothing one day AID SIX
good meals the next. according to the
varying charity Of the people along the
road. Finally an eccentric Old doctor
In q certain smnll town found TIE 10y
III on his doorstep ore morning. and
that was a great piece OF u for
Young Elrlendorf. He had q good
issr,e h, the Doctors house for eight
q without care or labor: enjoyed
t!e advantages Of the excellent schools
Of the village. aud was nearly ready
TO enter college when bis benefactor
DIED
The doctor left q good property, but
DO Will Relatives swooped down H&e
q flock of birds. Emendorf had not
been adopted. He had no legal status.
and one dny he discovered that be had
nothing at all except a trunkfui OF de-
eeut ralmens and the sum OF $500.
The coincidence that this was the eS-
act fare TO New York decided Elmen-
DORIS course. lie arrived In the me-
tropolis without a penny. hunted up q
boarding house near the station. car
Red his trunk there on his shoulder
and then went ont to hook for work.
He had many occupations IN the
next five PEARS but none to bis liking.
Finally he became a clerk In a small
hotd which was a haunt OF ward poll
ticians. Yielding to the temptation
thus thrown into his way. he devei'
oped iuto q lieutenant Of the district
hader. kurnirC more tricks than ne
had the bariihood to play and prosper
Ing the less because OF his scrupleA
It tsx1,me a deluson with him. how
ever. that be was one Of the most dis
honest Of created beings: that he
uouki DO anything for money, n thai
only his bard luck prevented him from
selling his soul ut a good figure. Once
WHEN his affairs We're at O low ebb bis
patron suggested the police. and
Elnlet6orf became a member or d
force In the firm belief that a corrupt
mail like himself could make money
therein But be had a perverse way OF
teins dissatisfied with temptation.
and he gained a reputation for bon
esty which his best friends dep4ored.
II was pure chance, O matter not wof-
thy OK mention. which secured his
transfer to the staff OF the detective
bureau. EIe had 10 appetite for the
work, yet be must have possessed a
certain fitness for II. Perhaps the ad7
vantage q early meEtal training. add.
ed to m unfailing memory and q per-
cepton Of little things that was due
to the German blood in him. helped to
make u real detective Of him
Yet there is DO money In detecting
alone and but small advancement as
Elmendorf we'll knew. What one
needs h the Skill to construct a good.
strong 'puil," coupled with the CO.
pacfty to turn the Incidents Of the pro-
fesslon to ones personal advantage.
In these important particulars Elnen-
doff was a dire failure. He secured no
pull. and be was forced to. live almost
entirely upon hk salary. Indeed his
continuance on the staH was due
largely to the favor In which be. was
be4d by certain men connected with
tn, press. The feeling that II Elmen-
dorf should be sent back to patrol duty
somebody would get roasted" Tor It
long and hard b at least two OF the
big papers WAS the deciding factor b
hie cass @ leTssel srcastonA.