The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-11-05
TIT WORKED
 BOTH WAYS


 1.-Two service from reading the ro- mances of Gaboriau and Conan Doyle, we entered it at the same time and for awhile worked In the same city. This could not very well continue for ever. and we ot Inst drlfted apart. For awhile we corrcsponded, then finally lost track Of each other.
 Meanwhile for me the romance had ,one out of thc detective service, and it had become Che detective business, unvarnlshed, at which | struggled to keep the wolf from Che door for my self and family. made very little money and tired of my duties. How ever there was no help for me. l knew no other calling and kept on hunting criminals.
 One day was saunterlng along Washington street Chicago, when man passed me and whispered in my ear. "C. & G.s In ten minutes then passcd on and was lost iu the crowd.
 Who he was, what he meant or how he came to know me vas mys- tery. My training as a detective at once assured me that ] might be on the track of crime. "C. X G.'s in ten minutes" l have lt! The letters wero the initials of a large restaurant and saloon rear by. l kept right on to the place. entered it and looked about for my man. He soon entered, passed me without a glance and went to private dining room, to which fol- lowed him. The door was scarcely closed when he said 10 me:
 "Its some time since we met Tho last saw Of you you were being led on by a cop with pair of bracelets on your wrists. So was l.'
 "Memories are not always pleasant Better come to the point at once"
 "Rlght you are Simmons and l rou know Simmons; be was with us on Che other job) was discharged last week. We'll we're going to crack bank. and we are badly in need of man we can trust to watch. If you'll joia us, we'll share the plunder in thirds
 l consented, and he mfoldcd plan to rob Che tn National
 How Che man had mistaken me for some one else [ could not imagine. However. l did not trouble myself very much about lt, being absorbed with thel wonderful piece Of luck that had bef fallen me. was too old a bird t9' give away my secret for nothing. le went to Che president of thc -th Ne Honol and told him that ! knew ofi > serious misfortune uloDt 70 happcnf . him and that ! would tcll the sccf for SlO.OOO. He questioned me to ! a clcw without paying for it bV sealed my mouth and be finally | 2 ractcd to pay me what asked. 2
 or course on the night we wero < rob Che bank l had policemen statgl z at convenient places, who aTIe < proper time swooped down up up S md captured us red handed aquS' 8 as the burglars were about lbe' Q
 Nd away with S7J,OOO in bills, bq9 < large number of governmentnus. | was led away to jail with qr Ol 8 handcuns on my wrists, whi were 2 taken or as soon as l wdl' ol < sight of my colaborers. M"ni'e q tho man who had met ngn suo S street was standing beside q "i'i"5 q for a Black Maria. Id, .,,- z
 "There's no way in thet 'u 'ii' ~ could have leaked out" Hu''eleu' - except through you. N0 oe'leIG v you gave us away at BU' iou u pay for this.' , ,-
 The next day I rcceiyef pnI uuu 1 In the evening sat by mS' SiloA'us contcntcdly and plannpo, u new new start with my capital u tue Iact ] suddenly popped into elu 'ua. , ! Be had been mistaken my I"in < brother Had Bob gto tue u'u' ng My own brother, bq tue s'''i'c ma time. grown up with. " ouIs'0I' " lik iailbird-it was sickg' s
 As soon as | could away | s'art an, cd for Buffalo. I'D ''sl'eu lne e,,i.r os ,,,Il., cIsped me to Inc on saro,,ti,n ,hort fank robberes sha .n,.t Eod occurred that city. but sI .,h"ro ,r,s mn rccof any one of my ace Wharton- 'o"n'eteu "I'n fun onr os ,bcm OAy a police cap- stal tain, on seeing fs''reu u' tue " pui uiolISn' ,'IIC.,' ,,5 Ig'r ,or tutYo ,!sti sti
 T soo, Ieorpof ( he mlstook me pro ,,r a rnor ,vbd been convicted of fig cI to,,t- rol,horv r before and scn- 20 tcnced to tbb bltentiary for five "'' roors [ won be prison and there sonnd my brd Bob. As soon as be so,y me be tbllmself on my neck,
 SOb Toni comes of reading Nd. coborIon ban Doyle"
 "Exploin, l.
 or fe1 II some men who pro os a ,os,d to bank and convinced Co q Ibon tbots one of their kind, Be SSiis, SiiIis t,ro co,b bllaln how intended to the trap thay were arrested and the peached toperS were round m idws Inie my rooIn C'ns me "''n them. Bc was are lrleu ana convicted. Ihe " Mhe e man wh 'he reward ] haa hoped shor for wqg Wspapsr reporter ana no 5eg, detectb H' ! WlSh ] nad the nccks W 2i of Cad ana Conan Doyle In one min min nooso lans Doth or them higher deg. than Jn'' . deg
 ,lys3uld have taken precau- oi l, De tionl ave just made S1O.OOO for As S-, has sent you to prison" Che '