Arizona republican., 1903-03-18
In Close Quarters.

"Yes, danger is an ever-constant com panion Of men who follow my business said the old Secret Service man. We | know not at what hour we may be call ed upon to face death in a violent form. But we get used to experiences or this nature. and learn to keep a cool head Cn cur shoulders and to think quickly.
 Occasionally a Secret Service man loses his life while performing his duty. but that is not often the case. l remem- Der that number of years ago, d young man who had had more or less experience as a detective. secured I position in the service through political influence more than through any abl- ity
 He was supercilious tC a degree and E.anfestly desired to make a hero of himself in short order. Rounding up Cefl auders or mail rifiers was too cC..l- monplace to suit his fancy. He want ed something exciting; something ex- tremely hazardous. he declared. So he was sent down into Tennessee to chase moonshners.
 We learned that he reached his des- tin2tion in safety, but after that one of two things happened. He either abandoned his mission and engaged in illicit distilling on his own hooE, O.. what is far more likely, he was gwen a quiet midnight funeral and a lonely grave on some mountainside At all events, we never heard from him again.
 Tt is strange" continued the Veter- in of the service, that secrets, how even carefully guarded. will sometimes leak out. 1 remember on one occasion l was in search of man wanted for lobbing the mails. l had been selccr- cd for the job because I was an Gbs0- lute stranger to the man and his friends. and could feeely mingle with the latter without being recognized or susped ted.
 Within an hour after receiving my orders l took q train out of Chicago for Western city, from where 1 was tc take q circuitous route to another place, where I expected to pick up some clues upon which to proceed.
 But before I had travelled fifty miles from Chicago I received a telegram from my chief informing me that the nan I wanted had just arrived in a cer- tain small city in Iowa. \ new cu1e which we had but recently adoptaG, was made use of by the writer of ,he message, and it seemed impossible that any one on the outside could know any thing about my business.
 'So I immediately took another train for the town mentioned. l had been furnished with a minute description and several photographs of the man I was after, and was positive I would recognize him as soon as l saw him.
 As the train was pulling into the station I took a position on the plat form of the rear ear, and before the train stopped scanned the faces of ail those at the station, as I thought 1t possible my man might be planning to take the same train out of own and might slip aboard without my seeing him.
 While I was thus engaged I heard some one climb upon the platform be- hind me, and, turning, had the pleasure of looking down the muzzle of a big revolver and of recognizing the man behind the gun as the man l was seek ing.
 You don't want to get off here he said, you want to go on
 All right said I, I'll go on.' And I did. He stood guard over ne until the train had gained considerable speed, and then he dropped off, waving his hand at me as a token of farewell.
 Oh, I'll see you again. I yelled. And he laughed.
 AS soon as possible I stopped the train and got off with my gun in my hand. He was not to be found. But six months later, after a weary chase of thousands of miles, I caught him, one fine morning, while he was dig ging for gold on a lonely Colorado mountain"
 The old Secret service man laughed heartily over the recollection.
 But the tightest place I was ever in' he continued presently, was in Cin- cinnati. a good many years ago. Why, it makes the hair on my head stand straight up even now to think of it If it hadn't been for that" and he felt of the hard muscles of his good right arm. proudly, lit is hardly likely I should be spinning these yarns to you now.
 It was another case of counterfeit ing. l had been on the trail of the gang for months, and had at last To- cated their headquarters in rear room of an old, tumble-down building in the Ohio city.
 NOW, you should bear in mind that it is always as necessary to secure suf- ficient evidence to convict as it is to effect a capture. Many a good case has been ruined by springing d trap too soon.
 Well, l had my game treed all right, but wanted evidence. So posing as desperate man out of job, I worked my way into their confidence and soon made an agreement with one of the gang to float some of their bogus on commission.
 Tn accordance with a prearranged