The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23

A Real Detective

n TALL, thin individual wearing a
M Sherlock Holmes glare and a
large tin star, prowled into the
union station yesterday about dusk
and took up a position where he could
see the crowds passing both ways
through the gates. The star was con-
cealed in such way that everyone
~ithin forty feet could see it and the
glare in the mans eyes showed that he
was detective, even without the addi-
tIonal evidence of the star.
a Glob e man watched him for
about ten minutes and then diffidently
approached and asked the detective for
match. This was the signal for an
extended conversation, which verified
the judgment OF the newspaper man.
''Yes, I'm a detective" confessed the
lengthy person fastening The Glob e
man with his eye. Il am here to look
for man who is wanted in Luverne
for stealing two cows. I'm the dis
trict superintendent of the detective
association out there and think I
have a clew."
The newspaper man looked the de-
tective over adIniringly and questioned
him about the star that stuck out from
under his coat and covered a large part
of his neclztie
The detective tried to look as IL he
was surprised, but the attempt was a
failure. Then the newspaper man took
a position beside him and asked:
Show me how you detect?"
Certainly replied the sleuth. t'Now
you see that sneaky looking man just
coming through the gate. Well, he is
a crook. l can tell 'em every time.
Just watch me get him. You see just
look at one of those fellows for a few
minutes and if he gets uneasy, he's It."
With this explanation the detective
stared at the quiet looking victim un-
til sure enough the men began to
fidget and display other signs of ner-
vousness.
He openly took off his watch and
chain and thrust them into his trousers
pocket and backed into a shadow,
where the detective could not see him
from his position in front of the gate.
I've got 'inl," Kissed the sleuth as
he prepared to land his prey. That's
one Of the gang sure and his end is
snCRr."
just at this juncture two prim little
aids walked in and caught sight Of
the alleged criminal
They rushed at him concertedly and
cried:
"Oh, papa, we thought you were
lost"
The suspects face was wreathed in
smiles as he patted the little heads
and glanced toward the detective. That
individual, however, had reconsidered
the making Of a spectacular pinch and
had vanished.
The supposed criminal turned to
T h e Gl o b e man and remarked:
'I am the Rev. Or. Jansen, Of Nanis-
tique, Mich. Can you tell me who that
man is? He has been staring at me
Tor ten minutes, and as / was robbed
once in Minneapolis, about ten years
ago, I was nervous for my pocketbook
and watch.
He was informed that the man be-
hind the stare was detective looking
for a cattle thief.
As he started to take the east-bound
train he said:
Come on, daughters, am anxious
TO get away"
The detective failed to make another
appearance.
Weather Tales. Fri9hten Traveller
G6EOLKS around here have me
scared almost speechless at the
prospect of cold weather." said
Charles A. Cameron at the Frederic
last night. tI never could stand cold
weather, and now my firm in Wash
iHgton, D. c., has ordered me to es-
tablish branch house in the North
west and remain until March in this
district"
Mr.. Cameron is district manager
for a manufacturing house situated in
Maryland and having its main offices
in Washington. For the past fifteen
years he has been stationed in the far
South and has not seen snow for five
years.
MY former Offices were at Savannah,
Ca and New Orleans, La" continued
Mr.. Palmer. Down there we never see.
SNOW, and ice is either the artificial
article or else imported from the North.
L have had but one winter overeoat
since 1890, and that was in the winter
of 198S-99, when we had snowstorm
in February. In January we were
playing baseball.
Today / seraped up a conversation
on the weather with a travelling man
from Duluth. He tells me that 20 de-
grees below zero out here is Just ordi-
nary weather, and that the people go
around with their fall underclothes and
OVercoats when the Thermometer
reaches that point, twenty-five de-
grees below is q signal to switch to
ulsters and 80 to winter overcoats.
According to my friend, 35 degrees
below is about the time that the peo-
pie lay in their winter coal and fuel,
and when the mercury drops five de-
Srees more they light the furnaces and
remark that it is getting chilly. This