The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-22

sition and start out for himself. Fully
did he realize that the smallest emol-
ument of government work was pay.
He was not penurious-far from II;
vet he knew that time was coming
when he would not be able to work
assiduously all the time, and he must
needs lay by penny for the rainy
DAY, inevitable always, whether from
old age. sickness or adversely.
Therefore, ne resigned his position
IN the secret service and started the
"Cheney Detective Service Company"
with headquarters in Chicago, and IN
due time he had branch Offices In all
the large cities from one end or the
country to the other. He even MAD cor
respondents in the principal capitals
of Europe, and many a case took MIN
and his operatives far beyond the con-
fines OF the United States. With
Cheney came Ed. Lonergan, Sid Guth'
RE and several others who nad WORK.
ed with and under him during MS
governmental service. Other Driihan!
men were attracted to the work anu
It was not long before Col. JACK Cne-
new had the very cream OF detective
work in his hands. At this time ne
was IS years old, and in every way ma
tire favored him. Though he had lert
the service of the United States, ne
was still called upon to consult or
work out many difficult cases for the
state. war, navy and postothce depart
ments. Money came to him plentiIui.
". II was judiciously invested ana
Cheney achieved independence In a
very few years. Success did not SVEN
his head In any degree. He was
always the same quiet, forceful, virile'
taciturn man. Whatever he did, OF
was done by his operatives, was done
well. He insisted on the most exact
ing rules of conduct from his men,
and at the same time always set tne
proper example. He practiced wnaN
he preached. He was the general VINO
said: Come on, boys" rather than
go In there" There were, OF course
some failures, but his measure OF sue
cess was uniformly great. Cheney
often said: "The detective who never
failed was found only In story BOOKS.
Infallibility was not claimed as Wiz
the. OF course his work OF directlnt
the silent but sure workings OF hi
great bureau precluded his givlnt
much personal attention to any partic
Mar case. When he did and br0ugn
the work to a successful conclusion
his fee was always commensurate
with his clients financial ability U
nav. Many a poor devil had come =
Col. Cheney and he had assisted mir
by his brains, intellect and money
too: and when the reckoning da
came his hill had been paid by a lei
vent THANK you" or God bless you
for what he had done. On the othe
hand, more than one client OF mean
had fairly gasped when Cheney,s 81
had been rendered. He believed tina
Unto him that hath shall be given,
and he paraphrased the sentence
read him that hath shall give"
While he maintained his main hea
quarters In Chicago, and had beaut
fully furnished offices, he was equal
well known In New York, st. Loui
Frisco and other points. Every on
of Cheney's operatives was suppose
to he always on the alert, and u
colonel had habit OF dropping In
his subordinates at the most unexpeS
ed times. The business grew rapid
and Guthrie and Lonergan were give
charge OF entire districts over whis
they presided. But the one masteri
directing mind was that OF Col. Jol
Cheney. He was as patriotic as eve
a member Of the Loyal Legion, Graz
Army Of the Republic and Mason
high degree.
Thus we find him one morning
the SOS, sitting in his private ON
debating to his secretary, and %
secretary, by the way, was the sar
Miss Wood who had served him 81
IT,, a. a similar cauacity In St Lou