The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07

years end to the other. There's no let
up
Jimmie Coleman laughed, and Mr..
Felix Boyd elevated his heels to the
edge of his Office desk and roundly
added, through the blush spirals curl
ing upward from his pipes bowl:
A neck-and-neck race all the time,
Jimmie-thats what il Is. Now the
criminal has the pole, and looks for all
the world like sure winner: and now
his one persistent and tireless adver-
sary, the professional sleuth, wrests it
from him, and shows TO the front for a
spell. But the advantage in either case
Is always temporary, and the strenuous
struggle never ends"
And it never will, Felix" grimly de-
clared the central office man.
Possibly OF"
While there are dollars to be more
easily made by knavery and cunning
than by honest, hard labor. society
VIII continue to breed criminals" con-
tlnued Coleman. And, while criminals
continue to exist and ply their vicious
trade, the professional detective must
also remain in the field. We hunters
of men are a social necessity"
THAT'S very true, Jimmie. The field
is broad one, moreover, and is con-
stantly enlarging. Has that ever Oc-
CURED to you?"
well, / cannot say that it has I
seldom bother with anything but the
practical side of my Internal vocation"
Boyd laughed softly, in his semi
qu1zzical fashion, and for a moment
nodded thoughtfully at his companion
Look the field over, Jimmie, said
he "Once we had only the criminal
with his Jimmy; the foOtpad, with his
pistol or bludgeon; the sneak thief
with his sly dexterity; the forger, with
his supple fingers and crafty pen. The
time has been, Jimmie, when these
comprised the chief quarry for police
men and detectives"
That's right, too" admitted Cole
man.
What a difference in these days."
continued Boyd, in rnusing vein. THE
category now outreacheS ones 1magln-
alton, even PeliOn is heaped upon
Ossa. Each new day brings forth some
new phase of crime, some novel and
original scheme by which knaves aim
to get the~best of honest men. With
the growth of population with broad
er- social and business conditions, have
come greater opportunities for crime
the criminal invariably keeps abreast
of his opportunities"
And the sleuth must keep abreast
of the criminal, eh?" laughed Coleman.
That's just the size of ii, Jimmie. .
smiled Felix Boyd. Therefore, as
remarked in the beginning. it is a
neck-and-neck race, Jimmie, from one
years end to the other. 1t would puz-
zle a Philadelphia lawyer. say nothing
of an Anticipated detective, to antici-
pate the next criminal scheme for ri
fling the almighty dollar from some
Door devil. at the expense Of He1loi
Somebody coming? Possibly we are to
be confronted with the problem even
now"
And Boyd gazed expectantly toward
his office door.
Rapid steps were sounding in the adj
joining corridor, and presently the door
was unceremoniously opened, and a
we'll known Wall street banker hur-
riedly entered.
"Ah. Boyd, how lucky!" he ex-
claimed.
Lucky that you find me, Mr.. Bel
den?"
Exactly I want you to do me a
favor"
You are on my list of patrons. Bel
den. Whats the tTouble?"
"A devils own mess I fear. You
know the Ho. .orable Cyril Dearborn"
THE English consul general?"
Yes, certainly. He is perfect gen.
tleman in every way, very wealthy and
accomplished, and we are very warm
friends. If you can help him out
lone moment Belden,' interrupted
Boyd. Suppose you come to the
point at once, and tell me what has
happened to Dearborn. Time may be
worth something, you know"
You are right" Belden hurriedly re-
Joined ''In fact, Boyd, nothing has
happened to Dearborn himself. But
his daughter, Luella Dearborn, is mys-
teriously NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
devil knows what
state all of the circumstances" said
show in the depths of his keen, gray
eyes.
Instead of complying. however, the
banker impatiently cried:
First come with me TO Dearborn S
office, which adjoins my own. That's
how became so quickly Informed OF
the misfortune. I'll give you the par
ticulars on the way. The consul is
nearly distra cted- Only with difficulty
could L persuade him to defer an APP
peal to the police and first allow me
to consult you. Come. come, Boyd.
Something must be done, and done
quickly"
Boyd did not express his secret wish
that Belden had suffered the consul &c
give the case TO the police the kidnap-
ing of young girl not being at all tc
his fancy, nor in any way suggestive
of the work of that obscure gang Of
criminals so long operating below the
dead line the discovery and arrest Of
whom had become one of Felix Boyd's
chief aspirations.
He arose to comply with Belden'S
urgent request, however. and deferred
their departure only to say quietly t.
the central office man:
Meet me at Belden's Office in the
course of a quarter hour. Jimmie. II
look into this affair. If it amounts Il
anything 1 may require your aid
Coleman merely nodded his assent
and Boyd slipped into his street Goa
and accompanied the impatient banker
What 1 know OF the case, Boyd
may be briefly stated said Belden, a:
they hurried through Pine street. ICY.
ril Dearborn, who is a very capable
and wealthy man, has been the Eng
lish consul general here for nearly
year. He is a recognized authority OF
international law, and his passion fol
Blackstone, rather than any fnercena
ry motive. lctuated him In accepting
his honorable and important office"
What about the case itself?" in