Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-01

Cheneys llie lii''N' W
c,,.sr brosdened win time he was
,a,.vs a student Of human nature and
aid close attention to business. He
,r.s also student OF other things and
very well.read man, Naturally he
detective. he had a peculiarly
.,.ons intuitiye power and keen sense
80 dsdnetion. mean by this. natural
aoauction. He was not a sherlock
,I.,,,.s--eould not tell your wife vas
iiol'n becsuse button was of your
I'VE S.,.ost on that you had lately moved
Wais', drssslng glass because your face
YOU NOR, smoothly shaver on one side
wa, III, on the other. Thes ethings he left
tllaH ~ realms of literature and ro-
10, @ He studied crime as a theo-
ma studied theology and the Holy
igsi." FIRST he would find the mo-
~ a criminal act--there was al
", motive; then he would find the
,,or that had this motive.
cheney was esthetlc In his taste, a
-, m art, literature and music, and
slvsys a gentleman. His bachelor
e..,,r,ents i'm ST. Louis were beauti-
ALLY fuffllrntu anu utAdlil' n iFllhNh-
,.,gs for a coterie OF choice spirits.
while he saw great deal OF the
larry side OF life, that great under.
world 50 close TO our very doors and
-. always covered, his nature never
i,eame hardened. He was ever ready
10 heln. and many a man, and woman,
IN for that matter, are walking the
streets today. free and hon0red by their
fellow beings, because az a crucial point
IN their career Col Jack Cheney had
wrned them up the hill when their
footsteps were carrying them down. His
Nme as a detective spread over the
country and many fattering offers were
made him to take charge Of special
work for large corporations, but he
vas more content 10 work for the gov.
eminent until the time was ripe for
him 20 branch out for himself. He
enjoyed the acquaintance, confidence
and hospitality Of many persons 81
prominence from one end Of the coun-
Try 10 the other. Women he admired
hut that Is all. His many and varied
experiences had taught him that wo.
men were not to be trusted with great
secrets. A good woman was an angel
u be respected, nurtured and cared
for. bad one the reverse. Dan
cupid mad as yet never made him cap
tive but there was always present
with Jack Cheney mental photo
graph OF a happy home presided over
hy woman he could love and who
would love and respect him But that
was IN the infinite future, not now.
Cheney never allowed his close con-
tact with crime TO contaminate him.
When h was on case he was az
detective. yeritshle sleuth. every
nerve strained to accomplish the de-
sired end but when the chase was
over and the quarry run to earth
Cheney forgot H.
he was sitting in his Office one
morning smoking his usual cigar and
allowing his mind 10 run back To
some Of the stirring days Of the Civll
war in which he played no small part
when knock interrupted mis- reyerie.
Come in" he sharply said.
A young man about 30 years old, well
dressed and OF good appearance, came
IN and stood before him Tie was WIS.,
ihly perturbed and shifted from one
foot 10 the other while he nervously
twrled his hat In his hands.
Are YOU Col. Cheney, sir?'
Il am"
well. sir. my name is Stanton,
Fred e. Stanton" Cheney recognized
the name as one Of a prominent fam
ily living IN ST. Louis.
We'll Mr Stanton, what can J do for
YOU sir SIT down replied Cheney,
waving his hand towards a chair.
'Have a smoke?'
Thank you. no, Col Cheney. You
see ! am IN great trouble and Judge
Treat who is an intimate friend OF
mine, told me you might help me out
n you would. lie gave me this card
10 YOU Cheney read the card and
when he had finished. said.
Any friend OF Judge Treats Is a
friend Of mine and II | can be OF serv-
Zee | shall only be too glad TO DO so.
You are IN trouble. what is it?'
Yes, am In trouble, and serious
trouble at that. Last year | married
Judge Anderson's daughter and We
have beautiful home out on Lsclede
avenue We are very happy There
never has been cloud 10 mar our
domestic happiness About two months
ago anonymous letters began coming
20 Mrs. Stanton. Four so far have
been received and similar letters have
reached several friends Of mine saying
they VIII get to Mrs. Stanton sooner
OF later, These letters all contain ref
erences to me- hint az an unsavory past
and a coming revelation which will de-
Nnoy Inc socially and otherwise in St
Louis Mrs. Stanton Is not well and
IN a very nervous state and the re-
ceipt OF any such letters would. | am
AFRAID, cause serious consequences
Mr.. Stanton paused for a moment 20
regain his composure and then pro-
ceeded.
Fortunately, the first letter came TO
my hands. II was addressed TO Mrs.
stanton. ! do not open any Of her
mal, but the popularity Of the ad-
dress OF this letter attracted my atten'
uon. The address was not " handwfit-
Ing nor was Il printed out had been
composed by words and figures cut out
n a newspaper and pasted on the out
side OF an envelope. The letter inside
was similarly made That day, down
Town, six OF the same Kind OF letters
we're handed me by friends OF mine.
They had been received az their re-
tpectiye houses. Every letter was alike
and contained the threat 10 hurt me-
with Mrs. stanton" Again there was
short pause. and stanton continued.
You see. ! could have all mail d.
vtrted from my house 10 the office, but
that would cause Mrs. stanton TO be
suspicious so have watched the mail
ever since. intercepting the posiman
when possible. and have so far succeed
"a IN keeping them from her: but soon
r. or later one VIII get by me and then
there viii be the devil 20 pay
Cheney VAS interested: the young
man was so earnest In his manner, and
Judge Treat had sent him.