Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-21

Si,eciIi woris for large tirEss and ,ri-
waite individuals became very insistrii,
and fiia!ly II" decided To .ciinrIieh gus
government poai'ion and star, on, Tor
himself. Gully did he ieaiizc that the
sn:ilic:, Cr!".uincut NJ ~ nent
work was pay. Ne was not pcMucious-
far from IL: yet tie knew tlat ~ time
was con,',E whc, he would NOT be able
to work ~assiduously all tho time, and
ne need" must iay by :, penny for the
rainy day. inevitable always. whether
fro'n old age. sickness o. adscrEiii-
Therefore he resigned his position in
ILL, secret service and started the
"Ci,cucy Detective Service company"
viii; headquarters in Chicago. ANA III
due time he had branch offices in all
tte large cities from one cird OF the
country 10 the other. Tie even Had cor
respondents ia the principai capitals
OF Europe. and many II e.ier COOK him
and his operatives tn behind 'l~ OIL
tines of the United .itAtcs. with
Cheney came ed I.onegran. Sid cuth-
rc and :evcra! others Whp isrli worked
with ard under him during his GOV
erifIcttai service. Other brilliant men
were attracted to tlie work. and it WIS
not lon. before Colonel Jack Cheney
had the very cream of detective w"r
IN this hands. Al this time he was 81
years old. and in every way nature
favored him. Though he had left the
service OF the uu;tcd States lie WAS still
called upon To consult or work ont
many difficult rascs for The state, war.
navy and postoifice departments.
Money caine 10 hin pIcntifuliy. 1t was
judiciousIy Invested and Cheney
achieved Independence il, II very few
ycara. Sutcess did not swell his head
In degree. He Was always the
same quiet. forccfui, virilc. taciturn
p,.,s. "a. 49, L.. i L
by his operatives. was douc wen. He
fnsfgteu on ttr wust cxlrti-rr,- rt++--.f
from his men. me ut the same
lime always set the proper example.
He practiccd what he preached. Tie Was
the general who said: Come on. boys"
rather THAI Go in there There were.
Of course. so,ac failures. but his mcas-
ure Of success was uniformly great.
Cheney often said: The detective
who never failed was found only i'm
story boOks" Infallibility was not
claimed as Il virtue OF course his
= OF directing the silent but sure
workings of his great bureau precluded
nus giving much personal attention to
any particular case. Whei: he did and
brought the work To Il successful con
ciusiOn his fee was always comn.en
shratc with his ciicnt ability to pay.
Many Il poor devil had come to Colonel
Cheney aud he had assisted him by his
brains. intellect and money. too; and
when the reckoning day ca,ne his bin
had heeu paid by a fervcnt "Thank
yOi." or God bless you" for what he
had done. On the other hand, more
than one client of means had fairly
gnspcd when Cheney's bill had been
rendered. He believed tlat Unto him
that hath shall be given" and he para
phr1Sed the aerittucc to read 'hin, that
hath shalt give"
While he maintained his main iea,.-
quarters In Chicago. and had be:,uti-
fully furnished offices. ne WAS equally
welt known In New York. st. Louis.
Frisco n other points. Every one
Of Cheney's operatives was supposed
10 I've aiways on the alert. and the col
Onel had n habit Of dropping in on his
s~ubOrdinates ut the most unexpected
times. The business grew rapidly aud
Guthrie and Lonergan were given
charge of entire districts over which
they presided. hut the most masterful
directing mind was tha of Colonel
John v. Cheney. Hc was as patriotic
AZ ever, n mcn,ber of The Loyal Legion.
Grand Army Of the Republic and IA
Mason of high degree.
Thus we tina him ore morning i'm the
'80s. sitting in his private Office die
tating to his secretary. and this sec
rotary. by the way. was the same Miss
Wood who had served him earlier in
a similar capacity in st. louis. jeff.
his faithful colored attendant. came in
nni presented the colone, with an en-
Eravcd card reading: Charles E. Far
we'll. Duluth. E1inn."
Who Is he. JefT% Colonel Cheney
had great faith in jeff US a character
reader. n always had him find out
what he could about each client befor
he got into The inner sanctuary OF the
private office.
Young man. sah." replied jeff.
"'bout 80. good lookln'. well dressed.
appearance Of havin' money. sab.
'Spect ita trouble. kunnel.''
Why woman t. ouble,' Jeff? smil-
lrgIy asst d Cheney.
Welt. you see. sab. he's mighty un-
easy an powerful anxious To see you.
Wouldn't see anyone else. Then he's
got black eyes am always rolls EN-
VIII Dracls eyes that rolls 'em from side
to side Is mos gently in truble over
women OATS all. kunnel."
: JEFF WAS greatly impressed with his
ability. as n sleuth. His one absorbing
passion was his admiration for Col
told jeff that Christopher Columbus
was an African ne would have believed
Il. and woe betide anyone who tried
Ia shake that belief.
well. you just have MI. Farwell
wait In the outer office for d few min
utes and III ring when l want you to
bring him IN"
(, Yes. sah." said the deferentiai JEFF.
retiring.
Colonel Cheney finished his mali. dis
missed Miss Wood aud tnen. stepping
over to Onc side OF the room. pressed
an unseen spring. and a small panel
noiselessly opened. BY a clever ar
rangement OF mirrors the entire out
side waiting Dor could be seen. Cheney
called 1t his "t~eil-tale." and always
used It when a strange wanted to see
him. Jeff'x analysis Of MIR. Farwell
WAS quite accurate. He was good look
InG. his eyes were black aud he had
yAhc appearance of money. Like a
Gagged lion Mr.. FarMell paced un and