The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
,ssteoee ~ a seoret Service
p~astoHien Departments.
~ COZ JASPER EWING BRADY.

VoopYtiEhg. -. ly
Fire opportunities FOR Chency to do
special woth Tor large firms aud pri-
waite iutlvldnNls became very inslstent.
and nnatly he decided To %ielipquish his
government position and start out for
hiuaseli, Fully dld he realize that the
smnlies, emolument OF government
work was pay. He was not penuiious
tar from 1t. yet hc knew that u time
was coming when hc would not be able
to work ~assiduousiy all the time. nnd
ne needs must lay by Il penny Tor the
rainy day. Inevitable always. whether
from old age. sickness or adversely.
Therefore he resigned his position In
tina secret service and started the
Cheney Detective Service company.
"ith headquarters in Chicago, and in
due time he had branch Offices in all
tle large cities from one end of the
country to the other. He even had cor
respondents in the T. incipal capitals
Of Europe, and many u case took him
.nd his operatives far behind the con-
anes of the United States. With
cheney came ED Lonegran. Sid Guth-
-ie and several others who had worked
with and under him during his gov
.rnlnental service. Other brilliant men
Here attracted to the work and 1T was
lot long before Colonel Jack Cheney
had the very cream of detective work
VI his hands. AT this time he was 50
gears old, and in every way nature
favored him. Though he had left the
lervice of the United States he was still
Jailed upon to consult or work out
many difficult cases for the state, war,
navy and ~postoftice departments.
Money came to him plentifully. 1t was
iu~diciously invested and Cheney
achieved independence in q very few
Years. Success did not swell his head
N any degree. He was always the
tame quiet. forceful, virile. taciturn
nam. Whatever he did, or was done
BY his operatives, was done we'll. He
insisted on the most eXacting rules of
conduct from his men. and at the same
Zine always set the proper example.
.de practiced what he preached. He was
.he general who said: Come on. boys"
rather than Go in there" There We're,
If course some failures. but his meas
are of success was uniformly great.
Cheney often said: The detective
who never failed was found only in
story books" Infallibility was not
claimed as n virtue. OF course his
work Of directing the silent but sure
workings of his great bureau precluded
MS giving much personal attention to
n particular case. When he did n
brought the work to a successful con-
:lusion his fee was always
buldlC Will lllS Cllelll dDlIllS 10 pay.
Many a poor devil had come to Colonel
Cheney n he had assisted him by his
brains, intellect and money. too: and
Wnen the reckoning day came his bill
had been paid by a fervent Thank
you or God bless you" for what he
rad done. on the other hand, more
han one client of means had fairly
sasped when Cheney's bill had been
rendered. He believed that Unto him
Mat hath shall be given" and he para
phrased the sentence to read him that
hath shall give"
While he maintained his main head
quarters in Chicago. and had beauti-
fully furnished offices, he was equally
we'll known in New York. St. Louis,
frisco and other points. Every one
Of Cheney's operatives was supposed
to be always on the alert, and the col
pnel had a habit of dropping in on his
,u%bordinates at the most unexpected
times. The business grew rapidly and
Guthrie and Lonergan We're given
charge of entire districts over which
they presided. But the most masterful
directing mind was that of Colonel
John ". Cheney. He was as patriotic
as ever, a member OF the Loyal Legion,
Grand Army of the Republic and a
Mason of high degree.
Thus we find him onc morning in the
sos, sitting in his private office die
Eating 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
and presented the colonel With an en-
graved card reading: Charles b. Far
we'll, Duluth, Mimi"
Who is he, jeff Colonel Cheney
.1ad great faith in jeff as a character
what he could about each client before
he got into the inner sanctuary of the
private office.
Young man. sah," replied Jeff,
"'bout 30. good %loollin', We'll dressed,
appearance of havin' money, sab.
'Spect it's woman trouble, kunnel."
why woman trouble jeff" smil-
inglN asked Cheney.
well. you; see, sab, hes mighty UNI
easy am powerful anxious to see you.
Wouldn't see anyone else. Then he's
got black eyes an always rolls 'em
wifi bracS eyes that rolls en- from side
to side is mos gently in truble over
women. OATS all. %lunnei."
Jeff was greatly impressed with his
ability as a sleuth. His one absorbing
passion was his admiration for Coll
told Jeff hat Christopher Columbus
was an African he would have believed
1t, and woe betide anyone Who tried
TO shake that belief.
We'll, you just have Mr.. Farwell
wait in the outer office for a few min
utes and I'll ring when / want You to
bring him in
Yes. sah," said the d%eferential jeff,
retiring.
Colonel Cheney finished his mail, dis
missed Miss Wood and then. stepping
over to one side of the room, pressed
ar unseen spring, and a small panel
noiselessly opened. BY a clever ar
rangement of mirrors the entire out
siGe waiting room could be seen. Cheney
called it his "tell-tale," and always
used it When n stranger wanted to sec
him Jeff's analysis of Mr.. Farwell
was quite accurate. He was good look
Ing, his eyes We're black and he had
the appearance of money. Like a
Gagged lion Mr.. Farwell paced up and
down the room. his eyes glancing I'm
easily from side to side, and ever,
once in awhile he looked at his watch
It's woman all right" aid Cheney
to himself, "and If 1 don't get him ii
here pretty quick I'll a a crazy mar
on my hands," The secret panel was
closed and Colonel Cheney touched 6
button on his desk. A later
the door was opened and Jeff an.
nounced, Mr.. Farwell," and the visitor
entered.
Colonel Cheney. / believe?'