Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-12

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binary young man and an ordinary
young woman partaking Of the re.
Treatments Of the after the theater.
True Il was Of myself. that ordinary
part-but for the woman who faced
me there was . great difference. !
leaned across the table.
II can't help saying IT," I had be.
gun. "but you don't look like . DE-
tective."
She laughed, whole -heartedly.
perhaps that's the reason rye sue
ceeded," she answered. Then sud.
denly she bent toward me. her eyes
flashing, the IRE Of enthusiasm, Of the
hunter. In her face. II know what
you're going to say" was ADDED
that It's no work for . woman who
loves the things that . woman
should love; that Il 10 work that will
make me old beyond my time and
make me forget the good things Of the
world. Wellf" she laughed. i've
been ct II nearly twelve years now.
and II It was going to make me old Il
should have accomplished something
by this time. And %. one guess -
70 my age-r
I tried to be truthful.
"Twsnty.four," hasarded.
'You missed IT," the eternal wom-
IN came forth In IT. strength then
but I won't tell you how much. You
see, . person doesn't have to let
crime enter the soul, simply because
the business Il that Of crime tracking.
But there was . time once"
The eyes lost their softness. A
glitter. cold. steel.like. supplantsd the
happy brilliancy. The diamond pen.
dant ct her throat shook and shed
forth IT. sparkling radiance against
the brightness Of the lights. The
hands, folded on the table. olenchsd
hard. noticed that the lips were
drawn In . straight line. I waited
and then:
when was that?"
The being Of Alice Clement had
seemingly changed. There was . bit Of
INCONSISTENCIES In her face now. Of
determination. Those flashing eyea
were becoming colder and colder.
1T was the only time In my life.'
she began, that ! ever tracked Q man
for revenge. More than one little
angle turned up In that case. for II
not only gave me the vengeance
sought, but Il proved TO me that Z
woman can b % brave % Q man: II
proved 70 me that had the dstsctiv(
instinot-and It also. later on, made
. municipal detective Of me. Il hap
psnsd twelve years ago. and that's {
fairly long time. but when toll thu
story the true names will be changed
and locations will b renamed. be
cause-well, Just because, that's ALL
She was still the woman, In reasons
at least. ! waited.
"You remember that laughe,
when you guessed ct my age" Oh
began, land one reason for that 10 tina
have out homo little daughter. hal
- old - you guessed my age to b
When my entrance into the detectiv'
world began that child was Q baby u
arms. And she went with mo.
years before, my husband ha'
been slugsed. He had been held VI
at night. on street on the West Side
knocked down. beaten and robbed.
had seen the face Of the man who ha
done the work-and that face burne
itself into my memory with . pei
manency that ! knew would nsve
fade. The time came when ] was sur
Of that.
my husband had gone away on
trip that wsek. ! remember. Since.
she added with . tone Of sadness 1
her voice. he has gone on Q longe
Journey from which he will not n
turn. We were not the most prospe
Gus persons In the world then. and v
lived In . dat near Chicago avenue
The nsighborhood was squalid; Tier
were charaeters around 10 whose :,
spect TOR the Law Wa not OF the higl
est Il was . street Of mystery IN
Of darkness and a danger.
"And somswsy. IN daytime -