The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18

M Y7I ue Ae1u IudI eighty eepoAo
= - tions had been achieved in
one day of court. Miss Gle
ment and myself were on Ravinia
train, bound for the concert, and were
hurrying through Evanston. 1T GER
tainly gets me how anyone stays mar
ried nowadays" l continued. But
then, If people can't get along togeth-
or, it's the best thing for them to get
along away from each other"
YES Miss Clement assented
rather seriously. But the trouble is
hat most persons don't have chance
70 get along. Somebody is always
mixing in, getting one or the other so
wrought up about nothing that they
inally get to thinking that there isn't
my possibility of happiness. l ought
% know" she added and then there
zane that CLINT into her eyes which
always foreshadows one Of her exper-
ences. 1--WE patched up more than
me divorce case when it looked help
ess. And I've found this out: That
half the time it isn't the fault Of the
nan or the woman They'd get along
LII right If other people would leave
hem alone. 1t isn't always the fault
# the mother-in-law, although, good
less knows, no matter how kind they
nay try to be, they can cause more
trouble than a regiment of infantry.
But there's always somebody or a
lunch of somebodies to cause trouble
when it isn't any of their business"
The train stopped for minute, then
aurried on again. And with its start
began Miss Clements story.
i've handled many divorce case
n my detective existence" she said,
ind then added with a little laugh,
and many times have played some
title trick that brought man and a
woman together again. It's queer, too,
,ut just when you mentioned it,
vas thinking Of another time when
travelled on train, with Cupid In my
,uitcase, and dissention humping
llong behind on the ties, where the
'oadway was hardest. OF course, it
wasn't what I had been paid to do
,ut then when everything was over
. felt a lot better than if 1 had fol
owed orders, and I guess two other
persons did, too.
Il wouldn't tell their real names
sven to you, and just for the sake Of
reference we'll call them Mr.. and Mrs
Douglas. The beginning was a coin
:idence.
"One morning received a note, ask
ng me to call at the Office of Mr.
Douglas. went there, to find rather
roung man, whose face seemed tired
Ind worried. His Office was not big
Dne, or spacious one. | could see
hat whatever he had was gained
through mighty hard work. And he
had a story to tell.
Miss Clement he began, I wan
you to get evidence for me in regard
70 divorce case. Mrs. Douglas anl
I were married about two years ago
She's pretty little girl-pretty
enough to be dangerous-and l an
acting on the advice of my friends il
coming to detective.'
Il made no answer to that If hat
It would have been to say something
about those lovable friends, for hat
seen their work before l allowed hin
% go on.
For the first year we got alon,
!airly well on what We had, and ther
Mrs. Douglas took notion she wante(
20 earn a little home Of her own.
was willing to do anything that coul<
be done and I started to work Will
al my might. But getting ahead is
hard business. We had enough t,
make the first payment, but after that
things were harder. And I've beef
working my head off night and day t,
Try to get ahead. 1t isn't that which
hurts, Miss Clement. But it seem
the harder work the less Mrs. Doug
glas thinks of me. She acts queerl,
toward me as thought she doesn't Low,
NE any more. have not been having
very good luck with my business, blu
have been doing my best and m,
friends have seen that and they hav
pointed out to me the truth of every
thing. Mrs. Douglas never has care,
Tor me, from what I can understand
She married me thinking there wer,
great possibilities in me, and the1
when things went hard she just de
termined that she would get as mucl
out of me as she could and then throw
me over. Everything is hers, you see
The house is in her name and all that
and she's just trying to squeeze m
for every cent she can And I'm no
going to let her. That's ALL
Il made no remarks on the situa
ton. Instead, promised that woul
let him know in day or two whethe
or not could find a way to prove hi
assertions. Then I went back to tn
Office
And there on the desk was dair
ty little envelope, addressed in
feminine hand. I opened it and wit
my eyes staring, and read:
"'Dear Miss Clement:
"I have been referred to you a
someone who can assist me in Obtain
ing evidence upon which to base a d
vorce suit against my husband. Wi
you kindly call at your convenience?
Mrs. Jeanette Douglas
so, just as I thought, there wer
two sides to the question. knew tina
it was not professional in tn
strict sense of the word to serv
two clients in the same case, but Their
was something forming in my brai
that would take away all the possibil
ty of an infraction of ethics. I.woul
hear what she had to say, anywa.
And went out to the house.