Evening journal., 1913-07-30
A Detective
Story
BY ALBERT KENYON

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dies and coucealing all kinds OF crime.
A detective never knows when he IA
going to light on new and Ingenious
device
But Il Is not IN such cases that !,
now twenty years a detective. haFc
found the keenest relish The mur'
derer is not I'm a condition Of mind To-
think out a problem coolly. He is ~
an abnormal condition For my pari
| could never understand how any one
could commit a crime the discovery Of
which would bring a dreadful punish
ment Nevertheless criminals often
work out very intricate problems
Il is when two or three persons above
the average IN the social scale and ~
education consplre together that the
most ingenious devices develop. Per
haps this Is because each gives thi
other courage That Is what mnkes
hunting down a gang Of counterfeiters
40 interesting They are usually intelli
gent men md work together. Yet their
IA one thing they all lose sight OF oI
disregard-the fact thnt they are al
ways caught IN the end.
The most interesting surprise ] evol
encountered was In nuearthing one Of
these counterfeiting gangs. say sur
prise. for Il was no credit TO me that
] made the discovery. Indeed. had J
not made criminal Of myself ! should
never have got on to them. was pui
on the case IN This way Some counter.
felt twenty dollar bills we're being pu,
into circulation They seemed 60 como
TO the surface IN a small town In ka.
sas and drift eastward At any rnte
one OF them was traced to this place
and I was sent out there TO investi.
gate There is always a difference 10
towns. some being Inhabited In the
main by good religious people. others
being notoriouSly bad ~. the point
where the counterfeit bill came from
was neither good nor had. but not long
before my arrival a party had begun
10 assemble every evening to plny
poker The game or series Of games
had been started by two or three men
who had recently come TO the town
and a number OF citizens had gradu.
ally come to take part 10 the pro
ceedngs They were played IN the
ronm sometimes Of one. sometimes Of
another member of the party.
went into the town osteEsibly Ia
buy cnttie day or two after my
arrival was informed nv man
whose acquaintance ! had nnde that
there was q poker party a room NJ
stnirs. He said he was going up t.
look ON. aud ! told him would g.
with him n he would introduce me
/ Tho truth is ! have suffered all through
my life from the gambling passion
/ Having fortune. lost II. and thai
was what threw me into the detectlv'
business | should not have gone &
watch this game. for ran gres
risk OF being drawn into II.
found parry of gond fellows. win
received me cordially and II was no
long before called for some chips
soon lost what good money hao
about me and 10 recoun yielded 10 2
temptation 10 Use counterfeit hil
that had brought with me for sam
pie The moment ! laid II on the to
BILE / saw two OF the players give eact
other meaning look then boil
turned their eyes on me A cold chill
ran down my hnck for II looked as 4
! we're detected on the start But m'
business had schunled me In conceci
] t..a. 1 rsnfrrVnH fnt
mems glances with a blank stare
Doubtless Il was this that caused on'
OF them 10 make n mistake. He gav'
me a crafty look returned It witt
one equally crafty.
had no idea what this meant.
happened TO win the hin had put nj
and something besides. Then cautiol
got the better OF my passion. and
played only so long as I could play OF
what ! had won saw the men VIII
had noticed the bill 80 on the tabl
watching me Evidently J didn't III
the bill OF what they had expected @
me. for got 10 more conhdentiu
glances. One thing I uoticed-severa
twenty dollar bills cnme ont fror
those men on the same bank as IN
! one had used for stake and pas
ed into the hands OF other player
One Of them fell 10 me The man wh
bad given me the meaning glance q
once asked me for II. Offering tou
] 'ives" for Il But ! told him I wOul
' rather keeT H. However. KNOWN
some game was going on other tia
b the open ous on the table. gave Il
q him This seemed TO allay n sligl
q suspicion Of me that had come 10 hin
II was the producing Of these twenl
= dollar bills. all on the same hank. ar
their passing into the hands of othe
4 that gave me an explanation Of n
mystery Jounterfeiters we're usir
the game 10 shove the spurious mon,
on to such citizens ~ the place
d, were drawn into their poker gam
+. Immediately put ont all the bills
IS had brought with me as samples. an
/ this won me the confidence OF Il
20 eounterfciters Nevertheless they seer
IS ed puzzled. and ! determined to act
li once. I always go about armed. an
D. drawing n brace Of pistols. ! cover'
the two men ! suspected and said
"Nou are under arrest"
:. There was the usual pretended a
Ia constituent hnt held them 10 th,
r. seats and directed waiter who HI
A. just brought IN some drinks to tell q
landlord 10 summon the police
B. did 50, and within half an hour | Ian
81 ID my men In iail.
RHEUMATISM AND THE HEART
Don't overlook the grave fact On
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