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asked me II I wanted a Job in his res
taurant. 1 said 1 did. He put me to
peeling potatoes, and on the third day he
told me why he had hired me. He said
girl who worked in another restaurant.
and who had been peelipg potatoes and
other vegetables for all of the eating
places in the Chinese district, had been
taken sick. I asked him who the girl
was and he told me she Wang Chang's
girl Wang Chang was the man sus-
pected of keeping the missing girl pris-
oner. / made up my mind to search
Wang Chang's place Immediately.
didn't know Just how I should do it, and
set about devising some means Of get
ting into the basement of Wang's res
taurant. l finally hit on an idea. asked
my employer how he would write his
name in Chinese. He made a lot of crazy
looking scrawls on a piece Of wrapping
paper, and when he wasn't looking /
slipped it into my pocket.
THAT afternoon I went over to Wang
Chang, thrust the paper into his hand
and said had been sent after little
keg of dried fish. l knew it was custo-
mary to keep them in cellars.
when the unsuspecting Wang Chang
made his way to the rear Of the kitchen,
down a flight Of steps and through the
dark basement, l followed. l saw him
stop before a door in a partition which
divided the cellar practically In half, lis
ten for a moment, and then open the
door and look in. He did not know l
was behind him, and he was taken COM
pletely off his guard when l thrust re-
yolyer against his ribs and told him TO
keen quiet My suspicion that the girl
was in the basement was correct. She
arose from a bed of discarded garments
when she saw me, and / told her to go
I'D stairs and run to the street l was
not concerned about arresting the Chi
nese. because the parents Of the girl,
dreading notoriety, did not want the man
turned over to the police. I backed up
the stairs, ran through the restaurant
and. on reaching the street, found the
girl waiting for me. I took her to her
home and got my reward the next day.
/ Miss Connolly has been called on fire.
nuently to bring guns into play. Raised
on the plains and instructed by her IA
ther in the use Of firearms. she handles
q revolver with as much ease and GER
tainty as the average woman manipulates
a powder puff. She is quick on the
draw" and also is we'll instructed In
the art of quickly disarming an antago-
mist
1.-The life Of a woman detective is
suficiently filled with thrills to prevent
her from growing bored through monot-
ony," says Miss Connolly. but, every
thing considered, 1t Is not the proper
vocation for a woman. I cling to It be-
cause I probably can make a better living
this way than at anything else requiring
equal effort.
"There are times, however, when get
terribly lonely. I have not time in any
one city to make friends Besides. have
grown to nistrust most women. not be-
cause all merit distrust, but because most
of those with whom have come in con-
tact are not worthy Of trust.
Experience has taught me. too, that
the woman criminal is cleverer than her
masculine competitor. Necessity requires
that she attain higher degree of per-
lection. She cannot 60 without question
into as many places - man can 60
She hasn't such naturally broad field
Of activity. A woman always attracts
more attention anywhere than does q
man. especially Il shs possssses physical
! attractivene9R
.And becedssfa woman. y crtuinally
inclined, becomes more perfect n her
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