The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22
BIG FINANCIAL
SCHEME EXPOSED
Plan of Abbeville Merchant to Reap
Big Fortune Out of the Fur
Business Suddenly Blocked
Paddy Makes His Report.
His Report.

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There have been so many, secret
service men and women around
these latter days, so many German
spies, and so many common detec.
tives, that being a live newspaper
The Press and Banner conceived the
idea of keeping up with the profes,
sion by employing an old detecx Of
it's own, and of turning up some
thing with which the public was un.
acquainted. We, therefore, wrote
to Boston headquarters for a good
man to be sent down to us, stating
the salary which we wanted to pay
and all terms. We advised that
some of the men claimed to be
paint sellers and some were writing
books, and others were selling books
and others playing hoboes, but that
we thought none of these would
suit US. Being in the printing bust.
ness we thought best to have a prin,
ter deteck. 49,.
In a few days we received let-
ter as follows: -.
Boston, Mass, Jan. 10, 1918.
The Press, and Banner,
. Abbeville, S. c.
Dear Sirs,-The chief has just
shown me your letter and he think:
1 am the man to fill your bill. do
not know whether I can work in a
small town or not, but I am willing
to make the try. have been ac
customed to working up cases in big
cities and where great sensations
might be unearthed, but as you do
not limit me as to kind of infor-
nation I am to hunt, and are only
interested that something be de-
tecked, as you say I have decided,
as I am going South anyway, to
come by and do months detecking
for you. H.,
I suppose I had as we'll tell you
why 1 am going South, as have
nothing to conceal. have been
paying court to beautiful young
lady for number Of years, during
which time I have been her. only
suitor, or I had supposed that
had been the only one, and I guess
have. I called on the young lacy
several evenings in the week, and
always found her glad to see me
and everything lovely and attrac-
tive. Of course we expected to be
married some day but as no one was
rushing either of US, we were tax
ing our time about it. Well, things
ran on this way until one night
when I went down and found an
other fellow in charge of the situa-
ton. The parlor was lighted up,
and l walked in and there I saw my
girl in another fellows arms, and
the other fellow in hers. I turned
around and went back home to
dream of lost opportunities, the
young lady and the other fellow
however, being so busy loving each
other that neither had noticed me.
1 did not 60 out for some days and
when / did not put in my appear
ance as usual, my sweetheart, as /
supposed, sent for me and inquired
why 1 had not been around. told
her of the other fellow as gently as
I could, and to my utter astonish-
ment she denied the whole thing,
denied that there was another fel-
low, that he had been to see her,
and about the caresses.
But said I, 81 saw it with my
own eyes,"
"Well," she said, 81 say it is not
true. Are you going to believe
your baby, or are you going to be-
lieve your eyes?"
That got me a little, and I had to
think. Finally I said to her, "Well,
1 suppose 1 will have to believe my
baby, but I am surely going South
for my eyes,"
Now, that is the reason I am 60
ing South, and it accounts for your
great good fortune in securing my