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In these days when dctecthe detectl\ detectl detectle detective \ e sto storles stortes stories rles rtes are popular , many readers rC'lders rClders ' , , young ; ) oung and old alikel alikelbeheve alike , believe beheve that thatthey thatthey thatthey they have Instinct , or at Ie le leist 1St ist qual quallUes qualitles qualItles lUes itles , which \ would ould lead le'ld leld ' them to dlS ells dlScover ellscover discover cover clues leading le'ldlng leldlng ' to the solutlOn solution solutlOnof solutionof solutionof of thefts and crimes , should bhould they theyhave theyhave theyhave have a n chance thance to exercise them 'Ihey Ihey they 'Iheyseldom theyseldom ' Theyseldom seldom think thlnh . of things the other others way wayaround \ ay ayaround ayaround around , with an appreciation of how howeas howeasy howeas eas easy , } It ttould would \ ould be for an anyone , } one to track trackthem trackthem trackthem them down They are const'1ntly const1ntly constantly constantlyleaving const'1ntlyleaving constantlyleaving ' leaving trails of ofhat \ \\hat hat what \ \ hat they do In Inthe inthe Inthe the simple and Innocent activities acthIUes of their daysYet daysYet days daysYet Yet they wonder how it 1t Is that thatmother thatmother thatmother mother , , father f'lther flther ' , , some one In the thefamtly hml fami hmlly family ly , , or one with wltb whom they are boon booncompanions booncompanions booncompanions companions discoverhat discover \\hat hat what \ hat they have havebeen havebeen havebeen been doing domg or "what what " hat they are up upto upto upto to " It mai may m'1 m1 ' , } be \ Mith with Ith no wish wisb to con conceal conteal conceal ceal teal their actions that things th10gs arc are arcnot arenot arcnot not spoken spohen of earlier , but opportun opportunIty opportunity opportunIty Ity may m'lY mlY ' not ha-\e ha e hae have ha\ ha \ - \ e arisen ansen or the the"right the"right the"right theright "right right " time ' for which theyere they \\ere ere were werelooking \ werelooking ere100ldng 100ldng looking , has not come . . llien 'hen hen 'I I ' lien , , when whenthey whenthey whenthey they do speak of the thin thing , It Is Isthey isthey isthey they who : are lre amazed am'l7.ed aml7.ed aml7ed ' . , , for they can cansee cansee cansee see the Information is not Dot totally a asurprIse asurprise asurprise surprIse to the hearer he\rer he rer ' \ . , Leading Signs . "How How " does mother al always " ays know know"hen knowwhen knowwhen "hen hen when " I have h'lVe hlVe ' been at her work bas basket basLet basket ket Let , , even for a needle " and "lnd lnd thread thread"is threadis ? " " is the query of surprise , , often orten voiced voicedby voicedby voicedby by some daughtc daughte s How Indeed Indeed'The IndeedThe ' ' The needle Is left on table or bureau bureauwherever bureauwherever bureauwherever wherever the se\\ se seeing seIng sewing \ Ing stopped In her herrounds herrounds herrounds rounds of straightening str'llghtenlng strllghtenlng ' rooms one onesuch onesuch onesuch such needle Is generally dlscoyered discovered dlscoyeredOn discoveredOn discoveredOn On puttln putting It away aw\y aw y : \ , the neediccaseIs needlec'1se1s needlecsseis needlec'1se needlec1se needlecsse ' 1s is found to be lying open and nnd the theend theend theend end of the thread on the spool spoolnot spoolnot spoolnot not fastened off These are arc not char charncterlstIc characteristic charncteristic ncterlstIc acteristic ways of the mother mothers mothersThey mothersThey ! They are of the daughter daughterc daughters : , who thus thusleave thusleave thusleave leave clues about , praiseworthy as asthe asthe asthe the work itself probably prob'lbly problbly ' IsWho isWho is isWho Who has been " writing "rlhng rlhng at father'sdesk f'lther's flthers father's fathers f'lther'sdesk7 ' father'sdesk fathersdesk ' desk7 desk ? 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