| Show I ON SECRET sE RET SERVICE SERVI JL CE True Stories rf of Experiences in tle State Var War Treasury T and Postoffice Departments by ty Col Jasper Ewing Eysing Brady Late Censor of Telegraphs and arid Chief Signal Si nal V Officer U S A Santiago de Cuba CubatI hl l I by br w U t J Chapman s tI a for tor th the lilt I r l 1 M u I f No 5 lW Wanted a Name Na r e I I nr IlC for to m todo todo do cork ork for THE T and Ind bee bK became he de decided d very t ni ul n and finally tided to iu h i n hl hlo hia government position nd tart out for or Kully Full ull did he ht lealUe that thaI the smallest mall t emolument of oC government Berk ork w wu was pay 11 He tie WUI Raa n not p far from frum it Is yet ct he knew kill tail a tune time wU u rom com comIng omI Ing when he would not tx h ahk hi to I work Tork assiduously nil all the Ihl time mid and he hi hiI I must nu t needs lay la b 11 by a r peony penny for fo ib the lite thel I l i rainy day da Inevitable always aIWA whether 1 from old ot age Rg sickness ur or art adversity r lt I Therefore he ite resigned his hili position i In the and started the I Cheney Ch nr Detective company COln all I with headquarters In Chicago find and nd In lu Indue illI due time lime he ho hud hod branch brandl In all 1111 I the large from flom one on end of the I country to tilt the other Ho lIc even ren had or orI I respondent In the th principal of Europe and many mall a rate cane II took him hint and his operative far AI beyond bryon t the ron roll Inca lIn ll of ut the Stall Stale With Chewy Cheney carne ramo Kd Id roll Sid Bid Guth rte and several others othern who wh lead had worked with lIh and under him him during Ida his hl gov 10 t service oLMer lIl It l brilliant men were elf attracted to 10 the work HIM MOIl It Raa w not 1101 long lon before Col Cul Jack Cheney Chene had the Ih very verv Ir cream ream of oC deter detec detective Live tive work In his hl hand At this Ihl time he hrh waa 35 your yeara old and anti In III every way a nature favored fa orN him hum Though h lit lie had haU left Idt the of ot th the Pulled States he WitS was still called railed upon to Ur I consult or work out many man rases a for the thc state III t war navy nav and i de departments Money Stoney ramI ram to him plen plentifully lh It 1 was judiciously Inv Invested I 1 and Cheney Chene Independence In III Ina hia a It very verj ery few ew year yeara arl did not well swell hll hla head In any nn degree He lit was wu always the same amI t forceful virile taciturn man he did dill or orwan was wan done hy by his hl was Wall done well He lie led on the most moat exact Ing rules rule I of or conduct from his hili men and At Rl the name time lime set lei 11 the proper example He lie 11 what nhat lie preached lie He was wua the lite general who wlM Bald Come on bo b rather than Oo Go In there then There were of or court some failures but bul his Ilia measure of II suc success teas cess waR wan uniformly great often said acid The detective who never failed tailed was waa found only In story books Iks Infallibility was not claimed d as a It vir virtue vIrtue virtue tue Of Or course his hla work of or directing the silent but sure url workings of o his hia great preat bureau precluded d his hi giving much personal attention to 10 any 1111 ular rase When he hr did and brought lirou hl the work Tork to a n successful la ul his fee wn was a al itys n with vIlh his hi clients financial ability to 10 pay nay la Many Ian a poor devil had tad come cOlne to 10 Col COI C Cheney Chen and ami he had assisted him by J his hili brain brains Intellect und and money mone too and when heIt the reckoning day Ia ft carte came C his hili hill bill had been bren paid uld by hy n a fervent Thank you ou or Goal ble bleat you ou for far or what hat lie Je had hall done don On the other land hand handmore more than one client II III t of If f means had hd fairly gasped Widen when bill hili had been beell rendered HP III believed that Unto him that thaI path halll be hi h given give giveand and he paraphrased the lilt sentence to read fead him hirn that Mull stull give While he maintained his hili head headquarters quarters ta h In III Chicago o und and had beauty beautifully fully Cull furnished 1 alike ho was ROS lIS equally well known in lie New ew e s York St Louis luls and Ind other points oink Un one of operatives Ol rat d was Willi supposed to be al on the alert and the colonel had n II habit of o dropping In mi an his hi subordinates at III the most lI lId ed d The Th grew rapidly and Guthrie and were given ghen If n charge of or entire districts over Ot which they presided But Dul the one directing mind wan Raa that Hint of oC Cal Col 01 John JohnV V Cheney Chene He III wa was iu as m as mever ever fer a members member mm of the Loyal legion Ion Grand Army Ann of the and ami a aMason Mason of or high hl b degree Thus we Dud him one une morning In lu Inthe the SOl JOs sitting In III his hili private dictating to his hili and I this secretary by y the way Ray II win waa III the same name Visa lIu Wood Stood d who ho hail served him ear r Her In ina a i In St it Louis lou Jeff Jerr hi his hili faithful colored attendant came In and presented the u with an nn card rud reading Charles n R Harwell Farwell II Duluth J lInn sofa sota Who Is I he hp Jeff Pot Cot Cheney had hAil great rent faith In Jeff J rr as a n R er et and haul hail hint him out mit what he could about each lien client before he ho got Into Inlo the inner innet Inn I of or the private offitt Young man mal ah reb 1 left lff bout 30 39 good well Hell 11 I appearance of ha ln III Ih ash I 1 its woman trouble Iro u 1111 j Why hr Borneo I trouble rouble Jeff J rr Ulti asked Chancy I Well 11 you u see aee I wah sah hes he mighty un an uneasy unU easy euy U an all 11 pus anxious to 10 II see e you OU w cc in any ny one elm ciar 11 Then l h hes e jot got brack bark eye even sin n always rolls rull em i from side i let ter r aide Id Alivo Ali Lao noticed men inen wit IC tI that rolls roll em from mm Me side to 10 aide ta is mo uro genly lenly In truble over 01 ow t ui tt DAIS Bals nil 1111 kunnel Jeff was wan u greatly with Ills his ht I ability it II as H s JIll Ills one absorb absorbing absorbing ing In on was his hu admiration tot foi Col t oh 01 Chene henet h and If It the kennel kunnel had told Jell Jeff that Christopher Columbus was wei lil en an n he would have be believed lent It II and woe roe betide anyone A One who tried to II shake that belief beller Well Pell you Just Juat have haV Mr Ir watt wait alt In this the th outer for or a few fl mia ute mites ul and It rU Nag when whan I want you to bring him In Yes ah ash said ald the tho deferential Jeff retiring 1 Col l oI Cheney finished his mull mall dill ml Ml Wood and then stepping over Mer to 10 one side Ide of or th Ih the room roam pressed tl d dan an unseen Un HII spring and an n II small pummel opened n Hy fly a 1 lever clever ar Rr arrangement of ot mirrors mirror the Ihl entire out outside side aide waiting walling room could ouid be hI seen honey Cheney enn tailed called It I his hl telltale and al nl alay ways ay used uld It when a wanted to 10 see It him Jeffs analysts analysis of Mr Tar Vur well was quite accurate te He lie was good gool looking his hill eyes 11 were Ire black blaek and he h hAd the Ih appearance e of ot money Like Uke a II caged rOII 1 lion Hon Mr Ir Karwel paced pa up and down dOn the room his hili eyes eye glancing tin un ea easily lly from side to 10 side d and every etl once liner In awhile he looked at his watch alrh Its 1111 all right said Cheney to 10 himself and If IC I 1 dont donl get I him In Inhere Inhere here pretty Nett quick Ill have ha a crazy man on my m hands hAndl The secret panel 1 was closed rl on nn hi his hiM desk dek A t moment later the door was opened and onel Jeff Jet an In announced announced Mr Ir I r arwell l the tie vis visItor 11 entered Col Cheney I believer Yes Yen 1 sir said 1111 Cheney extending Ms his hand band Wont Vont you vou ou sit Ill dom dmm Thank you ou said ald jel Farwell arvell vigor llor vigorously shaking th the preferred hand hanel and nervously sinking Into a convenient chair Col Cheney he continued I 1 1 am amIn amin In serious trouble very nr serious and I 1 want Rant arll your help lie He paused for a II moment mom nt and Cheney Chen merely said yes yep He lie always allowed 1 II 0 his hI client to do the talking that Is III until some something something thing tangible was shown Karwell Farwell hummed and hawed and seemed at III Ion hors for words fortis with which to express himself henry Cheney h nl saw lal he wanted a quieting Influence Now Xon 01 Mr Ir Karwell Farwell II just pull your yourself yourself our self Ill together Youre nervous n tous end and overwrought but bul If you ou want my III help you yon 01 give ghe me mire all th the facts acts In the ease case Come now nos what hat Is 15 It II What Whal help do 10 you ou want t This fills seemed to 10 have ha the d desired effect and anti Farwell looked Cheney Chene square In the e te eyes cs and said laId Col Gol ol Cheney Chene I 1 wont you ou to find me mil n a name mime I have everything ev else els elsIn In iii this tilts world orld money mOlle position friends the love of If a n good woman oman but Jul 1 I n a 1 name You a name gasped aI d dh Cheney h for tor a 1 minute dumbfounded h hat t Is this lilts oneT oner hi hr said ald reading Charles II n Farwell 1 neatly engraved on the card Thill the one Ive re had so far ar in lira life but Its It not nol mine mint That just It ItI itI I 1 dont know kno what nhat nine mint Is II I 1 dont know knol that thaI 1 I am entitled 1 to one I 1 want you to tu flail find out for lor me Walt Wall please until I 1 have hae finished I 1 am Im amIn ImIn amin In business bu In Duluth and am com tom comfortably comfortably fixed so 0 far ss as this worlds goods RO go but hut my III birth Is clouded Hi In mystery An As 11 near at II I 1 ran can make out 1 am about U years old In my childhood days lal I was known ns os t Charley because I 1 was al found lound on a doorstep of oC a n roans mans m ns house near Ontario In a u basket Ills lIh name was Farwell and he gays gave me mt the name came Charley Charlt and brought me roe up The H n In my m name I l put In for tor forms arms sake The old man 1 I Iwas was poor IOOr and had hard hurt work ork provid providing ing In for tor hits his ow own n family faintly to mil and Jud me IIII but Us lIe was wa generous to a fault and did the best he II could When I 1 was all about 10 years old oil he hI died and since Inre then Ive 1 shifted tar fur myself m Jf Pinned to tn 1 I my lathing when hen I 1 was u found was Bas thU Ihl note no I Here litre stopped and landed handed 1 Cheney Chenev he a Up slip of ot paper I It was waa 1 old oW and yellow but hili the tM words thereon written In III a delicate feminine I hand mid l d as III follows Mr Ir This Thill baby boy bo comes of af respectable re l parents vho I ho are ara i too poor to bring him up We W are ate leaving for the Ih west nest 1111 to try If 1111 n nuke our fortunes When hen we ue t do dl we Be shall hall st send 4 for Cor him Here Is la two dollars and anda a half balf and a R similar amount will be Ie besent ent sent fO every ever week eek Ill Be good to him and Ond tiara I rost rest on of your lour our bead bM Igoe Sl A t heartbroken moth mother I Ir I er r Cheney read It carefully laid lall R It t ton on nn kin hi if desk sad and Id Well so iO on onn n I I Mr tr smell i Mr Farwell moistened hi his hiM lips from Crom corn corna H a glass of water near nat In by and con After Mr lr Ir found Hi ni i hut but cm oar morn more ass Ji I re Jt i Some ml three week HII utter ufler nine ale all aft n tn in n l Detroit mid ii n reeled tIt in m tiie tI same handwriting In rn I It It t was tra U time loJ amount K 1 n at l 1 Aft ARr r that their that th was III nothing but rt III IIIi u j i knee to tn Mr Ir s I death I slid various jobs Xit b on l farina anus I around Exmoor l moor I lived Ilk Ik s II begga L fa faINt I but INt getting litUn at al odd Old times what h t I 1000 lag j 1 J could w M Id Th The b boys r and wl girls of or my V Vl i iI l I age l knew my mr sad derl derisively I all in me Basket hart It b bIn In unbearable slid iid I 1 struck out tot for The only pink link I r had lud t n j m elT and end my a birth With wa was 1 th that t note on oli you table I r Bete was II all aI attention I lust Real r t ta to told WI pap I II I Marked k boots bonta worked In III hotels hotel III an R any i to make maU a lit fling in and a 1 it rt tale U later latr I 1 landed nUl in to I 1 I I I worked ked In H s i teal f l 1 I tat tale theta tte tie tic I d 1 On b sine II a r 1 ill way Ray n tl ri r S 1 e man I 1 d du irra II my Mir r moments nU and thus 1 t i fah duration I 1 sated my m mood monr I iII l i it I and gray fral taUY It ft e until I had a it i Thru Then I r t to 1 I engaged I 1 in owl r l 1 Neat Inns wa was more mor than Ian fortu and aM today 1 11 I 1 am Ih I part of three Ih quarters gu of a i dollars dollar 1 I ant aw a member of If I M veral cleb and Ind and ani i suell ll thought holisM of R generally nr lly ill Ail il this ihl 1 I 1 was wan told with 1 a lx tt KI nd arnt forbade any an Idea dea of f randy anity It CM teI r i Cheney CheM waited d for lif reel nix i of th the nary Mory Hf 11 knew w it Ras Vii 1 1 yM yet ft to 10 rome come AU All t years r 1 I h have ban T had hatt a II desire I to know who nho ami a whet what hat I 1 am m who and I shere h my m parents U are ar and th lr rei rea f Mm sans 11 for Or df J mine m rr me and M lM me tnt met 1 to t ib III tender m rr of strangers rJ f I Hui Hm lUI now new that desire 4 has the f l object obert of o my m entire Hf 1 ha 1 re my m affairs n nI I shape k pe that hut I at If I necessary I 1 ran can aD dr ete 1 til s l 1 my m time tim and Income to the Jullo of if f this problem Still th the had std t rom Farwell as s holding back h herby i r looked Id at al him litre keenly k nl and said mid Mr I soh II n ma 1 this thin d desire s i paramount now what it is the real r l seas KM I INn Nn Mn hesitated I coughed up and AM Ad tt in III n hl his 1 hi h v VII you a see e 1 r It I J want to ki s Itt get t married This Thi d o n to I rear e him Mm rr ItT greatly Som ago al t I n iv hits M 1 BU Aia laIh h he D i l daughter 4 r of r s man IMn t I I r io 11 e hr tit rh t IM I me mt Joe t Pui I this ihl hll frightful mystery my ter of roy ray rn birth I so o haunts m me I cannot allow allol her hw to toI I link herself heretiC lf io 10 me tiC until that IB is IIII cleared up liP The Tilt postmaster r Urn tutu In In I Chicago l t is a warm friend trind of or mine I Ihan have han invented mon money x for him end I 1 vain SIn here her h to 10 w see Iff him him Last Ix t night I 1 told lold him my m story atory and ami bf ho urged u me to S see f you OU And nd said Mid Id It if you 01 would personally 1 lOn l take tb the Ibe ease CAM CAMhe he h thought ht Ih this solution could be bernad made That the reason of ot my mT visit lUll lend I ml you r OU U wont refuse It II Will you OU colonel There wire wa H Ii world of ot WIH wiet of or i lt of entreaty In Jn the young oun man mall maxis vole voice My 1 God he lie went Oil on Think what It means mean to me mj and to As a lie he II repeated the womans name his hie wire voice sank mk link to 10 a tender lender r Do Does i th the young lady know knon kno Mr It Par Far well Yes u t die knows know blew bw her my says the she will sill marry marr me mp name or r no lie noname name Jut hut tier her father I is an liar j a alt 8 Lu Lucifer lf r and I told him yet nor do I want to unless you ou find 1 I am That would b he If the end I 1 Iam nm am afraid I 1 love lot Miss Davis too hon bon wily estly 1511 even enn In to show Allow the tho th finger of ot scorn lown Om to Ic br 11 pointed at al her 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