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Show H h i .iLiini.ii'l The secret sorvico is a hard game to H tackle, but, liko all kinds of work, it has H r (MU a8cn 'or n rn'rad. Tho agent is H WOIIC ill supposed to traco thoso who steal or de- H q . b troy railroad projwrty. H 3eCret Vhen he is notified that a trunk or B Si6IVlC!6 or urticl DnB8n8 ia niissing he finds H out by its uumbor from where it was 6ont H I, i aud follows it on tho books to the last sta- H ... . ...-.v. tion whore it has been checked. Thon he H Br CHAS. A. ANDERSON ,. .. ,. .. , , H notifies tho pouco in the vicinity between BH '" " ' '" 8'n'-on where tho baggagu was last H checked and the station whore it should B havo been checked. The police got busy and probably the property is H noon recovered and tho thievos in jail. Tho baggago is thon turned over H to tho special agent, who notitlos tho railroad official that ho has recovored H "" v the stolon goods. H If a freight car is robbetl, tho special agent pursues the same tactics. B He finds out where the car was last sealed and the place where tho car B was reported as having its seal broken. H Tho police or conetnblos in tho country between tho two points are H notified and if they fail to capture the robbers the railroad may never H hear again of tho stolen goods, BBBc |