CHAPTER IV.
DISGUISES.
My chapter on shadowing was such a long one, that I am afraid I have tired my reader out.
Still, shadowing is a very important feature of the detective business, and must receive particular attention if you want to be a success.
Let us now discuss disguises, the most important thing of all, perhaps.
There is far less disguising done by detectives than most people imagine.
It requires an artist to make a success in this line.
I flatter myself that I have been exceedingly successful as a disguiser, and at one time in my life my great forte was disguising as an old woman. I sometimes do that yet, but not very often, for it is a terribly dangerous part to play.
Now I can’t be expected to expose my secret methods of changing my appearance which it has taken me a life time to learn.
Nor can any other detective. They simply won’t do it. I’ll advise, but further than that I cannot go.