Uncle Sam, Detective

by William Atherton DuPuy

William Atherton Du Puy.

Washington, D. C.,
March, 1916.

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UNCLE SAM: DETECTIVE

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UNCLE SAM: DETECTIVE

I THE CONSCIENCE OF THE CUMBERLANDS

On the face of it one might have questioned the wisdom of selecting for a task so difficult a man who knew absolutely nothing about it. When the work in hand was the apprehension of a band of violators of the law who had for years defied and intimidated the whole countryside, this course seemed even more unusual. But the wonder would have still further multiplied itself if the casual observer could have given Billy Gard the once over as he sat nervously on the edge of the cane seat of the day coach as the accommodation train pulled into the hill country.