This is a grave mistake, and does gross injustice to many noble men and women, who, in my own experience, have developed some of the most delicate and noble traits of which human nature is capable.

It is true, their duty is hard and unyielding, its imperative requirements must be rigidly observed; but many a criminal to-day has urgent reasons to be thankful to the man who was instrumental in bringing him to account for the crimes he had committed.

Many a convict's wife and children are the recipients of kindly actions from the very men whose duty it was to deprive them, by a legal process, of a husband and father.

This may seem strange and incredible, but from my own experience I can testify to its absolute truthfulness.

With the capture of the criminal the detective's duty ceases, and all the sympathetic promptings of his nature have full play.