It had sent him on various commissions to various entertaining quarters of the globe, and in the course of his duty he had encountered experiences.

One is forced to admit that he was not always fastidious as to the role he played.

He had cruised about the Mediterranean as assistant cook on a millionaire's yacht, and had listened to secrets between meals.

He had wandered about the country with a monkey and a hand-organ in search of a peddler he suspected of a crime.

He had helped along a revolution in South America, and had gone up in a captive war balloon which had broken loose and floated off.
But all this is of no concern at present.