The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . g with indifferencethe defenses thus provided and it loses sight of thehuman element which vitalizes the vast machinery andits obligation to the men who merit grateful approba-tion. In time of war when patriotism sounds its trumpetarmies gather under the symbol of the republic and offerthemselves to their countrys altar of sacrifice. The on-looking people, hushed by the solemnity of the scene ofduty and devotion, gaze with admiration which, subduingits voice until the victory comes, at last proclaims thegratitude of their hearts and the
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . g with indifferencethe defenses thus provided and it loses sight of thehuman element which vitalizes the vast machinery andits obligation to the men who merit grateful approba-tion. In time of war when patriotism sounds its trumpetarmies gather under the symbol of the republic and offerthemselves to their countrys altar of sacrifice. The on-looking people, hushed by the solemnity of the scene ofduty and devotion, gaze with admiration which, subduingits voice until the victory comes, at last proclaims thegratitude of their hearts and the glory of their cham-pions. The heroes of the hour are placed in the nationsmemorial hall of honor. In times of peace, always persistent and permanent, inthe American community and under its laws, are organ-ized protectors of its institutions and the lives and pos-sessions of its citizens—men whose motive and conductare like those of soldiers and who deserve a similar ap-preciation. These are the guardians of civic peace, thepolice. OF A DETECTIVE 165. 166 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK FLEECING INVALIDS AND CRIPPLES. The Letter Writing at Home Graft is the Most Des-picable of All—How Unfortunates Are Made toSee Hope of Earning a Living Only toBe Mercilessly Disillusionedand Robbed. This is a story of the most despicable graft although it has been broken up in Chicago it stillflourishes in nearly every other large city in the is not only despicable but it is heinous, fiendish, un-speakable. It is the sort of a thing that causes theblood of an honest man or of a manly rogue to boil andlong for a chance to clutch its inventor by the is the letter copying scheme. Real criminals takechances on death or the penitentiary and on personalencounters with those whose money they unlawfully seekto acquire, but the vultures behind the ads promisinglucrative work at home, content themselves with mulct-ing helpless invalids, aged and infirm persons who seekto cont
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