Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) SECRET SERVICE OR RECOLLECTIONS OF A CITY DETECTIVE BY ANDREW FORRESTER, JUN. AUTHOR OF "THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE" NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED LONDON WARD AND LOCK 158 FLEET STREET MDCCCLXIV [_All Rights are reserved_] LONDON: ROBSON AND LEVEY, PRINTERS, GREAT NEW STREET, FETTER LANE. CONTENTS. PAGE MY GREAT ELECTIONEERING TRICK 1 MISTAKEN IDENTITY 35 AN UNSCRUPULOUS WOMAN 50 THE INCENDIARY GANG 60 A RAILWAY ACCIDENT? 108 A PATRIOTIC BARBER IN FAULT 122 A ROMANCE OF SOCIAL LIFE 136 THE VIRTUE OF AN AMERICAN PASSPORT 171 WHO WAS THE GREATEST CRIMINAL? 184 A GRAND RAILWAY "PLANT" 208 AN EPISODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 231 THE WORKHOUSE DOCTOR 242 THE MISSING WILL 261 THE DUKE'S MYSTERY 270 THE ATTORNEY AND THE SMUGGLER 280 SWINDLING ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT 289 MATRIMONIAL ESPIONAGE 303 SECRET SERVICE OR Recollections of a City Detective MY GREAT ELECTIONEERING TRICK. About twelve years ago there was an election anticipated in the Borough of N----. It was a notorious place for bribery, as I, who have been professionally concerned in many elections, perfectly well knew. It was an extraordinary town. It had once been a very flourishing place. A staple trade had been carried on there, and almost nowhere else; but an evil spirit of gentility pervaded its corporation in those days.