to read the column for the third time. "The way this thing was planned
and carried out, and the manner in which Slade has managed to get it
played up in the papers, proves to me he's a general in his line, a true
Napoleon. I may safely intrust any affair of this sort to him and his
agency. No fee of his shall ever be questioned; and as for
bonuses--well, he shall have no reason to complain. An admirable man, in
every way--a wonderful organization! With men and agencies like _these_
at work in our interests, what have we, really, to be uneasy about?"

Smacking his mental lips, if I may be pardoned the phrase, he once more
slowly read the delightful, gratifying news:

_SOCIALIST WHITE-SLAVER!_

_Rotten Affair Unearthed by Police!_

_Gabriel Armstrong, Socialist Leader, Caught With the Goods!!!_

Rochester, July 4.

"In one of the most sensational raids ever made in this city, by
the vice squad, under the auspices of the Purity League, what is
believed to be a well-organized white-slave business was unearthed
last night. The leader and brains of the association, Gabriel
Armstrong, a Socialist speaker and worker of national prominence,
was arrested, and is now lodged in Police Headquarters, with
serious charges pending.

"The arrest was made as a result of the keen work of Officer
Michael P. Duffey, sergeant of the vice squad. Hearing screams in
the assignation house at 42A Belding street, he made his way up
stairs, accompanied by two or three citizens. The screams were
coming from a room on the second floor. Duffey promptly battered
the door down only to be met by a furious assault from Armstrong,
who was intoxicated and extremely violent.

"A savage hand-to-hand struggle took place, in which furniture was
broken, the policeman badly injured and two of the volunteers
knocked out. Armstrong was finally subdued, however, by the
jiu-jitsu method, in which Duffey is an expert, and was lodged in
the Central Station, together with the woman.

"According to her statement, the man, Armstrong, had not only been
guilty of grossly immoral practices with her, but had also been
trying to force her to share with him the proceeds of her life of
shame, thus making out against him a clear case under the Mann
White-Slave Traffic law. She has material evidence of this
fact--money which he