The man, whom I shall call Prank, resigned and took the paraphernalia of a lower rank without much ado, as I ad vised him to. My plans were not however-' in the shape I wished them to be, and I made no comment whatever, save only I ran a cut of Prank in the paper and called him the most ef ficient man on the force. This was done more to spite his jealous fellow officers, than to give him a boost. Things went on this way, for a long time, and still I was at R . Every once in a while I got hold of some article, through the indomitable Prank, which Bailey desired to keep out of the Pusilade. One day I got some names of the better class of men, who were roped in by the “coppers’’for gambling. The men paid their fines, tipped the officers and the city reporters, to keep their names from publication. I did not receive any of the “swag, ’’nor did I know of the men’s arrest until my informant, Prank, enlightened me. This raised my blood somewhat, and the next issue of the Pusilade came out in big scare heads; telling all about the gamblers’ hell, etc., with the names of all in full. This one issue, the circulation of the Pusilade was increased two hun dred per cent. Two weeks after this my friend was inde finitely suspended for no cause whatever. Upon this Prank surrendered his tools, came to my of fice, and there unfolded the rascally doings of old Bailey in detail: and I found it was much worse than he had ever hinted before; having had some scruples before as to his be traying his superiors. I now wrote to the publishers to have a man in readi ness to relieve me the following week and to prepare an edition treble the number formerly sent me. They knew what this meant, for I kept them posted from time to time as to the progress I was making.
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