FRESH FORCESThe offices of Investigations, Ltd., are situated at the top of a large building in Regent Street. The business of the firm, like its title, is a comprehensive one. It will investigate anything, no matter what. An obscure Greek quotation, a dark point in Oriental mysticism, the whereabouts of somebody last heard of in Patagonia in 1886, what somebody or other said on the occasion of the introduction of the Cabhorses (Preservation) Bill,—all such questions, besides odd criminal problems now and then, are dealt with by Investigations, Ltd., promptly, efficiently, and at moderate charges.
The principal, and founder, of the business was Mr. Robert Cardwell, whose career may detain us for a moment. Summoned by the War from his studies for the Bar, he had found himself, when the gre
