BLYTHE BECOMES A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

Blythe came home from work and she was bubbling.  "Guess whar?   I have a really different assignment...I have been told to write on Private Investigators and their ways of solving unfaithful spouse suspicions and also phony injury reports in order to get benefits.  I am to get a California P.I. license through taking a short course at P.I. School.  I laughed from this new turn and became excited myself as I had always thought it would be interesting to be a P.I.  "I could go with you on your missions"  I said, and she welcomed the idea.  After she finished her night school course, she then had to get a gun permit.  She went to a gun school and she had to buy at least a 357 Magnum.  She passed with flying colors and then ran an ad in the Bee...."UNFAITHFUL SPOUSE?  CALL BLYTHE.....BOGUS INJURY CLAIMS? CALL BLYTHE...and then her work phone number.  The ad was huge and the Bee ran it free gratis.  It took only one day for a fish to bight.  A truck driver wanted to know what his wife did while he was on the road.  She met with him and he gave all the info she needed.  The house was in a middle class dead end street...El Paso street in a suburb of Sacramento.  She was loaned another car as her 48 Pontiac drew alot of attention. The car was fitted with some switches so she could turn either of the headlights off.   "When you are tailing another car and if that driver suspects he is being followed, his eyes are constantly in the rear view mirror.  If he suspects he is being followed, he will make lots of turns..side streets and parking lots.  It might be ok to follow him on one turn off, but after that, keep your distance and park across the street if possible and keep your eye out.  Also, I can turn off one headlight to make him think it is another car.  I have some cellophane patches I can stick to his tail lights that gives them a purple glow and makes them easy to tail at night."  Then she brought out a car radio antenna; she pulled it out to full length and said it was good to stick under garage doors and sweep it to see if there is a car in the garage. She said she also had a Telephone Repairman's uniform and climbing spikes to climb power poles.  "One P.I. took a picture of a man digging a hole in his back yard when he was drawing pay because of an injured back."   Then, she brought out a pint of whiskey and told me if she was surveying a house and if a person came out of that house and headed for her car, she would douse herself with whisky and pretend to be passed out.  "P.I.'s have been caught snooping and some of them were beaten severly. Tonight, after it gets dark, I want to start training you myself, you won't need to go to school, but you will be savvy.  I want us to go to a bar and you pick someone or maybe a couple to watch....carry a pad and make notes of what they do.  Maybe we can sit next to them and from their conversation, see if you can draw any conclusions.  When they leave, we will leave  and we will follow them and see where they go.  And guess what?  You, my man, will be driving.  (to be continued)