Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-12-21

He Donned His Chinese Disguise.
his collection of boards and musta ches.
carefully tagged from "No 1" to mo
l6' In harmony with the types of dis.
guise mentioned in the twelve lessons
OF the Rising Sun Correspondence
School of Detecting, he selected mus.
tache No. 8 and inserted the spring
wires in his nostrils.
Mustache No. 8 was a long. deadly
black mustache with upcurled ends,
and when Philo Gubb had donned 1t
he had most sinister appearance,
particularly as he failed to remove the
string tag, which bore the legend: mo.
8 Gambler or Card Sharp. Manufac.
tured and Sold by the Rising Sun Cor.
respondence School of Detecting Sup.
ply Bureau" Having put on this mus
tache, Mr.. Gubb took common splint
market basket from under the bed and
placed In 1t the matted hair of the
Tasmanian Wild Man, his makeup ma.
terials. small mirror, two towels, a
cake of soap, the Tasmanian Wild
Mans animal skin robe and the abbre-
Waited trunks.
The sun was just rising when he
reached the railway siding, and hardly
had Mr. Gubb arrived when the
Worlds Monster Combined Shows
pulled In, and the work of unloading
the circus began Immediately The
unloading proceeded at several places
at once. and Mr. Gubb-searching for
the abducted Mr. Winterberry-sped
rapidly from place to place. the string
tag on his mustache Tapping over his
shoulder: but, although he saw many
evil looking parties at work unloading
the wagons. he saw no one answering
Mrs. Garthwaite's description of Mr.
Winterberry. There were four or five
cars, however. that attracted Philo
Gubb's attention, and one in particular
seemed to demand close inspection.
This car bore the words, Worlds
Monster Combined Shows Freak Car"
Walking around the car, he heard
the door at one end open. He crouch
ed under the platform. his ears and
eyes on edge. Hardly was he conceal
ed before the head ruffian of the un-
loading gang approached
"Mr. Dorgan,' he said, in quite an
other tone than he had used to his Ia
borers, SHOULD fetch that cage to the
grounds for you today?"
NO. said Dorgan. whats the
use? l don't like an empty cage stand
ing around. 1t looks bad. Leave 1t on
the car. Jake Or-hold on! I'll use
it. Take it up to the grounds and put
It In the side show as usual. I'll put
the Pet in it.
"Are We foolin'?' asked the loading
boss, with a grin. 1.-The cage won't
know itself, Mr.. Dorgan, afther holdin'
that ripsnortin' Wild Man to be holdin'
a cold corpse like the Pet Is"
"Never you mind" said Dorgan
shortly. II know my business.
"who you goin' to fool. sweety?"
asked a voice. and Mr. Dorgan looked
around to see Syrilla. the Fat Lady
standing in the car door.
"Oh, Just folksr' said Dorgan, laugh
ing.
you're goin' to use the Pet" said
the Fat Lady reproachfully, land l
don't think It is nice Of you. Say
what you will, Mr.. Dorgan, corpse
is a corpse, and respectable side
show amt no place for it. ! wish you
would take 1t out in the lot and bury
IT, like l wanted you to, or throw 1t In
the river and get rid of it. Won't you.
dearie?"
"I will not" said Mr.. Dorgan firmly
"A corpse may be a corpse, Syrilla,
any place but In circus, but In a cir
Gus It is a feature | did mean to let
him stay boxed up and to dump him
In river some day, but today he's go
in to be first class side show fea
ture. He's COIN to be one Of the Seven
Sleepers."
"One of what" asked Syrilla.
zone of the Seven Sleepers," said
Dorgan. "Tm goin' to put him in the
cage the Wild Man was in, and I'm
goin' to tell the audiences he's asleep
He looks dead ri say, but give
my word he's only asleep. We ofrer
$4,000 I'll say. to any man. woman
or child that proves contrary than that
we have documents provin' that this
human bein' In this cage fell asleep In
the year 1887 and has been sleepin'
ever since. The longest nap on rec
ord TIL say. That'll fetch laugh"
Mr. Gubb glided noiselessly from un.
der the car and sped away. He had