Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-11-08

~HILO GUBB. the Correspond
l. ence School detective sat on
the edge OF his cot bed In his
Office on the second floor of the
Opera House block and studied Lesson
XII. Of the Rising Sun Correspondence
School Of Detecting's course OF lessons.
The hour was 10 at night. and the 81.
lence was dense. Indeed. Mr. Gubb
was the only living person In the Opera
House block building.
He now sat on the edge of his cot.
minus his coat, vest and trousers and
with his bare feet comfortably extend.
ed At his back kerosene lamp stood
In a wall bracket 4 pillow behind
him made q back rest, and bundle Of
wall paper served as rather lofty
footstool. He was deeply immersed
In Lesson XII, his birdlike face screw.
ed into tensity. From time to time he
wiggled one toe or smother as hy
alighted on it. Sometimes when more
than one ny alighted on his toes at
once he wiggled all ten toes at once
The office of Philo Gubb was unlike
any other office in Riverbank II you
opened the door Of any Of the Offices
on the second door of the Opera House
building you saw desks and chairs, or
office tables and chairs or dentists op-
Grating chairs and ca binets. or cases of
law books IL you paused before the
door bearing the sign "P. Gubb. De.
tecting and Decorating" and opened
the door you saw small room Uttered
almost knee deep with long serpentine
strips OF paper, trimmed Off the edges
OF wall paper rolls. Like islands OF
rocks flooded by this paper sea, there
were bundles OF wall paper, galvanized
paste pals. barrel Of wet paste. n
trimming table with rotary trimmer
attached. empty boxes, OH which were
laid paste and paint brushes. paint
| pals and all the junk Of a paper hang.
ers business trunk. a vanished
| oak washstand and cot showed that
the room was not only a decorators
shop, but living place And that this
was the Office OF Philo Guhb, detective.
was shown by a row OF hooks from
which hung various diSguises used by
the celebrated detective. by portrait
Of william ]. Burns. cut from maya
zine and pasted on the wall and by a
placard which read "P Gubb, Gradu.
ate and Diploma-ist OF the Rising sun
Detective Agency's Correspondence
School OF Detecting. Detecting Done
by the Day or Job Terms on ApplIca.
ton" The diploma OF the school. neat
ly framed, hung on one wall just over
a chart showing the sixty eight tints
and hues obtainablc In the Kalsopaint
Cold Water Kalsomines.
On the cot ut Phiio Gubb's side as he
studied the Lesson ri. lay copy OF
that days morning Chicago paper with
q two column spread headline reading.
wife Offers 5000 Reward" And 1t
was this that had driven Philo Gubb,
the paper hanger detective, to renew.
ed study of Lesson XI.. Procedure In
Abduction and Missing Men Cases"
Mr.. Custer Master OF Chicago had
mysteriously disappeared For week
the Chicago police had sought him in
| 'ulh NJ" HIS wife 0Nl OUeTeu n I'D
ersl reward TO whoever discovered Mr.
Masters whereabouts One paragraph
| LII the article had caught Mr.. Gubb's
particular attention
Mrs. Master feels that her husband is
| still alive, and she Indignantly refutes any
suggestion that his body will be found IN
| the lake or the river While she stead.
| tasty refuses the giving OF any reason
shs insists that Mr.. Master viii be found
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