Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20


lowed Him.
with him on his way to his paper
hanging job On Main street he stop
ped at Frank. the tailor's-"Pants
Cleaned and Pressed. 30 Cents" He
unrolled the trousers and laid them
across the counter
Can you remove those stains?" he
asked
"Oh. sure | couldtr said Frank II
make me no droubles by dot. Mr.
Gupp. Shust dis morning alretty
didt 1t der same ding. You fall Offer
der wire. too. yes?"
Certainly expect 1t was the
same wire-into a flower bed"
Chess" said Frank. Like Misder
vestcote. yes? Guiding across der
corner yes. und didn't see der vire?"
THAT so?" said Detective Gubb
You don't mean old Mr. Westcote. do
you?"
"Sure-yes!' said Frank He falls
by der flower bed In und stains his
knees alretty. shust like dot Veil.
ib " lit htNt pants itlll ny 1Ou hln
efenings You want dem pressed too?'
press EN-. an clean 'em, an make
'em nice" said Philo Gubb, and went
out.
Old John Westcote and pansy stains
on his trouser knees, was It? The
thing seemed impossible. but so did
unbUrglary for that matter. Old John
Westcote was one of the richest men
In Riverbank. He was a retired mer
chant and as mean as sin, He was the
last man in Riverbank any one would
suspect of leaving spoons and forks in
other peoples houses But how did it
come that he had pansy stains on the
knees OF his trousers? Philo Gubb
walked along the street. reading once
more Lesson ~. Trailing and Shad-
owing"
He thought of old John Westcote all
day. and toward night he hit on So
luton Wedding presents! From what
he had heard old John was-or had
been-the sort of man to accept a wed
ding invitation. go to the reception and
eat his fill and never send the bride so
much as a black wire hairpin And
now. grown old. his conscience might
be hurting him He might be I'm that
semi-senile state when restitution be
comes craze. and the ungiven wed
ding presents might press upon his
1t was not at all unlikely
that he had chosen the unburglary
method of giving the presents at this
late date. The form of the unburgled
and spoons-and the mi
tails Of the brides engraved upon them
made this more likely. Some one had
recently given the Y NJ c. A $4,000 |
Why not old John
Westcote? Some one had given $4,000
to the Law and Order league to aid in
hunting down the still uncaptured dy-
namiters Why not old John West
cote?
That night Detective Cub did not |
report in person or by docket to Mar
shal whitaker At o'clock he was
hiding in the hazel brush opposite old |
John Westcote's lonely house on Pot
tex lane At 7.15 the old man tottered |
from his gate and tottered down the
lane toward the more thickly settled |
part of the town Under his arm he
carried a small bundle bundle
wrapped in newspaper
Detective Gubb waited until the old |
man was well in advance and then
slipped from the hazel brush and fol
lowed him. observing all the rules for
and trailing as taught by |
The Rising Sun Correspondence School |
Of Detecting. For three hours the old |
nan wandered the streets Now he |
walked along Main street. peering anx
ously into the faces Of the pedestrians !
With purblind eyes and now walking
he residence streets Detective Gubb
Kept far behind.
AS 10 o'clock struck from the clock
n the high school tower Old John
Westcote quickened his steps a little
Ind walked toward the opposite end
N fhe town whore fhe lumber yards