Show C ILO CUBB 0 The Correspondence 1 Ei School Detective 1 H By Ellis pa Parker Butler ll H P Half naif of a 1 Continued from yesterday K n me that's being a troubling nui- nui I To you Mr Hanover said Philo Except that hes he's legal judge I U n bother you ou to take the trouble e ea to him but a man that is lorn orn like lIle the Ule Judge has to be beIt beIt It is a pity to take a man as asas asi i as 8 you you must be from your our rega- rega tended business and ande and Tl e detective paperhanger dete tive stopped JA A look of shame passed across i race face hope you will humbly pardon me i Hanover ho said contritely I 1 shamed ashamed of or myself To think of to get you to attend to my ness ess when you have busi- busi much more important that fetched I Folks like ike you dont don't pLo I Riverbank for nothing My 1 I ej Orley Morvis can wait as well sudden udden light seemed to break upon k M ta fa certain course he exclaimed r at ou come about was this this this at the letter in his hand hand hand- Impostor wasn't it visitor who had begun Breathe rea reathe the normally again gasped like Monce more He lie saw Philo Gubb the description of the and then Philo Gubb dup up an and looked the Bald full Cull In the face He looked ed the Bald i ii i ostor over from head to shoes and again at the description 11 by item he compared the In inthe the letter with the appearance I erhan an before re him while the Im- Im to wipe the palms of hands with the balled t At At last ast Philo Gubb nodded his S I fin in strong approval similar to the most nomi- nomi respects lie he said Quite I very shape and manner UlI I ad admit lt it I admit it said Bald aId Impostor hopelessly es sir said Philo Gubb And I 1 the while I 1 admire it It Il is isI I most per ze disguise of an I JI ver looked ed at asked the Bald Impostor I he disguise youve you've got onto your- your aid Philo Gubb It is most i lye similar in likeness to the Z in the letter If you will Jie the commentary flattery flatter of a stu- stu I Ir 11 Hanover I will say I nevern never I n no better disguise got up in the You are a real detec I df t Bt fl Bald Impostor could not speak only gasp So he gasped e. e for good tn asur 1 didn't know who you were of Town own self said Philo Gubb in the it complimentarY tones Id have sight light ht you were this here ed Bald Impostor himself moistened his lips to is s visitor but Mr Gubb did not give him opportunity j presume resume said Mr Gubb you youe e elso done because you are working n in the Bald Impostor case at the sent moment of at time said sald the Bald Im- Im Y Yes s Oh yes tonj h hoarsely Exactly that In case said Mr Gubb I Eider sider it a high compliment for you youal al upon me like you have done Us dont don't usually visit around I di disguises g except except when working on ones es h moistened his lips again anted to see he said but hut the so hoarse they could hard- hard b I I I w wanted to see he whether the disguise was r feet t. t I knew you were an expert disguises I I knew you must have tiny Imy my letter and and Well now now said Philo Gubb conel conely con- con el ely l you munt feel had that I Int nt take you for that fraud feller off I hadn't read the letter ough down to the description quite I would have mistook you for fori i f t once The resemblance is most unique Thank you said the Bald Impostor lining more of ot his usual confidence was a hard di disguise for me to I Irle Im I'm not naturally reddish I My hair Is long And black and nd J my taste in clothes Is quiet quiet- Uy blacks or dark blues Now the theon then theon on on n I am In this disguise disguise Interrupted by a loud and knock at the door he ped short and gazed at the door un- un Mr Gubb went to the door but ore re he r reached ached it his visitor had lelone ne leap and was hidden behind office e desk for the voice had called patiently Gubb and it was the eJot Judge Orley Morvis When Gubb had greeted his new newIt It ithe he turned to introduce the I I ge and ge-and and a look of blank surprise p over his f features Detective Han- Han r w was s gone I r PoT a g moment on only 1 Detective Gubb GubbS Gubb'S S 3 puzzled There was but one place th room capable of ot concealing a a 11 r. r grown wn human being and that was space behind the desk He placed h l f l' l the judge judge- exactly In front I h he desk esk and himself stood In a neg- neg n nt with one elbow on the e desk delk In this position he heable r. r able b e tu to turn his head and by I cran- cran fhT l neck eck a little look down upon i false Mr II Hanover Mr Hanover e gestures urging secrecy I Gubb bb allayed his fears I I lad you come just now judge feala a arn because we can say a few or r I together there being note no- no I te but bt you and me I presume j I I come tc to tal talk about the per diem rg g I charged to you didn't you yea KAS I did said laid the judge The eJ I think about paying 20 to a Changer for catching a a thief that 4 worth of chickens the madder n KeH ll Ill I'll be he able to prove quite J gently or sooner that the price is O. O K said Mr Gubb be lea leading ing head of or the Rising bureau Is right InA in A today flOday and arid as soon as he gets f. f w th a ob he ho has lias on hand hes he's hesy y- y 1 Eo up to see ou vou and back hack me up tou ou he any would ge lOu youve you've U ye ve heard heardt of t Horace Hane Han- Han Ire He e wrote the Twelve corre- corre Mence e ce lessons m by hy graduated out of It the school choo Ih Never Nover heard beard of him in m my life said I the judge This here hele said Mi- Mi rl Gubb not without without without with with- out pride is a personal letter I got I from rom him this a. a m. m just now and he handed the judge the letter I Judge Orley Morvis took the letter letterI I with an air ail of disdain and began toI to read it with a certain irritating superciliousness super super- I Almost immediately he began to turn red behind the ears Then his ears turned red Then his whole face turned red He breathed hard His hand shook with rage Well of all the Infernal he infernal he be began began began be- be gan and stopped lias has the aforesaid impostor been to see you asked Philo Gubb eagerly Me Ie Nonsense exclaimed the judge violently Do you think I would woul l I be taken in b by b a a childs child's trick like this Me a member of the bench taken in by a baby play like that Me a aman man of my age Nonsense Mr Mi Gubb I nonsense I didn't hardly think it was possible possible possible ble said Detective Gubb with a sigh Possible cried the tho Judge with an an- ger Do you thinka a common faker like hike that could hoodwink me Do you think after all all all' these years on the bench I am no better judge of character character character char char- acter than that You Insult me You insult me me I will n not t stay here to be insulted sir sirIe Me Ie give an impostor 20 Nonsense sir I He arose He was in a great rage about it He stamped to the door And dont don't let me roe hear you retailing any such lie about me around this town sir he exclaimed Ill have you OU up for libel I will if I hear a word of it You'd make me a laughing laughingstock laughingstock laughingstock stock He slammed the door after he had I gone out and then the Bald Bad Impostor slowly raised his head above the desk What didou ou hide for asked Philo Gubb i The Bald Impostor wiped his bedew bedewed bedewed be be- dew dewed d brow If you OU hadn't hid said Philo Gubb I could have got that business of the per diem charge per day fixed up right here I was going to Introduce him to you Yes Yes going going to introduce him to me said the Bald Bad Impostor That was it That was why I hid You were going to introduce him to me dont don't you see I dont don't quite comprehend the meanIng meaning meaning mean mean- ing of the reason said Philo Gubb Why you see said the Bald Impostor Impostor Impostor Im Im- Im- Im glibly you see see see-if if you introduced introduced introduced intro intro- me to him why him why why hed he'd know me Hed know you said Philo Gubb Hed know me repeated the false Mr Hanover Ill tell you OU why The Bald Impostor did call on him Honest I was there said the Bald ter The Judge gave him 20 and a copy of some book or other he had written an and h he he- her wr wrote r t te his his autograph auto auto- graph in the book Remember that The judge wrote his autograph in a book book and and gave it to the fellow Im I'm telling you this so you can tell the Judge Tell him I told you Tell him the fellows fellow's mother is much better now Tell him Judge Bassio Bates is quite well And ask him for the twenty twenty ty r. r dollars he owes you You'll get it I And you was there asked Philo Gubb amazed I Out of sight but there said the false Mr Hanover glibly Just ready I to put my hand on the fellow fellow but but I r I hadn't the heart to do it I thought of the ridicule it would bring down on the poor old judge You know hes he's an uncle of ot mine Im I'm his nephew neph neph- I ew He said said Philo Gubb hesitatingly hesitatingly hesi hesi- I hesi-I hed never heard of you He never did said the Bald Impostor Impostor Im Im- Im- Im promptly I was his third- third aisters aister's sisters sister's sis sisters sister's sis sis- I ter's adopted child child I I am an adopted nephew And of course you know he would never have anything to do with j f his sister after she married ten ah ah General Gen Gen- eral Winston Vinston Wells He wiped his eyes married Gen with his silk hand hand- ker kerchief hief Grief i Yes grief And so so when my foster mother died I took my real I name again So he dont don't know me as Horace Hanover And 1 hadn't the heart to bring shame to the old manby man manby man manby by arresting the impostor in his house by by showing that the good old man was such a silly old fellow as to be done by a simple trick And what did it matter I can pick up the Bald Impostor ImI Imposter Im Im- Im- Im I poster in In queried Philo In In said the Bald Impostor Impostor Impostor Im Im- Im- Im nervously tar for that Is where he went Ill I'll get him there But half of f the thousand dollars Is rightfully yours and you shall have it Thousand dollars queried Philo Gubb in amazement The reward has been increased said the false fals Mr Hanover The The the publishers of Who Vho increased it to a thousand because the Bald I Impostor tor wor works s on the names in their book boole They thought they ought to But you i shall have your half halt of the thousand I can pick him up in this afternoon if if it-if if I can get there in time I And of course I should have arrested him here in Riverbank where YO you are our correspondent and thus entitled to toI half the reward earned by any anyone one in inI I the head ad office You knew that didn't you I No said sad Philo Gubb Ah I you get circular No o. o asked asted the Bald Impostor I I J didn't ever get the receipt of it at atall atall I all said Mr Mi Gubb An oversight sai said l the Bald Bad tor Ill send you one the minute I get back to Chicago Ill I'll pick up the Bald Impostor at this after aft- aft er if l noon if Mr Gubb I am ashamed to make an admission to you 1 IGo I 1 Go right on ahead and say whatever youve you've got upon your mind to Ba say sa said Mr Gubb Well Veil the fact is said the false Mr Hanover nervously I thought I 1 would woul arrest the Bald Bad Impostor here hero I thought Id I'd arrest him here hero and get the reward sent here and give you half before 1 left this town So I jumped on the train the minute I heard he was here I did not have time to bu buy a ticket before I got on the train I was in such haste And And oh oh Im I'm ashamed to say it It Say it it urged Philo Gubb kindly Mr Gubb said the Bald Bad Impostor Im short of cash I need just one dollar and eighty cents to get to Der Der- Why of ot course said Philo Gubb heartily All of ot us get Into similar or liko predicaments at various arious often oftentimes oftentimes times Mr Hanover It is a pleasure to be able to 10 help out a feller i tive in such a It time and manner Only Only Yes said aid the Bald Impostor ner ncr Only I couldn't think of giving you onI only the bare mere mero sum to get to Der Der- said th the graduate of the Rising His Ris ing lug Sun Detective Bureaus Bureau's Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Corre Corre- School of Detecting gener gener- I 1 couldn't think of letting you start off away with anything less than thana a ten dollar bill It Oh th thank you ou said the Bald Imposter Impostor Impostor Im Im- Im- Im poster and folding the greenback he arose I have enjoyed meeting you ou immensely Tho The pleasure is entirely all mine said Philo Gubb and he shook the limp moist hand warmly The false Mr Hanover went out of the thc door and closed It behind him For a minute Mr Mc Gubb stood smiling vacuously out of his window Then the tho thought came cameto cameto to him that it would be he a needless waste to send five hundred and ten dollars by money order and he hurried to the door But this Mr Hanover was I gone Mr Mr- Gubb returned to his desk Well VeIl no matter he said Its a matter of no Immaterial Importance i how ho says hell he'll send the money I And it was not |