Show i r- r tl t rift WI tr i iii Tt t t t fl ml 1 t 1 lY rt f tf T f. f ff f I tr Mi l ir f j fAI r t irl i fr fl I t IiI r f i I ff f i ft hl fr f IK iR rl I ar w mit THE TUIE CO IL Li OiD G Ui B ir ii IL Li w SCHOOL coo DETECTIVE 1 Author of Is Ji Pigs Pi Etc 9 b by Ellis Els li Parker Butler J i 1 JI OU 0 I tV iU JJ U lIi V I U II Jill W I tI J IVI I l. w. w c lM lI 1 lIV u. l. I.- I. n J a be seeking some someone A ii one to answer a ri T t and Det De- De question J l' l Gubb Cubb t t e c 11 c T e k r 1 spoke to him her arm was 3 ry 7 j ll Good evening g tattooed a pair of fil said Mr 0 Gubb eagles's claws j- j I presume you L. L r r G are taking an ob observation y L t at of the party dinner with within r a in the Inside of the club r S j t The old gentleman gentle gentle- L 1 ti man turned sharp ly He looked r f down at Mr Q Gubb abb but the golf cup i glittering under the detectives detective's y e S 4 arm seemed to reassure him be said g i and there was no i j janger anger In his tone j si I look at der peoples e a d 1 n g gand ending and drinking Al- Al rays I like to see c c C dot Blendy to cad ead and drink n The Eagles Eagle's Claws S Philo Gubb boarded 7 the train for Riverbank Riverbank Riverbank River- River gap bank at A 1 Iowa after having re recovered re- re l Jilb a covered a silver loving lovo lov lov- o ing lug cup from the in interior interior in- in o of or a petrified man he be cast a regretful glance backward backward backward back back- ward toward where the tho dome of ot the big top glowed He lIn left with reluctance the scene of hi his most recent triumph in detecting for he had enjoyed his short stay among the people of the side show and only the desire to hurry the silver golf golt trophy home to Mr 11 Jonas Medder- Medder 1 brook haste hastened ed his departure His Ills lation elation was therefore tinged with sorrow Borrow He would have liked to stay longer among the interesting Sideshow Sideshow Side Side- I show gentlemen and ladles ladies I As one of ot th the most promising graduates graduates ates of the Rising Sun Correspondence School of Detecting Mr Gubb had made a number of or notable successes It U was true that since he had taken up p the career of a detective he had never succeeded in solving a mystery he had undertaken or in capturing a malefactor he had sought but as he invariably solved something else or catu caught ht some other malefactor he was well satisfied If It he IH could have afforded afforded afforded af af- af- af forded it he would have given up his side line of paper hanging and general general gen gen- eral Interior decorating entirely but dete detective ve c cases ses were few rew in m Riverbank Riverbank River River- bank and although Mr Gubb suffered fr from m dyspepsia and ate but little tittle even that little cost money and months I sometimes elapsed elapsed between calls for forbis i his bis professional proCessional services Luckily he be he heas was as a bachelor and he had never I thought ot or love with its possible happy culmination in the form of a aI I wife Ue to never reed feed never that is is until he ho visited the the Side-show Side of the Worlds World's Greatest Combined d Shows There he be hea jaw a VI S Syrilla rilla It was yas with Syrilla hi In mind that Detective Gubb looked back as he boarded the train He lie had come to seeking a vanished sec field of the RIverbank Ladies Ladies' Social Reform Society and he had discovered ered Instead the silver golf golt cup eup stolen from Mr Jonas I but but he had also discovered among the I human curiosities of the Side-show Side the first woman woman to make his heart heartbeat heartbeat heartbeat beat more rapidly lIe He admired Mr 11 Lonergan the living skeleton Mr lr Hoxie the strong man Mr Enderbury Enderbury Ender Ender- bury the tattooed man Princess Zozo the serpent trainer the I Girl General Thumb the dwarf Major ChIng ChIng- the giant and all the rest Bu But the tho moment his eyes alighted on on Syrilla he was lost In sweet admiration There was almost a ton ot of her white pinky-white beauty arid u d her placid like cow-like expression struck a pleasant chord In Philo Gubbs Gubb's heart hearL Philo knew v however that his admiration admiration admiration ad ad- must be hopeless for there could be no doubt that a beauty like Syrilla must earn a salary in keeping with her size and Philo Gubbs Gubb's income was as apt to be too irregular and small I to keep even a a. thin wife Philo Gubb would have been quite satisfied to admire thought of ever winning her love but he knew that the Worlds World's Greatest Combined Shows would move further and fur further her from while his duty demanded that he zo 0 o in the Vie opposite site dI direction J as far Car as Riverbank that be he might return the silver slIver loving cup to Jonas and receive the tile offered l reward of five hundred dollars Five Fhe hundred dollars was a large re reward reward re re- ward for a loving cup that cost not over o thirty dollars It is true but Mr Jonas 1 could afford to pay what ho chose and as he was passionately fond of golf gait and passionately passionately passionately passion passion- poor at the game and as this was Wa probably the only golf golt prize ho would eV eve ever r win he was justified In paying liberally As the train passed out of sight of the circus grounds at atI ati I i Detective Gubb sighed put putI I Syrilla out of his mind and looked at the cup It was a smooth cup with I two handles When he won it Mr had selected select d it himself I He had chosen the most cup he could get for the money I If Philo Gubb admired Syrilla because bej beI be- be j I cause she was the Fat Pat Lady of the I Side-show Side Mr l loved I this cup because it was not merely a tankard but almost large enough I to be called a tank I Detective Gubb hurried s from the tho train when it stopped stopped at Riverbank RIverbank and hastened to the home of Mr Med Med- but bul when he pushed the button button button but but- ton alongside the door of that large and palatial house the door opened to show the colored butler who told Mr lr Gubb that Mr 11 l wasat was wasat wasat at the Golf Club attending tl the e annual banquet of the Fifty Worst Duffers Mr Gubb shifted the golf cup under his other arm and started for tho the thoI I Golf Club As he lie walked with his like flamingo nose poi pointing Ung the way I and his like flamingo-like eyes turning from side to side only as his head I turned he thought of Syrilla and he heI was at the gate of the Abe Golf Club beI be- be I Toro foro he knew It He lIe walked up the path toward the I club house but when halfway bo br I f stopped short all aU his detective instincts in- in in instincts In-I In aroused in an instant The windows of the club house glowed with I I light and sounds of or merriment issued from them but the tho c cause use of or Philo Gubbs Gubb's sudden pause w wis was a head The head was that of a man and it it was silhouetted against o one o of or the the- glowing windows The eyes belonging to the head bead were evidently peering in at the window and as Mr 11 Gubb Cubb watched he saw the head disappear in the gloom below the window only to reappear at another window Mr Gubb following following following fol fol- lowing the directions as laid down In Lesson Eight of the Correspondence Lessons dropped to his hands and knees and crept silently toward the Paul Pry By keeping to the grass at the side of or the drive Mr Gubb was able to come quite near the interloper In Interloper Interloper In- In unobserved When within afew a afew afew few few feet of him Mr G bb seated himself himself himself him him- self tailor-fashion tailor on tho grass and waited He wished ed to th think There was nothing In the Correspondence Lessons exactly applicable able to this case You cannot trail trail and shadow v a a. man who is standing still at a wl win win- dow Mr Gubb could think of nothing to do but sit and wait So he sat and waited As Philo sat on the damp grass theman the tho thomaa man mal at the window turned his head and Mr Ir Gubb Cubb noted with surprise that the stranger had none of the marks of or a sodden criminal Indeed he had no marks of or criminality whatever The face was that of a respectably benevolent old German gentleman Kindliness and good nature beamed I from its lines ordinarily the face must have been one to win the love lore I of any child but at the moment it ItI 1 I was slightly clouded by a look of j I I worriment and anxiety The plump little man seemed in tro trouble be and to toJ 2 i j. j J r Und una goot soot Dot man mit mft der black beard I he heos vos os a eader cader Mr l Gubb raised himself to his knees and looked into the dining room That he Ite said is the Honorable I Mr Ir Jonas Medd the wealthiest rich man in Riverbank l said the old German Not Chones eh Z Not ot Jones to my present personal j J i knowledge at this time said Philo Gubb Jonas l is the name he uses for a cognomen and maybe always has so far as I know Not Chones repeated the looking benevolent-looking German Dot vos You vos sure he vos not Chones Im quite almost positive upon that point of ot knowledge said Philo Gubb Und I vos von times surer he vos Chones exclaimed the German Which is a serious mistake to be mistaken in said Mr Gubb for I have under my arm a golf cup I am returning bath back to Mr l to receive five hundred dollars reward I from him for So qu queried the stranger Fife FIte dollars Und it is his cup It is is said Philo Gubb He raised the cup in his hand that the stranger might read the inscription stating that the cup was vias was Jonas I The light of the window made the engraving easy to read but the old I German first drew from his pocket a pair of rimmed gold-rimmed spectacles and adjusted them carefully on his nose He then took the cup and moved closer to the window and read the I inscription he agreed nodding his head several times and then he I smiled at Mr Ir Gubb a broadly benevolent benevolent lent t smile me he added and with gentle deliberation he lie rei ref re- re i I moved Mr Gubbs Gubb's hat a aI aI I minute please p please ase he continued and with his free hand he felt gently of the top of or Mr Jr Gubbs Gubb's head He turned I Mr 11 Gubbs Gubb's head gently to the right So Soshe he exclaimed Dot vos goot Boot He raised the cup above his head and brought It down on top of or Mr Gubbs Gubb's i head in the exact spot he had selected I IFor For two moments Mr Gubb made i motions with his hands resembling those of a swimmer and then he collapsed collapsed col eol- lapsed in m a heap The kindly looking I I old German gentleman looked at his face and seeing he was quite unconscious unconscious unconscious smiled blandly tucked the golf cup under his own arm and waddled slowly down the path to the club gates and so toward the tho town It was perhaps ten minutes later that a small automobile drove up and stopped immediately beside Mr Gubb and young Dr Anson Briggs hopped out Mr Gubb was just getting to his feet feeling the top of or his head with his hand as he did so Here said Dr Briggs You must not do that Mr Gubb felt an enmity for all man man- kind Why cant can't I do it he asked crossly It is my own personal head and if it I wish ish to desire to rub It you yon are not concerned in In the occasion whatever Oh Ob rub your our head If you want to exclaimed the Doctor Rub flub the hair all c off ff it for all I cart carp I say you must not stand up A man that has I just had a fit tit must not stand up If It you do you'll have another fit tit Who had a a. fit asked Philo Gubb I You did dido said Dr Briggs Driggs You had a very bad fit it and you fell feU and knocked your head against the build build- I ing Youre You're dazed Lie down I 1 prefer prefer to wish to stand erect ou on my feet te t said said Mr Ir Gubb firmly Fits r r Si W A A arc are not a part of any of ot my symptoms a at any time Wheres Where's I my my i cup sup cup What cup I Who told you I r was suffering from the tho symptom of a fit flU demanded Philo Gubb Why a short plump little German did said the Doctor lie He U stopped me as I was entering my house and said you yu y u were having a fit lIe He had to hurry to catch a a. train and he sent me ins me here And he ho gave me this to give to you you I IThe The Tho Doctor held an envelope toward Mr Gubb and the detective took toole it and tore toro it open By the tho light of the window he read read- Recd of J. J Jones cup worth Ten change here P. P H. H Below this was was' writ was written writ ten tea In full of acct to date Philo Gubb turned to Dr Briggs There was a ten-dollar ten bill in the envelope envelope envelope en en- and Mr 11 Gubb placed this In his pocket I am much obliged for the hastiness hastiness hastiness hasti hasti- ness with which you came to relieve one ono you considered to think in trouble Doctor he said but rits fits are not Jn In n my line of sickness which mainly is dyspeptic to date If I should take to I fits tits at any subsequent later date Ill I'll remember you but at present I 1 am in inthe the midst of an important job of deI de- de detecting and Id I'd wish to be excused I from being cured any further at this time Now what is all this asked the Doctor suspiciously Was Wae this some dodge to get that letter to you What is that letter anyway It is a clue said Philo Gubb which connected with the bump on the top of the cranium of my skull will no doubt land somebody In jail o good evening Doctor He picked his hat from the lawn and placed it on his head and in his most stately manner walked around the clubhouse and in at the door Doctor Briggs cranked his machine got Into It and rode away Inside the clubhouse Mr 11 Gubb asked one of the waiters to call caU Mr l from the dining room and Mr l expecting the I return of his golf cup immediately immediatelY appeared in the loafing room He FIe was wasa a well built man of some sixty years with a black beard and a weary ex ex- To the unobservant eye he would have seemed only a well well- dressed and probably well-to-do well citizen citizen citizen citi citi- zen but he had several peculiarities that were noticed but never alluded to by his friends An ordinary man sitting at a table with his palms on ont ontie t tie the e table will for example in raising his hand for a shake hand-shake Invariably turn his hand palm upward by turning turning turn turn- ing fug the little finger edge of the hand toward his body Mr turned his hand either way Those who played golf with Mr 11 l also noticed that sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times when looking behind him to see if another player meant to drive Mr l instead of turning his head back again turned It entirely around in a manner that would have broken an ordinary mans man's neck Once too too but but only once once Mr in making a stroke from a place where there was not room for both feet to rest comfortably in seeming carelessness careless careless- ness took his right foot in his left lefthand lefthand lefthand hand raised the foot above his head hooked his knee over the back of his neck a and aid d with his right leg enwrapping enwrapping enwrapping enwrap enwrap- ping his neck like a boa made his stroke Now as he came from the dining room rapidly the napkin he had had tucked in his neck fell over his shoulder shoulder shout shout- der behind him and Mr Instead of turning around and picking It up from the floor bent down and after placing his hands on the floor walked on them between his own legs until he could pick up the napkin with his teeth after which he resumed his normal upright position Excuse me Gubb he said I was excited about the Cup Jup up and didn't think what I was doing Where is the cup The detective explained He lie handed Mr the receipt that had been sent by Mr Ill and the moment Mr e eyes es fell upon it Mr turned red That infernal Dutchman he cried although Mr was not |