Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

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Butler Ellis Parker. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

THE HARD-BOILED EGG

THE PET

THE EAGLE’S CLAWS

THE OUBLIETTE

THE UN-BURGLARS

THE TWO-CENT STAMP

THE CHICKEN

THE DRAGON’S EYE

THE PROGRESSIVE MURDER

THE MISSING MR. MASTER

WAFFLES AND MUSTARD

THE ANONYMOUS WIGGLE

THE HALF OF A THOUSAND

DIETZ’S 7462 BESSIE JOHN

HENRY

BURIED BONES

PHILO GUBB’S GREATEST CASE

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On the morning following his capture of the Hard-Boiled Egg, the “Riverbank Eagle” printed two full columns in praise of Detective Gubb and complimented Riverbank on having a superior to Sherlock Holmes in its midst.

“Mr. Philo Gubb,” said the “Eagle,” “has thus far received only eleven of the twelve lessons from the Rising Sun Detective Agency’s Correspondence School of Detecting, and we look for great things from him when he finally receives his diploma and badge. He informed us to-day that he hopes to begin work on the dynamite case soon. With the money he will receive for capturing the Hard-Boiled Egg, Mr. Gubb intends to purchase eighteen complete disguises from the Supply Department of the Rising Sun Detective Agency, Slocum, Ohio. Mr. Gubb wishes us to announce that until the disguises arrive he will continue to do paper-hanging, decorating, and interior painting at reasonable rates.”

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Mr. Dorgan swung off from the car step and walked away.

The Petrified Man had been one of his mistakes. In days past petrified men had been important side-show features and Mr. Dorgan had supposed the time had come to re-introduce them, and he had had an excellent petrified man made of concrete, with steel reinforcements in the legs and arms and a body of hollow tile so that it could stand rough travel.

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