1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: The two cent stamp by Ellis Parker Butler. The house 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,519 in Tenth Street where Filo Gubb was doing a job 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,119 of paper hanging when he made the happy error of 4 00:00:15,279 --> 00:00:19,320 capturing the dynamiters while seeking the un burglars was the 5 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:22,960 home of Aunt Martha Turner, a member of the Ladies 6 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:27,760 Temperance League of Riverbank. The members of the Ladies Temperance League, 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,719 and Aunt Martha Turner particularly, had recently begun a movement 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,880 to have City Attorney Mullen impeached and thrown out of office, 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,119 for they claimed that while he had been elected by 10 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,200 the Prohibition Republican Party and had pledged himself to close 11 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:47,240 every saloon, he had not closed one single saloon. Aunt 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,399 Martha Turner and her associates believed this was because Attorney 13 00:00:50,439 --> 00:00:53,840 Mullen was himself a drinker of beer, and it was 14 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,719 to get proof of this that the hot headed Ladies 15 00:00:56,759 --> 00:01:00,159 had engaged a youth named Slippery Williams to make a 16 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,920 raid on his home. Detective Gubb was, however, quite unconscious 17 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,760 of all this when he proceeded to the home of 18 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,040 Aunt Martha to complete his work. There, he was in 19 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:12,799 an unhappy frame of mind, for he had in his 20 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,159 pocket nothing but one two cent stamp, and he had 21 00:01:16,239 --> 00:01:20,799 immediate need for one hundred dollars. Mister Gubb had early 22 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,480 that morning visited the home of mister Meadowbrook, from whom 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,680 he hoped to have news of Cyrilla. But the colored 24 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:30,200 butler informed him that mister Meadowbrook had been called to Chicago. 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,560 He don't left wood. How some deva said the butler 26 00:01:35,079 --> 00:01:37,799 that if you come and was willing to pay thirty cents, 27 00:01:37,799 --> 00:01:40,200 you could have his telegraph what come from miss Cyrilla, 28 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,760 And he left this note for you what you can have, 29 00:01:42,879 --> 00:01:47,239 whether you pay or not. Mister Gubb quite willingly gave 30 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,959 the negro thirty cents, the very last money he possessed, 31 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:56,280 and read the telegram. It said, hope on hope ever 32 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,799 have given up wheat bread, corn bread, rye bread, homemade bread, 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,760 baker's bread, biscuit and rolls have lost six pounds more 34 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:08,120 love to Gubby. This would have sent mister Gubb to 35 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:10,360 his work in a happy frame of mind, had it 36 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,680 not been for the note mister Meaderbrook had left. This 37 00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:18,479 note said, called to Chicago suddenly, I must have one 38 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,680 hundred dollars payment on account of the gold stock immediately. 39 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,840 Cannot let my daughter marry a man who puts off 40 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,280 paying for gold stock forever. Unless I hear from you 41 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:32,360 with the money tomorrow, all is over between us. Such 42 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,919 a letter would have made any lover, said mister Gubb. 43 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,680 Had no idea where he could raise one hundred dollars 44 00:02:38,719 --> 00:02:41,599 during the day, and he saw his promising romance cut 45 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,879 short just when Marilla was beginning to lose weight handsomely. 46 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,639 The greeting he received when he reached Aunt Martha Turner's 47 00:02:48,759 --> 00:02:52,080 was not of a sort to cheer him. Missus Turner 48 00:02:52,159 --> 00:02:56,439 met him with a sour face. No, you can't go 49 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,360 ahead with putting the wallpaper on this kitchen ceiling today, 50 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,919 mister Gubb, she said, I'd like to if I could, 51 00:03:04,479 --> 00:03:08,840 said Filo Gubb wistfully. My financial condition ain't such as 52 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:11,639 to allow me to waste a day. I'm very low 53 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:16,400 in a monetary shape right now. Aunt Martha Turner seemed 54 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:22,120 worried well. She said reluctantly. I guess if that's the case, 55 00:03:22,159 --> 00:03:24,000 you might as well go ahead. I expect I'll have 56 00:03:24,039 --> 00:03:26,439 to be out of the house most all day if 57 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:28,599 you get done before I get back. Lock the kitchen 58 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,199 door and put the key behind a shutter. She departed, 59 00:03:32,599 --> 00:03:36,039 and Philo Gubb set up his trestle, unrolled and trimmed 60 00:03:36,039 --> 00:03:39,599 a strip of sealing paper, pasted it, and climbed his ladder. 61 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:42,800 At the top, he seated himself a moment and shook 62 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,560 his head. He sighed and picked up the paste covered 63 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,159 strip of sealing paper, but before he could get to 64 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:52,240 his feet, the kitchen door opened, and Snooks Turner put 65 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,919 his head in cautiously. Say Gub, where's Aunt Martha, he 66 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,080 asked in a whisper. He's gone out, said Filo Gubb. 67 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,000 She won't be back for quite some time. I guess, 68 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:10,319 snooksy good, said Snooks, and he entered the kitchen. Some 69 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,199 weeks before he had met Nan Kilfilian. He was deeply 70 00:04:14,199 --> 00:04:16,759 in love with Nan, and Nan was a good girl, 71 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:20,199 although Aunt Martha Turner did not approve of her because 72 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,800 she was hired girl to city Attorney Mullen before she 73 00:04:24,879 --> 00:04:27,519 had met Snooks. Nan had done her best to make 74 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,240 something of Slippery Williams, who was courting her then, but 75 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,040 that task was beyond even NaN's powers. Snooks held a 76 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,920 job on the Eagle as city reporter with the dignified 77 00:04:39,959 --> 00:04:43,319 title of city editor, and he was making good. He 78 00:04:43,439 --> 00:04:47,639 got the news. He seemed able to smell news. When 79 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,800 there was big news in the air, he would become 80 00:04:49,959 --> 00:04:54,319 uneasy and feel nervous. I got the twitches again. He 81 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,000 would say to the editor of the Eagle, there's some 82 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,800 big item around. I've got to get it, and he 83 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,040 would get it. She's gone out, has she said Snooks 84 00:05:04,079 --> 00:05:06,439 When he had entered his aunt's kitchen and asked Philo 85 00:05:06,519 --> 00:05:10,480 Gub about Aunt Martha. That's good. I wanted to see 86 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,959 you on a matter of business, detective business. He put 87 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,120 his hand in his pocket and drew out a small 88 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,560 roll of bills. He was not the usually neat Snooks. 89 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,480 One eye was blackened and one side of his face 90 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,480 was scratched. His clothes were badly torn and soiled. He 91 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:31,959 looked as if someone had tried to murder him. There, 92 00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:35,079 he said, holding the bills up to Filo Gub. After 93 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,680 counting them, there's twenty five dollars. You take that and 94 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,120 find out what I have done and what's the matter 95 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:45,160 with me and all about it? What do you want 96 00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:48,879 me to find out? Asked mister Gubb, fondling the bills. 97 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,839 If I knew I wouldn't ask you, said Snooks, peevishly. 98 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,680 I don't know what it is. I'd go and find 99 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:00,439 out myself. But I'm in jail. Where did you say you? 100 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:05,600 Was asked Filo gob in jail, said Snooks. I'm in 101 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:08,680 jail and I'm in bad. When the Marshal put me 102 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,720 in last night, I gave him my word i'd stay 103 00:06:10,759 --> 00:06:13,000 in all day today. And it ain't right for me 104 00:06:13,079 --> 00:06:17,079 to be here now, dog gone you, snooks, He says, 105 00:06:17,639 --> 00:06:20,519 you ain't got no consideration for me at all. Here. 106 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:22,639 I figured that there wouldn't be no wave of crime 107 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,040 strike town for some days, and I went and took 108 00:06:25,079 --> 00:06:27,319 the jail door down to the blacksmith to have a 109 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,319 panel put in where the one rusted out. And my 110 00:06:30,439 --> 00:06:32,800 wife made me promise to drive out to the farm 111 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,399 with her tomorrow. And now you come and spoil everything. 112 00:06:36,439 --> 00:06:40,360 I got to stay in town and watch you go on, 113 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,560 I says, and take your drive. I'll stay in jail. 114 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,879 I got a strong imagination. I'll imagine there's a door. 115 00:06:47,959 --> 00:06:53,959 Honor Bright. He says, yes, Honor Bright. I says, So 116 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,560 he went, said Snooks, and he's trusting me, and here 117 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,920 I am you can see it wouldn't do for me 118 00:07:00,199 --> 00:07:02,680 to be running all over town when by rights I'm 119 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,759 locked and barred and bolted in jail. I locked and 120 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,560 barred and bolted in jail, and well started on my 121 00:07:08,639 --> 00:07:12,600 way to the penitentiary as a burglar. As a burglar, 122 00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:17,920 exclaimed Gub. That's it, said Snookes. I can't see headner 123 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,040 tail of it. You got to help me out, Gub, 124 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,879 see if you can make any sense of this. Last 125 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,560 night I went out for a walk with Nan. She's 126 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,639 my girl, you know, and she's going to marry me. 127 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,519 Maybe she won't now, but she was going to. She 128 00:07:31,639 --> 00:07:34,560 works for Mullen. We got back to Mullen's house about 129 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,639 eleven o'clock and Missus Mullen always locks the door at 130 00:07:37,639 --> 00:07:40,639 half past ten, whether Nan is in or not, so 131 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,199 being late, we had to ring the doorbell and mister 132 00:07:43,279 --> 00:07:45,759 Mullen came to the door to let Nan in, and 133 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,360 when he saw I was with her, he shook hands 134 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,240 with me and asked me to come in and have 135 00:07:50,279 --> 00:07:52,920 a cigar and sit awhile. But I told him I 136 00:07:52,959 --> 00:07:55,560 had to hustle up some news for today's paper, and 137 00:07:55,639 --> 00:07:59,120 he let me go. That's how pleasant he was. So 138 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:01,759 I went downtown. Then the first fellow I met was 139 00:08:01,839 --> 00:08:09,199 Sammy Wilmerton, widow Wilmerton's boy asked Philo Gub exactly, said Snooks, 140 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:13,000 feeling his eye with his finger, and he says, Snooks, 141 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,920 did you hear what the Ladies Temperance League did last night? 142 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:20,040 I hadn't heard. I heard ma say, says Sammy. But 143 00:08:20,079 --> 00:08:22,600 don't say I told you. They got up a petition 144 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,560 to have city Attorney Mullen impeached by the city council. 145 00:08:26,759 --> 00:08:30,600 Well that was news. I went into the Eagle's office 146 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:34,840 and called up Mullen. Hello, is that Attorney Mullen? I 147 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:39,840 says yes. He says, well, something happened last night. I says, 148 00:08:39,879 --> 00:08:42,679 and I'd like to see you about it. How do 149 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,559 you know what happened? He says, no matter. I says, 150 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:51,000 can I come up after half a minute. He says, oh, yes, 151 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,000 come up, come right away. I'll be waiting for you. 152 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,679 So I went. Nothing strange about that, said Philo Gubb, 153 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:02,799 shifting himself on the lane. So I went, continued Snooks. 154 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,360 I rang the doorbell, and the moment it rang, the 155 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:08,919 door flew open, and Bliff down came a bed blanket 156 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,039 over me, and somebody grabbed me in his arms and 157 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,600 lugged me into the house. I guess it was a 158 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,279 turning Mullen. You know how big and husky he is. 159 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,919 But I couldn't see him. I couldn't see anything. Only 160 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,399 every two seconds bump. He hit me at my head 161 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,639 through the blanket. That's how I got this eye. And 162 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:29,279 all the time he was talking to me mad as 163 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,759 a hatter, and I couldn't hear a word he said. 164 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,200 But I could hear his wife screaming at the top 165 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,919 of the stairs, and I could hear Nan screaming, and 166 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,759 I heard a window go up. Stop that yelling, says 167 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,679 Mullen in a voice I could hear. And then he 168 00:09:44,759 --> 00:09:46,960 picked me up again and carried me to the back 169 00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:49,279 door and opened it and threw me all the way 170 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,759 down the eight steps. I chucked off the blanket and 171 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:55,039 I was going up the steps again to show him 172 00:09:55,039 --> 00:09:58,559 he couldn't treat me that way, when Bing somebody next 173 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,720 door took a shot at me with the revolver. Thought 174 00:10:01,759 --> 00:10:04,360 I was a burglar, I guess. I started to run 175 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:07,320 for the back gate when Bing somebody shot at me 176 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,559 from the other house. What do you think of that? 177 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,320 For a few minutes, it sounded like the Battle of 178 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,240 San Juan. And I can't understand yet why I didn't 179 00:10:15,279 --> 00:10:19,879 suffer an awful loss of life. But you didn't, asked 180 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:23,480 Filo Gub No, sir ree, I made a dive for 181 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,360 the cellar door just as they got the range. I 182 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:28,879 stayed in the cellar way with the bullets pattering on 183 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,559 it like hail, until the cop came. Tim Fogerty was 184 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,960 the cop. He ordered cease firing, and the shower stopped, 185 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,600 and I let him capture me. He took me to 186 00:10:38,639 --> 00:10:41,440 the calaboose, and this morning early he had me before 187 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,679 the judge and I'm held for the grand jury and 188 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:48,679 the charges burglary and pettit larceny. Now what is the answer? 189 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,559 Being pulled into a house and thrown out the other door? 190 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:58,039 Isn't burglary, said Filo gub Burglary is breaking in or 191 00:10:58,039 --> 00:11:01,519 breaking out? Maybe a turney and mistook you for some 192 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:06,360 one else. Mistook nothin, said Snooks. He was in the 193 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:09,039 court room this morning. He handed the case against me. 194 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,159 Who's that some one was climbing the back steps and 195 00:11:13,279 --> 00:11:16,840 Snooks made one dive for the cellar door and slipped inside. 196 00:11:17,519 --> 00:11:19,519 He knew how to get out through the cellar, for 197 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,679 he was familiar with it. He did not wait now, 198 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:25,559 but opened the outside cellar door, and, after looking to 199 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,519 see that the way was clear, hurried back to jail. 200 00:11:29,799 --> 00:11:32,120 Filo Gubb did not have time to descend from his 201 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:38,279 ladder before the kitchen door opened. The visitor was Policeman Fogerty. Mornin, 202 00:11:38,759 --> 00:11:41,399 he said, removing his hat and wiping the sweatband with 203 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,399 his red handkerchief. Don't ye get down, mister gubbsort, I 204 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,480 want but a word with ye. I seen Stooksy Turner 205 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,919 here but a second ago me lookin in at the 206 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,720 windy an you at him conversin'. Maybe he was speakin' 207 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,519 to ye of his arrest. He was conversing with me 208 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,039 of that occurrence, said Philo gub He was consulting me 209 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:06,919 in my professional capacity, and a fine young lad he is, 210 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,360 said Policeman Fogerty, reaching into his pocket. I got the 211 00:12:10,519 --> 00:12:14,240 devil for arresting him. Twas that dark, ye see, mister Gubb, 212 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,960 I could not see who I was arrestin'. Maybe he 213 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,279 was consulting yee about getting clear of the charge against him. 214 00:12:21,399 --> 00:12:27,480 He retained my detecative services, said Filo Gub. Poor young man, 215 00:12:27,879 --> 00:12:30,639 said Fogerty, I'll warrant he has none too much money. 216 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,399 Me heart bleeds for him. You'll have no InVID trailin 217 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,559 and shadow and another detective work to do on the case. 218 00:12:37,639 --> 00:12:41,440 No doubt tis expensive work that I was thinkin. Maybe 219 00:12:41,519 --> 00:12:43,960 ye'd permit me to contribute a five dollar bill for 220 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,360 the work, for I'm that sad to have had a 221 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,000 hand and arrest in him. Foggerty held up the bill 222 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:55,200 and Philo Gubb took it. Contingent expenses are always numerously 223 00:12:55,279 --> 00:13:01,080 present in detecative operations, he said. Right ye are, said Foggarty, 224 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,279 And you'll remember, if any one asks ye, that I 225 00:13:03,399 --> 00:13:07,519 expressed me contrition for a rest in Snooksy. Whist, he said, 226 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,200 putting his hand alongside his mouth and whispering. Some one 227 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,440 wanted me to search the house here to see did 228 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,240 Snooksy have seven bottles of beer and a silver beer 229 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:20,399 opener in his room. Philo Gubb sat on the ladder 230 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:24,080 and contemplated the five dollar bill until he heard Fogerty returning. 231 00:13:25,039 --> 00:13:28,879 Hist Foggerty said, I did not see him mind ye 232 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,559 Foggerty slipped out of the back door and was gone, 233 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,559 and Filo Gubb, after a thoughtful moment, decided that the 234 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,039 five dollar bill was rightfully his and slipped it into 235 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,159 his pocket. To earn it, however, he must get to 236 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,919 work on the case. He raised the pasted strip of paper, 237 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,360 but before he could place the loose ends on the ceiling, 238 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:53,200 some one tapped at the kitchen door. Come in, he called, 239 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,799 and the door opened. Slippery Williams glided into the room, 240 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,799 his crafty eyes sought finally, Oh, Gubbllo, Gubby, what you 241 00:14:02,919 --> 00:14:07,080 doin up there? Where's miss Turner? He asked? Miss Turner 242 00:14:07,159 --> 00:14:10,720 is out on business, I presume, said the correspondent school 243 00:14:10,759 --> 00:14:14,799 detective coldly, And I am pursuing my professional duties in 244 00:14:14,879 --> 00:14:20,039 the detectting line. You are, hey, said Slippery. Who you 245 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:25,039 detecting for now? Snooks Turner said Philo Gub I'm solving 246 00:14:25,039 --> 00:14:30,039 a case for him. Instantly, Slippery's manner changed from rough, 247 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:34,919 he became smooth from bold. He became cringing. Why I'm 248 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,279 Snooky's friend, he said? You know me and Snooksy was 249 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,759 always chums, don't you, Gubby, Yes, sir, I think a 250 00:14:41,919 --> 00:14:45,480 lot of snooksy, he says, Slippery, you go up to 251 00:14:45,559 --> 00:14:47,759 my room and get me a bundle of clean clothes. 252 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,080 These are all torn and dirty, and well, I guess 253 00:14:51,159 --> 00:14:53,480 I'll get him and get back snooks is waitin for me. 254 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,200 He turned to the hall, but Philo Gubb called him back. 255 00:14:58,159 --> 00:15:00,679 You can't go up there, said Phile Gub from his 256 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:05,039 ladder top. There's been enough folks up there already. Who 257 00:15:05,159 --> 00:15:11,120 was up, asked Slippery hastily. Policeman Fogerty was, said Filo Gub. 258 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:17,440 What did he find up there, asked Slippery anxiously, nothing, 259 00:15:17,799 --> 00:15:20,320 said Filo Gub. He told me he couldn't find seven 260 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,919 bottles of beer and a beer opener. Look here, said 261 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,480 Slippery sweetly. If I gave you five dollars to hire 262 00:15:28,519 --> 00:15:30,559 you to hunt for them, could you find them seven 263 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,279 bottles of beer and that beer opener for me? Straight 264 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,320 detective work? Could you? I could try to find them, 265 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:42,360 said Filo Gub. Well that's all I want, said Slippery. 266 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:44,559 I don't want to do nothing with them. All I 267 00:15:44,639 --> 00:15:48,080 want to know is where they are. Here's five dollars. 268 00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:53,279 Filo Gub took the money, all right, said Slippery. Now 269 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,559 you find them. They're upstairs in missus Turner's bed, between 270 00:15:56,559 --> 00:16:00,240 the quilt and the mattress. Go find them, Not until 271 00:16:00,279 --> 00:16:04,200 miss Turner comes home, said Filo firmly. It's her house. 272 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,240 Why you long legged stork, you said Slippery. She knows 273 00:16:10,279 --> 00:16:14,120 I'm here for that beer she sent me. I thought 274 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,399 you said Snook sent you for his clothes, said Filo, 275 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,360 Never you mind who sent me for? What? Said Slippery angrily. 276 00:16:22,799 --> 00:16:25,200 You're a dandy detective, ain't you sitting on top of 277 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,159 a ladder and not letting a friend of Snook's help 278 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:31,559 him out. Say listen, Gubby, everybody's going to get into 279 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,519 worse trouble if I don't get away with that beer. Understand. 280 00:16:35,039 --> 00:16:39,120 Come on, let me take it away when miss Turner 281 00:16:39,159 --> 00:16:43,399 comes back, said Filo Gubb. A new knock on the 282 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,200 door interrupted them, and Slippery glided to the cellar door 283 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,120 through which Snooks had so recently fled. The kitchen door 284 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:53,399 opened to admit Attorney Smith. He was a thin man, 285 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:58,399 but intelligent, looking, as thin men quite frequently are. Don't 286 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:00,720 get down, mister Gubb, don't get down, he said. I 287 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,080 came in the back way hoping to find miss Turner. 288 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:09,759 She is not here. She's out, said Filo Gubb. Too bad, 289 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,960 said Attorney Smith. I wanted to see her about her nephew. 290 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:19,279 You have heard he is in jail. Why, yes, said Filo, 291 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,400 crossing one leg over the other. He hired me to 292 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,160 do some detect ting. I'm sort of in charge of 293 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,880 that case. I'm just going to start and looking it up. 294 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:30,920 Attorney Smith took a turn to the end of the 295 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,880 room and back. He was known in Riverbank as the 296 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,279 unsuccessful competitor against Attorney Mullen for the city attorneyship, and 297 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,839 was supposed to be the counselor of the liquor interests. 298 00:17:42,319 --> 00:17:45,880 You have done nothing yet, he asked, suddenly stopping below 299 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:51,240 Filo Gubb's elevated seat. No, I'm just about beginning to commence, 300 00:17:51,799 --> 00:17:56,559 said Filo. Then you know nothing regarding the articles young 301 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:01,160 Turner is charged with stealing. Well, maybe I do know 302 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:05,200 something about that, said Filo. If you mean seven bottles 303 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,359 of beer and a beer opener, I do Where are they? 304 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,039 Asked Attorney Smith in the sharp tone he used in 305 00:18:12,079 --> 00:18:14,200 addressing a witness for the other side when he was 306 00:18:14,279 --> 00:18:18,119 trying a case. I guess I've told about all I'm 307 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,160 going to tell about them, said Filo thoughtfully. I don't 308 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,680 want to be disobliging, mister Smith, but I look on 309 00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:27,160 them bottles of beer as a clue, and that beer 310 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,240 opener is a clue, and they're about the only clue 311 00:18:30,279 --> 00:18:34,240 I've got. I got to save up my clues. Are 312 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:38,920 they in this house, asked mister Smith. Sharply, If they ain't, 313 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:45,519 they're somewheres else, said Filo. Mister Gubb, said mister Smith, impressively. 314 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,559 There are large interests at stake in this case, larger 315 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,319 interests than you can imagine. We are all interested at 316 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:56,359 this moment in clearing your client of the suspicion, which 317 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,960 I hope is an unjust suspicion now resting over it 318 00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:03,640 and upon him. I need not say what the interests are, 319 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,119 but they are very powerful. I feel confident that those 320 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:12,480 interests could succeed in clearing Snook's turner. Well. I guess 321 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,400 if I was left alone long enough to get down 322 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,519 from this ladder, I could clear him myself. I didn't 323 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:21,039 study in the Rising Sun Detecative Agencies Correspondence School of 324 00:19:21,039 --> 00:19:26,480 Detecting for nothing, said Filo Gubb. Snooks hired me, and 325 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:30,920 he did well, said Attorney Smith, heartily. I praise his acumen. 326 00:19:31,039 --> 00:19:33,480 I wonder if I might be permitted on behalf of 327 00:19:33,519 --> 00:19:36,759 the powerful interests I represent to contribute to the expense 328 00:19:36,839 --> 00:19:40,400 of the work you will do. I guess you might, 329 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:46,599 said Philo Gubb, detecting runs into money the interests I represent, 330 00:19:46,799 --> 00:19:50,400 said mister Smith, taking out his wallet, will contribute ten dollars, 331 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,160 and they did. They put a crisp ten dollar bill 332 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,200 in Philo Gubb's hands. And now, having shown our unity 333 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,759 of interest with him, young mister Turner, there can be 334 00:20:01,839 --> 00:20:04,440 no harm in telling us where that beer is? Can there? 335 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:09,359 He turned toward the kitchen door, for Nan Kilpilian stood there. 336 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,839 Her eyes were red and swollen. Attorney Smith hastily excused 337 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:18,160 himself and went away, and Nan came into the kitchen. Oh, 338 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:22,799 mister Gubb, she exclaimed, you will get Snooks out of jail, 339 00:20:22,839 --> 00:20:25,359 won't you. It would break my heart if he was 340 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,240 sent to the penitentiary. And I know he has done 341 00:20:28,279 --> 00:20:31,319 nothing wrong. He is depending on you, mister Gubb. I 342 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,319 brought you ten dollars. It is all I have left 343 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,119 of last month's wages. But it will help a little, 344 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,279 won't it? Thank you? Said Filo Gubb, taking the money. 345 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,799 I cannot estimate in advance what the cost of his 346 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,000 clearance will be. It may be more and it may 347 00:20:48,039 --> 00:20:51,440 be less. It is a complicated case. I am just 348 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,640 about going to get down from this ladder and start 349 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,440 working on it vigorously. If you, he stopped, if you 350 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,240 wish to help us in this case, miss Kilfilly, And 351 00:21:01,279 --> 00:21:03,599 he said, will you go to the jail and ask 352 00:21:03,759 --> 00:21:08,079 Snooks where is the beer and the beer opener? Where 353 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:13,119 is her? Face went white? What beer and what beer opener? 354 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:18,519 She asked tensely. Seven bottles and a beer opener, said 355 00:21:18,559 --> 00:21:23,799 Philo Gub. Oh, she moaned, and he said he didn't 356 00:21:23,799 --> 00:21:26,920 do it. He swore he didn't do it. Oh, Snooks, 357 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:31,359 how could you? How could you? Now? Don't you weep 358 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,839 like that? Said Philo Gub soothingly. You go and ask him. 359 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,480 I'll have my things ready for my immediate departure on 360 00:21:37,559 --> 00:21:40,720 to the case by the time you get back. Nan 361 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,680 hurried away, and Philo Gub waited only to count the 362 00:21:43,759 --> 00:21:47,400 money he had so far received. It amounted to fifty 363 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,519 five dollars. He slipped it into his pocket and stood 364 00:21:50,559 --> 00:21:53,799 up on the step ladder. He had even proceeded so 365 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,480 far as to put one foot on a lower step. 366 00:21:56,519 --> 00:22:00,680 When Missus Wilmerton entered the kitchen, she was a stout woman, 367 00:22:00,759 --> 00:22:03,400 and she was almost out of breath. She had to 368 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,240 stand a minute before she could speak. But as she stood, 369 00:22:06,279 --> 00:22:09,279 she made gestures with her hands, as if that much 370 00:22:09,319 --> 00:22:12,200 of her delivery could be given at any rate, and 371 00:22:12,279 --> 00:22:15,519 the words might catch up with their appropriate gestures if 372 00:22:15,519 --> 00:22:20,359 they could. Mister Gubb, Mister Gubb, she gasped, Oh, this 373 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:23,799 is terrible, terrible, Miss Turner should never have dared it. 374 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,960 Oh my breath? Do you do you know where the 375 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:31,480 beer is? I wouldn't advise you to take beer for 376 00:22:31,599 --> 00:22:36,200 shortness of breath, said Philo Gub. Just rest a minute, 377 00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:41,000 but guesped. Poor missus Wilmerton. I told miss Turner it 378 00:22:41,079 --> 00:22:45,559 was folly. She's so stubborn. Ah, I thought I'd never 379 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:47,759 get a full breath again as long as I lived. 380 00:22:48,079 --> 00:22:51,359 How can we get rid of the beer? There's plenty 381 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,799 that want to take it, said mister Gubb. Attorney Smith. 382 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,400 Oh I knew it, I knew it, moaned Missus Wilmerton. 383 00:22:58,839 --> 00:23:03,960 He threatened it threatened, what asked Filo Gub that he 384 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,119 would find the beer in this house, cried Missus Wilmerton. 385 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,680 He threatened Aunt Martha that if she did not give 386 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,599 it to him freely, he would have it found here 387 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,240 and make a scandal. Beer hidden in between the quilt 388 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,200 and the mattress of Aunt Martha's bed, and she secretary 389 00:23:18,279 --> 00:23:23,279 of the Lady's Temperance League. It's awful. Martha is so headstrong, 390 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,160 she's getting herself in an awful fix. She never should 391 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,720 have had a thing to do with that slippery fellow. 392 00:23:30,039 --> 00:23:35,400 With Who with slippery Williams? Asked Filo Gubb, intensely surprised 393 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,839 Aunt Martha Turner. What did she have to do with 394 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:43,720 slippery Williams? Well, she had plenty and enough and more 395 00:23:43,759 --> 00:23:47,000 than that to do with him, said Missus Wilmerton, angrily 396 00:23:47,599 --> 00:23:50,440 getting bottles of beer in her bed and robbing houses 397 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,680 at her time of life, and wanting the ladies temperance 398 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,640 lead to have a special meeting this morning to approve 399 00:23:54,680 --> 00:24:00,759 of burglary and larceny at her age. Now, Missus Wilmerton, 400 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,480 said Philo Gub from the top of the ladder. I'd 401 00:24:03,519 --> 00:24:05,519 ought to warn you before you go any farther that 402 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,119 Snooks Turner has engaged me and my services to detect 403 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,599 for him in this burglar case. If Aunt Martha Turner 404 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,200 burgled the burglary that Snooks is in jail for, maybe 405 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,480 you ought not to say anything about it to me. 406 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,319 I got to do what I can to free Snooksy, 407 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:27,599 no matter who gets into trouble, mister Gubb, exclaimed Missus Wilmerton. Suddenly, 408 00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:30,119 mister Gubb, I'm not authorized to do so, but I'll 409 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,640 warrant I'll get the other ladies to authorize, or I'll 410 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,759 know why. If I was to give you twenty dollars 411 00:24:35,839 --> 00:24:37,920 on behalf of the Ladies Temperance League to help you 412 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,160 get Snookie out of jail, and Land only knows why 413 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,559 he is in jail, would you be so kind as 414 00:24:43,559 --> 00:24:46,240 to beg and plead with Snooxie to leave Attorney Mullin 415 00:24:46,319 --> 00:24:50,160 alone in the eagle. After this, she held four or 416 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,640 five dollars bills up to Filo Gubb, and he took them. 417 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,680 From what I saw of his eye, said mister Gubb, 418 00:24:57,839 --> 00:25:00,559 I guess Snooks will be willing to leave Attorney alone 419 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:03,920 in every shape and form from now on. Now, maybe 420 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,559 you can tell me how Snooks got into this business. 421 00:25:07,799 --> 00:25:11,599 I haven't the slightest idea in the world, said Missus Wilmerton. 422 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,960 All I know about is Both Missus Wilmerton and Philo 423 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:20,119 Gubb turned their heads towards the door. The greater duskiness 424 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,480 of the kitchen was caused by the large form of 425 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:27,440 City Attorney Mullen. He bowed ceremoniously to Missus Wilmerton, who 426 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,279 turned bright red with embarrassment, probably because of her part 427 00:25:31,319 --> 00:25:33,160 in the efforts of the League to have mister Mullen 428 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:38,240 impeached by the City council. Attorney Mullen was not, however, embarrassed. 429 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,200 I'm glad you are here, Missus Wilmerton, he said, for 430 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,400 I wish a witness. I do not wish to have 431 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,720 any stigma of bribery rest on me. I came here, 432 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,240 he continued, taking a leather purse from the inner pocket 433 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,319 of his coat, to give these twenty five dollars to 434 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,160 mister Gubb. Mister Gubb, I have just visited Snooks, so 435 00:26:00,279 --> 00:26:03,720 called Turner, at the jail. I went there with the 436 00:26:03,759 --> 00:26:06,640 intention of bailing him out, pending the simple process of 437 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,519 his ultimate and speedy release from the charges against him. 438 00:26:10,039 --> 00:26:12,440 I am convinced that I was wrong when I made 439 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,559 the charge of burglary against him. I am convinced that 440 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:20,880 no burglary was ever committed on my premises, oh, exclaimed 441 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,119 Missus Wilmerton. Not even the seven bottles of beer and 442 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,440 a beer opener, I suppose, atturning, Mullen turned on her 443 00:26:28,519 --> 00:26:31,880 like a flash. What do you know about beer and 444 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,200 beer openers? He snapped. I may not know as much 445 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,640 as Detective Gub, but I know what I know, she answered, 446 00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:44,240 and mister Mullen restrained himself sufficiently to hide the glare 447 00:26:44,279 --> 00:26:49,160 of hatred in his eyes by turning to Filo Gubb exactly, 448 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,839 he said, with forced calmness, And perhaps I know more 449 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,279 about them than mister Gubb knows. In fact, I do 450 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,559 know more about them. I know they are upstairs between 451 00:27:00,599 --> 00:27:04,759 a blanket and a mattress. I know, Missus Wilmerton, he 452 00:27:04,799 --> 00:27:08,480 almost shouted, turning on her with an accusing forefinger, that 453 00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:10,519 they were stolen from a house in this town by 454 00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:13,920 some one representing the lady's temperance league. I know that 455 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,960 burglary was committed by, or at least at the behest 456 00:27:17,039 --> 00:27:21,240 of some one representing the Lady's Temperance League. I know 457 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,119 that if this matter is carried to the end, a 458 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,599 respectable old lady, a leader in the Ladies Temperance League, 459 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,319 will go behind bars, sentenced as a burglar. That's what 460 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:36,799 I know. Oh my, gasped missus Wilmerton and sank into 461 00:27:36,799 --> 00:27:41,319 a chair. Now, then, said Attorney Mullen, turning to Filo 462 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,640 Cub again and handing him the twenty five dollars. I 463 00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:47,240 give you this money as my share of the fund 464 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,720 that is to pay you for the work you do 465 00:27:48,839 --> 00:27:52,319 for Snook's Turner. I make no request because of the 466 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,720 money it is yours. But if you love justice for 467 00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:58,720 Heaven's sake, send word to him to come out of jail. 468 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:05,440 Won't he come out, asked Philo Gub. Puzzled, No, he won't, 469 00:28:05,839 --> 00:28:09,279 said Attorney Mullen. I begged him too, but he said no, 470 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,880 not until Philo Gub gets to the bottom of this case. 471 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,079 But should we, as citizens and as members of the 472 00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:18,759 Prohibition Party, permit mister Gubb to land Aunt Martha Turner 473 00:28:18,759 --> 00:28:23,599 in the calaboose? Well, if what I find out when 474 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,400 I get down from this ladder and start to work 475 00:28:25,519 --> 00:28:27,920 sends her there. I don't see that I can help it, 476 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:33,240 said Filo Gub. Detecative work is a science as operated 477 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:36,119 by them that has studied in the Rising Sun Detecative 478 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:41,000 Agencies correspondence School of Detecating Snook says he don't know 479 00:28:41,039 --> 00:28:45,440 anything about any beer, said Nan Kill Philian, entering hastily 480 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,640 and then pausing as she saw mister Mullen, did you 481 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,880 tell him it was upstairs in bed, asked Philo Gub 482 00:28:54,079 --> 00:28:57,720 in his room in his bed, said Attorney Mullen eagerly. 483 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,440 Why that puts an entirely different aspect on the matter. 484 00:29:01,519 --> 00:29:03,880 That gives me, as city Attorney, all the proof I 485 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,119 shall need to convict the respectable Miss Martha Turner and 486 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,680 her honorable nephew of the Eagle, And by the Gods, 487 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,720 I will convict them, he glared at missus Wilmerton. Nan 488 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:21,720 broke into sobs. Unless, he added gently, this whole matter 489 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,680 is dropped. Philo Gubb took out all the money he 490 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,920 had received and counted it, sitting cross legged on the ladder. 491 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:33,480 I guess, he said, thoughtfully, you had better run up 492 00:29:33,519 --> 00:29:35,480 to the jail and tell snoosey, I want to see 493 00:29:35,519 --> 00:29:38,720 him right away, Miss Kilfilian, maybe he can stretch the 494 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,079 jail that much again. Tell him, I'm just going to 495 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,039 get down from this ladder and start to work. And 496 00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:47,640 I want to ask his advice. What do you want 497 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,559 to ask him, inquired Attorney Mullen, as Nan hurried away. 498 00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:55,000 I want to ask him about those seven bottles of 499 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,920 beer and that beer opener, said Philo Gubb. Mister Gubb 500 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,000 said the city attorney. I can tell you about those 501 00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:07,359 bottles of beer. If those bottles of beer came from 502 00:30:07,359 --> 00:30:11,759 my house, Aunt Martha Turner goes to the penitentiary. If 503 00:30:11,759 --> 00:30:14,200 she does not go to the penitentiary, there are no 504 00:30:14,319 --> 00:30:16,920 bottles of beer, and there is no beer opener, and 505 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:21,319 never were. I told her she had done a foolish thing. 506 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:28,559 Foolish thing, exclaimed missus Wilmington. Just so, and it was foolish, 507 00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:33,240 said attorneymwen if it was done, and if it was done, 508 00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:36,480 and Snooks Turner telephoned, and I thought he meant the burglary, 509 00:30:36,599 --> 00:30:41,279 I would naturally assault him. You hurt him bad, said 510 00:30:41,319 --> 00:30:47,000 Filo Gubb. And I meant to, said attorneing Mowen. All 511 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:50,160 turned toward the door where policeman Foggerty entered with Snooksy 512 00:30:50,279 --> 00:30:53,839 and Nan. I have done everything I could to quiet 513 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,279 up the matter, said Foggarty to Mullen, thus explaining his 514 00:30:57,359 --> 00:31:01,799 interest in the affair. I liked you, said Snooks cheerfully. 515 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,200 I'm going to stay in jail. Aunt Martha Turner interrupted him. 516 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,519 She came into the kitchen like a gust of wind, 517 00:31:08,599 --> 00:31:11,559 scattering the others like leaves, and threw her arms around 518 00:31:11,559 --> 00:31:17,039 her nephew, Snooksy. Oh my, Snooksy, my, Snooksy, She moaned, 519 00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:19,960 don't you love your old auntie anymore? Won't you be 520 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,359 a good boy for your poor old auntie? Don't you 521 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:27,640 love her at all anymore? Sure, said Snooks happily. A 522 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,880 fellow can love you in jail, can't he? But won't 523 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,480 you come out, she pleaded. Everybody wants you to come out, 524 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,960 dear boy. See they all want you to come out, 525 00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:42,079 every last one of them. Please come out. Oh I 526 00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:45,119 like it in jail, said Snooks. It gives me time 527 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:50,079 for meditation. Well, goodbye, folks, I'll be going back. His 528 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,160 aunt grasped him firmly by the arm and wailed. So 529 00:31:53,359 --> 00:31:58,480 did Nan. But Snooksy begged missus Turner don't you know 530 00:31:58,519 --> 00:32:00,720 they'll send me to the penitentiary if you go back 531 00:32:00,759 --> 00:32:05,400 to that old jail. Yes, but don't you care, Auntie. 532 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,799 They say the penitentiary is nicer than the jail, better doors, 533 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,200 nobody can break in and steal things from you. Snuog's 534 00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:16,799 turner said his aunt You know as well as I 535 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,000 do that mister Mullin will forgive and forget if you will. 536 00:32:20,559 --> 00:32:25,119 Would you rather see me go to prison suffer? No, 537 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,599 of course not, Auntie, said Snooks, laughing. But you see, 538 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,519 I've hired Detective Gub to work on this case, and 539 00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:35,119 if there's no case, it will not be fair to him. 540 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,960 He's all worked up about it. He's so eager to 541 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,640 be at it that he has almost come down from 542 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,200 the top of that ladder. In another day or two, 543 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,000 he would come down all the way down, and then 544 00:32:45,039 --> 00:32:49,160 there's no telling what would happen. No, I'm a newspaper man. 545 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,960 I want Filo Gub to discover something we don't know 546 00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:56,880 anything about. I might start in trailing and shadowing somebody 547 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,599 that hasn't anything to do with this case, suggested Philo Gubb. 548 00:33:01,319 --> 00:33:04,599 That wouldn't discommode none of you folks, and I'd sort 549 00:33:04,599 --> 00:33:06,759 of feel as if I was giving you your money's worth. 550 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:09,759 Somebody has been writing on the front of the Methodist 551 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,839 church with black chalk. I might try to detect who's 552 00:33:12,839 --> 00:33:17,160 done that, but that would be a very difficult job, 553 00:33:17,559 --> 00:33:22,359 said Snooks. It would be some hard admitted Philo Gubb. 554 00:33:23,359 --> 00:33:26,599 Then you ought to have more money, said Snooks. Aunt 555 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,160 Martha ought to contribute to the fund. If Aunt Martha 556 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,680 contributes to the fund, I'll be good. I'll come out 557 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,839 of jail. Aunt Martha opened her shopping bag and fumbled 558 00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:39,119 in it with her old fingers. Filo Gubb took from 559 00:33:39,119 --> 00:33:41,759 his pocket the bills he had been given during the morning. 560 00:33:42,039 --> 00:33:45,839 He counted them. He had exactly one hundred dollars, just 561 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,640 enough to send to mister Meadowbrook. How much should I 562 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,680 give you, mister Gubb asked Aunt Martha tremulously, and Filo 563 00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:56,799 Gubb stared thoughtfully at the ceiling for a few minutes. 564 00:33:57,519 --> 00:34:00,440 When he spoke, his words were cryptic to all those 565 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:05,039 in the room. Well, ma'am, he said, I guess ten 566 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,000 cents will be about enough. I've got a two cent 567 00:34:08,039 --> 00:34:14,000 postage stamp myself. Ain't Detective's wonderful whispered Nan clinging two 568 00:34:14,079 --> 00:34:17,400 Snook's arm. You can't ever tell what they really mean. 569 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,800 Nobody seemed to care what Filo Gub meant, but a 570 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,559 week later Snook stopped him on the street and asked 571 00:34:24,599 --> 00:34:28,559 him why he had asked for ten cents for to 572 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,119 register a letter, said Filo Gubb, A letter I had 573 00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:41,320 to send off, and of the two cents stamp by 574 00:34:41,519 --> 00:34:42,880 Ellis Parker Butler