{"product_id":"2940013681477","title":"Philo Gubb's Greatest Case","description":"Mr. Gubb unfolded the paper and read the item under the headlines with\u003cbr\u003ethe most intense interest. Foul play meant the possibility of an\u003cbr\u003eopportunity to put to use once more the precepts of the Course of Twelve\u003cbr\u003eLessons, and with them fresh in his mind Detective Gubb was eager to\u003cbr\u003eundertake the solution of any mystery the Riverbank could furnish. This\u003cbr\u003ewas the article:--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just as we go to press we receive word through Policeman Michael O'Toole\u003cbr\u003ethat the well-known mussel-dredger and boatman, Samuel Fliggis (Long\u003cbr\u003eSam), while dredging for mussels last night just below the bridge,\u003cbr\u003erecovered the body of Henry Smitz, late of this place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mr. Smitz had been missing for three days and his wife had been greatly\u003cbr\u003eworried. Mr. Brownson, of the Brownson Packing Company, by whom he was\u003cbr\u003eemployed, admitted that Mr. Smitz had been missing for several days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The body was found sewed in a sack. Foul play is suspected.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I should think foul play would be suspected,\" exclaimed Philo Gubb, \"if\u003cbr\u003ea man was sewed into a bag and deposited into the Mississippi River until\u003cbr\u003edead.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe propped the paper against the foot of the cot bed and was still\u003cbr\u003ereading when someone knocked on his door. He wrapped his bathrobe\u003cbr\u003ecarefully about him and opened the door. A young woman with tear-dimmed\u003cbr\u003eeyes stood in the doorway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. P. Gubb?\" she asked. \"I'm sorry to disturb you so early in the\u003cbr\u003emorning, Mr. Gubb, but I couldn't sleep all night. I came on a matter of\u003cbr\u003ebusiness, as you might say. There's a couple of things I want you to do.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Paper-hanging or deteckating?\" asked P. Gubb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Both,\" said the young woman. \"My name is Smitz--Emily Smitz. My\u003cbr\u003ehusband--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm aware of the knowledge of your loss, ma'am,\" said the paperhanger\u003cbr\u003edetective gently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lots of people know of it,\" said Mrs. Smitz. \"I guess everybody knows of\u003cbr\u003eit--I told the police to try to find Henry, so it is no secret. And I\u003cbr\u003ewant you to come up as soon as you get dressed, and paper my bedroom.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Gubb looked at the young woman as if he thought she had gone insane\u003cbr\u003eunder the burden of her woe.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068911993072,"sku":"2940013681477","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013681477_p0.jpg?v=1763584209","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013681477","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}