Judge — December 6, 1930 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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The Strange Disappearance of the Charles Bob Mountains By Jack Cieert r’s not so much the mysterious dis- appearance of Justice Crater, Charlie Ross, and one of my three pearl shirt studs, that disturbs me— it’s the strange and sudden abscond- ing of the Charles Bob Mountains from the vicinity of the South Pole that has me in a lather. They van ished the same day as their namesake and not a single trace of them ever been found. A man named James Garbisher of Ariz., claims that he . answering the general de- of the mountains, step off a train in Phoenix and light a cigar, but the rumor has not been confirmed at this writing. Then, a Cuban, named Pedro Zoller, says (in broken Eng- lish) that the mountains somewhere near Havana under an as- sumed As a result, all the hotels are being combed for plateaus and hummocks. The chances are that if the mountains are there they've shaved off their moustache, dyed their rand are sitting around in a slouch saw seriptior are hiding name, rat. My theory is that the mountains met with foul play and have probably been stunned with a strument and are being held for ran- som. Commander Byrd is at a loss to account for the strange disappear- ance, and swears that when he named blunt-nosed_ in- “I'd just like to say in passing. ...” Pent-novse Tenant—This beats sitting in a cold duck-blind down on Long Island! He thinks that if he had christened them the Fettig Mountains they would tuck around, because, he points ou Bert is a lad you can always ~ depend on.” Anyway, it’s too late to them now—the have simply them they were there. maybe Bert have mountains packed up and disap- peared into thin air. In an effort to the rename > trace of aphs and Ber surements have been broadea hout the land. Every post office in the country has a de- scription of the territory, posted in a prominent place, and a sizable reward missing range The absent-minded professor who read that elephants never forget. offered to anyone furnishing rities with information lead- w to the arrest of the missing moun- tains--dead or alive (or covered with polar bears). Several days ago Chief of Police Brophy of Troy thought he had solved the mystery when one of his plain clothesmen brought in a short, thick- set man by the scruff of the pants. He wore a brown coat and had been up an alley some around in ash barrels. When ed. he emphatically the Charles Bob ever having heard of them. His alibi that he had been up an alley rummaging around in some ash bar- rels. rummaging cross. denied Mountains or was If the vanished mountains only had a safety deposit box which could be rifled, perhaps a logical reason for the sudden disappearance could be found. The known haunts of the ran; been visited time and tim the > have gain and from the “The saw the Charles Bob on Thursday night when they answered the telephone about 6 o'clock, put on their hat and coat and slammed the door as if they were going some place for a beer.” [% firmly. convinced that, if the Charles Bob Mountains could be lo- cated, Charles Bob, himself, would be same answer last time Moun we ins was found somewhere in’ them, hiding Antare the Queen Maude Mountains really the Charles Bob's posing in women’s clothes; or possibly both mountains have formed a sceret pact and have become the Adirondacks. (Half the time people are mistaking the Adiron ks for the Catskills because they both walk with a decided limp.) Well, it's no hair off my whether they're found or not. every time anyone suggests going to the for a vacation I’m going to telephone ahead and find out whether or not they've skipped town. under saxifrage, or moss. It some that are may be neck Only mountains comicbooks.com