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A $IILO •VA1'4CE STORY
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r1 man ]shown. as ,CcEek' Robin is shot
withtis arrow on the' r'air.hety';r•zi.nge••be-•
side. 'Prof. Dillard s'.home. , •Dietl iOt At-
jor ney: ;fiarkllau ra•`tuzzled, and calls .for
.`the assistance .of Philo 'Vatide, who crab -
hies in the sofvl.ng of unusual mysteries:
Pollee •arrest. Sperling, the. last man to,
•be,seen•with, Robin; • .Both 'rlret were. ip,
]ove' With Belle_Dllard, the professors:
niece,; as was ,.also' $ig.urd; ...11nesson, a,
• professor Of iria,tlioniatics and a p1 dtege
*' of 'Pa o., 1�lilaids. -Pardee; a. wealthyr
'n gbbor and .hati in a •passion lot chess,
• showy$, 2111 interest in' the • case Mrs.
Dr,rkker•a,nd.her. son,. Ado) ph. .also neigh -
•L 'seem to .rola*• eernething but fear
1(1
,tach --p1' flnc?hng apolher tn&th.40.1.li'us 114450 t_.here_fo��e was purely a lteg+
ibl lidrrit The irtvestigkti�on which gyri*e one.• -
as enniplete,,as had been that of the- accepted as tto 1•.et w.h a rb
,Greene ,inner ease. No avenitg which,
'held the nteegreet hope•• of results wits
overloled; and the report he drew
up .yvo,pld have given jay even ttr those
:•gi culous..ertininaioglsts of the Uni
ver Stty' of ' La^.tsan flee •
-
On the afternoon of 'the clay of the
nineele?^_he and his niert.had searched
for :the cloth -that had been used to
a ipe•
mi the .blood in ' the archery
root;:. but" no trace 'pf. it • was found
Ake:), a' thorough "exam nation et the.
Dillard _ basement was made in the
elope of, . finding other 'cle'tvs;. but a'
:though•,Heath' had ',put, the task .in the
'hands of eeperts, the,result was nega-
tive. The,:orily point brought to; light
that the fibre reig' near 'the' dour
re'be,'laitii ed and', superintended �s a,i' : •h Airs, D'rultker' 'wort] had to be'
era outs that
morning,' for nS. one had. seen. hey be-
tween nine thirty,.when Drukkel 1 ent •
to call on A:rness.on;.a'nd •o'ne o.'clu.ctk,'
;when.• the cook ,brought-ep her lun
er eon. ..: ' . .
• 18 `Beedle's alibi wits .checked• .vit';i
faiely sattsfaeto;ry completeness Pa •
dee had' seen• her leave. the •arouse at
TQ 3a; mud she c.eas
remembered by
•several of 'the. �litteltsters at.Tie Jeffe-
•son l'Iarl;et •bt:we:en -eleven an.d twelve:
• 7: The Oct that'Sperlrng had taken
the 11.41 train t:o $cars{.ale rias, vein -
hope
aliened .Vide, and . the n#uscles .about'
his lil;outh.tightened, WIthen looking,
np he handed th.e: leL.er to • Vince, It
consisted of, a 'Single ',sheet 'of ty:pe-
* ing,paper and the werds punter]
on . it: :were,. identical to those on' _ the
tote •lettn the Dillayel Snei1-bexe zn "
deed, the .conimun•icatien' was an,esact'
duplicate, of the'other ^• ",Joseph' Coch-
rane Itob'in; is dead: WhOeRilled €oci•
Robin? :' Sperling means •• sparrow.
Tilt BISHOP."
of•
to tell,' Mrs Drukher behectes'her'son il. uite iii'kee iri° jdon't y')tinoal"
3G stilt, a baby, Dr••nic$er, a,cri„ppte . is; an Q keeping,
y
almat- l ivas w}th' a super-intelIect.i. ,
Al 3 iix,,stertous note is rebe1vei ,
the iriurderel.,•signed The Brsh'o}
It :is discovered that, Robin. was tine-
'iaerea'•in the archery roam in the Iigillartl
• • 'house; •an arrow thrust through the heart
and the body then placed on the. range•
• . ;CHAPTER. SII—(Cont'd,)
.1 "What aboitt that • scream •of Mrs
Drttkker's?"
"Ah, what 'wbout it', indeed.'' Mie A•unrfoiizied ,boy stepped up to°°t'he has lget. something up his sleeve," he
Deukker's ,window niay, have been• a Distirie .ttoi•ney and, bending over his: told \larkham '.d1sgustedk3 .`•.:But it'.
:'• factor. that the murderer�-overlooked- shotrkder dise�•eetly, ht pe -ed -son'I ;Would', take •the. dubber- -hose and • the=
.p l•e ps he knew •about 'a and de thing o ,;..water, cure to Make hiokspill• it'.'•
5. • `
he= ,said indiffer tom. w,4M" . re Bishop
was: afraid the pu'lic mIglit miss the
poi ,t of hies joker :so he explained it
to .tire press'." - '
"Joke did yo 'say; Mr, ;,Vance""
asked Heath bitterly "It ain't the
hind- of jokeI'm used to.,. This .cage
gets• cr azrer—"
`E-1tact'lyi:" ergeaiit A,`crazy'jokee"-
•therefore •he would have had to
leave.t'he Dillard house at the. time he.
stated' - Ytairie.y,
1:41:.0, The determiner
tion of this point, h:oweyer,' was itere-
lly a •matter of rdu�tirie fel he
was a had been practically :eliminated Hoerr.,
had recently • been nio. ed so as to"the, case:' But: if,.. as.•H•eatt explained, •
it had ;been found j'h:at he h'a not'
tken the • 1.1.40' brain -'it would ave.
:again beeomel:an • i illrortant possibr1it
(- O•elie ,solidmca) , •
M,
rtgt+er the tc1e^tnsed spot pp the cement
floor This fact however„meiely.sut;l
etantrataectIllt Se3•geantle earl•ie .old
'servation. • '
The • post rrto'rtent report of Doct`4ol.�
D;prgrrus lint color tO the now offr-
okhily accepted theory that Rob'i:i,haci•
been, killed iri the arcbeey room and �..
0: en.•Placecl.oi the range:-The:a:u'tapsy
,;towed that the blow( on the back of
•his skull. had 'been a particularly vio-
lent, one and .had • • been' made ,with;, a
heavy reuncled instrument, resulting
de r seed.fracture.quite:different-,
4n a F .e ,.
from a• fissured fracture caused .ry'
s riking a hat surface. A,' search was:
''instituter]; fol the weapon with which
the blow hadNbeen dealt; but •no likely
instrun_ent Was turned up. • • •
. Though Beedlse'and Py ne. weir. ques-
ti,oned'y Heath sfveral times, notliiny
new was learned from thenar Pyne in
silted thee. he had ',been upstairs: tate
entire periling In Arnesson's`robm, ex-
cept'fot a fe.d brief al`;sences, to the
":Then e ose • he-frei*door; an•d-
chuig tenaciously to his 'denial that he
hard touched eithe.r• the•body.or'the b.ow
When sent by Professor Dili.ard.to find
.Spe ling. The Sergeant, however,, was
not entirely satisfied with the ivran'sa
test rnoiry. '
hat Bleary-eyed olcl cormorant,
r'• ger 'a ;, "Brin hir5t here ri ht away," Desi=
'cided'to take that one'diance•of being • g g ", A,eanvass of Bali the houses in 75th
:seen. On the, Other''hand, We don'4. erect Marl hair. Then, to • tis ",It's Street envy 'between; *est End Avenue and
e" i
• know .aihether 'the' lady .screan'te or=��neeetne II-e}ll• ,proba-1ly have:bkict .. aye).'beire ween; a"as.iE-ade in -the hr i
' not. • She says 'No'; Ill uliker� ,says slreciniens of typing." 4• shadow hati of -findinga tenant who: had noticed
•'Yes.'' They both lave `r% rtltetior settled on his -face;; anrt=he- gi n'ced sonic one 'entering of eniei•gl- nr Froin,
.,rpotiverfor what they,pour •d. into Our, again at the note Heath had brought
the Dillard will gate during the tote-
dn stun' eats .Dditlikei.• May have for pini. ' "Vance," he said' in a low .voice, moon,. ,But nothing Was gained by
,of the.-screan•i by 'way af-provrn•g,-he`s it .beginning. to :believe, that. tele
:this tedious Ganipargn.:. par:de_e it
.: was at home• between .•:eleven and • case•bray„turn out to be as texri'ble es seemed was the only• resident 'within.
twelve; and lesteDi,ultker'may •have 'you 'thiu.k'. •• I•' wonder 'if 'th
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e:: typrn,; 'vietv'ef the' Dillard' house who had
denied it for feat he wasn't home,. It's will correspond
..•
"very mttch of an otla podrida 8ut:it Blit when the not
e was eom.pata l observed any one in the neighborhood that _Morning. In fact 'after several
-71. doesn't matter' The main point Y'nt with,the specimens. tarnesson broug ", dads' of• arduous inquiries along •this
'Itrying to :make is that only an inti i0 siriilar 1 satires ei could• be dim 'hne the . Sergeant realized that` he
_nate 'of the 'Dillard house ceuld' have cer:ncd � ..?sic'; only weer a:the typing •arid- • of :either ..ould ha. -e to proceed 'without any-'
done this devilish business'.' said the ink different from
those cit err outside or fortuitous assistance.” •
Vance. Parsee s'or Drukker s alit ine;. of The various alibis.of,'the'sev0n per-.
• "We have too few:facts' to warm,' iii es that 'Match a had s' sons whow Vance had to u a m is
,ave • la ped a p:ait-„ ^urea:' , • . ., . ' ' .
"Oh, I say, old•rua rt • Ghance may. .There is no need to recall here the' 'as thoroughlyT as' circumstances; would
ermit, •' I.t.,wee. obviously impassible,
work out: to ,a •few'permutations, 'bvt nation-wide't sensation caused',, • by 'petmic'k ahem completely, for, to the
'not to 'twenty; .,Mid"there is 'that note 'Robin's murder. Eve't:y one renien'.- mini •'they ,were 'based solelyoon the.
1'ef t in the mail ••box, ' • The murderer hers how, that startling tragedy a a -s statenients of were
individuals involved.
i featured in the country's- press.
• It, even knew• g, Robin's' middle name.' 'Moreover; the i'nves+igation had tee.be.
.. "Assuming; : � of , course; that ,the :was a,efexred to by various de igna- itli "the � utmost care lest sus-.
A " .tions. 'Sone-ne'wspapgrs called. it. the --n? e - it amused.. ea e les sus
_ ad.
hiui dere.' tvrfste the' note. cion T •.
"Do'you':prefer :to •assume drat sonic Cock .Robin murder. Others, enol., fth?ese inquiries iver'e,ss follows:
balmy,. jakei found. 'out about, the 1, Ar nes_ nn .
• crime through, • telepathy ox • cr. stal- l
gazing, hied. to a typewriter, composer]
al dithyram1l, returned ,rot -footed , to
the house and,lfor• no •eiod remelt,
took the terrific riskof •being seen put-
ting the• paper. m•. the mail box?" .
• . Before • M.arkhant, t'could answer
'Reath. •entered the lounge :room • and
•hurried .to our 'corner. That he, was
''wotried and uneasy ryas obviousi.'With
: , 'Scarcely a,word of ,gee ing he hander
a: typ�,.iritten envelope to,;-Markheni.
."Thltt was received by tie ,',Worlci''
• in 'the. ate afternoon mail. .Quinan,
• • the police reporter ' of ' the 'Worm'•
, 'brought it to : ale a .little while ago;
•
and -he says th'.t the `Times' and the
'Nereid' also ,got copies of it. .The
letters were stamped et one o'clock
- • today,,so they. were probebly' posted
e , between eleven and °welve .-What'e•
more, :l•Ir. Markham, they were -mailed
in the neinhboi'pood of the Dillard
house',' fo'r. they - went • through PPS:
O .fi St "N' West 69th SI"
t the paper did not 'Match
any one o b 1 ted h
that conclusion,"' asserted. Markham. the sa p -
"Chance way h played
enotation. for Markham, were gone into
alliterative; but. less accurate; terine'
it•:the Mother. Goose murder. ' B}it the
signature of the typewritten' notes an':
pealed • strongly ,to. the ••journalisti'
sense of mystery; and ' in' time the
killing d Rabin dance to be known as
the'. Bishop murder , case. Its Stange,
and fearful combination -of .horror"anri
nursery.' jargon inflamed the pabli,.
s had been seen in the
unit ers'ty library'. be various 'people;
including an• assistant librarian and
'two students. But the time covered by
theireeitlerice �cas neither e'onseeutive
`nor specific' 1•s tall the hour,`
..g.. Belle Dillard had played sever'.al .
sets 'of tennis at the public spurts at-
imagination; and the .sinister and' ir.- 119th Street and Riverside Drive, but
;one. implicationsf .its ,details effect- because there had been More than four
ed the entire eountry like `sone"gro- in•h'er party She •herd twice i`elinquish-
tesque' nightmare whose ' attnosphei:e eel her -place eo a friend., and irone'of
could' not .be shaken 'off. • .the players could Stat�e'�ppsitively that
Duringthe' week following the die-:. she had remained at t 'dourts during
eo.>ery of, Robi•n's'` body the detectives, these periods.. '
of the Homicide Bureau, 'AS well as' • 3 r The time 15•r ukker departed froiit
the,detectives connected with •the Di=•' the, archery•room .was definitely deter•-
ti•ict• attorney's ,offish; , were husy Miined • by Sperling; ,but no one could
night and dray, pushing their inquiries." be•. fotinii whp.lied ',seen him there-'
The veeeipt of the duplicate' L islinp after:* He admitted belied niet no one
notes by the reading' New York, papers he knew in -the, park, but insisted
had dissi 'at d Whatever:ideas Heath had stopped fora few minutes to phi
Pi
May have held' as'to 'Slperling'-. •.gtrilt ; with =oane- strange children.
and•though he �i•eftised• to. put his oft. , 4,.'Pa1'dee had been alone in his
f ee Station.'N' ' on es Bial imprimatur on he young man's :study-.' His old coo'. anti his Japanese
Markham withdrew, the' e'nclosere innocence, .he threw hheiself; With his vale% had been in the rear of the hou':e
from the envelope. Suddenly his eyes 'usual .gusto 'andepei'tintcity, into tree 'and had..not seen him itntil lunch time.
_hat New York
Is:, Wearing
•$Y AvNABELL 'WORTHINGTON
JllustiaF.ted; Dressmahiat,ry, Lesso%
• u,•nPshed !Witt Etlei:y 1'ntterii
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Packed full of, toner, pltmiP.
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un •t'1w4aedSultanas, ret�arning..the , -
e fla. or of the fresh
vs fruit Just i•
. as holesome a"s a
t%ejr ate delis.] its „
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The JaCiFt
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roves
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'and indispensable Sl rang day -
u time waec eine ' •
This one i.; charming in a'
a"guardsman', nine And white thin'
Woolen: plaid_, ' • And inei'd'entahy..'
'plaids are tremendously dhic .. The
upper . part of the bodice? jacket •
facing and trim are in plain woolen..
it%: motel] n blue• shade:-
. The plaited skirt with its.culved
outline that starts at either side of ,
• the front panel, gives • that ,flat
slimness over the hips so' modish. .
Style No. 2968 may be had in,
sizes 3tS, ,18'• years, :a6,. 38, 40, and
•42, inclies'bust:
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Plein and printed flat,. crepe silk, .
wool jersey and .the, dress of ,flat
crepe', With Velveteen . • jacket are
smart. •
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A
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® To the ':caldcd'mdk.acid the butter, sager and •
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knead, And let, rise until, about double' in bulk,
then roll Out .1 s inch thick. Cut with biscuit
cutter,andbelle ,each• + ce with milted butter;
crease through the center and fold over. Let rise .
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Our,riew tree booklet "The Royal
.lioad to loiter Health" suggests'
many 'pleasant way'totake Royal
Yeagt Cakes •and' .describes haw •
this simple practice will improve
your'heatth.. Send Orli. •;
.Cokes :
- hreial'l.dar.e.aa il-st¢ yr"ast'isti to home_Isatin•
;•
: better, 1obk,beftet And keep KeeP a supply handy: each
better. For o'er 50 years they ,
-•hiave tweethe eeee'pted• 'stars- ca,'e hi Beefed in.woxzci paper,
d d ref, clueley wherever dry They will.keep for months.
".'Suy Mack,ir•Ce-,dda Goods" '
EVERY man,, woiban' and child.'
still occasionally overindulge. But
don'•t suffer for.• your' indiscretions.
Ws; folly to do so_when,'yolk-can• so
easily • 'eeten and settle • a sour,
sw
upset stomach with a little Phillips'
Milk of Magnesia.
Hearty eaters:. have long. since
learned the quick comfort•this per- .
tett anti -acid bri>igs. Smokers know
bowtrit .neutralises'nicotine; by ge,
back a sweet taste;cguards
'breath..Women•khow.what it does
•for nausea= -or' sick.:headaclie. And'
when .children'.have over -eaten-=
are bilious, constipated or otherwise:
upset= -give them a, little of the
Made
DI
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same,. pleasant -tasting and milky •
White , Phillips' Milk„ of Magnesia. •
•ou'll be through with crude.'.. .
methods once; you learn:tl e erfect'
•
way. • Nothing cite ..has. the s ,arae•
.quick, gentle effect: DOcto1rs' pre- •
scribe it for ,indigestion, nausea: _
heartburn; gas, sour 1 stomach and
headache. It • has been , • standard •
with theta for over 5O. years.
•htilr S' Milk
- Insisf,• on genuine P p
of Magnesia; a less perfect product.
• may not act the same. The genuine
is always a liquid never in taplet:• • .
•
• florin—and. the name ;Phillips', is ,
always on bottle.and wrapper.
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theEducation Needed
•�n Fighting• •nage is very' important !arnee It
iuforis those planning .motyas
ir htness
for parelrihood,
Italy 'Honors Dominion
Poultry Husbandman
F. 'C.. E,l.ford. Dominion Poultry
jj1 I„Jtdmait sails] 'PaPresidenE. of
the •t1'orl1l't Poultry Science Asso,cia- ,tt
:tion, under tvltose 'ausplces•::the
\4,,r d's Poultry Congresses are held,
has been signallyhonore.d try tire•
go.'ernnent of ,Italy' who aptiointed .
hint a itt:ember :o1 the . e ecutiv; for
the liifth World's •,Poul'tiry.'Qhngress.
whi-eb meets: in: Rothe• in 103e, lI'r.' "• •
Elford• bas also ]leen asked to
.charge Of of oigaiization of tlie'•Cra'
delegation to Rome. Frotsi,,i%rese,
ent ledicatiens the • next Congirese
..ill ,fnllp,.etiailtl„the success of • last -
yertr at Londoi'i. '
Back to' `Simple 'Life" Public)
Health . Official r• Urffies '
Ottawa—While decided.. ,progress,
has been matte air the s'tbaigee-again.
Venereal I••}lyeases in C atiada, "what
we need today is education and snore
ediice.tion," ,Dr. A. it, pesldges,• ;tient=.
,.real'; •Director of tiie'-Venereal Disease
Section of the ,Quebec . Bureau ,of.,
Health, stifled in an address before..'
the Ottawa Social ]lYg_ieno f'rruncil
in Annual Meeting r C•ro ecettttt•.
s.
Quebec province iseho better .or no
w Erse than any part•:of the Dominion
in so far as 'these diseases are'c911,4
cerned, Dr. tesioges stated Tbeee
ai•e, he said 71 eeriverninent•dlinice.
•which in 1929 treater1'3S.000 crts6e
with a total OE 209,000 tvoatntent-•
and ata cost of r2 006.• bract 11•i'ifate
'doctors treated these cases the ,r'ost
would have exceeded. $1,112,000. Dr..
Destoges • paid particular ' tr-ibtute to
the five-" thoos<1nd Catholic clergy of
province and to the 136 physio
iarrs Who. gave their,,.time geatis at•
the dispensaries ire fghting the alis
eases. q,..
"There. is not house l'ife today as
in the old clays," said Dr. beslogev.
"We've ,Been too rich, we /rapt 4o.
..tach -tris the sinAila l er: tliat'ts tl .
only way the situatioei will adjust it-
self.", • • • • ' • e
Dr. J. T. I.eageity, Assitan•t to the
Clef Executive, T)omiirion 4epart•
\Ment of Health; stated that 'hi his
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Larges 'S'ear' "8a1ada" '
Tea Has layer Had• , .
Xt thn annual 'in'os Conference ]reit:]'
at the Royal York hotel„ Toronto, 11fr.1
Arthur M. Wilson, secretary-treesgrer': .
of the company, stated, that in^ spit ,
'i5f the fact ;that the year 19t 0 was tin '
of 1•lepression, gen,,er`aily, thea,i'SATrt
ADA" tea sales showed a remehdonel,
tar cense and Were the largest the .coma,,,
,u nv leas ever oxperieeeed , •
es -Thee i'sn'triche -^ny .: ; rnatie'
buoyant than •a runnonrl ' It •la;:alw'ays
so much eesItlfr. to float . one than to
Sink otre;
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.r lease.
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