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BY S. S.'VAN DINE:
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• �.Coltie.," ,she'eaad.. i.aTlglyc'; "We'll • I -g glanced un eppealinglY, ."Rutyonra
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}gave a ion civ in, the oounntry, Lady will, I 'hope, advise me, before you telt ;'�
447,114 I can Promise You slit, I
�'I;a1lt,laaiti and 'said coldly � iFnete I #
av}sheer u • to coa-ae :to the library " Ma,rkharYl° rose But I fear, We aro �. .
1 +tq p the,
f lgng way from any drastic measures �
Melded 'H th 'who ha;d stood) lz nor 1 he had sr .red. some hidden anxiety in 1►is
Mae" "Repaoaohftlly 'Slhe, iluii'1ed ,t',Q any Bras e, s -Ts:' .
Wh.., at sire ed i•s, 1 u ' : e: rola a „ :
*ire room and down thehr 1`I 4 a* p_�escnt.'" He held otic his :And, Y!
S:oottip •aha . I started. to run—to get
-ttreay.fr.om Utero hears, and this; plene;,`
d�'1`tciik1,D,o9 SCOTTIE—
v t )tilted
.'i• . tliat�'Uear j .s. 1
1 Now that sa qutei one six " eon- end from his •m•tnner was evident
mein . ea s. r, ,
on' iVitl:.leaWildeied aiiinzemen+ '"She t the o. man and W..annted to expt S fin e; out Roan-t}tiio4it; the• bashes •vied
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had t e dope on Alit (Johnny Spiigg• •his: Sympathy without voicing .this looked tit us. We had no gnu—.not
eetuli '411 the-time!"feelings,, ee even@a incite •It was a:gt•otattbrute of
`l+a a nodded . -� TheePeafeepor. lvalk^d with us to
vine. and •with her cane 'a hale •
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"And our tappearanee here'fright•, lre.door� . grove en)), l?r-obably, you-`reee. never
her. Still her mind.is enorbisl I cant understand that typed tan
siren a grizzly loose'
and•sensitivex, Sergeant; end, sor,"„he murmured, ,shab.ing his head.
as she ops cOnet�antly on her son's '"But if there's anything•I can do, .•,,".
deformity and the: early days when he . "There is`so nethil•i* y.ou can do fir..
like other ehildre n -it's elite , p • s- us;' ' Protea :tai Dillard, said. V ante,.
was , q ,F'o
Tsibie she merely hif atcidenta11y upon.
the Mother -Goose significance" of
Robin's and Spl egg's death ' I
.wonder."" He .1 -coked toward • Maa1-
hath "There are strange under -cul-
rents•to: this.ca:e incredible'and tet-
rifying, imp1lea kns" . I' e . s'1'1i,ugged,
shoulders though I knew het hr.d
not wholly .escape ,rice pall .ef harrbr:.
:w
cast On us ;by, r, -
".`Pecliaps we can fid' a little solid
footing with Profeesoi Dillard "
Th r•prefesson received tis'•witl rut
enthuafaint and With.hut scant eordi-
al: ty.- I3is -desk was littered nth pas
pers„and it was obciious that'we,ha:i
disturbed him:.' in "the midst of his
labors. •
"Wh ' this .,unexpected visit, Mark
h: -r?", he asked, we had rated
ourselves.. "Have you something; to
i.epq,ri. "on R.ebin's.Alen 117" He marked
a page: in • Weyi's •^`Space,'`Time,. 7 ,
Matter” and, set.cii•„g back tbluctant-'
1 ' ded tiwith ' t' nee
pausing' at -the -Obi; "On- the ••mot°n-�
Jug- Robin was killed we interviewer
Mrs Drukker—" '
•. "And .though, rhe:denied'hadinggsat,
at her window during the, forenoon
theie'•is:'a. peeeibility, she.. saw•'sonisc
drag haji 'e. n on. the archery rene3
, , ,.betw•een eleven 4nd • twelve;" ,
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n-th -c . Y o
"•v' ou
Slie ga e� y a T?tp,�"a,
There was an:undev�tirnie.of suppressed
interest in the professor's, question.
"Only • in 'a remota way. It 'Was
Drukker's statement • that be had
heard his mother' sci Sam; end nen: dee
naia1 of h+aving`scr'e, med, that'•1ed hie:
to ; believe'. that she; might :have 'Seen
,something,she preferred to keep .front
.us. •And it 'occurred 'to .me' Binet_ .you
,would probably have.more intluene.e
with heir than any one else,. and that,
if: she did' indeed Witness. anything,
v•ou might prevail upon her to speak.'
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"No!" .' Professor Dillard spoke . al -
re. regarded s i im. a .ae .most harshly; but;he iinnAliateiy
v' P placed his hand, , on Markham's afire
• on a robleniz": of
very!' working p _
rt'
& Macl'�s •rriechanlcs. • ..":" ` and,.. _his tone.• hand,
� There ale
District 'Attorney irk, , Mrs.: • ru �ker. '.. '.. rtr aan -`,I have , some .• things, you' must not ask .ane f o
'The'.Bi$F1oP• .w.eie•lboking,'forthim, � , k, I regret, said: M kl G . •
• hair '.cabs,:iri• the :'aid of ,• Philo. Vance, W hope:t'o 1earn'the truth from him.' ' "i othin to re Fort on the Robin -ca�se,' The or .you. If ,that poor. hs.rassed
» ' ' wealthy bachelor,: -whose .hobby is . P nothing. P
r 5 e'wor..an•shoiSk•her .he'a've el' . ' But has^bee .another'Murder in wotnan saw anythin Prem her win-
"' unusual 'crimes ' ' ''a. •. y But n
,thVance is of, ". '. 1 r•e,-' i. n• 'sive:
estio �in Mrs. Di4iikke¢,. • . I, ,don.t know .him,",Then ,alis g a .,.i this' neighliorhaad t'tid4iy*,° and we,. h
•Vance. is, qu n g
t' 1't' unbaldneed ' and, who ;vindictively at 'Mas*khan►: "But it's, , reason to believe' that. it may le, con
w;ho .is. 'men..a 1t' li . .. ,
beliieves• her• @rr wn-up, Crippled,: son is. not ; &ging to ;do yali any , goo:d to 'tilt'. netted . With -Robin's death. 'What. J.
still`. a baby. A to find :out who killed Cock Robin and •.wanted,par•tieularly*.o ask you, sir, is
' • , shot•Johnny'Sprigg through the mid-. whether. or, net t:he.•name of"John E.
. • CHAPTER XV. .(Cont'd.) die of. hie 'wig. You'll neyer learn 'Spr`ig.g, is familiar`to,:y�oui' •,,
.. ��• ' i 1iea1 me' •don't,,never=never.-,. ;' ." .:Her. voice.'had• ,professor Dillar.l''s expression• .,of . into: Markham s .eyes• She ii ust_not.
"It'S a'rathe>• d ago , beithe' one'to tell you. 1'ou ourself
you thunk, Mrs. Drukreir?"' .risen eac.itedly,' and•za .fit;of trembling; ahnoyance changed quickly. •' • ,,, '
,rwould be'soir:y afterwards:•
"And NAY 'not`? • Isn't life -.itself seieed•her :. --Is that -the-name-of the mane who a,�.,
»9 -., . t -.Bell' hilktid. ice.' ?" o to ei'.an - We •must did out vi>hat rve can, .
diabolical?" , ... ..,,. �. .... _.._ �i:t .;t11r,s,..ii�an �.. e , _ ...,, a.�rki.Jlesl...Tlexe :renes n ._.. 4k'. :.. �:. .
�> going'quickly his 74ia'rkiiam' .answered: ' resolutely" . but-
•• "Far some ,Of us -yes.. A t.arious entered the i�om, and q ly lack of i•nteres't�in ha. attitude• .
- ture before us:. "Tell• me," he. 'wenn
murdered, :one, n quickly; in, an .altered tee, , do .you
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have.'been ' n
''shot know ,who the Bisho , • is?"
kno�•n. as Sock Robin., has' been P
with• an. arrow o : t
he archery range
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•"The $o
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'She.. frowned
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per
er
adjoining of.: . ouse• the pie� iIy, o,I on' know him:
seeond, John E. S igI, Shot through that anotherhame?"
he head withabullet; These primes. ,
seeito, bethe dramatization. of the "Somethlng of that kind, Iimagine,. .
ser • .rh ` ines: "Wh'o. killed. Cock At any rate, the Bishop is interested
nuts h • Y h rt ,
Rabin? and e was & little',men •in Coak :robin 'and• Jo nary Sp igg.
' and•he had -'•a little gun."'„ A •note 15In• fact;: hie"may be the. person, Who is.
the i iurdered, signed.'. kin up:these fantastic„ amen: And
receiv d• from mak g .P rimes.:
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dow that . norn:ng,, you nestfind it.
'out,',for ,yourself,', L'11.:have no, 'hand
in ortt.rin• her; and sincerely hope
you'll not 'eorryher either. There are
ether wa:ye, of :finding out,,what -you•
want' to know." ' He looked straight
-s r 'ath'-i'nfarnaed-V-ance''s words as.1_to.. Ams._-Drukkel „;;pu hei.f,scrm, shout • "Yes. A pian named Jdt.nE SLtz tgg.
.yn P 'y
esee
lir. , t• in dtiverside.Park : ear 84th •
Street, this morning shortly, after half
past: sew e
et-
Pure,,crisp, . .
light,. flaky
and always
' rRESH • .
V%A\N:
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NEftR let a throbbing, head
interrupt your shoppingt Or
Other pain that Aspirin ends so
tire an antidote. for the inost
$icuto pain. Relief • is -almost
instantaneous. Taken in iime,
.bx-'eak up a cold and
, head off diseottfoit.
relieve y'rentr suffering from
neuralgia, neuritis, or the like,
p4614.1-
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women depend upon Aspirip
tablets every •mooth spAre
to.wornen; These thblets,do not
depress de heart:, they maY 1.)e•
used as frequently .as there is
need of - their, quick comfort.
So, it's folly to etidure any
'pain that Aspirin tablets 1.1 odd
relieve so ,prompily, :Get the
gendine, Whii.11 is always to
be li,ad p:t any drugstore:*
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Toi.or-mA'RK REG.
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with. kindliness. ..'"Ther e's a fiend loose
w!tie !Anew. would shortly.. explode. ee
We ,lead harelly gone a- hundred feet"'
1 wlaeri Scottie -got •betwoen , Iqy . eet,
In the. inouutalns.1
If vol' ilaveu't. your,
',hare noidea': how
bi ot>;e looks • This'
one •.seemed to be
as ...big 'a's an eIe-
'pliunt, :and .s ,.h, e•,
looked its .,meaii
poisou. : It, , was'
growing darker every, moineut .antLia
drat liar ro:W valley', Shut in, by the
moiintei+us, • -pl�most • .anything .might
ha Ve ba "e ed. Mrs. tlr1
rizzl • .I. - ' had
one to""'meet at 'env tfinea ;bur -Alien
in this city; ' and I cannot stay -my -
ani s .save a
n * „' ing-however tragic that. --suffering
• may be., Rut I assure you I shall not
runnecessauilvy • tortuze any..
CHAPTER XVI • "Have yrypu thoughi;" asked Profea�•
There was , a ':note of • •anxiet -of i s+;r" Dillard quietly, "that the ',truth
fear • almost, thought -4n, the. pro- von seek may be more frightful. ever,
"lessor's voice; who a oke. • than the crimes themsolr"es?" •
"Even so what can'that fact' a �• is I shaI1 have �o risk But even
to do with u•s? ' And'how can you pas if I knew -it tb be tetact; it would' t
•sibly connect his death, with Robin's? deter me in.any degree."
admit we have. nothing •:1•efin to • "Certainly not. `Rut Markham, the
to ;go on," • Mar kham' told :him. •"But estimates :we once placed., on:th't gs•:
the purposelessness •of both crimes-- lose their meaning. That's why the old ,
,. total lack of any'motive in either: are more forgiving;. they know that
case -seems: to• give then' a <'urious 110 mai-made values are' -of any im-
unity pf aspect.':•. , pertance,"- •0
t%rnean o cou�se't a il. vt
rind clown-wa wort in.a_heap•_...3._CA fe
'flames retched,•the.-gas tank, ,and.
WHAMI-it low 'up: '.r a .
.the a..
it .'' ir'i's full 01-Aburning debris
what a sight!-...
-It e•enle'd' ' iU a �as 'ix those -bears; -- ' - -
hadn't." started.-
,.. • to •• r u .n r until •'
they. beard all,•
that.:,4 6,1:s•e
Then •it• was •.a' •
v:
of e
.bear :for
self and n.
nl i nod: �b 1>Ti ,'`
ly had the struck the ground when 'ttie'
E 1«aliuute
'bor. •They
she - has a.ictib with her, she is not, the _ ' " „, . neighbor. 1 .:, .
company one: Would choose . to"'aneet ifairlyfiew. The c:ub's•1'e;s were shorts,•
ins: lonely spot.•. . _'w .., . • and,' stubby, aucl lie had to take':.two . .
Meanwhile' the old bear. nes. getting juinps for his ly,Ia's one bat -•as th
around a hit weutent'-ot siglit,_they._ w..exe:_s. _ Close -, _ • __
si�err onssnort ttf ssilft'ed d G
sh ':sand :ler cub together 'hat. the' looked• like one big• :
--.and then welt., she
:quid
d t .look 'i e: over` ' bear '
started
OWfl o )
lair b outed' ' Meanwhile the. wreck •. ttf the bid
Very likely we should 1 . e S.li
plane '.was burningbrightly. ••i3euttiA .
and.,1 hustled over to the edge:of,'the,
Wood and•gathered up the �lrfest wooed;
we' could'find. ��'�,�.
A1',1 night Long kept, the: are,.�La14'
Ing Brightly,' for- a: good 'crimp fire• ig
mighty" friendly .and confortable•entilii
Bleak;' chilly night when You 'aro. out
in' the open;., but wo, . didn't hear -et
those 'beard •frolic .the • tilne the gas
t ex loded. Each time the "'red
tank . , p
blaze. ,began to :..die flown, Scottie.
would .began
rind pinll niy • Lot until if
awakened ani put on enne More,wood3
Probably •. Scotties • .thgiight he saw....
snore , bears' in the', black "shadoW8
.-Uertainly `Ile kept • watch during i•th
Rot -Part of the night. Later on `he'•
acid waved. our arms and .yelled
"Shiloh "Shgot;" but i• never saw a;
grizzly 'that one could, talk Rout of an
idea ' 'N'o .sireel We slid no such thing.,
=rve. eat, and. ran pelf °melt for the
Diane,: It was' less than a. liinidred:fee.t
array but if seemed a✓' •;if ir-e would
never make it...1tnd all'. the' •trine the
bear • and ;h'er cub were' ambling 'b'risft-
,ly toward ,its,, ' P reached: fo"r theepot-
erie of the gae. tank,. turned it on 'anti'
held my helmet uriti,er• it anti!, it. Wes',
full and, soused it over the wings and
body', of the plane. Tinie 'and time 1
emptied'the helmet of .gasoline Qn the
plane -and .every, time I looked- up;
there were those bears comiirg°^eloseri
and closer- •
fallen into' a deep aleep;ft1
�h'rew the last ite.lrn•et'.of gaso; • Milk have
g• be �an •to take place which ..
line.�over the. .place":l 'ionised. up',. 'and' aomethin4 began
there' ---••just- aexoss ' the pace --were ,might'eaally have ended 'all our, adveii-
::. a .a . tures the ran• there,
the bears:=" 8elier e.arie,•g... • and boy..,., Serge •lif ice"clew d
ho b 't i h i ' "'hey` Over. et iii
those ears weren't.
s. g see ng ;� " C . flame rad-'
-ant - - that
little crl.u•solr t»ngue . o , , g
were out hunting tr ou lee -and a
ula-1-t-1 otibie--`axas--tis -el--t • -.
light a 'ntat:ch,• and did, you ever try
to, strike a match in a hurry? The
first one didn't.,light • at' all the sec-
and• Broke -but the third one lighted.
I held' it to the ,edge of the wing=-:
and' it seemed.. as if it'.would ':hever
catch fire. ' 'As it caught,ethe'old ')ear
was scarcely 'a coup.leo-f• jumps ,back
You , f • . h t .yo
that
found no mots e. ; -But if, all crimps
without ap:parentmotive w.exe as.ai n
ed to be connected---" -
_ (To be.continu•ed.')
A Shepherd's Cottage ,
nd grew larger—a
crept forward ands#�read 'Blore •littler
curling. flames like An advancing army
of red coats. But we were • sound'
.asleep:;and•: saw nothing uf-'it• -Mean
virile the;dangerous 11tt1e flaaaies•greW{
larger ant spread back of ars through.
the ,woods, threatening io • ring' ual.
arou•tid wieh a' wall of fire. .
of nae, Suddenly the flame flared` tip. • • - (To be Continued)
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"Also there are Inc elements of time Ili rile half light. between after=
and pr oximity'-n, these • two: 'case, noon and -evening ' the little village . Miniature. ,OIf OPenS
Markham ainplified: rooks as though it had gone to sleep For ,Brazilian Putters
"Is that the ba':lis of 'your eesump-' for • the winter -not a .sign at' aci'ivi- . • •• '
tide?" The professor'~ manner ,was ty r p d Ja li .'1 '1I"' tare
benevolently - contemptuous. ''You
never were s 'good mathematician;
Markham„ but. 'at' least you. should
know that no hypothesis can be built
•disturbs its eaceful serenit •- The, Rio a nenro,
fir• trees, covering the billed' .back-• ,golf courses are making their debut
ground, "show, up softly, .ridged and• in Br:azii_
strangely beautiful,' and look do »
:oh -ouch flimerpremise." Waters of.' the, 'broad rivet' Sowing ,at
,4"Both' namee,". interposed 'Vance; the foot.. Smoky gray ,clonds, .light
"-Cock 'Robin and Johnny Sprigr-
are the subjects of well-known nurs-
dieguised astonishment; and' gradual-
ly an angler ,fletsh mounted to hie face.
Vance sadly. "The jest is the Bish-
"The• 'Bishop?". Professor westt and •a keen., stinging Wind
'strove -to eurie.his irritation, .."leeek wekb. exhilarate's -and• urges "Ind
'fore, . Markham; I wbn't he pleyed oonxes 'all krone breath,- not a scum&
with. That's the second Mention:VI a in all the' vastness of moor and
Thysterieus' Rishop that's been made, but. tii,e fteaginimi. era., • crit, of a
in thie room.; -and I went to knew. thee wayeettel pb„e„.nt, and the weeny.
tug hurried chick,, chick of it
blackbird.. and 'the singing. nt the
what elute this ,Bishope to .de ' with ,
he height.- of .the moor is reLiehede
Spifigg?" • and the song and. scurry of the wipd
as feathers, scurry across the 'sky.
After leaving thee • coziness of the
village,. the moorland read is faced,
and 'limited. Knolls- ofi'brown, and 4 -
'green:. patched ..grase .are pasted;
glistening,. and the .eoftly singing icy
burnlete add silvery touches to the
toward the llghluest of sky hi the
meaping of it. Even' if a drank dui
'Write. an...insane letter„to the papers
jn, connection with Robin's death,
'formula typed on the.,earne machine as roar • and Whietle 1111,(he' hollowsi and
the Rieh•oi notes." ' - • pound along the plata; .. The trees',
., .„..wh.e.t,!., . Th6. penresspr bent f-ei .., are pent, am) tempes. scarred'. their
..- ward.: :. -"The s.ame Machine, Yen SaV,"' briini'h" °ilig4Ile Wit'll 'the 11.""ess ..
..11 8 V' li ham °pelted his; . pockettinol:', And thou.:- a corner is ttirnpti... And ,
aro 1,11,1:4 out tilelf triAnKtilai,, serail. ot le, peace for man and littal ! And in 1
'rt.);e r:I.11•1(11 e,titt).1 tb:g ,: hi sn: 1
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gazing„. at tha paiTel„ .•.tio,,,, ile" .17.anded.: open, and a' hilAhi. ,red . glow' ittvites.
light in this 1.,:t; H.., :t41.710 Ilt.,"1 f',St4ifill'eft ltIOTtilOr., ' VIA ritrif41 tall ,
-The Riemann-Chrietoffel teeser. ." 1"11'. "'MIT • the HheP11`.mrs ""Y.
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the othvt 'P ettitude. ship, now at 4.24S and assets in ex -
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