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SYNOPSIS;
A man known••as Cock ,R;obtri is found
• with an arrow in -' hie heart;•. :another:
• Johnny Sprigg, is found with a bullet
through the. ton of his head.:DiStriot
Attorney ,Markhalii calls in. Philo .Vance,
who:claims the, hilirders'are-fotinded on
. nursery' rhymes and "are the worst, •of.• a"
maniao: -
.Those associated .with the case are:
Pref. • Dillard his niece,Belle, and his
protege Sigurd Artiessori; also .a pro-
fessor of -mathematics. John Pardee, 'a.
neighbor with: a ,passionmfor chess., • Mrs.
brukker lied. as to his whereabouts on
Ater is mentally unbalanced andd.. Adolph
Is a crippiel,yi ith"a' super -brain'` .. `.. .
pper1ingg; • the ,hot man known" "to os'
with Robin,,•is' arrested but the' subse-
quent `murder, of Sprigg 'establishes his
Innocence. Vance questions Mrs. Druk-'
ker
who, tetls'.'how 'the murderer • li�t+l
her' a terrifying visit He also learns
Drukke ~lie&' s :to his whereabouts on
the, moriling .pf R'obins' death. Belle
Dillard, ,Arnesson. and Pardee.are' 'cross=
• examined, bu their' ed, t th it tea iirio i
t nes o T
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erve .to baffle. th ' o
of e e lice more.
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CHAPTER XXV:=,(Cont'd.)
This definite evidence was to; come
the very next day from a moat un-
e acted �`
uaite
gP d � a ed the
. q ,
beginning of the last phase of our 'In
the ,time Of' Robin's, dea$h and -then M. _
went ante. a Panic :of fear, when we w York e lO1�DVI NTtxR S . / '\- .
vii�at lye
came to` qutestion Drukker, ' She even `_'
warned liabm against us and Balled us , $ Wearing �� % /,� ® -
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the enemy. My brelaef is she saw' vs\/ -_--ss, :-
Drukkex returning home immediately BY ANNAI%ELLE WORTHINGTON- �/- �
?Y
after Robin's body lead been -placed 1 -
•G lark `eraa?e: Drttiste R snot- Mitts-' =�' Ztser- °.. n : `3`14 , �� �-
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'as �%� sa FtEc y�J ° Sc+1L L Ct ., , �1 ..-"*--
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16tSr71 at the lme. Sprigg was'' ki'll'ed,: ' lasheii With J; i ,Z'citC'een
and' both he•and-his mother have been •
at pains to cover up the fact. He has
become excitedwhenever we .broached
the subject of the murders, and has
iidicul 'd the 'idea -`that they were cop-
nested. In fact, many of his' actions
have been highly suspicious: Also, we
know he is abnormal and .unbalanced,
and' that he is •given o :playing Chil-
dren's
dren's games. It's quite, possible -in
view of what .Doctor Barstead. •told xis
--that he has confused. fantasy and
reality, arid' perpetrated ,these crimes
.in , a moment of tap perary. insanity,'
:The tenser formula ts• 'not' only. fa
: -
sniper to him, but he May. hake also.'"
elated "rt in some ",,,e.r.agy way yrtit•
Sprigg as a esult of A'rriesson's the
eussign'with' Spiigg about, it, As fo*
-the. ,Bishop notes, they Indy flava been
Inuit -sit_tshes-USsrealitY ofsliniss sac e;
games --children all' want..an. approy-
ing audiepce whey -they . invent' any
• new form of:amusement. His choice'
•
of the word `:bishop' was 'probably the
result of his interest in -chess-a play -
fill signetut'e intended to confuse.. And:
this' 'supposition .;is 'further borne, oat
by the actual -appearance of a chess
bishop on his mother's door. ' He may
have feared that: she say, him that
morning, and thus sought `to silence
her without openly admitting to her
that' he; :was guilty. ''• He could • easily;
have- °slammed 'the screen porch wo?r
fromahs, inside, without having had -a-
key,
akey,, and thereby-given,';the ifnpression;
that ;the beaker of the bishop had
entered'and:•departed.b,y the rear door.
`F r. " i
u „harm r'
o e t wool
have a e been o•
simple matter for hien to',;take---the,
bishop • from the -library the night
Pardee
wasna zig' sgame. a I n i
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y
Markham;continued. for some time
building up his case against" Drukker.
He was thoroush and detailed, andhis
summation accounted •.for practiea11y
all' of •the •evidence that had been. ad-
•-duc'ed. The
logicali
s 1
and
re1
a
ileac -waY
in Which he pieced'his various
factors
tilget}er a�as .riripress�teIy eonvirieing=
Markharri;" he began, a bit diffident-
ly, "about.' a matter which may "be.of
help co 'you, :'. Youremernber;'when
you : weft questioning me bout :my
being in the archery -roam wifh Robin
you wanted to know which way ilix�
Drukker went when he left us._ I: told
you I., 'didn't'.notic ; ..except', that be'
went out by the, basement door:
Well, sir, ,I've had a ;lot of time to',
think::ately;, and I''ve naturally gone
over. in -my mind all :-that=-happened
that morning.. I don't know just how
to explain it,; but everything .has: be-
conic , a , lot clearer now. - Certain--,'
h.I
what
you'i
"�
mi
ght call • impressions--•
have come back to:me... ••.'x
He panted ed n'
P rooked and ke
d defy '
down
t
carpet. Then lifting his' head, he
went on
"One of these impressions ha's to d
o"
with•. Mr. Drukker-; -and that% why I
wanted to see you. lust this after-;
noon- `
I` was -wed so' "
rt of ate" i ''_
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nd n
g
I .was in the' • rchery-room' a aiu-
S. ,
vestigation-a • phase 'fraught' -with Iking" to: RoGin; and all of a sudden',
;lila sinister, . soul'=etirring tragedy' the"picture-of� the'rear window '#lashed-
irnd • unslieakablo horror, with such'' across • my mind. And 1 . remembered
wanton cruelty,and monstrous humor, .that when. I had glanced out of 'the
that even now, yearn later, as I : set 'window, that morning' to .see how ` the
down this. repoitorial :record of lt+: I4weather--was "fog -my -trips-I--hail-•seen n
and a hong slience,fallowed his •resuine
V arise at' length stood up, a 'if' 'to
breaks the tension of his thoughts, and
walked • to the window.' -
"You may be right, Markham," he
admted Jiut my chief objection to
And it difficult. to :"believe that the .Mr•' Drukker sitting in the arbor be- .your conclusion is that the , case
eventsvere notraftersall; _mere•._gYn.. 'Milia the_.house-_.,-..•..2. • -
-` agains-Drukk`er i's.;too aflss'-I've had
tesque dream of fabulous wickedness. "At what .time was ••this?" ark".m him in mind as a possibility. from the
Friday,' afternoon Markham, in a ham• demanded.brusquely. -
mood of. desPeration, :called .another "`Only a few 'seconds before I went.asst; but the 'more. 'suspiciously he
. conference."\Arnesson asked permis-' ta�eatelr�my drain," salad and the .more the ore 1tfelt
cion to 'attend; and 'at four o'clock we "Then you imply that Mr:' Drukker,pointed toward him, the more I felt
all: met, including Inspector' Moran, instead' of "leaving' the remises inclined to dismiss him from co hese
premises, cistron The brain that' schemed 'these
abominable Murders is too competent,
too devilishly "shrewd, to become •en-;
tangles in 'any' such net :of 'circum-'
stantial evidence .as you've' drawn
-about Drukkex: ',Drukker has an
amazing mentality -his • intelligence
and.•intellect are".super r-ormal, •in fact;
and it's li€fimultLtq,00neeive: of him;
isthe District Attorney's private
room in the old. Criminal Courts
Building. Arneseon was. unwontedly
.. silent during the discussion, and net
-once .did she indulge in Hs usual flip_
pancy: He listened with close atten-
tion , to all that was said, and seemed
urposely to avoid 'expressing an opin--
• ion, even when-drnectly'appealed , to
• by Vance. • - ' a
•. • ' We had been in conference perhaps
' half an hour when Swacker entered
quietly and placed a memorandum on
the. iDistrict Attorney's desk. I' Mark-
ham glanced at- it and frowned. After
a moment he initialed'. Iwo printed
forms and• handed them to. Swacker:
"Fill `these in• right away and give
them to. Ben," he ordered. ' Then, when
the-man---had-gone--out-through-the
to. the..arbor- slid "'remained there until
ybiaeparted."•
"It looks • that way,- sir." 'Sperling
'was reluctant to make the admissio.
"You're quite sure •'you saw. •him,
"Yes, sir,' 1 remember.. •distinctly'
now. 1:.'even recall the. peculiar • way
. he had -his legs drawn up under him."
'You -'- odic swear `=tor rt'" armed`
"Markham', -gravely, "knowing that 'a
man's life might rest on your "testi-'
mony?" ' •
-pa swear to it, ' sir," Sperling re-
turned •simply: ' '•
When the sli'er;ff had' escorted his
prisoner from. 'the .room, Markham'
looked at -Vance, '
"I 'think that igives :us a foothold."
The cook's testimony was of
little -value,- since" Drukkex•merely"-ee-
outer hall. door, he explained the in- 'vied, it; and she's the type of loyal
terruption:, "Sperling-has-just-sen't a -stubborn--German' Who'd -hack -up -his
request~ ta speak'• to me. ' He:says says he dental if any raal danger threatened
baa information, drat may be:. of iii- Kirit. 1N►45w we*re armed-with_an e'ffec=
• portance. •I thought, in .the circum-' tive weapon.';,
stances, it might be •well,•to see'hiin "It• seem to pie," Markham .said,.
• now." 'Ik� • • after :a "tew' memo/its of speculative
• Ten minutes date} "Sperling was. silence, "that we.have a good ci'renin-
breught •in by a, deputy 'sheriff .from stantial case .against• Drukker. .He
the Tombs,' He.greeted Markham with was in the Dillardyard "only a_few
a friendly. boyish 'smile and nodded seconds before Robin was killed. He
• pleasantly to Vance. He bowed -a could 'easily have' seen when , Sperling
' bit stiffly, 1 thought --to Arnesson, went away; and, as he had recently
whese • presence seemed both AO sur-� come from Professor' Dil�ai11,, he knew
prise and disconcert him. Markham' that the other members of the family
motioned, him to a chair, and 'Vance were out..,__M: D
-rsrtlkker -denied, she, a
offered him 'a cigarette. aw any one• fromher Window: that.
"I wanton to "speak t , ou,' Mr. morning, although she sereameci at
if guilty, leaving so many loopholes."-
•
' 'CHAPTER XXVI.
"The law," returned Markham with
acerbity, "can ' hardly be expected to
throw out • cases because . they're too
convincing. - ,
"On ' the other hand," • pursued
Vance, ignoring the comment, "it .is
quite obvious that Drukker, ' even if
knows -guilty, knos somthing that has a
direct and vital' -bearing on the case;
end" my humble" suggestion is that •we'
attempt to prise this. information out
of '•him. • Sperling':, testimony has
given ns the lever for, the purpose ,
I say, Mrs rnesson, what's your opin
foal „"
-.-" Haven't any," thn man answered.
"I'm a disinterested onlooker. I'd ha!-.:,
holvevei, to see poor Adolph in dur-
ance vile." Though •he would not corn
:melt'snit :melt'it was plain that he agreed
with Vance. ' " •
Heath thought, characteristically,
that immediate: action was advisable
nc1 eXpressed himself to'that coact
"If he's got anything to tell he'll tell
it gaiek enough after he's locked ap.".
"It's u --difficult ait'iation," Tnspec.=
,tor Moran 'demurred, •in a soft. judi-
cial'voice. "We.cannot afford to make
an error. If Dr•ukker's evidence should
c'anvict • some :one -vises we'd'. be si
laughing -stock if we liad ariested•the very ill indeed. • So T have to•.do ;his.
wrong `fan. , shopping; aria' 1 want a •shirt.v
• 'i i looked 'toward Markham •arid :."Certainly,. madam;"std the assist-
- + ant, "Stiff front anal offs?J'
have no!" , she 'e$c.laiiied. "The
doctor says be mast avoid anything
starchy."
God screens men from premature
ideas.--••�Enierson:.' • '
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o- What .oa.iie before: After many advert- ten :course dinner, batt ,we will eat • µ .
tui es in China Caetain Jimmy meets lin short! --dud iI soon after— ust a9
old fiiera.d,l'rieut..Stone:. 7`he two esoaue. Y Y
from bandits in a freight train, which soon as It is dark."
1 s led in enemy .terFitory.: 171udin6
the soldi.ere, they set out to and a plane O.t[r' pian.. was perfee ly s;imple. If u.
they had hidden in the woods.' • ' it worked," it was grand, if it:didntt
By the. time I had forced uiy brorse s w•e.• wouldn't• 'need any . more gas
througli the mob, Seattle • had •got and .oil. • We" settled down .to waft
htinself untangled ; from the officer `for darkness;a a• long,•'hun d 'wait it
and was in pursu.tt,• of Jed Stone who 'was;. too; • till near. midnight. •:. • '
had :a • horse . for Illmself .,and was ` We weremounted; Lieutenant
,busy getting •Fu, Our •Interpreters 'on Stone,: Ii'u •lash (the' interpreter) rnd
'a'nother. 1 -.-Scottie trotted •along on • foot.. With,
Such yelling', and • Such sh laking; every possible • precaution against:
Every main: to r making any unnecessary enolses, w'e'
himself We -were ci1cled the- islaee;--w-here lite- ova -.Os
a lundred yards nr gine lay on hel'-:bads' A€us:u,
more away beers): below, that ' 'pat4 we, rose •tale "
a singl•••e
ras
''.1'110,•• t ' -asrl'waeaecpyk.i.n..~ardcasmliappda -oucor cp:oleur,of4fo4 i1
fiirsdancaend w:eat mghf;
weave
l'eits
been Pefliaps hair a til`e ",frond. the camp,
penia in beds"r ave dismo+intd Ru Hsu
sail-horses
and scat
the danger-•-oz� -tie stayed With •.the hor es Lleuten-
those soldiers' hitting us: 'ant Jed Stone and 1 ".wen't .forward to
Except`' for, a let: of 'shooting, there reconnoiter. Ali. was, quiet' in .camp.
:was little attempt at,• . pursuit. •' We 'Sentries 'peeing . to and .fro were' all
Circled through the.' e.' woods, and after. . that ,seeined to be .'awake. We crept
going. 'a few nii"les, tanned -mit again 'as .close as' we dared. '
to the -railway tracks. " Turning..the On our left„ a ,Large "roomy tent
corner of a •thicket, I was"'suddenly ,stood- out against the sky ilne.`
confronted with the ' moat welcome Back •at the horses' Once more we
sight "of • my' Iife. -. Giving a ' great, . arranged , our plan,. Fu Hsu, " on ,
war .whoop I""sterted . forward:. " pain of death;, agreed . to stay •aion
There ust as we had, 1'
. R.j __ _ eft, it, skoA_d: ,with oui�hars_es.•
our oft plane. A: hurried check . up; siS e -d --••S rt , n .e
showed •that" it -was'" just, as we had- twinged 'his
left'it-but no 'gas, " no 'oil, . ono any.. .horses • eluded
thing! ' A, fine eitu'atiOn There wa -back and to -=the.
were, with: a 'perfe.ctly .good• plane;' right. ,so as to •
pow'ere'd with a tremendous engine reach • :a ' point
that used .so r;muc'h •fuel at of .the 'camp as
"Gas! Gail". every •tine, it went by nearl • opposite •/r�`/„I
a asolin -
e 'sf do "
g 'station."
•And ':"w
�e had the largetents t o e t ,
just about 'enough 'in the tank • to, we had seen; 'as possible, ;Under tom
,Crean vas grease spot ,in a suit , of pulsion, Seottie went 'along with. Kirit...
'.clothes.,' •Fie 'much preferred••to stay, with me,
"We'll• borrow some, train `the Sold- but Jed'Stone needed him to„help him
leis, Jed” Stone
,Suggest
ed.
car
ry
out his part of 'the .
plan. .
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".Ha. Ha,I 1a ughed, .andc :great' quietly backt towards the. big'
while u r •
o ea:tit
y oath yarrow ,j a raw s ten tent
course 'dinner for,; each •of us: 10, . -, To be septi ued
stoilaach--is-so e g y- o ye g
,
Tsn t i't' cut on, niedrsii ]rues? `Ti's'
so "girlish, neat and practical
I'm' certain littledaughter will -:love
your, choice' else' iii .;selecting a "dress that.
is smart besides being .merely 'snit
able : and 'serviceable.,
It only pretends"a, bolero.
A blue and white plaided. gingham
with.White pique • collar"and cuffs and
-vivid-red-grosgrain-ribbon
tie carried
out the popular tti solei scheme,of the
-elder-lnode.
ty_l_a No 311^0';is._design_eel~ a ,g r
of 8,' 10, 12, and: ~14 .years
Another charming. 'way to "fashio
it -is of -dusty-pink• shade shantu
with se;f•fabric'collar and cuffs finish
ed with bindings of brown. shahtun
that is repeated in,bew tie.
hinen` batiste prints, persey;" crep
de -chine print, dimity and many rayo
novelties also. suitable."•
SizQ.8.yequir'es 2 yards 35 -inch Wit
% yard 35 -inch contrasting.••
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Write your name and address plain
ly, giving' number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose -206i
stamps or coin (coin',preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number; en
address your order to Wilson Patter
Service, 173 West Adelaide St., Toronto
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nTP. -ids•-ages Dote �-�-rr oH- 'lir-- uurea' r
itself."_ • ' writing, to "Captain' J„imtry' 2010
"Quite ,right,"" he said ' We']1 tat Star Bldg.;"T Fonio:'"s Til z sc;� v
do that. 91 conrs''s, it, may not be'a signed photo free.'
My lofty window, in the hart of •town
Upon 'a humble garden=plot looks
down; '
A brave oasis, :here a slender beech
Spreads slim aspiring boughs the sun
to reach.
Now all the, multitudes of trees that
' make - - - • •
The summer' wonder of'the ~woods
awake.. -
In quiet straths, on,hillsides far away.
And- don; -triumphantly -their green
' array,
As though obedient to some • potent
word '
That thrills their companies, by men,.
lrnheard;
.And here,' beset by walls; this; tree,
.ilene,
This patient prisoner, in exile .grown,
Gbeys the 'sante comhiand'sand gaily
-weans
The same renewed young loveliness,
as theirs.
Serrefaler in the GIasgow Henald,
• Barred • • "
She was the sort of woman •rvho al-
wajs tells exeribody her hushiess.
With 'a cheery smile, she' settled her-.
self at the counter of the liosiei:'s
shop and began: -
"My husband has been very 111
"'W,.y not. hate hire on the tapis
,first, an. see if ,ie can't be �`n�,ersuadnd
to unbt.rden his skit You might,
dangle a war -•ant'over his head, don't
y' know, . as a kind of moral ,induce-
ment. Then, ifhe remains coy and
retiernt, bring nut the gyres and have
the doughty Sergeant escort hire to'
the bastille." '
(To'be continued.)
Ai .'travel Rests Eyes,
JJI Optolnitrist Asserts
•Flying, whitlt has been called bene -
1 ficial jn some ,forms of ,deafnes, now
is said to be good for the eyes. as well".'
,The opinion was expressed ill a• letter
written by Dr.. Harold G. •'Staffor•i,
Nett' .Ynrk optoniatiist, to Transcon'- -
;lnieiital & Western Mr, Inc. • •
According to Dr. Stafford, the etcs
The 'health -giving, .delicious drink" foie child it<en''and grown-
ups- ' Poundwand ' Half Pound tins at .your. grocers.
Earlier Egg Plant .
Produced In Canada
An egg plant which.,,promses much
Of value to Canadians is -referred to in
thp, annual 'report of thie Director of
Dominion. Experimental Farms; As the
xesttft of IOTig cOnli ie gri'lrfg,d: ria:
Dominion Horticulturist ' nia''kes :the
following observation
A Japanese eggplant called Negas-
aki, with fruit too small for the..gen-
eral market, having .proved' the'ogly
egg plant that would produee a satis-
factory crop in many )farts of Canada
owing to'its earliness was' crossed
with the' '•- Black . Beauty, one of the
large •but rather late' varieties, with
the resuit t-ha&--aii-•egg-plant-of-good
•'size. was., produced, .widen • is• much
earlier than, the .Elack Beauty: Ex- •
perimental work in this connection" is
nowT being centred' upon getting' the.
type, fixed, When this ,is accomplish-
ed an egg plant suitable' for'cultiva-
tion: under Canadian. Conditions will
b:e _estabtN•-.-and:_t;=will probably.' ,:
•become an important new factor in •
horticulture ,throughout. Canada."
•
•TTniess the' noises of cities decrease,
their residents will have•.to depend
upon' artiticial Bearing by the next -
century, according to one expert.. .
"Everything' comas to, hint that.
hustles_while he wafts.'•-Thoinas A.
1:iiS•ai•n;-
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IT'S CLEAN AS CHINA
CAN'T HARBOR DIRT
SAN ITARYand HYGIENIC
NO CHANCE OF INFECTION
No „matter how severe,
you earl alvvays have
itniuttliate relief:
•
are relieved' of Strain by fiXin; th.t.n1 -Aspirin al'ways SOPS alfl flificklY•
on a distant. horizon. In this mann( r Awes it without ohyill 6 eats. Lie/Weis
t ravel ' s even Mare Of a relief,
is not ronfined o a.• fixed 'hie. is de-
void •of :objects and changes rapidly.
Alecto in•Caohi4