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SYNOPSIS '
A man. known as Cock Robin Is fottna:
with an arrow through.;the. heart. Thew
a_ young chap. named,, SPiigg is, •short
through the top;•:of the. head" The inur-
'derer writes meokirig. notes signed The
• gishop. District Attorney.. Markham
ask$ `the .6,1d. ef' his friend Philo Vance:,,
The ifoilowing tteople are sssociated
• with, the. case: Prof.. Ailiard ` His neice,.
Belle. Sigurd Arnesson;• who,. hopes to.
. marry. .$elle. JohnPardee a neiighaor,,
Jars . Drukker and her son 'Adolph.-
, is euspecfed Uut-the'"mght lie.
• is to he. questioned he. is .found murder-
ed; • Tie, shock kilis,Mrs..Drukker. Ap-
parently Pardee commits" suicide. 'Vance•
believes however, • another murder las tient . in the boy's eoneketl0n''' ;H15
' Deen cbmmitte'd. Prof:'Dillard asks them
s. lain, Brom, his, ra- weice" Held a :tragic paternal note. 'But
his home It i p.
been in my mind, poisoning ev
sought • " " He looked up fear
fully.. ' "What does it mean?" ' •\
Vance answered ,the question.
"It means, sir, that you've led . us to
the truth. We're waiting now for Mr.
Arnesson. •And I think;it would be
well if, we had. •a talk with you in • the
meantime • You May be • bre to help
:7`
The old iiian h'esita . .
• "I had' hoped' not to be an intra -
4.1
"IfMr. Arnesson were conYleced What
_hat perhaps n ,
•strong one,; heleight c ease suicide. $ ,e�rffin
would, he
on' BY ArINBPP,Li� ..,WO.. N,'.
rose and walked the length , of ..the Illustrated-ePressma'cxltg Lesson Fu r
•room and back, his face :chert , with noshed Tif iep,,Evoi y Pattern
anxiety. When. he' sal' ,down , again
he looked at :Vallee. far a long while,•
his ' fingers drumming with nervou
'indecision Qn' the `table•
"The innocent of. coursee meet ' he
considered," he said ; n 't voice Of alis>.
couragement.. "As morally wrong' as ,
suicide is, I can see your point that at
times it may bel theoretically _ just.i-
bed." (,Knowing Markham'as I did,
I• realized what this concession had
cost:,,.him,, and I realized, too, fora the
first time, how utterly hopeless he'.felt,
in the face .of the scourge of horror'
'Which it was his duty to wipe out.)
T1e old professor nodded ulsder=
'standtnglyv ,S>.
!'Yes, there' are'..some .,:seere,ts, '.so
hideous that it is•:well for• the world'
net' to know ,them;, A higher justice
may` -oft n be achieved without the -law
taking its. t IE"l •e. i '
As he spoke the door; opened, and
Arnesson �stepped..into ,the,xgem_:.' .... .
—"Well -F. -well: -Another- conference,- •
eh?" Ike ;gave us a'. quizzical leer, and
threw himself ,into a chair beside the
irofessor'.. I eiought the ease had'
been adjuaicated, so;to speak. .Didn't"
Pardee's' suicide put ,finis to the if -
lair?"',
' Vance looked, straight into the
man's' eyes. •
"We've• found little' Miss Mufet;
Ir::Arie'sson:„-.. ._---7---1. The other's eyebrows went,Up with
sardonic'. amusement,. o
"Sounds: bike a ;charade.' What am
'I supposed to answer:.`How's little
pp.
Jack Horner' thumb?' . or, should I,
inquire' .into '•the health of . Jack,
Sprat?” .
• Vance.did not relax his steady: gaze.
"We found,' her '.in 'the ; Drukker
house, locked ii-. a closet,";he; ampli
'fed, in a low, even tone.
-t Arnesson Became serious; 'and an
involuntary frown . gathered 'on his
forehead,. but this. slackening' of pose
was only transient.' Slowly his: mouth
ed into • a smirk. '':-
"You,
-
• "twist
!'You, •policemen are S • gfficient...
Fancy finding little Miss 'Muffet se.
-smile BernarkabliA.-Hie wagged_his.
_Mead. in mocrk admiration; "However,
sooner' er la .err it was to be expected.
And What, lay I ask, is" to be the
next move?'.' " •
that ger case aga,.,.st him wss a
the .most humane solution, for every E RTHINGTO
Markham' was sorely trout?led Ela
ery�.
to s
marks, that,he suspects Arnesson. Word
•` comesor the disappearance of..a little
girl.. " She. ia, foundhalff: suffocated in . a
closet in'- the Drukker .`home.,
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BAi'TER XXXVTII.- (Cont'd.,)
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"I 'realize ' that the' .'finding ` of the
typewriter arid; the noteboolk isnot
eoncinsiae," concurred Markham. "But
the identification, by the child-"
.:: "Oh;.:my dear; -fellow! What weight
„would, a jurattach tO a frightened
five-year-old; girls identification with=
Out ,powerful centri'but'ry evidence?' A.
der'er•-lawyer• could -nullify. it infive,
n iininutes: Atfd"erten -,ass teinrif u
could'"snake-the-.identificatiion held
what would it boot you? :It wouldn't•.
d; 'a presently. his features hardene,,
vindictive lightshorie.in his eyes'; and'
his• hand tightened over the knob of
his stick. • How. -;ver, I : can't •consider -
my • own feelings netv. Come.; I will
do';what 3 car."
CHAPTER' XXXIX.
On reaching 'the I!brary he paused
by the sideboard and poured himself a
Toss of ort. When he :had drunk it
he turned to' Markham 'with a look
of apology. `.` ��
"Forgive:nie Pm not quite myself.
He • drew :forward ' the Tittle hers
-table -and •placed -gasses -un: -itt or all
of us. f'Please: overlook my discour.-
connect Arnesson in; any way with; tesy. "lie filled the glasses and gat
tjte'Bishop murders. Youcould only; dam,
prosecute ',him fair atteiW ted kidnap
.. of us, I think, who did, not'feel the
A
nd if - you r should; '. throYigh . aneed of a glass Of -Wine after the her.-
rowing
er=rowingevents we had just passed.
through. •-
When we hail settled ourselaes the
professor lifted heavy eyes 'to Vance,
who had taken a seat opposite to Mm.
"Tell •.me everything,"• lie said.
"Don't try to spare me." • • • .
:Vance drew out his 'cigarette -case.
"First, let' me ask you a' question.'
Where was Mr.•Arnesson between five
and six yesterdayifternoon?" ..
"I-doth-=k-iiow• There 'wan -are
'ul ktance. in thy- vvordsr--`"He-'-had tea
here in the library, but he went'. out
about half past pour, and 1 didn't see
hirreagain until dinner time.' , •
Vance regarded"the other .syxnpa
thetically for a moment; then he.said:
I "We've ' found the typewriter • on
Which ' the Bishop, notes were printed.
It was in • an old suitcase hidden in the
attic of this house."
The professor showed lib sign of
being startled'. �le-'tom=iderutfy�t? 1`Beyend any doubt. Yesterday a
little' girl named Madeleine Moffat
disappeared from the playground` in
the park. ' There was' a„sheet of paper
in the machine, and on it had already
been typed: .`Littre Miss Muffeq sat en
Professor Dillard's.'head sank for-
ward.
"Another insane atrocity!' If only
I hadn't waited Wiest night to warn.
"No great, herrn has , been done,”
Vance hastened to inform him. -"We
found the child in time: she's out, of
He scarcely acknowledged Markham's danger now"
as if" tiling to •read the meaning of. •
"She had been locked in -the hall -
our unexpected- visit. Finally be put closet on the' top floor of the.Drukker
a question: house• W e had thought she was here
"You' have•,. perhaps; thought over somewhere-Lwhich is how we came to
what I said last night?" ;; search you -r -attic:',
"Not only have we thought it'Tover, There was a silence; then the pro-
said Markham, "but Mr. Vance •liras fesser asked: •may be responsible
found the thing that was disturbing ," been suggested'
,yrtu. • After we ]'eft here be .shtrwet'
the child's utiharssed, remem• We drew up chairs.There was none
ping.
'legal miracle, ;get a •.doubtful .convic-
.tion, Arnessoi ,.•wouW1'receive . at most
it sewer years ' in the bastille, That
�'woi 1dn't e d this horror. .: , 'No, no.
Yon mean' he precipitate."'
Reluctantly Markham . resumed • his
sest. ''He saw the, force of Vane's
argument. •
"Bnt•we:can't let this thing go on,"
:he .declared : ferot:itiusly. ' "We must,
stop this „maniac Some, way." _
"Sgme.Way-=Yes." Vance began pee -
ii g t e roe i'estlessty: niayLbe:..
• able to *eagle the truth. out of hire
by 'subterfuge:• he doesn't' know yet
that we've found the' child... It's
possible Professor Dillard' could assist
' :us-" 'He halted and stood :looking
down at , tlie. floor. "Yes! 'That's our
ono Chance.. We must confront' Arnes-
son .with what we know' when the pro-
' fessor is 'present: , The; situation is
sure to :force an issue of, seine kind.,
The professor now will'`do all in his
power -to- help -convict Arnesson:"
' "You believe he knows more than
he has told us?"'
"Undoubtedly. I've told' you so from
the first. And.when he hears of the
Little-Miss-Muftet episode, it's not
unlikely,.he'„l1 supply us with the esti-
-demo
vi-
-• denee• we- need," - -- - - - •-- - 5..
"It's along chance." Markham war
pessimistic. "But it can do no harm
to try. ,In any, event, I shall arrest
Arnesson before I leave.here, and
hope for the .best." . ' . '
A few moments later the front dor
opened and Professor Dillard appear-
ed in tie hall opposite the a'rchwa'y.
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llPhnt•pame.:beoxe: 41Rter the rescue o.Y,1 •He certainly 1o41ee.d like trouble, for
the crew •of the burnln,P ship, Captain ars .kaew We $houldq't have flown over
Jimrn,oSa a des to. t. ceder the island .yf i
'Ii'ormosa and' iciest• the. country q.R cher,. the island. .without ;permiss!on. Any
head-hun.ting°savages. a:
and Captai:a.c s way there we were, so we might as. •''
Stuart. taste off'early.•ln• the morning i well make the best of it.
But don't think khat the-• Tatwane• . He waited until we came within '
are not still head hunters. They're speaking+distancetii w 'beRot'e he had , .
just as •sa,,,age. as ever, and ai.l efforts s Chance i say a word,' 1 asked for,
to civilize' them• $ave failed. 1°"T�3very the' Governer., of the word,'
I. In very
tke. wands.:and. make his kill. Thee
you�ig„boy is!taught to steel, throug'n flrec!se English, he replied:'
she,'brings back chef "I. 'hav-e :the bona.,_ to -present His
ltead of a .fallen High nesse Count Ogachi,”
i, in.trodueed Stuart and myself and
/ ebemy faze what
,',:. ..,. ,., ‘ ..: , .
Taiwan• girl would explained that we a ere' anxious to
have .a'.yopeh : !ho visit the camphor camp and see rhe •
had 'not proven 'hie i article being,. made .• By tkis time, the.
A two' Japanese• army 'pliines„hdd atri�ved
fir►` bravery bey bripg.l
and tw'o very hot, irritated army otll
ing.• her „baclf a
heals' . k cers ' •were: ell the`"' seen¢ '' They ~all
Yes, sir they seemed Pitt out probably b e1l O
ec
still hunt head's in•'.th'e mountains;•orf•[they.,;h�tlln't•PQund •an opRortunitx;, to
shoot uta down ar. ptacq. us under,,
imps o r .
Fo a S dangerous hie these sav-•
of file hi17s that the Japan a>srst - - x - Wig.
ag'e men The all asked vs a flock oto q
ese have placed a wide: road throng . . I , , : w•ouki run out of
h.. y
fli t8ta-•-t1-.n3
::the •island,�gnarded by�..�
-high, fence •charged with-•electric-:eurr.. they
rent: '
Now and .then . the" , savages. tunnel
under the fence' and"attack som,e out-
lying camp where camphor is • made.
One or two of the•Japanese are.always
killed" before tha .11.1d -hunters are
driven back,,yet they,continue to' push
right up to the guard ,tine, for the' best
camphor trees are found:on' the moun-
tain. &lopes' , and. the ..industry- is 'Very
profitable.: •• we
land w:e were .go' where we 'pleased 'Visit the cam -
Flying low, .ver the is -^and they gave' ;us ail'
' phor camps .
e icial guide and •a car! We were
entry -also we were mpresse.
•le f lanes •hurriedlyleave too•• surprised for ,'Words.; '
e a'coup o p.. .
Atter_.a tiri_ve of fifty miles � or. .there '
A little., pirectoire itiodet :for, •girls
of 4,. 6,I,and 10 years 'that. exiiresses'
the newest Paris has:•'to offer.
ea
The partial belt•effect is cute idea.
.
finished with buttons•above the 'invert-
ed skirt pleats at the front.• - •
Style. No. 3295 is :.fashioned `•of ,a
tweed -like cottom. The Peter Pan ;col-
lar and cuff -bands of pique •may� be of
lite or of predominating tone of:the
pit, r
f
Ao
ancl`a ......
• ideas another, would• take ,it •u•p.n--rein-• -•-' -•-
1Iy i
brought us •be?'
for ,a' magis-
trate:'
trate:' and we
ansveered all the '"
o 1 i1 • questions'' ".•
and a lot, of new
ones .as. well. '
Then, alt of a
Size 8 requires 2 yards 39 -inch, 'with.
, yard 35 -inch 'contrasting. •
Navy blue. wool challis with tiny'
mar-t:_with : lain_
white pin dans•-:is '•so s p
white linen'. trim and vivid red,' crepe.
de chine bow tie.. .
Linen of on�ixoadcloth); prints,
,-c
weight
and • li ht w g
ojerseyg
1
e. w
u 4
pique,
worsted . are . l v ly .for .this model.-`
`' "We also found the typewriter,-'
pursued Vance,.ignoring 'the question.
"And`Drukker's. stolen notebook."
Arnesson was"•at once on his guard,
"Did you ally? He gave Vance a
canny look.` "Where were .these tell-
"tale objects?" '
"Ups,tairs-in the .attic "
"Aha ! Housebreaking?"
"Soinething:.like that."
t' W ithal," Arnesson . scoffed, "I can't,
seed that. you . have a' cast-iron case.
against any enc. • A. typewriter is not
litke a suit of And
that fits only
one Person. AAnd who can say how
_Drukker's notebook foin d its, way into
Our •attic?, You must -do ti"te ler than
that, Mr. Vance." ' �. • •
(To be Continued.) ,
greeting -he was scanning our faces' , '!Ah!"
Tails They Lose
Is the .London' sparrow ,loving
tail?-
' The writer has recently' noticed • a
number of ,tailless sparrows fn. Loh -
don suburbs, but didn't pay very -much'
-attend:ran=tn_the act._:-I%_iliought _that.
they had'. been fighting, or had had a
narrow escape -by the' tail .feathers= -
from a predatory cat.
But it seems .to be a fairly general
phenomenon iii London, and .scientists
have. now begun to "take note. of it.
There is a reference to it in a recent
number of • -a• •seientifl i ,journal, in.
which it is_d'escribed as: "a very pecu-
liar form of • degeneracy . . . the,
breakage of the tail feathers some
time after, the
London pigeons, now being- •rigor-
ously kept'.down; have ,always had the'
reputation of being, 'unhealthy.; now
we are told that London sparrows are
degenerates. a(� big city >;eems to be a
bad place for birds. , •
Probably that is because, in a city;
their natural food' is often unobtain-
able. In ,the country the main diet.
1 of the spa r ws" consists of 'hard'seeds.
In the 'Litres -they-. eat breadcrumbs
and.. soft scraps. . Thi:i diet, it. has
its
HOW TO DE'R PATTERNS.
Write your name and 'address plain-
ly, giving" number and size. of. sucir-
Patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
&s or coin. (coin preferred; :wrap
it carefully)' for each • number, • and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service,' 'I3 West Adelaide St., •Torontoi=L'
/It
• - sudden, ;they ,de•
sided we wire .all riglit. We could
struck by the wonderful.•beauty of the
coi ' d to
pe
the ground to irivesii""gate; us: Maybe the:end of the. good road. _
those. Japanese army planes Weren't we came to
fast: Theycame up so quickly •it made 'Out w•e climbed. and•' trudged •up the• ,
• •.steep.,, Path. 'into the. mountains, • On•..,
it ;feel as if .we were tied to a; Post. c
I We ',knew that we could not get both sides, were , evidence op. great
away from them, so we 'spiralled down: both
- ' trees having, been ;chopped
into the ,harbor and taxied up eta the down; here and, there stumps•: had
landin .' Dozens• of people crowded been c'hopped.. a'•t ret, and even ,roots.
g u u The roots;' you', know.., are
hwater &Mat to -,meet us,, d. g , p•
own` to the ._ ,_.
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:curious. to See what..was goring to hap , k. , 'o 'be'. contiiinedJ V '
bigau-tomobile; dr -vet -bY;� •
: (T-
pen.,. Then -a • � re ...
to: the Note:' any. et; our'. young ade_rs.
a chauffeur in, uniform rol!ed�up.2010
water front. and stopped. From •it writing to ".Captain Jimmy,''
alighted the-snappiestJ"aD-angae officer Star +Building Toronto; will rece'i've
.you ever saw. •
his sighed` photo free.
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The health -giving, delicious. drink for children, and grown -
and Half Pound tins at' your grocers.
Starting
Aire'. Stamps a Menace .
•
"An; thing'wrong., asked the kindly
neighbor. 'YYou look worried." ' A campaign ' has been started In
Skinner brushed,.a .hand... cross ,his .France against' what is -called• the "per-
perspiri:ng brow: , ` ' - vicioushabit" of licking• stamps.'
"Our lfttle . FreddY __Is in; . flnanciai: "The habit,', we are assured, "is dan-
trotible," he ex: rained'. gerous.. ;Microbes • are . carried . by I
�'"`Tb absorb= t
The •neighbor gazed wondering; y ai ,stamps. Even pois$�ta MIThe
the harassed parent. `e'U..from the-tiyes
' "Nonsense!" • he' .exctlaimed. "The
child is only a: year old" . '
• "yes, but he's swallowed a penny,'`'.
replied •Skinner: • ;
'from time to time about' paper- money,
or 'even'about coins. But, they, have
never 'caused any of. us to refuse •
Money.
•
I'n Britain more : than 100,000 War
widows have remarried, leaving only
'140,550 .still receiving pensions.•
"What more have you to tell. me • fel' their broken tail feathers.
"Drukker's note -book containing his ;tel
r..ig.a cry of '`The•Pretenders . :recent ,quantum, researches was' stolen
t "Ah!" Tile• exclamation 'was like a
from his room theitight..rf his death.
si
gli of relief. "For days that play hes� We found this notebook in the ,attic
sy - with the typewriter'"-:,- _.._
"1Ie' stooped even to that?" . It• was
notaqu'estion, but an exclamation of
:incredulity. "Are you Sure' of your
"How to make my old short skirts 'conclusions? .'Perhaps if T had made
con:, rm'to the new length was a prob- no suggestions last night= -head not
• lam '' ' me until I hit on, this plan. I sowed the seed of s•uspicion... •"
droli;:•:d the hems; and as the part "There can be no dont," declared
that had' been turned under was darker Vance softly:: "Mr. Markham intends
than the rest, I redyed the entire to arrest: Mr. Arnesson when he re-
dress after having hle'ached the goods, turns from the university. But; to• be•
FASHION HINT
Making it' Clear
The steamship of'pe cleri1 was be -
leg pestered by questions.'from a pros-
pective traveller. Finally he "decided
to teach the, man -a 1'essoli. .
"Now, sir," he said, "upper or lower,
berth?" .
. "What's the `difference?" 'asked ' the
customer. , .
The' clerk,ruhbed lits hands triumph-.
antly.
,.."The differe'nce i5,ffve shIllings,,‘Lhe
To]lo'Wing directliyfi's in the Diamond frank with you; sir, we, have praeti commeki.ue'c'1 Co ea;plan "'Phe lower
Dyes package. -
berth Is higher than tit upper ane.` .
"I used Diamond, oyes,for the redye- question in Mr. Markham, s 'mind whe-. ' The. higher nrice'is for the you want it lower. you have to loiter. 1'f
Cally no legal • evidence; • and • it is a•
high-
lag,go of course. I have ,dyed many ther or not the law can even hold hirn,, er• We seid'the ii[►per lower than `the
things with these wonderful colors. The most wekcan hope for- isa Convic,, lower Most people :don't like the
They have save`cl'me many dollars•and tion for attempted 1€idnapptn'�' lower. upper, although it's lower on ac-
have never failed t�i give perfect re- I through the child's identification.",t count er of it•being 'higher. ;hen 'you
sults-smooth, even colors --fast toI "Ah, yes •the 'child' waul�i know,' i ocrtiry.an upper Yen -have iii go up In
, wear-apd Tasking. Frieude' think my A bitternesspt hit the'old ma•r's hid end gct'lo r to a p
ere i o get •u "„
tint es' "'stt19-there At' old -be -seine '
s'" other crimes." C Londoi, 4 .flies i1 affair y aye lest .
red- Uth gs ar�'new when f redye Or eyes.'
' ,•
them With Diamond Dyes They do means of obtaining 'justice for the hind
the meat gorgeous color.
' k S smoking enarv'ely'
her tits net array of 0,13-46 Pemile, ' who'kre
�} C I Q ebec � Vance at mo f; p
Mrs. ., Bevis, u
- eyes ori fh'. wn11 ireyo_n.d.__A.t' ]ast_li.e re: spangible for rho expenditure. of
iSStit No. 39-'31 I spoke With quiet gravity.' • about .£63,250,000 a year.
.
•
Ii is certainly unpleasant ,to have
to lick .any considerable number of
stamps one after :the: other,' and most
people' who : have many letters to
`stamp use a sponge or 'a gadget of
. some kind . for the purpose. But there
'is really . no need for "alarm:
- 'Similar •`'scares" have . been • started
you li llk.e t -kis
emptling
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