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A PHILO. VAiVCE'' T.O Y. •
BY S,''S, VAN DINE
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SYNOPSIS
• Philo' dance; ' wealthy New York
Bachelor, recluse and student of crim-
inology, xeceives a 'telephone call from
John. . F. X. Markham, 'DistrJe1 Attor-
ney of New York and his friend .of 18
7ears'standing,• regarding a startling,
1/4- :fantastic' crime j4at. perpetrated.
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I:t; was not surprising, therefore,
w ,that Markham should have turnegd,to.
• Vance at :the. ver : beginning of the.
•. Bishopurder Case.. Mere -and mote;'
I'hdd:nooticed, he hadcometo relyoe
the, other's help in his criminal investi
..,gations; and, in the present instance it
• was , particularly fortunate that ' he
appealed. to Vance, for only through
anintimate knowledge ofAlm abnorr
mai psychological manifestations of
"='.the human• mind,' such as Vance pos-
eessed, could that black, insensate • plot
- :have: been contravened' and the per-
petrator unearthed:
"This whole thing may be a mere's-'
nest'said Mark tam, without con-
oviction: "But I 'thought. you might.
want to come' along... '.' .
"Oh; quite!" Vance gave Markham
a sardonic smile. . "Sit down, a nio-
n►ent; and tell',me the tale coherently:
The. corpse won't ran 'away And it's
best to get .our facts in.some; :kind of.
. order 'before we •vie* the remains.
Whoa are, the parties of the rfist part,
for instance? . And why the project-.
tion of.the' District Attorney's office
into a murder case within an hour: of
the deceaseds passing. All that you've
told Ma.se far resolves itself into the
Markham sat down gloomily on the
edge of a chair .an# inspected the end
of alis cigar.
"Damn it, Vance! Don't start in
with a, mYsteries-of-Udolpho, attitude
' the crime—if it is crime -seems,
clear-cut enough. It's an unusual
method of murder, I'll admit; lint it's
• certainly not senseless.. Archery has
become quite a fad of late. Bows and •
arrows are in use. today in. practically
every city and college in America."
"Granted. But it's been a longtime
Once .they 'were :used' to kill persons
named. Robin." , • ''
Markham'S., eyes 'nar�wed, and he
looked at Vance searchingly.
"That idea''occurred to you; too, did
its,.. - -
"Occurred to. me? It leaped to my
brain the moment you mentioned the
victim's name,"._ wVanee:,puifed_.S.145m-m
ent , .on :his. cigarette. ' "Who killed
Cock :Robin?" And .with a bow :and
arrow! . , .. Queer how the doggerel'
learned in ,childhood clings to the me-
mory. By the ray, what was .the un-
fortunate-31r.
nfortunate" Mr. Robin's first name?"
"Joseph,"'I believe." '
"Neither edifyin' nor"suggestive: . .
Any middle- name?"
"See here, •-Vance!" Markham' rose
irritably: "What hasthe murdered
man's .middle name to.' do with the.
case?'
"I haven't the groggiest. Only as
long as we're going insane we may as
Well go the whole way. A mere • shred
of sanity is of no value."
He rang for Currie and sent him
for the telephone directory. Markham
protested, but Vance pretended. not to
hear, and when the directory arrived
' he thumbed its pages for: several Mo-
ments.
"Did the departed live on Riverside
Drive?" he asked ,finally; holding his
finger On a name he had found.
"I' think he did."
"Well, well."' Vance closed' . the
book and fixed ' a quizzically triumph-
ant gaze ' on the District Attorney.
"Markham." he said slowly, "there's
only one .Joseph Robin listed in: the
telephone directory He.lives on Riv-
erside Drive; and his middle name is
Cochrane!"
"What rot is • this?" Markham's
tone was almost ferocious. "Suppose
his name• was Cochrane; are you
seriously suggesting' that the feet
had anything to do. ,with his being
murdered?"
"'Pon my word, .old man, I'm ,sag-
gestin gnothing." Vanee shrugged his
shoulders • slightly. "Im ';merely jet.
ting • down,' so to . speak, few -facts
n.:connection'with..:the case.- As the
matte s ans now
,A . d ,,?t Mr . Joseph Coch ,
rang - Robiii--to wit:' Cock Robin has
been' thiel" with a how and arrow:'
Doesntthat. strike even your legal
Mind as deuced'queer?" '
"Nor' aMrkhamsp
'fairl ' at ' the:
y.
negative.. '.'he maitre of the dead man
is certainly 'common .enou "h'; and it's
g ,
a' wonder, more • people haven't been•
killed:' or -injured with all this revival
of archery throughout the ' country..
:Moreover, . it's 'wholly possible that
Robins death was the result of • an
accident."
"Qh, my aunt.!" Vance wagged; his
head reprovingly. , "That fact, ,even
were it ytrue, 'wouldn't help the •situa-
tion any.. It would only make it queer-
er. Of the thousands of archery en.-
thusiasts in these •fair : states; theone
with the name of_Cock Robin should
be accidentally kuled.:with an arrow!.
Sueh'a .supposition,would lead us into'
spiritism' and demonology and what -
net. Do you, by any chance, believe
in F lises. and Azazels and jinn; who
go about playing Satanic jokes' on
maiikindr
"Must:I be a, Mohanimedaa myth=
ologist 'to; admit coincidences?". re-
turned Markham tartly.
"My. dear •fellow!.. The proverbial
long arm of coincidence doesn't extend
to infinity. , There are, after all,lalVyqs
of probability ,.based on` quite definite
he tical. $onnulas lt—wo '
make me sad to think that such men
as Laplace and •Czuber and Von Kries
had .lived :in. vain. The present ,situa-
tion,'h'owever, is even more'complicat-'
eii '.than you suspect,::. For.'. instance,.
you , mentioned over the' phone that
thelast person known to have been'
with Robin before his'death is named
Sperling," •
"And wh t esoteric significance. lies
in`that fact?" '
"Perhaps you know what Sperling
means in German," suggested Vanee
dulcetly: •'
"I've been to High School," retorted
Markham. Than his eyes opened
slightly, and his body. became 'tense.
Vance pushed the German diction-
ary toward him.' . •, °
."Well, anyway,' look up , the woad.
We might as well be thorough. ':I
looked_ .it u
imagination was playing trick; on.ine,
and I had a yearain' to see the wort
in black and white."'
Markham opened the book In sin -
mice, and let his eye run down} the.
. page. • After staring at .the- word for
several moments he drew himself up
resolutely, • as if . fighting off a spelt.
When he spoke his.voice'was defiant-
ly belligerent. '
"Sperling means' 'sparrow.' Any
school. boy knows that.. 'What of it?"
"Oh, to be •sure.',' Vance lit another
cigarette languidly. "And, any school
bdy •knows the old nursery rhyme en-
titled 'The Death and -Burial of Cock
Robin,' •what?" He glanced tantaliz
ingly at Markham, who stood imino-
bile, staring outinto. the spring sun-
shine. "Since ;yea pretend to be un-
familiar with that childhood' classic,
permit me to recite the°first. stanza."
A chill, as of some unseenspectral
presence, passed over • me as Vance re-
peated those old familiar lines: ' '
"Who killed ock Robin? '
'I,' said the sparrow,
.� 'With' my bow and arrow.
I killed Cock Robin."
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RlISt4eSs.
yanaa nodded• abstract•
tines t
ebil.. s •g4043 is so. m ti
Most serious business in, life.' If s i
• The many silly superstitions which,
Mill • exist in regard to babies' are 'a
danger to their •health and develop-
mei}t. For instance, the senseless be-
lietfthat a baby must not have its fn-
ger nails cut or it will glow up a
thief. " . .
One has. 'only to walkthrough a
clinic or hospital to see the mischief
caused by babies' .dirty Anger nails.
. child develops pimples; . due prob-
ably to wrong. feeding; it scratches
,them with its -dirty nails and septic
sores are the result. The number„of
babies covered. •'' with septic. sores
•brought"about by ,airs'• linger nails .is
a: disgrace.t , ' ,
words held i curious, far -away ,tone.'
' "I4gnt, like this thing.' .I dont at an
like' it; •;'There's too, much of the child
in it ----the child , born old, and with a
' diseased' Mind ,,I.t's likeasome hideou's
perversion." '$e took a deep inhale-
' tion en his .cigarette,. and • made a
lit slight -gesture of repugnance,. "Give
me the details. Let's find out where•
me. stand in this topsy-turvy land "
Markham again' seatd .himself.
"I' haven't many details. I told you
practically' every.thing...I know of the,
case over the "phone. . Qld ,Professor
Dillard called .tile shortly .before •I
eMpur uficated with. you—"
• "Dillard?. B',y any chance, Profes-'
rsor Bertrand Dillard?". ••
"Yes: The -tragedy took' place at 'his
house, You know' .him?"
"Not personally, I know him'only
as. the World. of science' knows Mari.
as ,one df the greatest living mathe-
inatical physicists: I `have• inost'•of'iiis
books.. How . did 'he :happen to. call
you?" •••
• ,'"I've 'known him 'for nearly twenty
years. 1 had mathematics, under him
at Columbia, and later did soini legal,
work 'for him: .When `.Robin's, body
was found he phoned me at once-=
about half ,past 'eleven. ' I: called up'
Sergeant.' Heath •at the Homicide' Bur-
eau 'and turned the case over` to',him'
although -I told hi'm Fd .come along,
Personally later on., Then I,';ph"oned
yotii.,. The. Sergeant and' his men are
Waiting' for -Me .now at the • Dillard
home." . Y •
(To be continued.)•
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• Then there" is thesuper;
1r:'
stitio'n .that .a baby must not be- weigh-
ed at birth,,or it will' die. No doubt this
had its oi'ig!r in the flim' and ,dark
past when .people were:afraid' to let 'air
sad .- water touch '"their bodies, but
even to=day there. are hundreds : of.
mothers who will , not, allow .their
:babies to be weighed, and for the first
few months of their lives muffie them
'up, in suet a Way that the poor mites
can Scarcely breathe. When this is
done; their lungs fail .to expand prop-
erly,.•and they"develop chronic coin-
plaints which cripple . them in later
life.
A baby mulct ,have a ':taste" of
everytLing or •it will grow up with an
inability to •.earn enough, to buy such
thine for, itself! How many: babies'
digestions are ruined and stomachs'
permanently'. 'injured by giving them
"'tastes" of the 'family . dinner':• at a•
time• when. they .should be having
What New York I nothing but their natural food? •
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Slow`ly Markham. !Drought his eyes
back te
"It's mad," he remarked, like a man
confronted; With something at once
inexplicable and terrifying.
"Tot, tut!" Vance waved his hand
airily. .."That's plagiarism.. I said it
first." Ole was striving to OVerconte
lis own sense of perplexity by a light-'
!less of attitude.) "And now there
really should be an inamorata to be-
wail Mr. Robin's liaising. You recall,
perhaps, the stanial.
"Who'll be chief mourner?
'I mourn my loat love;
I'll be chief MoUrner'."
MaAham's head jerked slightly,
end 'his ngers beat a nerVous tattoo
on' the table.
"Good Goq, Vance! Miere is it girl
that' jealousy lite at the bottom et'
this thing."
"Fancy that Atm! I'm afraid the
affair is going tO–develop inton kind
of tableati-vivant for groWn-up kind.
ergartners, What?. But that'll make
our task easier. All well have te do
"The Masco doolstieo, to speak pe-
dantically. . . My dear Markham,
have you forgotten? -'--
'With my little eye;
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