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' I t > This finest Orange Pekoe tea costs less than others ORANGE PEKOE Fresh from the gardens' The Bishop Murder Case A PHILO VANCE STORY 11V S. S. VAN DINE Two know n through 111 . :. '.':. . ln.t !- Y.M ifSIS. hu' I ' n li.'ll'l. I. oifc i;(.i.i:,. Man l>e -n li an * r n mi arr'.w. on r.nir<- ' l'i >f. lJilliir-1'H hone Ti>- utln-i. .lolin K ^IT'KK. '"'' hi. I II. i' itili tli-- h .i-l wlfti .1 hulle" T' i-rlm-F HI n la .i r.i/.> ili;imullxa:mn f ii.4- nurM-rj rl in.- "Wlm ktllol Cock I'... i- i ui .1 I ! ! ;i.< .1 liitU- .in n- ' ' r-n. ' I -i i A mlS t'U77.l-il .1! 'I ' '' lii I'l it.. V.inr.- \ii-.iUiiv un.irrui .-1-111111.- oJoKlsr Th>->*'- .(-I. ^ ' iiu-<! l.v Vai Kl/i'flirv ' ' ' ' '" >' : ''t : ''- M In IflVH wl'll ! ' I'lll J, nil ' "I III! j., , i ! ! ' ' j,- , , .- dt tin: ] r)fgor'n: Mis I'rukki-r '"! bi-r won Adulpb. M-IK:I'- "i " Mi> 1'ruh- ktr liiiH an unolani-'-<l inttrl nn.l t.i-Mi-.it Adolph In nll n lal>v. Ailolph l Kn.wn UT>. ! a crlppli'. tut In.." ui, nl,ii.,i-m;il ITlhlll. Vr.r , ! ii" )Vt tllil.!l-i| i(l|i->i- tiunlnc t*i- Kt-rvunlH "f 1'n.f Dllliird'a dents t hold M.ir hi. in t.m received :i I ,,-. . , . mui '..r li i ".I Tl:i' 1 CH, U'TKK XVII. (Cont'J.) Van'-e l -at.i (I suddenly toward the window. 11 .\K ' II, !" \ - - Ijirfiks It hit cx-cit.'d." A few moments late-' there wii? 'he stared at Vance fq,r some without moving. Then he threw his head l>ack and pave a sardonic laugh. "Some more mumbo-jumbo, eh? like the death of (V.ck Robin . . . . Read me the rune." Vance pave him briefly the details <>f the rrime. "That's all we know at present," ho concluded. "Could you, Mr. Arnet- son, add any suggestive details?" "Good Ix.rd. no;' 1 The man appear- ed genuinely amazed. "Not a thing. Sprigg . . . one of the keenest stu- I ever had. Something of a by gad! Too bad his parent? him John plenty of other name_8 It sealed his doom apparently; got him shot through the head by a maniac. Obviously the same merry- Andrew who did Robin in with an arrow." II- rubbed his hands to- r'-'ln-! 1 . the iihstract philosopher in him hru! bee- .nit- uppermost. "A nice ioiin.1 <>f ; key in the l'nu>/ door, and ! problem You've told me everything'.' .\ he MIW drau inj_ r (Tree- ing. stiode ! .. i. the h:i!!. Us hi- cami' i|iiickly into t!. it ;i word liur>t l'oj-Ji: ' 1 thi- I hear hbnitt Sprijj',' King H: . :, 1 eyi - '! from < : ' Ihi "ther of us. "1 sun- j,-,- ynu - .' ut him. W.-'.l. fin- away" II.- threw a bulky Vrii f -':;- ^n the o-ntrc tab'.e .\nd sn' down ab. ujitly or-, tlr- e.ige of n 'raight . L.'iir. "'I'"n.' v.'i.s a d'tective up at collide this morning asking f(i"l : ' r : like a burl -^quo M.-u:h in a c.-mic I.[.:MU. V-ry my ter'.ous. . . . Murder horrible inur- der 1 \Vh;it did we know ah-Mit a cer- tain John V.. Spri;.;''' And soon. . . S<an- i ii . '.lii.lf of juniors out ..f : distasteful. entiri- . ...... r's mental growth, anil M-r.: a b.anr.le-- young Knglii'h in- F!I:.. t..r iiio incipH'nt nervous col- i [ didn't sci ' ii" 1 ii.|;iM'rry my- Fi-!f- was :M a <\:i - at the time, lint he li.T<! "if cheek '<> a k uVnt wome-: !! !. d i-very known integer. Maybe I'll hit ii[-.n a new mathematical nn-thod in the procr.--. :;ke Kepler." Hi- chuckled over the conceit. "Re- ii.i-inhev K'Miler's 'Doliornt-lrie'? It became, '.hi- foundation '-f Infinitesi- mal Caluculu*. Hi- arrived at it try- : to construct a ca.'k for his wine- - a ca-k with a minimum amount of wr.od and n maximum cul.ii-a! c.,ntt-nt Ma;. ':-> tin- formulas I wrrk out to thi-.-e crinies will <.;PTI up new [ fields of scientific research. Ha! Kobin a, d Sprigg will ih<n be. onio ina'-- tyrs." The man'.-, humor, even taking into I con ^deration his life'.-, passion for ah- st faction, -tni.-k i m . as particularly I!ut Varn-e seemed not to mind his cold-blooded cynici-m. one item,'' hi- said, "that Turning t<. I omitted to mention." Markham he asked for the piece of pap..|- containi.ig the formula, and ! <!>wn Sprigg \vi-n' handed it to Arne:,son. "This "Pyn mentioned th* fact that SpriifK had called here Thursday night," put in Vance. "Oh, he did, did he? . . Thursday- that's right. Pardee was here, too. And Drukki"'. We had a discussiot, on (iaussian co-ordinates. This tensor C;IMH> up Drukker mentioned it firs', 1 think. And Pi.rdee had some maJ notii n of applying the higher math'.'- mu'.ics to chesH " "Do you play dies-, by the by?'' asked \'iince. "I'sedto. But no inoi-ii. A beauti- ful game, though if it wasn't for the jdayi-rs. Queer crabs, chess players.' 1 "Did you ever make any study of the I'ardee gaml.it'.'" !<At the time I could not understand the seeming ir- relevance of Vance's questions; and I noticed that Markham too was be- ginning to show signs of impatience.) "Poor old Pardee!" Arnesson smil- ed unfeelingly. "Not a bud elementary mathematician. Should have been a high school teacher. Too much money, though. Took to chess. I told him his gambit was unscientific. Even showed him how it coold be beaten. But he couldn't see it. Then Capa- blanca, Vidmar and Tartakower came along and knocked .t into a cocked hat. Just as I told him they would \Vn-ckej his life. He's been fussing around with another gambit for years, but can't make it cohere. Rea.ls Weyl, SiltxTstein, Kddington and Mach i7i the hope of getting inspira- tion." "That's mo.- 1 intereftin'." Vance ex- tended his match-case to Arnesson, who had been filling his pipe as he talked. "Was Pardee well acquainted with Sprigg'.'" "Oh, no. Met him here twice that'-; all. I'urdee knows Drukkpr well, though. Always asking hira about potentials and scalars and vec- tors. Hopes to hit on something that'll revolutionize chess." "Was he interested in the Riemann- Christofftl tensor when you discussed it the other night'.'" "Can't say that he was. A bit out of his realm. You can't hitch the curvature of space-time to a chess- board." "What do you make of this formula being found on Sprigg'.'" "Don't make anything of it. If it had been ;r Spring's handwriting I'd sny it dropped out of his pocket. K.it who'd go to the trouble of trying to typv u mathematical formula?" "The liishop apparently." Arne.-.-oii took his pipe from his mouth and grinned. "I!i-jiup X. We'll have to find him. He'-, full i.f wh:ii-ies. Perverted sense of values." "obvioii.-ly." Vance spoke languid- ly. "And, by the liy, I almost forgot to a-k you: OK-S the Dillard house harbor any revolvers "." "Oho!" Arni-.-son chuckled with un- M-'ia.ned delight. "Sits the wind then-'.' . . Sorry to disappoint you. No revolvers. No sliding doors. No si-.'n-t stairways. All open and abovj- board." Vance sighed theatrically. "Sad . . . sad! And I had such a v-omfi'itin' theory." He-lie Dillard had come silently the hail, and now stood in the good enough to take us to Mrs. Druk- ker." "Oh, you musn't bother her today." Her tone was tragically appealing. "Lady Mae is very ill. After she'd seen you and Mr. Markham che be- came^ very weak something terrible seemed to be preying on her mind. She kept repeating in an awful whU- per: 'Johnny Sprigg, Johnny Sprigp;.' I phoned her doHoi and he came right over. She has to be kept very quiet." "Who is her doctor, Miss Dillard?" "Whitney itarstead." "A good man," nodded Vance We'll do nothing without his permission." (To be continued ) What New York Is Wearing BY ANN \BELI.K WORTH IN<;TON Q^ADVE-NTURE-S of Illustrnfed Dressmaking FvrnishrA With Kcfry I'attern :li, Sprigg ar.d found beneath Sprigg's bo.iy." Thai I.,.', didn't hnvi- a' The other scrutini/rd it 8U thought in his li, ...1 but his w 1 1' Uiigb> ' ': H in el 01 math. N'ev, r mi -,-i \Vh''M he didn't an- wer roll c.-.ll thi.- iiinriiing I km--,', 'oiii.-tl.ing serious was 'be matti r. At t 1 lunch hour <-\eiy OMC wa-' bu/./in^ ill" M m inli'i . What's the nn- U. Ka.,i.'-, ihi- .in-wui , Mr. Arnes- gon " \'ai:. ' had lx-< n watching hlir i ly. "H'.wever, we have another d'-tiTin:i a':! for your formula. Johnny f-'or'n' ' a hoi fl..s moiTiin^ U'^'i ; little v-' " ' ough thi- n.iddle '.f ni wig." Hishc.ji, I see, ame paper and again in typing as- supercili ou-ly. "Th< volvrd. the notes. . Hut where di<i he get! for target practice in the country?' Ricmann-ChristofTel tensor?, "Thought you'd thrown 'em away long ago.' 1 Arnesson rose nnd drew up a chair for her. "I told you when archway. Sin- had evidently heard Van.-i-'s question and Arnosson's an- swer. "I!ut there are two revolvers in the hoiiso, Sigurd," she declared. "Don't you remember the old revolvers I u.-ed Now, if it had been vino ..thrr tensor like tin- C-sifrma-tau. fur instance ICH might have hit on it. Rut this one isn't common; and the statement of t here is arbitrary and unusual Certain terms omitted. . Hy Cieorgo! I was talking to Sprigg about this only the other night. lie down ;<i'i. " Here's .. . ;!,,/ i. ; popular little imports of the season. It's typically French with its brief yoke and beruffled trim. There's a pocket for the hanky too. And accompanying bloomers that peep beneath the hem of the frock. A smart outfit that is not alone practical but dressy enough for any little girl of pre-school age- It is fashioned of a sturdy cotton broadcloth pr'nt in blue and white coloring. Crisp white organdie trim adds a dainty finish. Style No. 2R09 is designed for sizes '2, 4 and 6 year?. Size 4 requires 2% yards "2-in-'h with "Si yard 35-inch contract ing. Nile green pique with white pique is very smart. The ruffling may be picot-edged. Sprigged dimity, printed lawn, batiste, dotted swiss, ffingham checks, lir.cn and percale are other fabrics that give excellent service. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin pre- ferred ; \vrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. MEAN? Don't he helpless when you eucklerily get a headache. Reach in your pocket for immediate relief. If you haven't any Aspirin with you, get some at the first drugstore you come to. Take a tablet or two and he rid of the pain. Take promptly. Nothing is gained hy waiting to we if tlie pain will leave of its own accord. It may grow worse! Why postpone relief? There are many times when A-' ' : n t.ih'.r-ts will "save the day." They will always ease a throbbing head. Quiet a Crum- bling tooth. Relieve nagging pnins of neuralgia or neuritis. Or check a sudden cold. Even rheutnntism has lost its terrors for those who have learned to depend on these tablets. Gargle with Aspirin tablets at the first suspicion of sore throat, and reduce the infection. Look for Aspirin on the box and the word Genuinft in red. Genuine Aspirin tablets do not depress the heart. u.y oiu- n r, ted in practical phyi- we returned from Hopatcong that summer that only burglars and ban- dits are iillowpd to own guns in this benevolent State " "Rut I didn't believe you," the girl protested. "I never know when you're wrote 't| jesting and when you're serious." "And you kept them, Miss Dillard?" came Vance's cjuiet voice. "Why yes.'' She shot an appre-i ht-nsive glance at Heath. "Shouldn't I have dono so?" "I believu it was technically illegal. However" -Vance smiled reassuring- ly "I don't think the Sergeant will invoke the Sullivan law against you. Where arc they now?" "Downstairs in the archery room. | They're in one of the drawers of die j tool chest." | Vuncc rose. "Would you be .<> good, Miss Dil- lard, as to show us where you put them. I have a gnawin' curiosity to MO '< m, don't y" know." The girl hesitated and looked to Arnessim for guidance. When he nodded she turned without a word and led the \vny to the archery room. "They're in that chest by the win- dow," she said. (loin? to it she diew out a small <Kvp drawer in one end. At the rear, beneath 11 mass of odds and ends, was a ."8 Colt automatic, "Why!" she exclaimed. "There'.; only one hero. "I t WHS a sin asked Vane. 1 . "Yes. . . ." -A .:!L'?" The girl nodded and turned bewild- er. -d '-yi's on Arnesson. 'Well, it's gone, Be.le," he told her. with n dirug. "Can't be helped. Prob- ably one of your young archers took it to blow out. his brnins with after he'd foozled at shooting arrows up the nlley." "Do 1m serious, Sigurd." she plead- ed, a little frightened. "Where could it hnve gone?" "Ha! Another dark rivstery," scoff- ed Arnrssou. "Strnm*e disappear- ance of ft dicarded .M2." Vanco change*! the subject. "Perhaps, Miss Dillard, you'd he We hai. slipped down the burning slope, expeetln, every minute to be our last, then found ourselves falling Into space We shut our eyes, rather than seo tht fiercely burning furnace that we believed lay below the sud- denly I found my-. self choking for breath, deep down In the cool swirling depths of a moun- tain pool. I fought my way to the top, andj found S c o t t 1 e; _____ swimming in clr-| cles up there on the surface, looking ; for me, with a most doleful expression on his -vhlskered face. Above us the woods burned brightly,; and down stream th river disappear- j ed in a smoke-tilled tunnel of flaming trees. It was through that tunnel we must go li we were ever to get out. i The air was aiive with hot cinders i and the light was so uncertain that we had r.t idea whether the sun was shining or not. When the water grew shallow I waded irouud slippery boulders, and crawled over ledges where the swift, 1 white cuirort pulled and tugged at my \ clothes and often swept me off my i feet. It was painfully slow work for both of vs. Scottle was clutched un-i der my coal and I staggered along as ; fast as I could. The stream narrowed, and the rock ' ledges )P either side rose to a height of twenty feet or more. It was a re-' gular gorge. Up over us the woods; were burning fiercely, but above the: crackle nnd roar of the flames rose another sound a sort of deep bass 1 rumble like thunder that broke i through a long drawn out note. Fall-! Ing wat?r. and not very far ahead! The current grew deeper and swift-i er, and the gorge continued to growi steeper aod narrower. I clung to a' ledge I '..,- <upnort while I vested. Sure i-iiouph. Not a hundred feetj along, the stream dropped over a ledge. I crept as closely as I dared. Apparently the water fell twenty-five or thirty-five feet Int.. :i round basin i and the gorge was < -rnbly wider! at that point. It I for all the' world aa .* some giant with an auger' had bored this big hob in the rock, Into which the water tumbled and hissed. I Slowly, step by step, we retraced our way back through the gorge. On a flat rock in the stream we sat down to think the bank was too cool for comfort and the rock was none too cool. Taking off my leather jacket, I carefully cut the heavy leather into strips, using the sleeves and all. When fastened together these strips made a strong rope about ten or twelve yards long. Now for a place to tie it at the bead of the falls. I needed a log that could be wedged securely between the walls of the gorge that would do it. Final- ly I fotm i one the right si/.- Half floating It I made my way toward < the edge of the falls. One false more and ove* I'd have gone! Carefully I worket' one end into a crevise in the ledge. With on end anchored I pushed th ; other into place against the opposite wall of the gorge. Then I went hack for Scottle. From my .-hirt I made a -I in?. With one end of tbe rope anchored around my waist, 1 hruci'd myself against the tree a ml lowered Scottie down. Th rope just reached, and he c-llmbod out on tlie -ide of the basin. My turn .;ame now. I straddled the log, took a tight bold of the leather rope, and slipped over. The force of the fallj was tremendous. The rope slipped through my lingers, and 1 spun dizzily around, and with a thump I landed In the shallow water at the edge of thr. ha*.in. 1 climbed wearily out and there wa i Scottie watciiing me on the bank. The w-Mids sfeomei to be getting lighter ahead. 1 pushed on faster and soon we were on the edge of tbe nicest little mountain lake you ever saw. Far up to th- right the fire was rapidly working dowc to tbp lake. To our left, the woods were burning al- most to the water's edsre. \Ve were hemmer. in again. Suddenly there was a si-raiiibliiis in the underbrush sotn.' !i.-;ivy animal scratching through. Scottie r^iuem- bered the bears and stood still with every Inir "tandin? straight out like a porcupine. The crash h::* grew nearer . . . (To be .-ontiniu d > Moon on the Thorn I hear the grey ge.o winging Between the stars and me, And little people singing Along the misty lea. A valley fox is crying, A mountain cat replying, A far oft river sighing Upon her way to sea. Tho fairies flock and mingle-, Till blows an ellln horn. And gallop from their dingle Two riiiK-straked unicorn. I near the croatures neiiihlng, "Conu>, monkeys, eeaso your playing; Bo off! He oft* a rnityuiK: Tho moon is on the thorn'" Then kobold, decv and pixie. Red troll nnd sprite and fay, Pidwld.ueon, brownie, nixie Make liastu to seek tbe may: And where they took their pleasure, At midnight hour of leisure, A white bare danced a measure Before bo hopped away. Kilen Phillpotts. in Country T.'.fv-, London. 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