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Salada Green tea drinkers drink the best green tea n SALADA" GREEN TEA ' 'Fresh from the gardens 9 The Bishop Murder Case A PHILO VANCE STORY BY S. S. VAN DINE SYNOPSIS. A man known aa Cock ItoMn Is found with in, arrow In inn heart; another, Johnny Sprigg, la found with a bullet through the top of his head. District Attornry Markham rails In 1'hllo Vnnce, who claims the murdera are founded on nursery rhymes and are the work of .1 maniac. Tints,- associated with the case are: Prof, lilllard. hln niece lielle, and his protege Sigurd Arnesson, ulso a pro- fessor of mathematics. John I'ardee, a neighbor with a passion for chess. Mrs. Drukkcr lied as to his whereabouts on ker Is mentally unbalanced and Adulph la a cripple with a super-brain. ."perltng. the last man known to ne with Kobm. Is .::>! Init tlie subin- qurnt murder of Sprlgg establishes his Innocence. Vance questions Sirs. Druk- ker, who tcils how the murderer i>a' 1 her a terrifying visit. He also learns Drukk* riled B io his whereabouts n th morning of Kobln's death. Belle Dlllard, Arnesson and I'ardee are cross- examined, but their testimonies only Mrve to baffle the police more. CHAPTER XXV. (Cont'd.) This definite evidence was to come the very next 'Jay from a most un- xpectcc' quarto-; and it marked the beginning of tho last phase of our in- testigatior. a phase fraught with turh sini ttr, soul-stirring '.ra^edy and unspeakable horror, with such wanton cruelty and monstrous humor, that even now, years l:\ter, as I set down this reportorial record of ;t, I ! find it difficult to believe that the] events -vere not, after all, a mere gro- 1 tcsque dream of fabr.lous wickedness. ' Friday afternoon Markham, in a mood of desperation, called another ' conference. Arnesscn asked permis- ' ion to attend; and at four o'clock we| 11 met, including Inspector Moran. > In the District Attorney's private' room in the old Criminal Courts Building. Arnesson was unwontcdly | ilent during the discussion, and not ence die 1 he indulge in 1'is usual flip-' pancy. He listened with close atten- j iion to all that was sa'd, and seemed j purposely to avoid expressing an opin- ion, even when directly appealed to fcy Vance. We had been in conference perh-.ps hnlf an hour when Swacker entered : quietly and placed a memorandum en i the District Attorney's desk. Mark-j ham glanced at it and frowned. After i a moment he initialed two printed j forms and handed them to Swacker.! "Fill these in right nway and give them to Hen," he ordered. Then when the man had gone out through tho cuter hall door, he explained the in- terruption. "Sperling has just sent a request to speak to me. He nays he . has information that may be of im- portance. I thought, in the cireum- ilances, it might be well to see him BOW." Ten minutes later Sperling was brought in liy a deputy sheriff from! tho Tomb . lie greeted Markham with a friendly boyish smile and nodd'.d pleasantly to Vance. He. bowed aj bit stiffly, 1 '.nought to Arnesson,! whose presence seemed both to sur- prise ami disconcert him. Markham motioned him to a chair, and Vance offered liirn a ci|_'ai .". "I wa i-> pr,:k to you, Mr. Murkham," he began, a bit diffident- ly, "about a matter which may be of help you. . . You remember, when you were questioning me about my being in the archery-room with Robin, you wanted to know which way Mr. Drukker went when he left us. I told you I didn't notici, except that he went out by the basement door. . . . Well, sir, I've had a lot of time to think ittely; 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- come a lot clearer now. Certain-- what you might call impressions- have come back to me. . . ." He paused and looked down at the carpet. Then lifting his head, he went on: "One of these impressions has to da with Mr. Drukker and that's why I wanted to see you. Just this after- noon I was well, sort of pretending I was in the archery-room again, talking to Robin; and all of a sudden the picture of the rear window flashed across my mind. And I remembered that when I had glanced out of the window that morning to see how the weather was for my trip, I had seen Mr. Drukker sitting in the arbor be- hind the house. . . ." "At what time was this?" Mark ham demanded brusquely. "Only a few seconds before I went to catch my irain." "Then you imply that Mr. Drukker, instead of leaving the premises, went to the arbor and remained there until you departed." "It looks that way, sir." Sperling was reluctant to make the admission. "You're quite sure you saw him?" "Yes, sir. I remember distinctly now. f even i wall the peculiar way , he had his legs drawn up under him." "You would swear to it," askod Markham gravely, "knowing that a man's life misht rest on your testi- mony?" "I'd swear to it, sir," Sperling re- turned simply. When the sheriff had escorted his prisoner from the room, Markham 'ookcd at Vance. "I think that gives us a foothold." Vcs. The cook's testimony was of little value, since Drukker merely de-, niod it; and she's the type of loyal, stubborn German who'd back uo his; denial if any r.?.-il danger threatened him. Now we're armed with an effec- tive wc:, ( ion." "It seem to me," Markham said, after a lew moments of speculative silence, "that we have a good circum- stantial case against Drukker. He was in tho Dillard yard only a few seconds before Robin was killed. He) could easily have seen When Sperling went away; and, as he had recently come from Professor Pillard, he knew that the other members of the family v. . ii- out. Mrs. Drukker denied she saw nny one from her window that morning, although she screamed nt the time of Robin's death and then went into a panic of fear when wej Cfcme to question Drukker. She even | warned him against us and called us 'the enemy.' My belief is she saw Drukkcr returning home immediately after Robin's body had been placed on the range. Drukker was not in his ' room at the time Sprigg was killed, and both he and his mother have been at pains to cover up the fact. He has become excited whenever we broached the subject of the murders, and has ridicul-jd the idea that they were con- nected. In fact, many of his actions have been highly suspicious. Also, we know lie is abnormal and unbalanced, and that he is given o playing chil- dren's games. It's quite possible in view of what Doctor Barstead told us ' that he has confused fantasy and; reality, and perpetrated these crimes in a moment of temporary insanity. The tensor formula is not only fa- miliar to him, but he may have atso ciated it in some crazy way with Sprigg as a result of Arnesson's dis- cussion with Sprifrg about it. As for the Bi.-hop notes, they may have been part of the unreality of his insane panics children ail want an approv- ing audience when they invent any new form of amusement. His choice of the word 'bishop' was pioba'oly the result of his interest in chess a play- ful signature intended to confuse. And this supposition is further borne out by the actual appearance of a chess bishop on his mother's door. He may have feared that she saw 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 -ODr from tht inside, without having had a key, and thereby given the impression that the bearer of the bishop hod entered and departed by the rear doDr. Furthermore, it would have been a simple matter for him to take the bishop from the library the night Pardee was analyzing his game. . . " Markham continued for some time building up his case against Drukker. He was thorough and detailed, and his summation accounted for practically all of the evidence that had been ad- duced. The logical and relentless way in which he pieced his various factors together was impressively convincing; and a long science followed his resume. Vance at length stood up, as if to break the tension of his thoughts, and walkel to the window. "You may be right, Markham," he admitted. "But my chief objection to your conclusion is that the case apains* Drukker is too good. I've had him in mind as a possibility from the first; hut the 'nore suspiciously he! acted and the more the indications pointed toward him, the more I felt inclined to dismiss him from consid- eration The brain that schemed these abominable murders U too competent, too devilishly shrewd, to become en- tanjrleti in any such net of circum- stantial evidence as you've drawn about Drukker. Drukker has an amazing mentality his intel'igence and intellect are supernormal, in fact; and it's difficult to conceive of him. if puilty, leaving so many loopholes." What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINCTGN Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished W!"- }'- ;-<j Pattern ^ Isn't it cut on modish lir.ts? It's so girlish, neat and practical. I'm certain little daughter will love your choice in selecting a dress that is smart besides being merely suit- able and serviceable. It only pretends a bolero. 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"Thi 1 law," returned Markham with acerbity, "can hardly be expected to throw out eases because they're '.x> convincing." "On the other hand," pursued Vance, ignoring the comment, "it is quite obvious that Drukkcr, even if not guilty, kno.vx somthing that has a diroct and vital bearing on the case; ; ml my humble suggestion is that we attempt to prise this information outj of him. Sperling', testimony has, pivc-n us the lever for the purpose. . .! I s:iy, Mr. Arnesson, what's your opin- ion i" "Haven't any," the man answerer!. "I'm n disintere ted onlooker. I'd halo, however, to see poor Adolph in dur- ance vile." Though he would not com- mit 1 ^nuelf it was plain that he agreed \\ith Vance. Heath thought, characteristically, that immediate action was advisable, and expressed himself to that effect. "If he's got anything to tell he'll tell it quick enough after he's locked jp." "It's a difficult llt'iatlon," Inspec- tor Moran do nun-red, in a soft judi- cial voice. "We cannot afford to make nn error. If DrtikkcrV. evidence should! convict sonic one pise, we'd bo aj laughing-stock if \vi> had arrested tho' wrong nan." Van.-;- looked toward Markham and , nodded agreement. "\V!iy nut have him on tho tnpU first, aiiu st-o if ,ie can't lie persuadi'il to unburden his s>ul. You might tinnn'e ft \vnr-ant over his head, don't 1 y* know, ns n kind of moral indues- . nu'iit. Thru, if he rimains coy and ret ic: lit, bring out the gyves and have i the doughty Sergeant escort him to the bastille." i To be continued.) .> Air Travel Rests Eyes, Optometrist Asserts j Klying, whivh has been called bpne- fic'ial in some forms of deafness, now is said to be po<xl for tho eyes as well. The opinion iva expressed in a loiter written by Dr. Harold G. Stafford, N'fw York opt omot ri.it, to Transcon- tinental & Western Air, Inc. According to Dr. Stafford, the eyes are relieved of strain by fixing them on n distant horizon. In this mnnmr sea voyages have often been found helpful. I~>r. Stafford believes air- plane travel is even more of a relief, however, bet-ausc the range of vision is, not confined o a fixed line, is de- void of objects and changes vapidly. The Tree in Town My lofty window in the hart of town Upon a humble gnrdon-plot looks down ; A brave oasis, 'here a slender beech Spreads slim aspiring boughs the sun to reach. Now nil the multitudes of trees that make The summer wonder of the woods awake In quiet straths, on hi'lsides far nway. And don triumphantly their green array, As though obedient to some potent word That thrills their companies, by men unheard; And here, beset by walls, this tree, alone, This patien; prisoner, in exile grown, Obeys the ::\me command and gaily wears The same renewed young loveliness as theirs. Scrretile, in the Glasgow Herald. < - Barred She was tlu> sort of woman who al- ways tells exerybody her business. With a elioery smile, she settled her- self at the. counter of the hosier's shop aud began: "My husband lias been very ill very 111 indeed. So 1 have to do bis shopping; and 1 want a shirt." "Certainly, madam," said the assist- ant. "Stiff front and cuffs?" "Oh, no!" she exclaimed. "The doctor says he must avoid anything starchy." What ca.ae before: After many adven- tures In China, Captain Jimmy meet* an old friend, Lieut. Stone. The two escape from bandits In a freight train, which la wrecked In enemy territory. Eluding the loldlers, they set out to find a plane they had hidden In the woods. By the time I had forced my horsf- through the mob, Scottie had got himself untangled from the officer and was In pursuit of Jed Stone who had a horse for himself and was busy getting Fu, our interpreter, on another. Such yelling and such shrieking! Every man for himself. We were a hundred yards or more away before a single shot was fired and at that distance we might as well have been nome In bed for all the danger oC those soldiers hitting us. Except for a lot of shooting, there was little attempt at pursuit. We circled through the woods, and after going a few miles, turned out again to the railway tracks. Turning the corner of a thicket, I was suddenly confronted with the most welcome sight of my life. Giving a great war whoop I started forward. There, just as we had left it, stood our old plane. A hurried check up showed that It was Just as we had left it but no gas, no oil, no any- thing! A fine situation. There we were, with a perfectly good plane, powered with a tremendous engine that used so much fuel it called "Gas! Gas!" every time it went by a gasoline station. And we bad just about enough In the tank to clean a grease spot In a suit of clothes. "We'll borrow some from the sold- iers," Jed Stone suggested. "Ha, Ha, Ha," I laughed, "and while you're at it, just borrow a ten course dinner for each of us. My stomach Is so empty It's digesting itself." "Quite right," he said, "We'll just do that. Of course, it may not be a ten course dinner, but W will eat shortly and fly soon after just as soon as it is dark." Our plan was perfectly simple. If it worked, it was grand. If It didn't we wouldn't need any more gas and oil. We settled down to wait for darkness; a long, hungry wait It was, too, till near midnight. We were mounted. Lieutenant Stone, Fu Hsu (the interpreter) fnd I Scottie trotted along on foot. With every possible precaution against making any uaoece-ssary noises, we circled the otace where the old en- gine lav on hsr back Atom a mlie below that 'pot we oro3se.! the tracks and shaped our noursa for the sleeping camp a couple ol miles away. Perhaps half a mile from the camp, we dismounted. Fu Hsu and Scot- tie stayed with the horses Lieuten- ant Jed 'Stone and I went forward to reconnoiter. All was quiet in camp. Sentries pacing to and fro were all that seemed to be awake. We crept as close as we dared. On our left, a large roomy tent stood out against the oky line. Back at the horses once more we arranged our plan. Fu Hsu, on pain of death, agreed to stay alone with our horses. Jed Stone mounted his horse. circled^ back and to the right so as to reach a point of the camp as nearly opposite the large tent we had seen, as possible. Under com- pulsion, Scottie want along with him. He much preferred to stay with me, but Jed Stone needed him to help him carry out his part of the plan. I crept quietly back towards the big tent. (To be continued.) Note: Any of our young realera writing to "Captain Jin.try", 2010 Star Bldg., Toronto will re'v'v.? his signed photo free. s Chocolate Malted Milk The health-giving, delicious drink for children and grown- ups. 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