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Vance, who was pacing sombrely up and clown gave voice to his troubled emotions: and hit Dog SCOTTIE- What cam* before: After many adven- 'Its damnab >, Markham its the, tun ; (lying over China, Captain Jimmy eecwnco ,if imiittyrnhln nwil Finn'*- an(l his friend Jed Stone seek to recover essence of unuttci able evil. . . . Don t ,he plane whlch captain Jimmy was you see the wickedness of it? Those forced to land In enemy territory. They childien found Humpty Dumptj<- S_ ^W.,^,.^ army camp IC their Humpty Dumpty, with whom they hr.d playeti lying dead at the foot of the famous wall a Humpty Dumpty they could touch and weep over, broken and twisted and never Under the cover of darkness I made my way quietly toward the big tent. If our plan succeeded we would soon have enough gas and oil more to be put together. . . for our plane If It failed, we He paused by the window and looked ' w uldn 't need anv - out. The mist had lifted and a faint j While ' 8oft| y crept along ' taking diffusion of spring sunlight lay over; the gray stones of the city. The gol- den eagle on the New York Life Buildir.g glistened in the distance. "I say; one .nustn't get sentimen- tal," he remarked with a forced smile, turning back to the room. "It de-| compoies the intelligence and stultifies ' the dialectic processes. Now that we know Drukker was not the capricious victim of the law of gravity, but was given a helpin' hand in his departure from this world, the sooner we be- come energetic, the bitter, what?" His change of mood roused the rest of us from our gloomy apathy. Mark- ham reached for the telephone and made arrangements with Inspector Moran for Heath '.o handle the Druk- ker case. Then he called the Medical Examiner's office and asked for an immediate post-mortem report. Markham moved restlessly. "Several men from your depart- ment, Sergeant, were supposed to be keeping nn eye on the Drukker and Dillard houses. Did you talk to r.ny of them this morning?" "I didn't have time, sir." The Bishop Murder Case A PHILO VANCE STORY BY S. S. VAN DINE SYNOPSIS A mm known a. Cock Robin li found Jlth an arrow In hla heart; another, jijiiiiy Sprite. ' found with a bullet through "! tou of his head. Dlitrlct Attorney Markham calU In I'hllo Vance, who claim* the murder* are founded on nuntry rhymra and are the work of unlit. Tim-c a8octuted with the use are: Prof. Dillard, his niece He I It-, and hla pro- tege, Sigurd Arnesnon, also a professor f niathematloH. John I'linler, a nelgh- for with a passion for chegx: Mm. Jruk- ker and her on Adolph. Mri Drukker ! mentally unbalanced and Adolpli Is u cripple with a imper-braln. Vance lenrtia that Drukker Mcd ai to bin whereabouts on the morning of Rob- in's death. While the case Heeinn atrong HcalnM l>rukker. Vance believes him In- nocent and decides to threaten him In orcli-r to learn the fiu Is that he lias been holding back. CHAPTER XXVI. (Cont'd.) Markhnm sat tapping indecisively n the desk, his head enveloped ns he puffed nervously on his cigar. At last, fce net his chin firm'y and turned to Heath. "Hriiig Drukker here at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. You'd better take a wagon and a John Doe warrant in ease he offers any objection." His face w;is fjrim anc determined. "Then 1 II And out whj.t he knows and act ac- foidlngly. The confidence broke up immediate- ly. It was after five o'clock, and Markhan? and Vance and I rode up- town together to the Stuyvesant Club. We dropped Arncsson at the suliwny, .nd he took leave of us with scarcely a word. His garrulous cynicism Hi me c! entirely to have deserted him. 'After dinner Markhnm pleaded fa- tigue, and Vance and I went to the. Metropolitan and hoard Oeraldinc Farrar in "Louise." The next morning broke dark and Bjisty. Currie called us at half past i even, for Vance intended to be pres- ent at the interview with Drukkor; nd at oight o'clock we had breakfast fa the library before a light grate re. We were held up in the traffic n our way down-town, and though it was i|ii:irler after nine when we reached the District Attorney's office, Drukker and Heath had not yet ar- rived. Vance settled himself comfortably in a large leather-upholstered chair nd lighted a cigarette. "I feel rather bucked this morning," he remarked. "If Drukker tells his story, and if the tale is what I think it is, we'll kn</w the combination of the lock." His words had scarcely been uttered when Heath burst into the office ami. facing Markham without a word of greeting, lifted both arms and let thorn fall in a gesture of hopeless resigna- tion. "Well, air, we ain't going to ques- tion Drukker this morning or no other time," he blurtod "He fell offa that high wall in Riverside Park right near his house last night, and broke his neck. Wasn't found till seven o'clock this morning. His body's down at the morgue now. . . . Fine breaks we get!" He sank disgustedly into a chair. Mnrkhnm stared at him unbeliev- ingly. "You're sure?" he asked, with startled futility. , j "I was up there before they moved j the body. One of the local men phon- ed me about it just as I was leaving the office. I stuck around and got Ml the dope I could." "What did you learn?" Mnrkham, was fighting against an overwhelming | sense of discouragement. "There wasn't much to find out.' Homo kids in the park found tho body! :.bout seven o'clock this morning lots' of kids around it being Saturday; nJ the local men hopped over and called a police surgeon. Tho doc said Druk- ker musta fallen off the wall about ten o'clock last night killed Instantly. The wall at that spot right opposite 7fith Street is nil of thirty feet above the playground. The top of It runs along the bridle path; and it's a won- iler more people haven't broke their So economical... KRAFT Salid Dressing offers everything anyone could ask for in exquisite, refresh- ing flavor, yet it'i loM at a price so low it's within the reach of everyone. A Urge 12 ounce jar costs only 25 centt, one- half the COM you're used to paying. Get tome to-day. Try It and you'll Instantly know whjr iii the favorite everywhere in Canada. KRAFT Salad Dressing Made to Canada bjr tho Makers of Kraft t hccw and Velveeu nt-cks there. Kids ?.re all the time walking along the stone ledge." "Has Mrs. Drukker been notified?" "No. I told 'em I'd attend to it. But I thought I'd come here first and tee what you wanted done about it." Markham leaned back dejectedly. "I dcn't see that there's much ofi anything we can do." "It might be well," suggested Vance, j "to inform Arnesson. He'll probably j be the one who'll have to look after) things. . . . My word, Markham! I'n beginning to think that this case is a nightmare, after all. Drukker was our principal hope, and ut the very moment when there's a chance of our forcing him to speak, he tumbles off of a wall " Abruptly he stopped. Off a wall! . . ." As he repeated these, words he leapt to his feet. "A hunchhaek falls nff n icn/M A hunchback t . . ." We s'.ired at him as if he had gone out of his mind; and I admit that th;> >k <n his face sent a chill over me. His eyes were fixed, like those of a man gazing at a malignant ghost. Slowly he turned -to Markham, and said in a voice that I hardly recog- nized : It's another mad melodramaan- other Mother Goose rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty' this time!" The astonished silence that followed was broken by a strained harsh laui'h from the Sergeant. "That's stretching things, ain't it, Mr. Vance?" "It's preposterous!" declared Mark- ham, studying Vance with genuine concern. "My denr fellow, you've 1ft this case prey on your mind too much. Nothing has happened except that a man with a hump has fallen from the [ coping of a wall in the park. It's un- 1 fortunate at just this time." He wenH to Vance and put his hand on his | shoulder. "Let the Sergeant and mo : run this show -we're used to these things. Take a trip and get a good rest. Why not go to Europe ns you ' generally do in the spring?" "Oh, quite-quite." Vance sighed and smiled wearily. "The sea nir\ would do me world of good, and all that. Bring me back t/> normal, what? build up the wreck of this once noble brain. ... I give up! The third act ir this terrible tragedy is played al- most before your eyes, and you ser- enely ignore it." "Your imagination has got the bet- ter of you," Markham returned, with th < patience of a deep affection. "Don't worry nbout it nny more. Have din- ner with me tonight. We'll talk it over then." At this moment Swacker looked In, and spoke to the Sergeant. "Quinan of The Wovld is here. Wants to see you." Markham swung nlh>ut. "Bring him in here!" Quinan entered, wr.vod us a cheery salutation, and handed the Sergeant :\ letter. "Another biltrt-dou.r received this ; morning. What privileges do I (?ct for I Iving so big-hearts! ?" Heath opened tho letter as the rest i of us looked on. At once I recognized j the paper and ihe faint blue charac- ters of the elite type. The note, read: j Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumrrty had a great fall; ! All the king's horses nnd nil tho king's i men Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together ! again: i Then came that ominous signature, in capitals: THE BISHOP. When Heath hnd got rid of Quinan v it h promises nuch as would have , 8>ddenpd any reporter'* heart, there "What did tho Medical Examiner have to say?" "Only that it looked like an acci- dent; and that Drukker had been dead about ten hours. . . ." Vance interpolated a question. "Did he mention a fractured skull in addition to the broken neck?" "Well, sir, he didn't exactly say the skull was fractured, but he did state that Drukker had landed on the back of his head. I guess it'll prove to be a fracture all right same like Robin and Sprigg." "Undoutbedly. The technique of our murderer seems to be simple and efficacious. He strkes his victims on the vault, either stunning them or killing them outright, nnd then pro- ceeds to cast them in the roles he has chosen for them in his puppet-play?. Drukker was no doubt leaning over the wall, perfectly exposed for such in ottack. It was misty, iind the setting was somewhat obscured. Then came the blow, a slight heave, and Drukker fell noiselessly over the parapet the third sacrificial offering on the altar of old Mother Goose." (To be continued.) What New York Is Wearing BY ANNADEI.LE WnRTIllNtiTON advantage of every shadow, Jed Stone was busy arriving at what he figured was the proper place to carry out bis part of the plan. He dis- mounted, threw tho bridle reins over the horse's head and probably hoped the animal would be there when he got back. Together, Scottie and be crawled close to where a lone soldier was walking his post. Jed Stone and Scottie edged up, bit by bit, until they were right in back of a hummock and not over fifty feet from him. He was a nerv- ous sort of soldier. Every now and then he'd turn quickly and peer out into the darkness; then he'd step along quickly as though he wanted to get away from there in a hurry. Many a good Chiness soldier is afraid of dragons In the dark. This China boy must have been sure there was a big, bad dragon on his trail for he was surely nervous. At the end of his post he turned and started back. Scottie stood tens- ed, scarcely breathing. He sensed the excitement and he strained against his collar which Lieutenant Stone held tightly gripped. The sentry was Just in front of them when Jed Stone let go of Scot- tie's collar. "Go get him," h* whispered, and Scottie was off like a rifle bullet. At the first jump, that sentry stopped dead In his tracks, the hair standing up on his working head. He was frozen still In his tracks. Somewhere out In front In the darkness there was a sound of scur- rying. Something was about to pounce on him, to grab him, but that soldier couldn't move, neither could he utter a sound. (I'll bet that you, yourself, ha/e before now had Just such a frightful nightmare,.) Prom out of the unknown Inky blackness it came. Not till Scottie sank his teeth into his leg did that soldier cry out. He couldn't his vocal cords were paralysed. But then he yelled sudden murder, pulled the trigger of his gun and was bowled over, all in the same instant. Sentries from all over camo were running firing as they came. Be- tween shots I gave a shrill whistle and Scottie came up, zigzagging his way pell mell for Sunday across the camp, spreading destruction at every leap. 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