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To make ICED TEA- Brew tea as usual- tram oft Iriivcs; <i!!<m to cool-add lemon and sugar to taste* pour into qlasses half full of cracked ice tat 'Fresh from the Gardens* The Bishop Murder Case A PHILO VANCE STORY BY S. S. VAN DINE SYNOPSIS An Inxann genius In New York City breaks Into a hideous orgy of crimes touted on nursery rhymr.*. First the bo'Jy f a man known as Cock Kobln Is found with an arrow throuKh the heart. Then young chap uanied Sprlgg In Hhot through the top of the head. The mur- derer wiites mocking notes to the news- papers algi.ed The lilnhop. District At- torney Markham H helpless and asks th aid of ]>hllo Vance. Thone associated with the cane are: Prof. Dlllard, his niece Belle, and hli prolcKc. SI Kurd Arnesson, who hopes to marry Bsllt; John 1'ardec, a neighbor w'*h a passion for ches; Mrs. Urukkvr and b*r mm Adolph. a cripple with a super-Intellect. Vance finds that Drukktr >ian lid the girl went on, in a low, hushed voice, "I walked with Lady Mae along the bridle path above the playground she often went there to watch Adolph playing with the chlldrenf- and wo stood for a long time leaning over the stone balustrade of the wall. A group of children were gathered around Adolph; he had a toy aero- plane and was showing them how to fly it And the children seemed to regard him as one of themselves; they didn't look upon him as a grown-up Varu'* finds that Drukkrr liaii lloil 'o 1.0,1., \f-<, . ,. i _ him nd la holding- om..thlng back. On *S 7 happy and proud UM nlicht v'ance determine* tn force about it She watcaed him with shin- Prukker to tell the truth, both Drukkpr im* s\j on.l (lir, .i._ i i nd his mother r found dead. .'" 6 , V ' "* Sald to me: 'They're not afraid of him, Belle, be- cause he's a hunchback. They call him Humpty Uumpty he's their old CHAPTER XXIX The Sergeant dismissed the three detectives gruffly. He was obviously dissatisfied with thc-ir reports. "The farther we go," he complain- ed, "the more gumnu-d up this case get,." "Never mind. Sergeant," Vance ex- horted him. "1*1 not dark despair o'ercoine you. When we have Pardee's and the Professor's testimony as to what took place while Kmcry ua.- watohfully waiting beneath the trees at 74th Street, we may be able to flt some very interestin' bits together." As he spoke Bdle Dillard entered the front hall from the rear of the house. She saw us in the drawing- room and came in at once. friend of the story-book. My poor Humpty-Dumpty! It was all my fault for letting him fall when he was lit- tle. . . ." The girl's voice faltered and she put her handkerchief to tar eyes. "So she mentioned to you that the children called Urukked Humpty Dumpt.'?" Vance reached slowly in his pocket for his cigarette case. She nodded, and a moment 'atcr lifted her head as if forcing herself to face something she dreaded. "Yes! And that's what was so strange; for after a little while shej shuddered and drew back from the wall. I asked her what was the mat- "Where's Lady Mae?" she asked in] ter, and she said in a terrified voice: a troubled voice. "I was here an hour i 'Suppose, Belle cuppoie that Adolph ago and Greta told me she was out And she's not in her room now." Vance rose and gave her his chair. "Mrs. Drukker died last night cf heart failure. When you were here earlier Mrs. Menzel wan afraid to let you go upstairs." The girl sat very quiet for some time. Presently the tears welled to her eyes. "Perhaps she heard of Adolph's terrible accident." Possibly. Hut It's not quite clear should ever fall off of this wall the way the real Humpty Dumpty did!' I was almost afraid myself, but I forced a smile and told her she was foolish. It didn't do any good, though. She shook her head and gave me a look that sent a chill through HIP. 'I'm not foolish,' she said. 'Wasn't Cock Robin killed with a bow and arrow, and wasn't Johnny Sprigg shot with a little gun right here in New York?'" The girl turned a frighten- ed gaze upon us. "And it did hap- what happened here last night. Do:- pen, didn't itHust she foresaw?" tor Barstead thinks Mrs. Drukker died at about ten o'clock." "Almost the same time "Yes, it happened," Vance nodded. "But we musn't be mystical about H. ,, lllc .., _ Adolph : Mrs. Urukker'simagiriationwasabnor- died," she murmured. "It seems too , mal. All manner of wild conjectures terrible Pyne told me of the went through her tortured mind; and accident when I came down to break- fast this morning, cverj one in the quarter vat talking about it, and I came over at once to be with I.a<1y Mae. But Gre'a said she had gon; out, m\ I cVdn't know what to think. There's son.c thing very strange abo:it AHolph's death. . with these two other Mother Goose deaths so vivid in her memory, it's not remarkable that she should have turn- ed the children's sobriquet for her son into a tragic specula' ion of that kind. That he should actually have been killed in the manner she feared is no- thing more than n coincidence. "What do you mean by that, Miss; He paused and drew deeply on his I)ii'nrd ? " Vnn.-c stood by the window cigarette, watching her covertly. "I say, Miss Dillard," he asked "I don't know- -what I mean," she negligently; " did you, by any chance, answered brokenly. "But only yestr-j repeat your conversation with Mrs. duy afternoon Lady Mae spoke to me Drukker to any one yesterday?" about Adolph and the -wall. ..." | She regarded him with some sur- "Oh, did she, now?" Vance's tone t prise bpforo answering. was more indolent than usual, but "I mentioned it at dinner last night. every nerve in his body was, I know, It worried me all the afternoon, and Tigilantly alert. ' somehow I didn't wajit to keep it to "On my way to the tennis courts," myself." There is no substitute fw | "Were any comments made about ' it?" "Uncle told me I shouldn't spend so much time with Lady Mae that! she was unhealthily morbid. He said the situation was very tragic, but that there was no need for me to share Lady Mae's suffering. Mr.' Pardce agreed with uncle. He was very sympathetic and asked if some- 1 thing could not be done to help Lady Mae's mental condition." "And Mr. Arnesson?" "Oh, Sigurd never takes anything seriously, I hate his attitude some- times. He laughed as though it was a joke; and all he said was: 'It would be a shame if Adolph took his tumble before he got his new quantum prob- lem worked out. " "Is Mr. Arnesson at home now, by the by?" asked Vance. "We want! to ask him about the necess'ry ar-j rangements in regard to the Druk-j kers." "He went to the university early this morning; but he'll be back, before lunch. He'll attend to everything, I am sure. We were about the only i friends Lady Mae and Adolph had. I'll take charge in the meantime and j see. that Greta gets the house in ordf r." A few minutes later we left her and went to interview Professor Dil- lard. The professor was plainly perturb- ed when we entered the library that noon. He sat in an easy chair with his back to the window, a glass of his precious port on the table beside him. "I've been expecting you, Mark- ham," he said, before we had time to speak. "There's no need to dissemble. Drukker's death wag no accident I'll admit I felt inclined to discount the insane implications arising from the deaths of Robin and Sprigg; but the moment Pyne related the circum- stances of Drukker's fall I realized that there was a definite design be- hind these deaths: the probabilities of their being accidental would be in- calculable. You know it as well as I; otherwise you wouldn't be here." "Very true." Markham had seated himself facing the professor. "We're confronted by a terrific problem. Moreover, Mrs. Drukker died of shock last night at almost the same time her son was killed." "That, at least," returned the old man after a pause, "may be regarded as a blessing. It's better she didn't survive him her mind unquestion- ably would have collapsed." He look- ed up. "In what way can I help?" "You were probably the last person, with the exception of the actual mur- derer, to see Drukkcr alive; and we would like to know everything you can tell us of what took place last night." Professor Dillard nodded. "Drukker came here after dinner about eight, I should say. Pardec had dined with us; and Drukker was an- I'.cyeil at finding him here in fact, he was openly hostile. Arnesson twitted him good-naturedly about his irasci- bility which only made him more irritable; and, knowing that Drukker was anxious to thrash out a problem with me, I finally suggested that he and I stroll down to the park. . . ." "You were not gone very long," suggested Muikham. "No. An unfortunate episode oc- curred. We walked up the bridle path to almost the exact spot where, I understand, the poor fellow was kill- ed. We had been there for perhaps half an hour, leaning against the stone balustrade of the wall, when Pardce walked up. He stopped to speak to us, but Drukkcr was so an- tagonistic in his remarks that, aft-f j a few minutes, Pardee turned and i walked away in the direction he had , come. Drukkcr was very much upset, ' and 1 suggested we postpone the dis- 1 cussion. Furthermore, a damp .n'ut had fallen, and I was beginning to get some twinges in my foot. Druk- ker straightway became morose, and snid he didn't care to go indoors ju>t yet. So I left him alone by the wal', and came '.lotr.c." I/id you mention the episode to Arnesson?" I didn't see Sigurd after I got back. I imagine he'd gone to bed." I, liter as \ve rose to take our leave. Vance asked casually: 'Tan you tell us where the key to the alley door is "I know nothing about it, sir," the professor replied irritably, but added in a more equable tone: "However, as I remember, it used to hsng on a nail by the archery-room door." Krom Professor Dillard w* went straight to Pardee, and were received at once in his study. His manner wa* rigid and detached, and even after we had seated ourselves he remained standing by the window, staring at us with unfriendly eyes. (To be continued.) Expert Gives Advice To Future Salesmen ! 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The body, we covered with phosphorus paint, which would glow green in the dark, while a long dragoa tall was attached behind. We painted bat-like marks on the wings, and nlclted-'.ooking claws spre id out underneath. Even in the daytime our plane looked hor- rible enough, bat at night, 't was enough to freeze any Ignorant bandit camp with fear. Of course, that Is Just what we In- ; tended our plane to do. While the j bandits fled In terror, wo would have! a chance to rescue Guy Stone, the brother of Lleutenan*. Stone, who had been held captive for many weeks. Just for safety, we mounted a ma- chine gun In front o' our plane. K any Chinese proved too liar ly to be afraid of our dragon, he would cer- tainly understand enough not to fool with a machine gun. As the sun sank toward the west- ern sky line, we wheeled our plane out of the hanger, and saon wer heading full speed toward the cruel Chinese bandits' camp. We timed our raid so we would arrive Just atter dark, while the bandits were still astir. As we passed over the country- side, the poor Chinese families hear- ing the drone of our motor rushed to the doors of their hovels. Seeing our dragon glimmering In the sky, with its bat-like wings spread out, and long tall flying behind In the wind, they fell on their knees and burled their faces In their nandd. We followed the railway tracks, and soon we came to the siding where we hid from the bandits In the string of freight cars. Due East from that point, we followed the trail Into the mountains. The camp- fire of the bandit guards at the notch In the cliffs proved a welcome beacon, for the sky grew darker every minute, and thunder rumbled In the distance. Soon the main camp became visi- ble. The little 'ents looked like Chinese lanterns far below, as we circled slowly down, and red camp- fires dotted the ground. Somewhere down in the pit of darkness wax 9uy, Jed Stone's younger brother. As we circled overhead, there flashed before my minds eye a picture of the days when as boys together, we played on the old ranch out near Winnipeg. Suddenly the bandits saw us Panic broke loose In the camp. Black^ forma rushed about tripped, fell and' fought each other, frantic with fear. I switched on the landing lights and turned on the siren whistle. The sonnd walled and echoed through the mountain pass. The terror was complete! Landing on the ground, we roared down toward the >ents. The entire force of bandits seemed to have deserted and taken to t forest. Then a dark form rush- ed toward the k fl tents with a \J,fr, flaming biand Jl from the fire. One bandit, braver than the rest, was attempting to set the tents ablaze, we Bred a few rounds from the ma- chine gun, and evidently winged him. In the foot, for he dropped ths % brand, and limped Into the darkness. "Hurry," I cried, "we must search the tents before they are burned. Keep the motor idling while I search. 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