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Salada Green tea is a masterpiece in blending - | : I! SALADA GREEN TEA Fresh from the gardens' II Be Bishop Murder Case A PHILO VANCE STORY I)Y S. S. VAN DINE SYNOPSIS A man known as iwk Itotin Is found with uu arruw through Hie heart. Tli-n yi.iniK chap nami-d Sprigg la <hot thruugh the top of the head. Tin- mur- derer UTlteH mocking notes signed Th-s BUbop DIMrirt Attorney Murkhatn rails In his friend. 1'hllu Vance. The. fnilowlng are associated with the fast. 1'rof. Lillian), his niece. H( 11. and IIIM ft"tege, Sluurd Arm- ;. who hopes tu marry Helle; John J'anloc. a neighbor. Mrs. IJrukker, KIM! her *n. Adolph. u "Tipple. Vance i* convinced l>rukker is houllrg Lack certain informal ion and determines to Hud out what it is. Hut that night I>rukkr-r In murdered. The shock kill* Mm. lirukker. Then I'ardee commits Bulddr Mali. ii. n. i believes I'ai.ltt was T'lQ IIlKhop, liut Vance liellftV-fi differently. Then I'rof Dillard asks them to come to his home. CHAI'TKR XXXV. (Cont'd.) "Sigurd will be here before long. He'd enjoy seeing you again- A 1 said, he's at 'The Pretenders.' but I'm sure he will come straight home. . . . By the way, Mr. Vance," the professor went on, turning from Markham, "Si- gurd tolls me you accompanied him to Ghosts' last week. Do you share his enthusiasm for ibsen?" "A slight shift of Vance's eyebrows told me that he was somewhat puzzled by this question, but when he answer- ed there was no hint of perplexity in his voice. "I have rtad Ibsen a great deal; and there can be little doubt that he was a creative genius of a high order, although I've failed to find in him either the aesthetic form or the philo- sophic depth that characterizes Goethe's 'Faust,' for instance." "I can '* that you and Sigurd would havp a permanent basis of disa- greement." Markham declined the invitation to tay longer, and a few minutes later we were walking down West 2nd Avenue in the brisk April air. "You will please take note. Mark- bam, old dear," observed Vance, with a touch of waggishness, as we turned into 72nd Street and headed for the park, "that therr ire others than your modest collaborator who are hag-rid- den with doubts as to the volition of Pardee'" tr king-off. And I might add that the profp- or is not in the least satisfied with your assurances." "His suspicious ctnte of mind is quite understandable," submitted Markham. "These murders have touched his h use pretty closely." "That's not the explanation. The old gentleman has fears. And . he knows something which ho will net Ull us." "I can't say that I got that imprcs- "Oh, Markham,- my dear Markham! Weren't you HsU-ning closely to his halting, reluctant tale? It was as if he were trying to convey some sugges- tion to uu without actually putting it into wordy. We were supposed to guess. Yes. That was whyjjs insist- td that you visit him wtrfn Arnesson was safely away at an Ibsen reviva!." Vance ceased peaking abruptly and stood stock still. A startled look rai.'c in his eyes. "Oh, my aunt! Oh my pn . aunt! So that was why lie asked me about Ibsen! . . . My word! How nn- uttcrab.y dull I've been! HP stared at Markhum, and the muscles of his j.iw tight-ned. "The truth at last!" he said with impressive softness. "And it is neither you nor the police nor I wh< .is solved this case : it is a Nor- wegian dramatist who has been (load for twenty years. In Ibsen is the key to the nr 'ery." . .I.MTKK XXXVI. Markham regarded him as thoujrh he had suddenly gone out of his miml; but beftr he C'rild speak Vance hail- ed a (a .b. "I'll sh< .v you what I mean when we reach home," he said, as wt 1 rode cast through Central Park. "It's unbe- lievable, but it's true. And I should have guessed it long ago; but the rcn- nota'.ion of the signature on (hose notes was too clouded with other pos- sible meanings. . . ." "If it were midsummer instead of rpring," commented Mnrkham wrnth- fully, "I'd .suggest ( hnt the heat had affected you." "I knew from the fust thc.v \vn. three possible guilty pcr-ons," r 'n- tinued Vance. "Karh was psycho- logically capable of the murders, pio- videil the impact of his emotions !i;ui upset his mental equilibrium. So in i \< as nothing to do but to wait for some indication that would focus suspicion. Drukker was one of my three sus- pects, but he was murdered; and that left two. Then Pardce to all appear- ances committed suicide, and I'll ad- mit that his death made reasonable the assumption that he had been the guilty one. But there was an eroding doubt in my mind. His death was not conclusive; and that house of cards troubled me. We were stale- mated. So again 1 waited, and watch- ed my third possibility. Now I know that Pardee was innocent, and that he did not shoot himself. He was mur- dered just as were Robin and Sprigg and Drukker. His death was another grim joke he was a victim thrown to the police in the "pint of diabolical jest. And the murderer has been chuckling at )ur gullibility evjv since." "By what reasoning do you arrive at so fantastic a conclusion?" "It's no longer a question of reason- ing. At last I have the explanation for the crimes ; and I know the mean- ing of the 'Bishop' signature to the notes. I'll .show you a piece of amaz- ing an' 1 incontrovertible evidence very soon." A few minutes later we reached his apartment, and he led us straight to the library. "The evidence has been here within arm's reach all the time." He went to the shelves where he kept his dramas, and took down Vol- ume II of the collected works of Hen- rik Ibsen. The book contained "The Vikings at Helgoland" and "The Pre. tenders"; but with the first of these plays Vance was not concerned. Turn- ing to "The Pretenders" he found '.he page where the dramatit jiersonue were given, and laid the book on the table before Markham. "Read the cast of characters of Arnesson's favorite play," he directed. Markham, silent and puzzled, dre.w the volume toward him; and I looked over his shoulder. This is what we saw : Ilakoii Hakonsson. the King elected by the Hirehlegs. Inga of Varteig, his mother. Earl Skule. Lady Kagnhild, his wife. Sigrid, his sister. Margrete, his daughter. Guthorm Ingesson. Sigurd Rilibung. Nicholas Arnesson, Bishop of Oslo. Dngfmn the Peasant, Hakon's mar- shal. Ivar Bodde, his chaplain. Vegard Vaeradal, one of his guard 1 . (irugorius Jom-son. a nobleman. Paul Flida- a nobleman. Ingebnrg, Andres Skialilarbnnd's -.-ife. Peter, lu-r son, a young priest. Sira Viliam, Bishop Nicholas's chaplain- Master Sigurd of Brabant, a phy- sician. Jatgeir Skald, an Icelander. Hard Kratte, a chieftain from '> Trondhcim district. Hut I doubt if either of us read be- yond the line: Nicholas Arnesson, Bishop of Oslo. My eyes became riveted on that name with a set and horrified fascina- tion. And then I remembered Bishop Arnesson was one -vf the most diabolical villains in all .ter.-Uure-- a cynical, sneering monster who twist- ed all the sane values of T'o into hideous buffooneries. With this astounding revei.. .n the Bishop murder case entered its final and most terrible phase. Heath had been informed of Vance's discovery; and it was arranged that should meet in the District Atturiu-. i office early the following Jay for a counsel of war. Markham. when he look leave of us that night, was more troubled and t'c- spondent that I had ever seen him. "I don't know what can be donp,"| he said hopelessly. "There's no le^a! . evidence against the man- But WO may bo able to devise some course of I action that will give us the upper, hand. ... I never believed in 'orturej but I almost wish we had access today to the thumbscrew and the rack." ! Vance and I arrived at his iffice " few minut'js after nine the next morn inv. Sv.-a-k-T In) I'-cjited us and ask- ed us tn wait in the inception i-xim for a lil'.Ie \vh'.!->. M".tkham, he ex }ilainu', v.r.s ;:m.i"..!,. for ih? moment. We had no more than seated ourselves when Heath appeared, grim, pugna- cious and sullen. "I gotta hand it to you, Mr. Vance/' he proclaimed. "You sure got a line on the situation. But what good it's going to do us I don't see. We can't arrest a guy because his name's in n book." "We may be able to force tru ssuc some way," Vance rejoined, "In any event, we know where we stand Ten minutes later Swacker beckon- to us and indicated that Markham was free. "Sorry to have kept you waitinp," Markham apologized. "I had an un- expected visitor." His voice had a de- spairing ring. "More trouble. And. curiously enough, it's connected with the very section of Riverside Park where Drukker was killed. However, there's nothing I can do about it. He drew some papers before him. "Now to business." "What's the new trouble in River- side Park?" asked Vance casually. Markham frowned. "Nothing that need bother us now. A kidnapping, in all likelihood. There's a brief account of it in the morning papers, in -:ase you're inter- ested. . . ." "I detest reading the paper.?," Vance spoke blandly, but with an in- sistence that puzzled me. "What hap- pened?" Markham drew a deep breath of im- patience. "A child disappeared from the play- ground yesterday after talking with an unknown man. Her father can.e I.ere to solicit my help. But it's a job for the Bureau of Missing Persons; and I told him so. Now, if your curi- osity is appeased " "Oh, but it isn't," persisted Vanrp. "I simply must hear the details. That section of the park fascinates me strangely." Markham shot him a questioning glance through lowered lids. (To be continued.) Trace Hay Fever to Birds and Powder 1 What New York Is Wearing BY ANNETTE. For Travel and "Dress" Upon Arrival Baltimore Physician Finds Small Plant Pollen Grains Cause Membrane Irritations Baltimore. Hay Fever, which an- nually brings sneezes and watery eyes to thousands, rhay be caused by such unusual substances as face powder and canary feathers, reports Dr. How- ard M. Hubert, of the University of Maryland. Hay fever usually Is caused by Irri- tation of the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and throat by Infinites- imal grains of plant pollen that float In the air. Not all persons are sensi- tive. A girl came to Dr. Hubert for treat- ment, ho reports, and said she suffered hay fever symptom* the year round instead of only during the usual sea- Ron. She used a face powder made from orris root and Dr. Hubert discovered that she was super-sensitive to orris root. She changed her face powder to one made of rice powder. Within twenty- four hours her hay fever symptoms disappeared, says Dr. Hubert. Another woman treated at Hubert's clinic at the University of Maryland Hospital suffered from astUma during the entire year and hay fover during the regular spring nnd fall seasons. Sho raised canaries and kept about fifty of them at home. It was found she was .sensitive to canary feathers and certain plant pollens. When this woman got rid of her canaries and wax treated with extracts of canary feathers and of the pollens to which she was sensitive, Dr. Hubert reports, she was relieved of both the asthma and hay fever symptoms He tells of a man afflicted with eye trouble every summer for a number of years. Finally It was found he was siipcrscnsitive to certain pollens, and actually was suffering from a form of hay fever. Treatment with pollen ex- tracts greatly relieved his symptoms. ADVENTUKE-S of and hit Dog SCOTTIE- What came before: Late one afternoon, whllo on board the freighter Madrigal In the Chinese Sea, Caplaln Jimmy and h friends sight n bandit ship firing on a little vessel, hey take oft to the rescue In their plane. It's in the much favored navy blue wool crepe. The navy blue crepe silk frock is printed in red and white thus smartly carrying out the popular tri-color scheme. The bolero jacket chooses the printed crepe for its turn-back cuffs. The separata redingote skirt is in box-plait effect at the front. The diagonal seaming and closing of the hip yoke is decidedly slimming. The belt is removable. The sleeveless dress has slightly dropped shoulder. The neck is in- teresting finished with jabot. This attractive outfit Style No. 37'J may be had in siz.es 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches bust. The redingote takes li'.i yards of 39-inch material; the dress ie- quires 2% yards of 39-inch ma- terial for the miss of 16 years. Another equally chic idea is vivid red crepe silk coat with the dress of navy blue crepe silk. After some difficulty we lowered the nlune into the sea and heading Into the wind, took off. The n.otor sputtered and missed at first then It opened out into a deep, satisfying roar and drove the plane at -. ter- riflc speed to- wards the scene of battle. There was not a mom- ent fo lose. As -e drew nearer, through the twilight, we j could plainly see j the flash from the guns of the Pirate JunK. I gave our plane every bit of gas I could and she roared down O'vaM the scene of battle at a tremendous rate. Suddenly the firing seemed to case. A lucky shot must have crip- pled the 3hlp they were pursuing. Quarte, of a mile away and we nosed down to get a better view of what was taking place. A little sLIp lay over with a heavy list to starboard, evidently leaking from a shot below the water line. A large Chinese junk was tied jeh'rul and a boarding party of pirates swarmed all over the captured ves- sel. The passengers ran here and there, ooklng for shelter. Then as we came near we could see a num- ber of figures bound to the rail- evidently white men and ship officers. At we passed overhead, the pir- ates greeted us with a volley but they were not used to firing at a speeding plane and their shots went wide. , We swept past the boats at about one hundred and ten miles an hour. The Chinese Junk was our target and how we longed for a few nice hand grenades or a machine gun! Still, we had the shot gun and plenty of buckshot shells. We could make it hot for those ;!rates. About half a mile away, I turned to the attack igaln. Suddenly I swooped until it seemed as if we would scrape the decks as we pass- ed. Every bit of engine power forced us out of the sky. Our speed was tremendous, it must have been a fearful sight to see a plane making such speed straight at one. In the bow of the Junk stood a group of pirates pe:rlfied. Then, Bang! Bang! roared the heavy shot gun, and the pirates raced for coyer, but several seemed to stumble and lay quite still. A few stray shots screeched by fired by the more courage us of the pirates who dared show themselves above decks Meanwhile, my gun- ner loaded up his heavy artillery ready for his next attack. Again '< swooped and raked the decks with buckshot but this time the pirates had seen enough of us. Someone cut the junk loose and the pirates rushed back and crowded on full sail Now was our chance. Circling around to gain altitude, we suddenly dived straight for the pirate's wheel deck, banging away with our old shotguns. 4 The helmsman of the junk had all he could 'k. \ do, at best, to vj.'/ft. hold the ship '"/${ in her course, for a brisk wind had suddenly, sprung up and she leaned heavily tO ( one side. Then. looking ui., he caught sight . of us hovering above him like a great bird of prey, Just us a charge of buckshot rattled around him jr the decks. With a yell, he let go the wheel and fled and the next mom- ent a strong gust of wind keeled '.lie junk over on her side. (To be continued.) Note: Anj of our young readers writing to "Captain Jimmy", 2010 Star Building, Toronto, will receive his signed photo free. Chocolate Malted Milk The health-giving, delicious drink for children and grown- ups. Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocer*. LIFE If I have helped some struggling man to master His basor self. A nobler life at- tain, Makes Gasoline From Waste Oil HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS, j by my ' ove Mme heart has beat '. Scientist Extras Gasoline TWO CLASSES "I knov only two classes the 'worker' and the 'loafer," and we will tlnd those In every walk nnd In every sphere of life until the world ends. "Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, A good name make* an excellent . passport. Write your name and plainly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin ^re- erred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St.. Toronto. Elms of Berlin Doomed Berlin. Kims In the parks and streets of Berlin appear to be doomed to extinction, the* plant pathologlsts of the park department apparently having abandoned ns hopeless their long flight to check the disease that is destroying the troos. The elms are being killed by a min- uto fungus carried by a small beetle that deposits Its eggs on the bark. A method of treating the elms by In- noculation, worked out at the Dahlcm Institute, of Plant Biology, proved as fruitless as previous remedies. Not only Berlin but all of central Europe is in danger of losing Its elms from the disease which began its rav- ages In Holland ten years ago and .spread rapidly eastward, completely baffling all efforts to arrest It. If tho elms In affected regions are to survive It can only be through some saving process of nature or the discovery of a now remedy. At a re- cent session of the (ierman Botanical Association it was said that remed'us hitherto tried had proved wholly use- less. en faster I have not lived in vain. If 1 havu sown the seeds of peace and gladness, If I liave caused sad lips to smile again. If I have eased some other's ache and sadness I have not lived In vain. If I have -i '-de one weary life the brighter, If I have eased another's toll and pain, If I have made some comrade's bur- den lighter I have not lived in vain. Norman fole. Not a Sea Monster y.r.n vies with the odd (bnlzons of the o-ianr. Here \v sea an ' i i Mil.-* machine of steel and glass which will .-o >n !>o launched ou an ;inder water aenrch for sunken treasure. Helping Hand When her young man visitor be- came very plainly embarrassed, she thought she knew the cause. "Er Miss Johnson, 1 he said, fever- ishly, "could 1 er see your father for a moment?" "Certainly, Mr. Clarke!" and, ex- cusing herself, she left tho room. Presently her father came In, and after a short conversation with tin; young man he stepped to the door and summoned his daughter. "It is getting late," 'sflil Mr. Clarke, whose face was radiant, "and, ns 1 have a long ride before me, I think 1 will say 'Good night.' Shall I flnil you at home on Wednesday c>v<Miin'<, Miss Johnson?" The girl assured him that lie would, and tho young man took his departure. "Oh, papa!" began tho girl, when they were alone, "did he " "You must not ask questions," said the old man. "Mr. Clarke wished to see about a matter which for the pre- sent must remain a secret." i "I know," pleaded the girl, "but you might give me a hint of what It was Just a word." "Oh, well," replied her father, In- dulgently, "since you must know, he wanted to borrow a "lulling io Ret home with." Contrarieties Immortality " r;;r>tten now her fragile i: M! -n beauty, The tilt if her proud dun; Her quicic bright words, her elfish. wistful laughter; Her dreiiiiu of lovely things that might have been. But not u one has eviv yol forgotten Her oi!i sni".!l sin. Jewell Bothwell Tull, in Poetry. and Other Oils from Methane Gas Minneapolis. A new source of gaso- line that holds pro: ilse of economical commercial production has been dis- covered In the laboratory of Dr. O. R. Schultze at the University of Minne- sota. In research for the American Pe- troleum Institute this German scien- tist hag extracted gasoline, petroleum 'oils and other petroleum products from methane gas. which now Is most- j ly wasted. Results of hl.s work, under direction of Dr. S. C. Hud, director of the uni- versity's school of chemistry, may point the way to new means of ob- taining the fuel. If and when the source of America's petroleum supply is exhausted. The cost of his process now Is com- mercially prohibitive about $3 or $4 a gallon. But Dr. Schultze believes continued research with other gases higher In carbon content, such as pro- i pane, cthylene and butane will prove the method economically feasible. | Methane has a low cerbon content, accounting in part for the excessive cost of the process. It and similar gases, common in oil fields, now are mostly waste, products. Dr. Schultze obtained gasoline by bombarding a quantity of me-thane gas with i-lectrous from an electric cur- vent of between 17,000 and 20,000 vnlts. I Gasolino has been obtained from methane before, but only by using radio-active substances and other com- plicated chemical processes which co:-t more. Dr. Schultze believes his process al- so has other potentialities. During experiments using certain gases he , obtained a yellow compound resem- bling amber. I The new substance has shown poS' sibilities s an insulating material for ' electric power lines and as containers for powerful acids. John Harrymore delights in putting intervbvers in their place by making them "Mister" him. A certain New ( York feature writer had been warned about 'Jawrt" and hi> pet method s^ when lie sot to him (Mr. Barrvmoru , l.,'vin(? finished his 10 o'clock break- ! fast) he inked, "Are you John Bar'y- more?" The profile turned antl haughtily replied, "No, I am M1STEII John Barvymore." "That's ( \n3." came the crjshi.ig reply, "I was iifraid you misht be Miss Ethel!" ISSUE No. 36 '31