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^FT 5 ' The Bishop Murder Case A PHILO VANCE STORY BY 8. 6. VAN DINK SYNOPSIS. A mun Known as Cock llobln m shut tlircuKii ih heart with ..n arrow. The kody-ii found mi the archery raiiKv be- idc the home of I'rofi'Msoi Dlllanl. h I!.. tun was well known. The crime *.i,s to be Hi* 1 Intentional dramatization of the old nursery rhyme 'Who Killed :ock Robin?" District Attorney MarK- hHin Is puxxled and asks the aid if riillo Vance, who dabbles In the solving of unusual m>strrlm. Sperling Is the I Jit in. in KMt.wn to have b-fii with Robin. Vance Jcarna that both Hnbln and Sperl- ing were In love with Kclle lllard. tli* profe**or' niece. Sigurd Arnesson. A protege of the professor's, jokes heart- fely about the murder. P>ne. the but- ler seeinn much confused when qustlon- <1 as to hl whereabouts the ii! nlng of the inurder. CHAPTER VI. Markham smoked awhile, his &.' concentrated on the table-top. "Did any one else call at the house this morning, Pyne'."' he asked pres- ently. "No one, sir." "And you can tuggest no explana- tion for what happened here?" The man hook his head heavily, his eatery eyes in apace. "No, sir. Mr. Robin seemed pleas- ant, well-liked young man. He wasn't the kind to inspire murder- if you understand what I mean." Vance looked up. "I can't say that J, personally, umier- ti-nd exactly what you mt-an Pyne. How do you know it wasn't an acci- dent?" "I don't, sir," was tbe unperturbed answer. "But I know a bit about arch- ery if you'll pardon my saying so and I saw right away that Mr. R/>liin had been killed by a hunting arrow." "You're very observin', Pyne," nod- dt-d Vane*. ''And quite correct." It was plain that no direct informa- tion was to be got from the butler, and Markham dismissed him abruptly, at the same time ordering Hoath to send in the cook. When she entered 1 noticed at om-e resemblance between father and daughter. She was a slat'.ernly wo- man of about forty, abo tall and angular, with a thin, elongated face and largo hands and fret. Hyperpitu- itarism evidently ran in the Pyne fam- iiy. A few preiimina. y question* brought I out the information that she was widen-, named Berdle, and had, at the death of her husband five jvars before, come to Profesfor Dillard as the res-jit of Pyne's rec<mim*mlation. "What time did you leave the house this morning, Becdle?" Markham ask- d In r. "Right after half past ten." She M>eni<-d uneany and on the alert, ant! h-r voice was defensively belligerent. "And what time did you return? 1 ' "About half past twelve. That nn.i let me in" she looked viciously '.t Heath "and treat CM! me like I'd been a rriminal." llrath grinned. "The time's O.K , Air. Markham. She got sore liecauw 1 wouldn't let her go downstairs." Markham nodded noncoinmittally. "Do you know anything of what toolc place here this morning?" he went on, studying the woman closely. | "How nhould I know? I WH* at Jefferson market." "Hid you we either Mr. Rubin 01 Mr. Sperling?" "They went downntaira to the arch- ery-ronin past the kitchen a little while before I went out." "Mid you overhear anything they *aid?" "I don't listen at kyho!en." Markbam fet his jaw nngrily anil was about to spenk when Vance ad- dressed the woman suavely. "The Uintriot Attorney thought thnl pi-rhitp* the d<mr was open, and that you might have overheard Rome of thc-ir conversation despite your com- nirndahlc effort not to listen." "The door might've been open, but 1 didn't hear anything," she answered "Then you couldn't tell us if there was any one. else in the archery- roanl" Mc-iMlIc narrowed her eye* and gave Vii nee a calculating li><A. "Maybe there was some one else," Khe said vlnwly. "In fact, I thought I heard Mr. Drukker." A note of \<-i<i>m rainc into her voice, and the shadow of a bard Mnilc pusscd o\vr her thin lips. "He was hero to call on Mr. ArnesMin eiirly this morninif.' 1 "Kb, was he, now?" Vnnce appenivrl urpii-cd at this m v.. "You saw him, prrliapn?" "I saw him come in, but I didn't to-- bin, g<i nut urn \\iiy, I didn't no- i -I He '..! in and out at all hour 1 -." "Sm-akv i-h? Fancy that! . . . fly Ihe by, which door did you use \\li-n ',1.11 \\ont a-markcting?" "The front di.nr. Since Miss Hell- iiiuilr u dub-room out of the bayp- in- nt, I alxvajs use tin- frot door." "Then ymi didn't enter the nrchory- ii'om this .i.orning?" "Ko." \.iuc III.-.IM! h'.nim-lf in bin chair.. "Thiinks for your help, lli'i-dlr. We \vo-,'t m i'il _\ou any more now." When tho woman bud left us Vnncc .-,!. I walked to the window. "We're expending too much zeal in irrelevant clmnnoU, Markhnm," he ISSUE No. 3130 said. "We never gal anywhere by ballyragging servants and question- ing members of ihe household. There's a psychological wall to be battered down before w can begin storwing the enemy's trenches. Everybody in this menage has some pet privacy that he's afraid will leak out. Each per- son s.i far has told us either less or more than he knows. Disheartenm', but true. Nothing that we've learned dovetails with anything elfe; and when chonological events don't fit to- gether, you may rest assured that the serrated points of contact have been deliberately distorted. I haven't found one clean joinder in all the tales that have been pourad into our ears." "It's more likely the connections are missing," Markham argued; "and we'll never find them if we don't pur- sue our questionings." "You're much too trustin'." Vance walked back to the cer.tve-luble. "The more questions we ask the farther afield we'll be taken. Even Professor Dillnrd didn't give us a wholly honest account. There's something he's keen- mg back some suspicion he won't voice. W>iy did he bring that bo-.v ir.doors? Arnesson put his finger on a vital spot when .ie asked the same (7u.-sti.in. Shrewd folia, Arnesson. Then there's our athletic younp lai:y with the muscular calves. She's en- tangled in various amat'ry meshes, and is endeavoring to extricate herself and her whole oterie without leavin.cr a blemish on any one. A praisvworthy aim, bat not me conducive to the un- adulterated truth. Pyne has ideas, too. That flabby facial mask of ht curtains many an entrancin' thought. But w'll never probe his cortex !jy c-hivyin' him with questions. Somo- thin' rum, too, about his matutinal labors. He says he was in Arnesson's room all morning; hut he obviously didn't know the professor took sunnin' on Arnt-sson's verandah. And that linen-closet alibi much too spe- cious. Also, Markham, let your mind flutter about the widowed Beedle'.- tale. She doesn't like the over-sociable Mr. Drukker; and when she saw a chance to involve him she did so. She- 'thought' she heard his voice in the srchey-room. But did she? Who knows? True, he might have tarric.l among the slings and avelins .,n his way home and been joined Inter by Robin and Sperling. . . . Yes, it's a point we must investigate. In fact, a tit of polite converse with Mr. Dru!.- ker is trngly indicated. . . ." Footsteps were heard descending tna front stairs, and Arnesson appeared in the archway of the living room. "We!., who killed Cock Robin?" ho a"ked, with a satyr-like grin. Markham roue, annoyed, and wa* about t> protest at the intrusion; bni. Arnesson held up his hand. "One moment, please.. I'm here In offer my <-\lte<l services in the noble cause of justice mundane justice, I would have you understand. Philo- sophically, rif course, there's no su.-h thing ns justice. If there really wero justime we'd nil be in for a shingling in the cosmic woodshed." He put down faring MnrKham and chuckled eynicV- ly. "The fact is, the mil and precipi- tate departure of Mr. Kobin appeals to my M ientitic nature. It makes a nice, orderly problem. " hai a dividc-lly mathematical flr.vor no uiivli.'i'.ramted terms, you u.iderstaml ; clear-cut inte- gers with certain unknown iinflnlitits to be determined. Well, I'm the genius to solve it." "Wha: w>uld b* your Dilution, Arm-Moii?" Mnvkham knew and res- pected the man's intelligence, and seemed at once to sense a serious pur- pose beneath 'his attitude of sneerinjj flippancy. "Ah! As yet I haven't tackled the equation." Arnesson drew out an nld briar pipe and fingered it Affectionate- ly. "Hut I've always wanted to do B little detective work on a purely carl'i- ly plane -the insatiable curiosity and natural lnqu!litlvflnM of tlii* physi- cist, you iindcrstnnd. And I've long, had a theory thai the science of niathe-,' cutics can he advantageously applied to the trivialities of our life on this unimportant planet. There's nothini' 1 but Inw In the universe unless E.l- dington is right and there's no law nt all nnd I see no suflicient reasmi why the identity and position of n criminal can't be determined just ;,s T.everrier calculated the mass and ophermis of Nept'.in. from the observed deviations in the dibit of Uranus. You remem- ber how, after his computations h> told Halle, the Iteilin astronomer, ti look for the plannt in a spci illcil longitude (if the ecliptic." Arne"snn paused and Illlcd his pipe. "Now, Mr. Markhnm," he wont <>-\; nnd I tried to decide whether or not the mun wns in earnest, "I'd like thi % opnortunity of applying to this uli-m ! muddle the purely rnlionnl means uso>l by I everrier in discovering Neptune. Hut I've got to hiive the data on the perturbations of llnuuis's orbit, no to npenk that is, I must, know nil the varying factors in the equation. The fiivor I've come here tc nsk in that you tal.e me into your confidence and toil me all the facts. A sort of intellectual partner. -hip. I'll tigui" out this prob- lnm for you uluirj; M-H utilic lines. It'll lie t>,il!y o|nt; and H'.ritlenUilly I'd like to prove iny theory that matht.- matici i:. the basis of a truth however far removed from scholastic abstrac- tions." He at last got his pipe gointf, and sai.k back in his chair. "Is it a bargain?" (To be continued.) What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABEL!. E WORTH1NGTON lllitst ruled Dfcitt>M<iki,ng f,rnso>i Fur- ,i\ehnl With Kvnj Wedgwood-"Potter To Her Majesty" By N. HUD-50N MOORE 2669 Charming snd new! Easy to weav' And simple as A, B, C to make it! It's a one-piece dress in disguise! | To give the smart abruptly flaring hem, the courturier has slit the skirt and inserted circular godets at the front and at the back. The bodice is given a moulded line through pin inverted tucks. The cowl neckline is especially flattering and new. Kores-t green ranton-faille crepe made the original Paris model with eggshell crepe, contrasting. Style No. '-'tWJ may be had in i/.e 14, 1, 18. 20 years 36, 38. 40 and 4J inches bunt. The medium size requires :i\ yards of 119-inch material with 'i yard of 27-inch contrasting. Itlack canton crepe with turquo'se blue is modish. Wool crc'pe in plain or patterned, crepe nuuocain and gheer velvet also suitable for rhis stunning model. HOW TO ORDKR PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- patterns us you wnnt. Kncluse 20c in ly, giving number and size of such stamp* or coin (coin preferred; wrap it curefully) for each number, nnd address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 7H West Adelaide St., Toronto. Busineu As Usual n. n 'i i ..in. i, i inid this to Lord | AbiMilnen, former (JovPiiior-General of t'niiHita. who InrliultH It in his hook Scottish Mortal. "Tell Me Another": A visiting arllst who watt down on the prog rum of n village, concert to sliiK "The Village Rlaekimllh" was ifsliiiK a* his hotel when a caller was umuimired. "I umlprpluml. Kir," snid lbt> callur, "thai. .MIU avt* (toliik 'o king "lht> VII- ' ii i. Hhiekimlth' tit the convert to- nljnt." "That U *n," replied tlie xlnge-r. "Well," Miu the cHll'-i, "I just cHme to say that I am tho village black- smith, and 1 would liikr It very kindly if you could Introduce- into the sung a fi' H.I ill- Hliidi would let the folks know that I aluo repair bU vrles." Minrd' Liniment for Frott Bite. In "The Old CKna Book" At the Bell House Works Wedgwood made his finest pieces, and so 4iliiii- rable did they become that he soon gained distinction both in England and on the Continent. In Septem- ber, 1761, Wedgwood Jiade and pres- ented to Queen Charlotte, upon the birth of her first child, a candle anil breakfast set of his cream-solored ware, which had by this time reach- ed a high slate ot perfection. He had It still further embellished by bia two best painters, Daniel! und Steele, and on the creamy yellow ground were were raised sprigs of Jessamine and other flowers, all colored from nature. The Queen was highly delighted and gave orders for a linae-- service, and, in token of his gratitude, -Wedgwood called this Queen's Ware. He re- ceived commands to call himself by the proud title of "Potter to Her Majesty." Of course both potter and his products became immensely fash- ionable when tbe Queen set the style, and orders flowered In upon him. It is on record that at this time these) cream-ware plates, large size, brought fifteen shillings a dozen and other pieces in proportion. It is well to remember that the crmmon type of plate In this ware was of the trench- er pattern, or like the old wooden plates, with flat edge and without a ' rim on the under side. . . . The distinctive quality of Wedg- wood's cream-colored ware was the Introduction of Cornwall clcy, and its superiority as due to improvements' in the processes of its manufacture and Its glaze. Tills cream-colored ware, so called, varies in shade from on extremely light primrose to tbe deepest saffron. Tbe variation In tbe color comes from the clay, the dark tints being much rarer then the! light, and the objects made in >hemj are always o( the finest quality and! highly desirable. Some splendid! specimens of basket work "twigged! baskets" Wedgwood called them are! found in this deep tint, as well asj center pieces of various shapes, i Vasos were made -ii cream are of a[ thin paste, with highly vitrified glaze ] and of small size. If left uncoloredj they were plain, ribbed, fluffed or Im- pressed with classical borders. . . Wedgwood cut cut his modeU first; In pa|>er, and modelled most of the trial pieces himself. So true were these models that bis plates and bowls "nest" perfectly, aud even the commonest jug for nash-haud busin wan moulded to he accurate iu Its lilies, good In form, and perfect la its, capacity for pouring. His butter tubs were modelled In .he pleasing shapes of melo:i or pineapples. Ills honey pots were beehives, and his twigged | baskets and dishes are things of beau-j ty. In this same cream ware he made watering pots, large and -mail milk pans, slabs auj tiles for dairies, as the management aud care ot the dairy was a fashionable fad among his aristocratic customers. . . After working on the ware iueltj and Its decoration. Wedgwood then turned his attention to shape*, and from this time on great improvements are noted In the forms of common) objects and convenience and tbe per-! fectlon ot each piece was studied Wedgwood's tat e and artistic sense were so strong that even the silver- smiths followed his models, as well as the members of his own craft. In all of the long and prosieious career of this prince of potters only once illd he lake out a patent, and then only an unimportant one for decora- tive purposes In the year 1?6!>. < FEATHER PUDDING. To iniike this delicious pudding take one cupfnl of white sugar, one cup-] fill of flour, and two tca|oonfula of baking powde-r. Mix thoroughly and <K>d three well- beaten e,ggs. Heat all together ami p\rt luto a greased pudding basin; cover tightly and steam for one hour. Serve hot, with n rich sauce or cream and sugar. This pudding, it the directions are carefully followed, should be golden in hue nnd very light; suitable when only a light sweet is required. Green tea with the finest flavour in all the world I! SALADA' GREEN TEA 'Fresh from the gardens 9 II A MORAL FOR MOTORISTS. ("She hasn't got ti:o ten dollars ball," said a constable when a typist was charged with over fast driving ill Illinois, U.S.A., recently. "But she has a pretty face," replied the judge, 'and that is bail enough for me.") "Where are you going to. my pretty inaid?" Tm going a-speeding, sir, 1 think." "Tfien y.ni must come with me, my pretty maid; Speeder go into the local clink." "What ar> you charged with, my pret- ty maid?' ' "Driving too fast, my I.ord." she wept. "Pay out ten dollars, my pretty maid; Then in a cell you need uot be kept. "Where is your mon^y. my pretty maid?" "1 haven't a cent, my lord," she said. "Be< - atise you are comely, my pretty maid. Your face I will take as your ball Instead." "Where have you been to. my pretty maid. All this long time?" her employer roared. "What of you'' typing, my pretty maid?" "Nothing because of my looks," she quoth. "This is amazlDg, my pretty maid. Get to the garage right away. Cut out tl.e typing, my pretty maid; You are my chauffeur from to-day." "What are we doing now. my pretty maid?" "Eighty per hour, kind sir," she cries. "Step on the pus then, my pretty maid; Your face, is my fortune." he replies. Perfect Buttonhole* The secret of making a perfei ; but- tonhole lies chiefly In preparing the ground work. First, determine the size of the but- tonhole, and, with a colored thread, mark its position and length. Then around this colored thread, about one- eighth of an inch from It. pat a row of small, close stitches the same color as the goods. Second, put a piece of cardboard un- der the spot marked for tbe button- hole and cut Into the goods with the edge of a safety razor blade, keeping the cut within the stitches nnd on the colored thread. The buttonhole is now ready to be worked. Twist should be used and tlie stiu-lies kept straight and close. In binding a buttochcle, mark with a colored thread the p..ilt!on and the length of the buttonhole; put a small square of the biDdiug material over the spot and mark It also in the same way; next inachine-sti-ch carefully all around the colored thread, keeping about one-eighth of an Inch from it: then cut through, keeping within the stitching, and push tbe binding ma- ferial into the opening; Now slip- stitch It into position along the- sew- ing line on the right side of the gar- ment. Finish it neatly on the wrong Hide by turning MI tbe raw edges and l>r. VMU K It. Whiiu a man doesn't feel we" he al- \\ajH says he has been working too hard. Amelia Earhart Weds Amelia Kurlinrt, first woman to fly Atlantic, and Oeo. P. Putnam, i-'.l'lmvr ami inilli.i.cun publisher, dropped out of the cloud* at Cleve- Inuil airport anil denied they were to be married i!i>>u\ The couple took out ;i llcoine ID wed iu Noank, Conn. For Winter Cheer The sun room may bo furnished as a porch or a room. Pointed furni- ture In bright colors, wicker, grass and stick-willow are all popular. A couch, glider. hammock. chaise- Ion rue or deck chair is pleasant. A table, rockers and a place for read- Ing matter sJuwUl be Included. A plant, stand, goldfish, and a tea-wagon .ire Individual possibilities. Hugs especially designed for the sun room are fiber and some are lac- quered. Sometimes they are In blocks of alternate fiber and black. or green and white. Tliey come In oval anil octagonal shapes as \ve!l as In some very new designs shaped like flower-pots and Chinese lanterns! This Is to give the beguiling outdoor aspect no matter how chill the weather. For this reason, flowered cretonne as the final touch of cheer In the sun room. Draperies, upholstery or at least cushions, are an inexpensive way of creating summer In winter. Gleam- Ing oilcloth, too, In the new variety of colors Is useful for seats, foot-stools, table tops and cushions. Prom "The Christian Science Monitor.' 1 TO AVOID WASTE You will be surprised how much you can reduce your gtu bl'.l Just by turning off the gas before instead of after removing the cooking utouslls. Matches are cheaper than as, so do not leave a burner lighted be- cause you expect to use It again In a few minutes. After the food being cooked reaches the boiling point turn the gas or electricity down to where It will keep Just at that stage. It will surprise you how low It need be. Minrd' Liniment ldi Sort Feet. Bacteriologist To Be Appointed s Cheesemakers Welcome An nouncement of Intended Appointment Belleville The third annual Central Ontario Cheesemakers' Convention met here recently, with searly 25'> Cheesemakers, patrons present. Welcome news was brought when .1. B.Falrbairn, Deputj Ministei of Agri- culture. Toronto, announced that tbe Government had decided to appoint a bacteriologist, who will associate him- self exclusively with tbe cheese acJ dairy Industry, tracing trouble to i: cause, determining tbe cause ot ranc- idity and bad flavors. Cnee^emakers for some time havj felt the need ot a bacteriologist, and have as^ed th:', one be appointed. "We have tried." said Mr. Fairbah'2, "to stimulate in -.be minds o! the peo- ple a greater des'.rc for farm products. Tbe per capita consumption of cheese in Canada is decidedly too low. We must create in the ailnd o* t'ae aver- age consumer a desire for cheese at least a year o!d good cheese, not tbe leathery, fresh cheese that Is sold .'a such large quantities in tbe stores. You have increased the percentage of first-class cheese in this district b? 4 or 5 per cent., acd there is no rea- son why the cheese should not se'.'. Production Figures "There are several conditions in tfce- cheese industry :hat will have to be solved," said '.'re Deputy Minister. "The total value of dairy products in 1929 was $142.0\V.-00: In l?iS It wai $144.000.000. acJ in 1927 $135,000.000. Production of creamery butter In 193* was 174,000.000 ponnds. TU'.a was a-. Increase over 1928 of nearly 7.000,000 pounds. In only three years of th history of the industry Uas :iiere beea greater production than In 1929." Bu 1 . tbe quantity of cheese produced in 1929 was 118,000.060 pounds, a de- crease in production ot about 25,000.- 000 pounds, the speaker pointed on!. Production and valuation were th lowest siuce 19'H>. A losj :a money of $9,000.000 was represented. "The largest decrease la exports- ,1)011 was noted In cheese." said Mr. Falrbairn. Cheese imported into th Old Country ha s increased Juring tb last three years by about 30 per cent. The purchasing power of the people !n the Old Land has not dec'.iaed. b-t Canada's exports have." According to recent report.* R. EX Shutt of the Onta-io Agricultural Co:- lege may receive '".e uppoiv.fment KS bacteriologist. Singular Plural* You may find a loco moil*?, or a whota nest of mice Put the plural of ho'iae m !v.isas, notl bice. If the plural of n r.r. :i uhvayg called men Why shouldn't the plurnl ' pan be, called pen? The cow in the p'urnl may be cows or kine Rut a bow, if repeated, is :i*v#r en'.'.- ed bine And 'the plural of vow is vjw-j, never- vine. If you speak of a foot and you sho*i me your feet And I give you a boot, w\>iri4 a pail be called beet? If one is a tooth ard a whoU set are! teeth \Vhy shouldn't the plural of booth b called beelh? Then the masculine pronoun i are he,) his and him But imagine the femiuiue she. sh1| and shim! So the English I think, you all WtUJ agree. Is quite as queer as a !unguag4 can h.i I. Morgan, In The Christian Science) Monitor. "Wisdom comes too laio to IK- of, much use." "And by the lime your lungs art. developed you are. too big to cry." _0 Everytlme a laiau trie* to *how U bound to go wrong.