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is is not purely mathematical; and it‘s insufficiently speculative to appeal to a wholly scientific mind."" "Did you find the Shaniroâ€"Marshal} "To a certain extent. I don‘t spend much time at it, however. The game "Just a moment, Mr. Drukker. "A note of suppressed interest came into Vance‘s voice. "You‘re interested in chess?" # UH «b "Less than half an hour." ; 'loath to : *And then?" an effort "I went down to the archery room,| _ "Quite. and glanced at one of the magazines. along the There was a chess problem in itâ€"a | work. I Lugszwang endâ€"game that came up the bridle recently between Shapiro and Marâ€"‘ park at 7 shallâ€"and I sat down and worked it| â€" Heath â€" "The expedition of the Royal Astroâ€" nomical Society to Sobral to test the Einsteinian _ deflection," amplified PDrukker. "How long were you in the !i5â€" rary "By way of the archery range and the basement door * "I always come that way. Why walk around the block*" "But Mr. Arnesson was out this morning." Drukker nodded. "At the univer. sity." | "And, finding Mr. Arnesson away, | you sat for a while in the library" with Professor Dillard, I nnderstand,l discussing an astronomical expedition | to South America." | ‘"You came ib'?l'?." conti "about half past nine, I call on Mr. Arnesson." Drukker had seated himself nea the fireplace. He now drew in hi lefll_ cautiously, but made no answer. "I didn‘t care to worry your mother, Mr. Drukker, by questioning you in front of her, but inasmuch as you called here this morning shortly before Mr. Robin‘s death, it is necessaryâ€" as a mere routine procedureâ€"that we seek whatever information you can give us." When we were again in the Dillard drawing reom and Miss Dillard had left us t»> rejoin her uncle in the library, Vance, without preliminaries, proceeded to the business in hand. DN Doth he and Robin were in love with Belle Dillard, the professor‘s niece. Sigurd Arnesson, a protege of the proâ€" fessor‘s wishes all information on the «ase so he can solve it math .atically. A neighbor, Pardee, shows an interest in the case. Mrs. Drukker, a nelghbor with an unbalanced mind, believes her prownâ€"up son to be still a baby. ‘The son is a cripple with abnormal intellect, and a mathematician. Vance determin >s to question Drukker, : A man known as Co.k Robin is shot with an arrow on the archery range beâ€" side the home of Prof. Dillard. The‘ ©rime seems to be a mad man‘s dramaâ€"| tization of "Who Killed Cock Robing" District Attorney Markham is puuled’ and calls in Philo Vance, weal hy young bachelor who dabbles in the solving of unusual mysteries. Sperling N}ermanl for Sparrow) was the last seen with R?Mni_ Both he and Robin were in love| soten s us ces HC PME C 999 I The Bishop Murder Case _ _| MAEXIA" & mfrno /A & T i A ‘Fresh from the gardens3‘ CHAPTER IX. This finest Orange Pekoe tea costs less than others here," continued Vance sYNOorPsSIg A PHILO VANCE sTORY Marsha believe, to BY S. S. VAN DINE 2. 3, " 7,, PPed into the breach, "It really doesn‘t matter, Sergeant. If it‘s necessary later on to ascertain that point, we can take the matter up SgBn." © Then 6> FackL s _ Point, we can take the matter up again." Then to Drukker: "You reâ€" turned from your walk a little before eleven, I think you said, and entered your houss by ‘he front door." Heath, with his habi of all statements made put the next question, "Did you meet any on Drukker turned angvil quickly stepped into the | "Now that you mention it," , fat length, "I do recall that | seemed to be a coolness between .‘ I wouldn‘t however, care to | | categorical on that point. You llc!t the room almost immed | after they entered," | _ "You went out the basement | I think you said, and thence th | the wall gate into 75th Stree | that correct?" "Quite. I thought I along the river before work. I went :o the â€" the bndle path’ and t For a xfiomm Dru loath to answer; but he an effort o{ unconceryn, ]| â€""Where‘s Sperling now, np way?" Drukker‘s eyes dart: i | clously from one to the other e| _"We expect him here any â€"‘ Vance replied. "Sergeant H * sent two of his men to fetch I The hunchback‘s eyebrow "Ah! So Sperling is being * brought back." He pyram Jspatulate fingers and inspect ‘ musingly. Then he slowly l . eyes to Vance. "You asked / saw Robin and Sperling in the room. Yes; they came dow just as I was going." Vance leaned back and s | his legs before him. "Did you get the impressi }Drukker, that they hadâ€"as we | misticaly sayâ€"been havino . WP net s dn ndaparelits ze t.cc Li â€" The man corsidered this for several moment. o ud 2C Iny 0C Relepake _ "Then you must have been in the archeryâ€"room when Mr. Robin and Mr. Sperling came there." The man did not answer at once, and Vance, pretending not to notice his hesitancy, added: "Professor Dilâ€" lard said they called at the house about ten and, after waiting a while in the drawing room here, went down to the basement." ' "Not so difficult as tricky." Drukâ€" ker was watching Vance shrewd!1;. ’ "As soon as I discovered that an apâ€" | parently useless pawn move was the | key to the impasse, the solution was ‘ simple." i "How long did it take you?" _ "Half an hour or so." | ~ "Onel sbout hatr past ten, shall we say?" | "That would be about right." Druk. ker settled deeper into his chair, but his covert alertness did not relax. sns io c F " 79th Street." 1_____ TCO AEEKKET â€"~seemal swer; but he replied with f unconcern. I thought 1d take a stro‘l meet any one you knew? his habitual su ts made to the "Tens 1 d take a stro‘l before going back +o to the Drive, then up , and turned into the ° »Pering in the archery they came downstairs going." angrily, but the basement door, and thence through to 75th Street. Is 0 here any minute," "Sergeant Heath has men to fetch him." Lg is being forcibly He pyramided his and inspected them he slowly lifted his "You asked ne if I ring now, by the _ eyes darted suspiâ€" to the other of us. Drukker impression, Mr, dâ€"as we euphe. having words"" eyebrows lifted and stretched _ You see, 1 immediate] ; e been in the Robin and Mr. Suspiciq. , went down solution was the house question Vance police, he said _ there n them, g)jIOC C PreVve anyU [J) ; thermore, I‘m no | {cxamined by you If j what I was doing vteeacs t ,lnone of your d: ~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"*â€"!you hear me?. . . * Druk-, So insensate w shrewdl;. | expected ary min at an ap-t himself on Vance muae iT clts ca .lsA /m brother, "she‘d be a sight if she came down without making: it," d "Your sister‘s a' long time about making. her appearance," suggested the caller, "Well," said the little aay c oav EC w notice «"C when my men bring him in and put him through a little sweating, we‘ll have enough material for an indictment. He was in love with the Dillard girl and was jealous of Robin â€"not only on account of the girl, but because Robin could shoot those red sticks straighter than he‘ could. He had a scrap with Robin in this hero roomâ€"the professor heard ‘em at it." "And," added Vance ironically, "his rame means ‘sparrow.‘ Quod erat deâ€" monstrandumâ€"No, Sergeant; it‘s much too easy; It works out like a fgameofCanfieldwhhthecndsmk- ed; whereas this thing was planned1 much too carefully for suspicion to fall directly on the #uilty nersan too ed up some very interestin‘ lines of speculation. And Mrs. Drukker is fairly teemin‘ with possibilities," "I‘m here to tell you, Mr. Markham, that we‘re wasting our time," put in Heath. What‘s the good of all these parleys? Sperling‘s the boy we want, and when my men bring him in and4 "We‘re at least getting some lugâ€" gage aboard," said Vance, "Our exâ€" citable mathematical wizard has openâ€" pulk saves Ne celhict oo e on PW y "He‘s touchy on the sul hour between eleven and Markham. Cny o mEVTV &Vllsc ‘"Well, make it as brief as you can, Marknam. And do try to spare Belle as much as possible. Let me see you before you go." When Professor Dillard had returnâ€" ed upstair Markham asked Vance: ‘"What do you make of Drukker?" _ "Decidedly not a pleasant character. Diseased physically and mentally, A congenital liar. But cannyâ€"oh, deucâ€" ed canny. An abnormal brainâ€"you often find it in cripples of this type. Sometimes it runs to real constructive genius, as with Steinmetz; but too often it takes to abstruse speculation along impractical lines, as with Drukâ€" ker. Still, our little verbal giveâ€"andâ€" take has not been without fruit. He‘s hiding something that he‘d like to tell but doesn‘t dare." "We‘re very sorry we disturbed you, siv," Markham apologized to Profesâ€" sor Dillard. "The man filew off the handle for some unknown â€" reason. These investigation . are not the pleasâ€" antest things in the world; tut we hope to be through before long," ; whgrar c s P 1 W Vance had risen, but before he could | speak Arnesson came forward and shook his finger in mock reprimand at Drukker, ‘"You really should learn control, Adoliph. You take life with such abominable seriousness. You‘ve workâ€" ed in interstellar spatial magnitudes long enough to have some sense of proâ€" portion. Why attach so much importâ€" ance to this pinâ€"point of life on earth?" _ Drukker was breathing stertorously. "These swineâ€"â€"" he began. "Oh, my dear Adolph!" Arnesson eut him short. "The entire human race are swine. Why particularize? « «. . Come along. I‘ll see you home." And he took Drukker‘s arm firmly and led him downstairs. ISSUE No. 3â€"‘31 _ | "What seems to be the matter?" the professor asked. "I heard the noise here, and came down." He regarded Drukker coldly. "Hasn‘t Belle been through enough toâ€"day without your frightening her this way?" \ wer approred exhausted, and lean=d heavily against the table. At this moment Professor Dillard appeared in th: archway. Behind him stood Arnesson, "What could her scream have to do with the time of Robin‘s death? Didn‘t she c you she saw nothing?" Drukâ€" ker approred exhausted. and lean=4 , So insensate was his wrath that I expected ary minute to see him â€"hurl ’ himself on Vance. Heath had risen and stepped forward, sensing the poâ€" tential danger of the man. Vanczs, however, did not move. He continued to smoke languidly, and when the other‘s fury had been spent, he said quietly and without a trace of emoâ€" tion: "There‘s nothing more we have to ask you, Mr. Drukker. And really, y‘ know, there‘s no need to work yourâ€" self up. It merely occurred to me that your mother‘s scream might help to estalbish the exact time of the murâ€" der." _ "What are you driving at?" he deâ€" I’ manded, his voice a shrill falsetto. "I 'tell you I heard her scream. 1 don‘t care a damn whether she admits it or . not. Moreover, I heard her walking ‘in her room. She was in her room, ’understand, and I was in my room, between eleven and twelve. And you can‘t prove anything different. Furâ€" thermore, I‘m not going to be crossâ€" examined by you or anyone else as to what I was doing or where I was. It‘s none of your damned businessâ€"do iy on the guilty person." (To be continued.) Vance did not move as he asked this question; but a slightly different note had crept into his voice, and it acted on Drukker in a startling manner. He heaved his squat body out in his chair and stood glaring down on Vance with menacing fury. His tiny round eyes flashed, and his lips worked convulâ€" sively. His hands, dangling before him, flexed and unflexed like those of a man in a paroxysm. _â€"_"You saw nothing, by the way, that was in the least extrordin‘ry when you were here this morning?" "I saw nothing except what I‘ve wd you‘u Â¥ ‘ "And you‘re quite sure you heard your mother scream at about ha‘lf ‘ past eleven?" _ eag lb o B c 2 9 O Mene t brmg him in and the subject of that ! There is a time when silence is goldâ€" ‘\â€"â€",‘en; there is also a time when sileace ¢ is galling.â€"Jobn R. Guan, In sheer gold metal cloth, it‘s adorable for formal afternoons and Sunday night dining and dancing. Black canton crepe, wineâ€"red crepe marocain, wool crepe in monk brown and black chiffon with the sleeves of black laco are charming. ly practical ideas. Style No. 2898 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust. 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We reaq in a press bulletin issued by ;), Forest Service (Washington): officers therefore en;phiéirz'é- ; 4 0 fig