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}* sYNOPSIS. A man known as Cock Robin is found with an arrow in his hbeart; another, Johnny Sprigg, is found with a bullet through the top of his head. District Attornpey Markham calls in Philo Vance, who claims the murders are founded on nursery rhymes and are the work of a maniac. Thoce associated with the case are: Frof. Dillard, his niece Bell, and bis protege, Sigurd Arnesson, also a proâ€" tessor of mathematics. John Pardee, a nelghbor witn a passlon for chess; Mrs. Drukker and her son Adoiph Mrs, Drukâ€" ker is montally unbalanced and Adolph is a cyipple, with a superâ€"brain. Mrs. Lrukker tells how the murderer paid her a terrifying visit the previous night. Vance learns that Adoiph Drukâ€" ker li>d as to nis whereabouts on the morning of Robin‘s death. Vance guesâ€" tion«s Prof. Dillard again. CHAPTER XXIHILâ€"(Cont‘d.) Vance leaned slowly forward and erushed out his cigarette wit[z _'.hat taut deliberation which I had long since come to recognize as a sign of repressed excitement. Then he rose earelessly and moved to the chess table in the corner. He stood there, ene hand resting en the exquisite marquetry of the alternating squares. :.;;rm';:tr; of the alternating squares.! _ "Did Pardee resent this crit.icism?'”' "You say that M:. Pardee was Vance now strolled baclf to his chair analyzing his position on this board alfl(l selected anothel_' c1garet§e frorr when Drukker came over to him?" | hus.case; but he did not sit down "Yos, that is right." Professor Again. _ { Dillard spoke with forced politeness.| _ "He didâ€"very much, Drukker has "Drukker sat down facing him and an \mfortunately‘antagomstl(.:‘man-w studied the layout. He started to n€r. Ar‘\d Pardeg is hypersensitive on make some remark, and Pardee reâ€" the subject Qf his chess. The fact is, .| he went white with anger at Drukâ€" fnsuemsmn un mm * NHEEDNH: *\ ker‘s strictures _ But I personally ge â€" Anle | changed the subject; and when they | went awa; the incident had apparentâ€" * " W =| ly been forgotten." The Bishop Murder Case 1 T S O L TE A LV M IN U M LAWN MOWER The Tea that comes to you, "Fresh from the Gardens‘"‘ A LIGHTER, easier runâ€" ning and longer lasting mower. _ Aluminum Drive Wheels and Side Plates. Banum Metal selfâ€"aligning bearings, steel drive Wheel Axles and Steel Drive Wheel bushings. © At your hardware dealer‘s. CANADA FOUNDRIES & FORGINGS LIMIED Very Simple to Operate. Saves Money and Does Better Work. Write For Descriptive Circular FOR * HOMES ESTATES GOLF CLUBS PARKS CEMETERIES H. W. PETRIE, Elgin 1271 ... ; . POWER MOWERS jemes Smart Plant A PHILO VANCE STORY and Prices. TT C AL BY S. 8. VAN DINE SsOLD AND SERVICED 8Y 19” quested him to say nothing. A quarter of an hour or so later Pardee put the men away; and it was then that Drukker told him that nis game was lostâ€"that he had worked himself into a position which, though it looked favorable, was fundamentally week." Vance had been running his fingers aimlessly over the board; and ne had taken two or three of the men from the box and tossed them back, as if toying with them, "Do you remember just what Mr. Drukker said?" he asked without looking up. "I didn‘t pay very close attentionâ€" the subject was not exactly one of burring moment to me." There was an unescapable note of irony in the answer. "But, as nearly as I can reâ€" call, Drukker said that Pardee could have won provided it had been a rapidâ€"transit game, but that Rubinâ€" stein was a notoriously slow and careâ€" ful player and would inevitably find the weak spot in Pardee‘s position." | "I could understand your questions | relatirg to the whereabouts of the | various occupants of this house last night, but I could see no excuse for ?your harping on Pardee‘s and Drukâ€" !lr.er’s disagreement over a game of We remained but a few. minutes longer. Markham was profuse in his apologies to the professor and sought to make amends for the patent annoyâ€" ance our visit kad caused him. He was not pleased with Vance for his seemingly garrulous insistence on the details cf Fardee‘s chess game, and when we kad descended to the drawâ€" ing room he expressed his displeasure. A pain in the lower part of your back can torture you. But not for long, if you know about Aspirin! These harmless, pleasant tablets take away the misery of lumbago, rhenmatism, neuralgia, headaches, toothaches jnfl systemic pains of women. Relie cdgnes'b'r'omptly; is complete. CGenuine Aspirin cannot depress the heart, Look for the Bayer cross, thus: LUMBAGCO? Made in Canada TORONTO CC OOE oo naeretee 211 chess. We have other things to do besides gossip." ( "A hate of gossip parlance also erown‘d Tennyson‘s Isabel thro‘ all her placid life," Vance returned puckâ€" ishly. "Butâ€"my word, Markham!â€" our life is not like Isabel‘s. Speakin‘ seriously, there was method in my gossip. I prattiedâ€"and I learned." With a cautious glance into the hail Vance leaned forward and lowered his voice, & "You learned what?" Markham deâ€" manded sharply. "I learned, my dear Lycurgus, that a black bishop is missing from that set in the library, and that the chessâ€" man left at Mrs. Drukker‘s door matches the other pieces upstairs!" This piece of news had a profound effect an Markham. As was his hakit when agitated, he rose and becan pacing back and forth, his hards elasped behind him. _ Heath, too, though slower to grasp the signifiâ€" cance of Vance‘s revelation, puffed vigorously on his cigarâ€"an indication that his mind was busy with a diffiâ€" cult adjustment of facts. Before either had formulated any comment the rear door of the hall opened and light footsteps approachâ€" ed the drawing room. Belle Dillard, returning from Mrs. Drukker‘s, apâ€" peared in the archway. Her face was troubled and, letting her eyes rest on Markham, she asked: "What did you say to Adolph this morning? He‘s in an awful state of funk. He‘s going about testing all the doorâ€"locks and windowâ€"catches as if he feared burglars; and he has frightened poor Grete by telling her to be sure to bolt herself in at night." "Ah! He has warned Mrs. Menzel, has he?" mused Vance. "Very interâ€" estin‘." The girl‘s gaze turned swiftly to him. "Yes; but he will give me no exâ€" planation He‘s excited and mysterâ€" ious. And the strangest thing about his attitude is that he refuses to go near his mothe:. . .. What does it mean, Mr. Vance? I feel as though something terrible were impending." "I don‘t know just what it does mean." Vance spoke in a low, disâ€" tressed voice. "And I‘m afraid even to try to interpret it. If I should he wrong. . . . .‘ He became silent for a moment. "We must wait and sse. Tonighc, perhaps, we‘ll know. Bat there‘s no cause for alarm on your part, Miss Dillard" He smiled comâ€" fortingly. » "How did you find Mrs. Drukker?" "She seemed much better. But there‘s still something worrying her; and I think it has to do with Adolph, for she talked about him the whole |time I was there, and kept asking me if I‘d noticed anything unusual in his manner lately." "That‘s quite natural in the cirâ€" cumstances," Vance returned. "But you musn‘t let her morbid attitude affect you. And now, to change the subject: I understand that you were in the library for half an hour or so last night just befors you went to the theatre. Tell me, Miss Dillard: where was your handâ€"bag during that time The question startled her; but after a momentary hesitation she answerâ€" ed: "When I came into the library I placed it with my wrap on the little table by the door." "It was the lizardâ€"skin bag conâ€" taining the key?" & "Yes, Sigurd hates evening dress, and when we go out together I al ways wear my day clothes." § "So you left the bag on the table during that halfâ€"hour and then kept it with you the rest of the evening. And what about this morning?" "I went out for a walk before breakfast and carried it with me.1 er I put it on the hatâ€"rack in the kgfi for an tour or so; but wfe'rf If started for Lady Mae‘s at about ten I took it with me. It was then that I discovered that the little pistol had been returned, and I postponed my call. I left the bag downstairs in the archeyâ€"room until you and Mr. Markham came; and I‘ve had it with me ever since." Vance thanked her whimsically. "And now that the peregrinations of the bag have been thoroughly traced, please try to forget all about it.‘" She was on the point of asking a question, but he anticipated her curiosity and said quickly; "You went to the Plaza for supper last night, your uncle told us. You must have been late in getting home." "I never stay out very late whon I go anywhere with Sigurd," she anâ€" swered, with a maternal note of comâ€" plaint. "He has a constitutional aversion to any kind of night life. I begged him to stay out longer, but he looked so miserable I hadn‘t the heart to remain, We actually got home at half past twelve." Vance rose with a gracious smile. "You‘ve been awfully good to bear with our foolish questions so patientâ€" ly. . . . Now we‘re going to drop in on Mr. Pardee and see if he has any illuminatin‘ suggestions to offer. He‘s generally in at this time, I believe." "I‘m sure he‘s in now." The girl walked with us to the hall. "He was here only a little while before you came, and he said he was returning home to attend to some corresponâ€" Vance paused. | "Better times are on the way, but "Oh, I say, Miss Dillard; there‘s they will not come all at once."â€" one point I forgot to ask you about.‘ Arthur Capper. _ * When you came home last night with ‘ mm e e e mm Mr. Arnesson, how did you know it ISSUE No. 21â€"‘3)1 We were about to go out when n3 ‘t"“ just halfâ€"past twelve! I notice was jusk hallâ€"pagt (WeiNe. J MUMET you don‘t wear a watch." | "Sigurd told me," she explained. "I was rather mean to him for bringâ€" ing me home so early, and as we onâ€" tered the hall here I asked him spiteâ€" fully what time it was. He looked at his watch and said it was halfâ€"past twelve. . . . BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON NMustrated Dressmaking Lesson Furâ€" nished W ih@®very Pattern,. 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By the wash of the Parramatta Is the golfing flag unfurled; And the crack of the club in the hands of the dub Is the shot heard ‘round the world, According to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 39 of the 62 firms in Canada engaged in the }gricultm:al implement industry in 1929 were loâ€" cated in Ontario; 12 in Quebec; 5 in Manitoba; 4 in Alberta, and one each in Prince Edward Island and Sas katchewan. Ever the wide world over Canadian Agricultural Implement Industry (To be continued.) The Golfing Trail the â€" sunâ€"dried TORONTO What came before: Captain Jimmy and his dog s~ottie get lost in the darkness, while flying over the Chinese War Zona. They are captured br bandits and separ: ated Captain Jimmy makes his escap*® and plans to searecn for the faithful Scottie. Yes, sir. Just as I crowded the old Chinese interpreter into the freight car to hide> from those pursuing bandits, a black object came burtl ing in and struck me square in the belt. e y 33 @W e Ne €° 4‘\ & If only the train would move along before the bandits caught up, we would be all right, but it seemed to be waiting on the switch until a train coming the other way bad passed. Suddenly the sound of hoofs rang on the rocky railway siding, and <a score of bandits began running up and down the train peeking into the cars. Things looked pretty serious, especially when a big Chinaman beâ€" gan rummaging around among the tea chests. _ Luckily he did not noâ€" tice our hiding place. French Savings Paris.â€"French savings institutions are holding more than $960,000,000 for "rainy days" in France., The old woolen stocking, it would seem, has goue out of fashion in FPrance and, despite recent bank scar» dals, the thritty Fronch public is inâ€" creasing Its savings deposits. Savings deposited in 1930 sho wed an increase of 16 per cent. over 1929, while the number of new accounts was nearly 10 per cent. higher than in 1929. It is estimated that every fourth perâ€" son in France has a savings account, the public banks and postoffices alone Promptly Exquisitely flavoured ... ‘Borden‘s Ohocolate Valted Milk The healthâ€"giving, avings Pass $960,000,000 Total I threw the reverse ing, delicious drink for children and grownâ€" Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. OMd4 Jushioned Boiled Salad Dressing TREAT the family to an apperizing salad made doubly tempting with Kraft Old Fashioned Boiled Salad Dressing. Your grocer has it in the large 12 ounce jar that costs only 25 cents, less than half the price you‘re used to paying for this kind of quality. Get some toâ€"day, Made in Canada by the Makers of Kraft Cheese and Velvecta lever and opened the throttle. ‘l‘hen‘ was a violent spinning of drive wheels The cars bumped and crashed against one anotbher nolsily, | and at the same time I pulled thol whistle valve wide open. Tho‘ whistle fairly shrieked, It was A, perfect bedlam let loose. l Panic stricken, the bandits rushâ€" ed to the doors to escape. . Some jumped out, some were pushed out, others simply fell out. But in less time than it takes to tell it, there was not a bandit on board. Away we roared, gathering #peed as we backed down the track for we dared not go forward in the face of the signals. The engine rocked and swayed, I took up the shovel to feed the boiler fire, when suddenly a heavy boot stuck out from under the coal and someone hollered. What uext. Even the coal was alive with Chinese bandits. "Maybe I‘m a bandit, â€" Captain" tsaid the owner of the boot. "But not Chinese any way!" â€" L We ce C oquaccittfanse Where had I heard that famiDar voice before? I shoved him into the light, His face was like a black mask from the coal dust, "By Golly! Jed Stone," 1 yelled. And so it was. My old friend Jed Stone who I had not seen for many years. _ Our meeting was one of those odd coâ€"incidences that you couldn‘t make bappen in a lifetime ‘ it you tried to ‘ plan it ed â€" through the â€" country raiding and plundering the pitifully scant food â€" supplies of the people. Guy â€" followed _ the bandits _ for days, and tried to reason with the chief. Making no impression he finally lost control of himself, and beâ€" fore anyone could interfere, soundly tbrashed the villain. (To be continued.) Note: Young readers wishing photo of Captain Jimmy may have same by writing â€" "Capt. Jimmy", 2010 Star Bldg., Toronto reporting 10,000,000 _ accounts. The | total #savings deposits in 1930 wui $960,000,000. | The per eapita savings in France reâ€" present about $24 a person, not countâ€" in« the Investment in French rentes and government bonds, whose total vaiue represents many times the sayâ€" ing Aeposits. Difference in Force of Gravity A body weighing one pound at the earth‘s surface would weigh 27 pounds at the surface of the sun. "I have accomplished more since seventy than during my entire previâ€" ous life,"â€"Capt. Robert Dollar. lower in price Jed told me a startling story. He had a brothâ€" er Guy, engag ed in Chinese famine reliet work. A bandit gang bad pasa that familiar Old Roman London Revealed By Spade New Building On Large Scale Going Ahead in Britain Londonâ€"Rarely has the City of Lonâ€" don known so much new building on a large scale as in the past year, The spade goes down for foundations from twelve to eighteen feet into what was Roman London. On occasion some fragment of the city built by our first conquerors is revealed, more often utensils and ornaments which serve to MMustrate their life and culture. All excavations are watched by repâ€" resentatives of the Guildball Museum and the Society of Antiquaries workâ€" ing together. Every relic found has value, for it is recognized that the strata which contain Roman London will soon have been fully explored and exhausted; nothing will be left to be turned up. ©AEE ETT CCE 8 The biggest material discovery of the year has been that upon the first Thames Embankmentâ€"for the Româ€" uns had the idea of some eighteen centuries before it entered the mind of Bazalgette. London was A chief port of their great trade to and from the Continent. For accommodation of the ships which came up 0n the Thames tides wharves were a necesâ€" sity, and a river wall. These the Romans made. Where on the water Ironi 1/c AZAD gravel bank merged into the allsvial mud, they laid down a vast frameork of oaken beams. Portions of this ¢u« gineering work were discovered in 192021 between King ‘Nilliam Slrcet and Miles Lane, and five years later this wooden wharfage was furtser traced, extending up to Arthur Stroot â€"all west of London Bridge, ‘The timbers used, which when found wore blackened by ago and immersion in the wet soil, were great logs, rous wly squared by the adzo, sometimeés over 2 ft. in square section, and seldom less than 18in. In the 1926 excavations the wall parallel to the river front in one place consisted of six such beaims lying one on top of the other, giving a heighi of over 9 ft. Keyoed to this wall were ;olhers at right anglos, running back into the bank or communicating with !a gecond, and, in places, even with a third wall, parallel with the front,. l'l‘he whole structure rested on river gravel. _ This year‘s researches have revealed that the wali extended eastwards beâ€" yond London Bridge to Fish Street Hill. A thick deposit of oystor shells used in !iing in the timper construc» tion gave atriking confirmation of the used in Nliny )n ihe UNRPOCT EOLCUICT tion gave atrikisg coniirmation of the tradition thei the Romans in Britain held our cysiors in high esttwation, In parts the oyster shioll Cdeposit was set deeyp. From fragmenis of pottery found, which can be dated, it would geem that the embankmenat has heen raised in the days of the Emperor Vespasianâ€"at say, about A.D. 75. How much of the river front was so embanked we do not know; probably shall never know. The length «o far disclosed is about 150 yardsâ€"enough for a considerable carrying trade in the little craft of the day, It i« lixely that over the wooden structure buildâ€" ings of masonry were erected for «torâ€" age of goods, with pens for slaves awaiting exportation, but the stone will have served as a quarry tor later builders seeking material, whilo the soil has kept intact the oaken loge. Boadicea, in A.D. 61, destroyed the Roman city as it was then «tancinz, One resull of the year‘s digging in the fruitfual soil has beeu to show that this early city was of comsiserably larger extent than once hasd boen Imâ€" agined; for it had been mapped as confined to the east side of the Wal brook, with one outlying seitlement west, Now on both sites of Cherpâ€" gide, at the corners of King Stree and Queen Street, and again at Blosenius Innâ€"yard, on the west side of Las rence Lane, have been found broken crockâ€" ery bearing the nameâ€"stamps ol car‘y form. All these must have been iying about as potsherds when the hor(cs of the Iceni queen swept through Lonâ€" dinium with sword and flame. Old Men Equal Young In Test of Capacities Clevelandâ€"Under a grant from the Carnegie Foundation, Leland Stanford J :nijor University set to work recently making a comparison between the working capacities of young and old persons, Keith Sward, Assistant Proâ€" fessor of Psychology at Western Reâ€" serve University, participating in this research, made a comparison between professors at two of the leading Pacific Coast colleges, using intelliâ€" gence tests. The young and old scored in the tests just about equally, he said toâ€" day. The young were a little more speedy, Age, however, did not impair quality and accuracy. Professor Sward examined two groups, fortyâ€"five men in each. In one group, ages ranged from 25 to 45 and in the other from $0 to 80. "The older men were slowed down," Professor Sward said, "but their age did not greatly impair the quality and rscuracy of their work. We found greater difference between members Of each group than between the two groups, "Now that 1 am retired, I am build« ing buildings in the morning, runâ€" ning banks in the afternoon and makâ€" ing ®peeches at night."â€"Alfred E Smith uyster shells per cocstruc» nation of the ns in Britain ( d MUTT Faith T W