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§ at The conference broke up immediateâ€" ly. It was after five o‘clock, and Markham and Vance and I rode upâ€" town together to the Stuyvesant Club. We dropped Arnesson at the subway, rnd he took leave of us with scarcely The next morning broke dark and misty. Currie called us at half past seven, for Vance intended to be presâ€" ent at the interview with Drukker; and at cight o‘clock we had breakfast in the library before a light grate fire. We were held up in the traffic en our way downâ€"town, and though it was quarter after nine when we CHAPTER XXVI.â€"(Cont‘d.) Markham sat tapping indecisively en the desk, his head enveloped as he puffed nervously on his cigar. At last he set his chin ficm‘y and turned to Heath. "Bring Drukker here at nine o‘ciock tomorrow morning. You‘d better take a wagon and a John Doe warrant in case he offers any objection." His face was grim and determined. "Then 111 find out what he knowsâ€"and act acâ€" eording‘y. a word. His garrulous cynicism seemed entirely to have deserted him. After dinner Markkam pleaded faâ€" tigue, and Vance and I went to the Metropolitan and heard Geraldine Farrar in "Louise." Those associated with the case are: Prof. Dillard, his niece Belle, and his proâ€" tege, Sigurd Arnesson, also a professor of mathematics. John Pardee, a neighâ€" for with a passion for chess; Mra. Jrukâ€" ker and her son Adoiph. Mrs Drukker is mentally unbalanced and Adoiph is a cripple with a superâ€"brain. 4 D Vance learns that Drukker lied as to his whereabouts on the morning of Robâ€" in‘s death,. While the case seems strong against Drukker, Vance believes him inâ€" nocent and decides to threaten him in erder to learn the facts that he has been holding back. A man known as Cock Robin is found with an arrow in his heart; another,| Johnny Sprigg, is found with a bullet! through the top of his head. 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One of the local men phonâ€" ed me about it just as I was leaving the office. I stuck around and got all the dope I could." "What did you learn?" Markham was fighting against an overwhelming sense of discouragement. "Well, sir, we ain‘t going to quesâ€" tion Drukker this morningâ€"or no other time," he blurted "He fell offa that high wall in Riverside Park right near his house last night, and broke his neck. Wasn‘t found till seven o‘clock this morning. His body‘s down at the morgue now. . . . Fine breaks chair. 3 oys vell Markham stared at him unbelievâ€" ‘ngly. I "You‘re sure?" he asked, with startled futility. His words had searcely been uttered when Heath burst into the office and. facing Markham without a word of greeting, lifted both arms and let them fall in a gesture of hopeless resignaâ€" tion. "I feel rather bucked this morning," he remarked. "If Drukker tells his story, and if the tale is what I think it is, we‘ll know the combination of the lock." reached the District Attorney‘s office, Drukker and Heath had not yet arâ€" rived. Vance settled himself comfortably in a large leatherâ€"upholstered chair and lighted a cigarette. get!" He sank disgustedly into a : _Heath opened the letter as the rest : : of us looked on. At once I recognized; ! the paper and the faint blue charu-‘ ; ters of the elite type. The note read:| l Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall i t Humpty Dumpty had a great ia‘fi-; 6 : All the king‘s horses and all the king‘s | When Heath had got rid of Quinan with promises such as would have gladdened any reporter‘s heart, there Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again. Then came that ominous signature, in capitals: THE BISHOP. thâ€" patience of a deep affection. "Don‘t worry about it any more. Have dinâ€" ner with me tonight. We‘ll talk it over then." * "Quinan of The World is here. Wants to see you." Markham swung about. "Bring him in here!" Quinan entered, waved us a cheery salutation, and handed the Sergeant a letter. * "Another billetâ€"douxâ€"received this morning. What privileges do I get for being so bigâ€"hearted?" , "Oh, quitequite." Vance sighed and smiled wearily. "The sea air would do me world of good, and all that. Bring me back to normal, what? â€"build up the wreck of this once noble brain. . . . I give up! The third act in this terrible tragedy is played alâ€" most before your eyes, and you serâ€" enely ignore it." "Your imagination has got the betâ€" ter of you," Markham returned, with At this moment Swacker looked in, and spoke to the Sergeant. "It‘s preposterous!" declared Markâ€" ham, studying Vance with genuine concern. "My dear fellow, you‘ve let this case prey on your mind too much. Nothing has happened except that a man with a hump has fallen from the coping of a wall in the park. It‘s unâ€" fortunate at just this time." He went to Vance and put his hand on his shoulder. "Let the Sergeant and me run this showâ€"we‘re used to these things. Take a trip and get a good‘ rest, Why not go to Europe as you generally do in the spring?" 1 "That‘s stretching things, ain‘t it, Mr. Vance?" "It‘s another mad melodramaâ€"anâ€" other Mother Goose rhyme. . .. ... ‘Humpty Dumpty‘ this time!" The astonished silence that followed was broken by a strained harsh laugh from the Sergeant. We stured at him as if he had gone out of his mind; and I admit that the luok on his face sent a chill over me. His eyes were fixed, like those of a man gazing at a malignant ghost. Slowly he turned to Markham, and said in a voice that I hardly recogâ€" nized : "It might be well," suggested Vance, "to inform Arnesson. He‘ll probably be the one who‘ll have to look after things. . . . My word, Markham! I‘m beginning to think that this case is a nightmare, after all. Drukker was our principal hope, and at the very moment when there‘s a chance of our forcing him to speak, he tumbles off of a wallâ€"" Abruptly he stopped. "Off a wall!l . . ." As he repeatod these words he leapt to his feet. "A hunchback falls off a walll . . . . . A hunchback! . . ." necks there. Kids »re all the time walking along the stone ledge." "Has Mrs. Drukker been notified?" "No. I told ‘em I‘d attend to it. But I thought I‘d come here first and see what you wanted done about it." Markham leaned back dejectedly. "I don‘t see that there‘s much of anything we can do." A chiffon print or lace is decidâ€" edly smart for a more dressy mod»l. Style No. 3114 may be had in If you‘re looking for a wearable day dressâ€"here it is It may be worn for every hour of the day, It has lots of good style about it, and yet is so exceedingly simple in line. It was originally in a crepe silk print in rather vivid blue coloring. It would also be fascinatingly lovely in skipper blue plain flat washable crepe. Any of the new supple crepy woolens could also be used. "Undoutbedly. The technique of our murderer seems to be simple and efficacious. He strikes his victims on the vault, either stunning them or killing them outright, and then proâ€" ceeds to cast them in the roles he has chosen for them in his puppetâ€"plays. Drukker was no doubt leaning over the wall, perfectly exposed for such an attack. It was misty, and the setting was somewhat obscared. Then came the blow, a slight heave, and Drukker fell noisolessly over the parapetâ€"the third sacrificial offering on the altar of old Mother Goose." t 1 (To be continued.) | "Well, sir, he didn‘t exactly say the skull was fractured, but he did state that Drukker had landed on the back of his head. I gucss it‘ll prove to be a fracture all rightâ€"same like Robin and Sprigg." His change of mood roused the rest of us from our gloomy apathy. Markâ€" ham reached for the telephone and made arrangements with Inspector Moran for Heath <o handle the Drukâ€" ker case. Then he called the Medical Examiner‘s office and asked for an immediate postâ€"mortem report. * Markham moved restlessly. "Several men from your departâ€" ment, Sergeant, were supposed to be keeping an eye on the Drukker and Dillard houses. Did you talk to sny of them this morning?" "I didn‘t have time, sir." ‘"What did the Medical Examiner have to say?" "Only that it looked like an acciâ€" dent; and that Drukker had been dead about ten hours. . . ." Vance interpolated a question. ‘ "Did he mention a fractured skull in addition to the broken neck?" ! "I say; one imustn‘t get sentimenâ€" tal," he remarked with a forced smile, turning back to the room. "It deâ€" composes the intelligence and stultifies the dialectic processes. Now that we know Drukker was not the capricious victim of the law of gravity, but was given a helpin‘ hand in his departure from this world, the sooner we beâ€" come energetic, the better, what?" were several minutes of tense silence in the office. "The Bishop" had been "It‘s damnab», Markhamâ€"it‘s the essence of unutterable evil. . . . Don‘t you see the wickedness of it? Those children found Humpty Dumpt;#â€"â€" their Humpty Dumpty, with whom they had playedâ€"lying dead at the‘ foot of the famous wallâ€"a Humpty, Dumpty they could touch and weep| ever, broken and twisted and never, more to be put together. . . ." ! He paused by the window and looked out. The mist had lifted and a faint diffusion of spring sunlight lay over the gray stones of the city. The goiâ€" den eagle on the New York Life Building glistened in the distance. at his grisly work again; and the case had now become a terrible tripliâ€" cate affair, with the solution apparâ€" ently further off than ever. 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I While I softly crept along, taking | pss advantage of every ommmen shadow, Jed Stone 4%/'3. was busy arriving h at what be figured @p @ was the proper \[ place to carry out JE \(@ENR nis vart_ot the h " AF,_4 plan. He disâ€" & mounted, th re w ~ the bridle reins over the horse‘s head and probably hoped the animal would be there when he got back. Together, Scottie and he crawled close to where a lone | soldier was walking his post. The sentry was just in front of them when Jed Stone let go of Scotâ€" tie‘s collar. "Go get him," he whispered, and Scottie was off like a rifle bullet. At the first JjJump, that sentry stopped dead in his tracks, the hair standifg up on his At the end of his post he turned and started back. Scottie stood tensâ€" ed, scarcely breathing. _ He sensed the excitement and he strained against his collar which Lieutenant Stone held tightly gripped. 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But then he yelled sudden murder, pulled the trigger of his gun and was bowled over, all in the same instant. Sentries from all over camp were runningâ€"firing as they came, Be tween shots I gave a shrill whistle and Scottie came up, zigzragging his way pell mell for Sunday across the Somewhere out in front in the darkness there was a sound of scurâ€" rying. Something was about to pounce on him, to grab him, but that soldier couldn‘t move, neither could he utter a sound. (I‘ll bet that you, yourself, have before now had just such a frightful nightmare.) From out of the unknown inky blackness it came. . Not till Scottie samnk his teeth into his leg did that soldier cry out. He couldn‘tâ€"his vocal cords were paralysed. head. He tracks. Millions of people have learned to fies Wnshates ho instms e pain so quickly. And that it is so Why suffer when relief is prompt and harmless:; ISSUE. No. 25â€"‘31 Something Wrong spreading destruction at every TRADE MaRK REQ. Made in Canada was frozen still in his P M » 2 |’ In 1928 the soâ€"called Loucheur law | established a fiveâ€"year dwellingâ€"conâ€" | struction plan calling for 260,000 !lodgings in the entire country at the rate of 47,300 each year. The situa | tion in Paris calls for the elininaâ€" | tion of overâ€"crowded slums; in the southern cities, for providing for inâ€" creased populations; in the northern | cities, for reconstruction. The ; housing problem is acute in all in | dustrial centers. _ Cities are loanâ€" | ing funds to construction companies | at the current rates of interest, Inâ€" | dividual large companies also are : providing housing facilities for emâ€" | ployees. ‘The total estimated cost ; for the decade is $3,000,000,000. ‘Ottawa.â€"Two prominent residents of this district, Notary F. A. Labelie of Hull, Que., and Maurice Morisset, Ottawa, along with an exâ€"Ottawan, Lieut.â€"Col. Thomas Vien, now of Monâ€" treal, have received word from Paris of their appointments as officers of the Academy of France. This signal honor was bestowed by the Governâ€" ment of France. _ The nesting ground was found to be a desolate marsh land bounded by "the everlasting ice" of the Foxe Basin, There the young blue goose is born and raised until by the following Fall it is able to join in the long flight to" Louisiana. Each Spring and Autumn they may be seen fying along their regular route, not, as a rule, in the orderly Vformation of the Canadian goose, but at random or perbhaps in single file. If they come close enough, a small area of blue plumage on each wing will identify them. At greater distances they may easily be recogâ€" nized by their dark bodies and white heads and necks, since the blue goose is the only one in North America with such plumage.â€"The N.Y. Times Magaâ€" zine. World‘s Housing Problem Growing as Cities Beckon In the Spring of 1926 a camp was made at a strategic point on Hudson Strait and a sharp lookout was kept for the birds as they migrated north. This method met with success; blue geese were seen and, in addition, the Eskimos of the region reported that the birds were known to bred on the tundra beside Foxe Basin. The Eskiâ€" mos also prepared a rough map of the region where the birds were said to nest and did everything elso they could to assist "Kiameateâ€"the man in search of the blue goose." In 1929 a trip was made to that spot and thou» sands of blue geese were discovered nesting there. ‘‘The first sign on the long trail, which was followed more than 30,000 miles before its end was reached, was ;*~ained from native Eskimos on Cum» berland Sound. They reported that the birds had been seen on a lake in the interior of Baflin Island, but a difâ€" ficult journey there in the Summer of 1925 proved fruitless. No trace of the blue goose could be found, though conâ€" ditions indicated that the birds prob« ably had visited the lake in the past. The task of discovering the blue goose‘s breeding ground was a long and difficult one. From the general route which the birds follow on their journey north the inference was drawa that they nested "somewhere in the eastern part of the Canadian Arctie Archipelago," but exactly in what pore tion of that vast expanse of snow= covered land could be determined only by exploration. That exploration Mr, Soper began in 1923, but it was not uns til 1929 that he finally discovered their nests. Recently, however, the explorations of J. Dewey Soper revealed the fact that the Summer breeding ground of the blue goose is on the western tunâ€" dra plain of Baffin Island, north 0% Hudson Bay. Each year the blue goose travels 3,000 miles from Bafin Island to the Mississippi Delta and back again. â€" Eleven weeks are rcâ€" quired for the journey, according to one estimate, though, if it chose, the blue goose could probably accomplish the trip in two weeks. One of the strange feathered mik grants is the blue goose. During the brief Winter season it is a temporary visitor to the Mississippi Delta in Loulsiana, Its dark body, white head and neck and blue feathers on each wing make it distinctive. But with the coming of Spring it migrates north along the Mississippi Valley, over the Great Lakes and on to Hudson Bay, beyond which it disappears. Until @ short time ago its destination remain=« ed a mystery, "one of the most allur ing of the unsolved problems in Ameri« can ornithology." t W orl t al the to @ h