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Salada Orange Pekoe has a most fascinating flavour TEA 'Fresh from the gardens* us The Bishop Murder Case A PH1LO VANCE STORY II Y S. S. VAN UINL An SYNOPSIS. grmus in Nt-w York com- mit* hideous crimes I'.'isn! >'ii :. ji.su y riAIJKb A liian klicwn iih I'ouit Itnb.ll 'x t mil with an arrow In his heart, und MI* Juhti S|irlKK IB Hhot through the ii-ad with 11 bullet. District Atiornty .M irKliain rails in I'hilo Vunce to lielu : . tli rlnira. Ttio r^ll'jwuiK pcopli- ait- .i.-':i>ci:it(.l :ili Ihe i.-i-se: I'rof. UHUiJ. n'.i ; It-re )n-llc, and his prut'Ke. Sinn.l Arm vn. H ;ir <>u-.!ior of mathematics; John I'ar- <!. u neighbor with a |M>.M"M t'>r !"-->. .M'v Drukker anil her son Aclolph. Mm. J'tukker 1 mentally unbaiuri.-fil ;ind tier uii la a cripple with a su|-r-b:-iiin. Mr. I>rukk*i tellB liow the unir<ierer PBliI ) r visit the previous iiisiit utxl Iff a fheBB bishop as ;i im-mMf". Vnii<'t Ifarns that Ailulph Drukktr lia lift as I.) i whi.Ti-:ili(n|'H (.1: !): u,' : i V, < . . . k Robin's death I'HAI'TKK XXII. Ai we walked elov.ly t u;iui tht fiillard house it was decided that ini- n.e<liate inquiries should be made re- garding the whereabout the night l>e- f"it of every persvii connected in any way with this gruesome drama. "We must be careful, however, to ilrop no hint of what befell Mr. Drukker," warned Vance. "Our mid- night bishop-bearer did not intend that we should learn of his call. He be- lieved that the poor lady would be too frightened to tell us." "I'm inclined to think," objected Markham, "that you're attaching too much important''* to the episode." "Oh, my dear fellow!" Vance stop- ped short and put both hands on the other's shoulders. "You're much too effete that's your great shortcomin'. You don't, feel you are no child of r.uture. The poetry of your soul has run to prose. 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I, ,!,, II, . . , hut 1 1 1 k - . match and tnro ml** Hardware .mil b nt-i nl Store <lr,i1rrt tell t.iicn .m stovet, Irons, lamps and lanterns. 8ee them at your dealeri or write ua for more Inloi niatiO'i ,nul coloird (oUlrr. Addreit The Coleman Lamp & Stove Co. Ltd. t. W. L. Toronto Canada, Hallowe'en prank, but the desperate ' act of a desperate man. It WAR meant as a warning." "You think she knows something?"! "I think she saw Robin' body plae-! xl on the range. And I think she saw! something else -something she would t give her life not to have seen." I In silence we moved on. It was our intention to pass through the wall gate into 75th Street and present our- selves at the Diilards' front door; but as we passed the archery-room the baspni'-'iit door opened, and Belle Dil- Jard confronted us anxus!y. "I saw you coming down the range," sho said, with troubled eagerness, ad- dressing her words to Markham. "For over an hour I've jeen waiting to get in touch with you phoning your office. . . . Her manner became agi- tated. "Something strange has Jjsp- pcneil. Oh, it may not mean any- thing . . . but \vhcn I came through the archery room here this morning, intending to call fin Lady Mae, some impulse made me go to the tool-chest again and look in the drawer it seemed so queer that the little revol- ver should have been stolen. . . . And there it lay in plain sight beside the other pistol!" She caught her breath. "Mr. Markham. some one returned it to the drawer last nipht!" This information acU-d electrically on Heath. "Did you tnm-h it?" he asked ex- citedly. "\Vhy- IK " He bru.-hed past her unceremon- iously ami, going to the tool-chest, yanked open the drawer. There, beside the larger automatic that we had seen the day before, lay a sma'l pearl- handled .','-. The Strgeant's eyes glistened as he run his pencil through j the trigger-guard and lifted it ginger- 1 1>. He held it to the iight and sniffed | at the end of the barrel. "One empty i-hamber,'' he announc- ed, with sat isfai'tion. "And it's been shut off recently. - . . This oughta ^et us somewhere." Hi- wrapped the re- volver P-niii-rly in a handkerchief and placed it in his coat pocket. '"I'll get Dubois busy on this for fingerprints; and I'll have Cap Hagcd"!!! chrck up on the bullets." "Really now, Sri i;rant." said Vance banteringly ; "do you imugir.t- '!:. ' U i j gfnii>'inan we're ii-okirg for would wipe a IH/W and ai.i'U c'.ean iitul then leave h!^ iii^i:al !,i>'i"^:ani on a re- volver'."* "1 hav.'ii't ^ot your iir..ij al < Mr. Vamv," ri'turnej Heath surlily. "So I'm k'i'iliir ahead doing 'he thin;.' 5 that outrhta lie duni "Vn'Tre n'litc riL'h'.' \'.ir>.-i- iii:li-il with trnod-natiin-i! ai!i!.:t a* 'on at the! olhei's rioirjicd ' l'< ri,'it;l'.':< --. "Kol'irivi me I'm- try i:L r to iiani;> your xeal." lie liinird to IVl'e Millard. "We came line primarily to see 'he; pn>l'cs.M,r and Mr Arnesson. Hutj their'- al>o a i:att-r we'd like to speak about io you. \Ve understand you have a ki y t" tin- v;ir iloivr of tl.ej Drukker hou>e." She gavi> him a pn.v.led nod. "Ye>; I've hail one for years. I run back and forth so much; and it saves l.ady Mao a l-t of hot her. . . ." "Our only interest in the key is that it might have been used by sorve one who had n. right to it." "lint that's impossible. I've |eu>r lent it. to any one. And I always keep it in my hamlba;;." "Is it generally known you have a key to the Drukkers'?" "Why-- 1 suppose so" She was ob- viously perplexed. "I've never made a secret of it. The family certainly know about it." "And you may perhaps have men- tioned or revealed the fact when there, were outsiders present?" "Yes though I can't recall any spe- cific instance." "Are you sure you ha\e the key' i.ow?" She gave Vance ' i-tartled look, and without a word picked up a small lizard-skin hand-bag which lay on the v/icker table. Opening it she felt swiftly in one of its inner compart- ments. "Yes!" she announced, with relief. "It's where I always keep it. . . Why do you ask me about it?" "It's very important that we know who had access to the Drukker house," Vance told her. Then, before she could question him further, he asked: "Could the key possibly have left your possession last night that is, could it have been extracted from your 'bag without your knowledge'."' A look of fright came into her face. "Oh, what has happened?" she began; but Vance interrupted her. "Please, Miss Diilard! There's nu- thing for you to worry about. We're merely striving to eliminate certain remote possibilities in connection will: our investigation. Tell me: could a'iy one have taken your key last night?" "No one," she answered uneasily. "I went to the theativ at eight o'clock and had my bag with me the entire time." "When did you last make use of the key?" "After dinner last night. I ran over to see how Lady Mae was and to say good-night." Vance frowned slightly. I could sec that this information did not square with some theory he had formed. "You made use of the key after dinner," he recapitulated, "and kept it with you in your hand-bag the rest of the evening, without letting it or.ce go out of your sight. Is that right, Miss Diilard?" The girl Mxidtd. "I even held the- Hag in my lap dur- ing the play," she amplified. Vance regarded the hand-bag thoughtfully. 'Well," tv aid lightly, "so ends the ro.'innce of the key. And now we're goir.g to b-.'l er your jr.cle again. Do you think ; ou'd better net as ru- tn-aiil-cnio-ii i-; or shall we sinrni the "l/rcli- is out." she informed i:. "Hi.- went for a walk along M.e Diivj." ".V- 1 .Mr. AiTii-v-on, 1 suppose, h.is wuthloDeg SCOTTIE- What cam* bafor*: After many adven- tures flying over the war zone in China. I'aptaln Jimmy and Scottie get lost In the dark and land In enemy territory. A freight train leaves supplies at a siding, and they are cautiously approaching, when interrupted. Quietly we approached the freight train. The food and gasoline which we needed so badly would soon be ours. Then, right out of the ground leaped a dark form. A heavy blow landed 1 on my head, and I knew to more. Gradually 1 became conscious. Jolt jolt jolt! I tried to put my hands to my nead but they were securely bound. Someone had tied me on the back of - burro, and Just ahead the Colonel and Fu Hsu were securely bound on two more. Num- berless other donkeys loaded with bundles and boxes moved in single file alonfe a narrow rocky path, and leading each, strode a wicked bolt- ing ruffian, armed to the teeth. Chinese bandits had captured us. Jolt jolt jolt: Through the hills we we-nt, while a great blazing sun scorched us with stifling heat. The bandits had plenty of water, but for us, never a drop. Between drinks they woald grin at us, and pat their stomachs, seeming to e-njoy our misery. Of Scottie I knew nothing, and Decame very anxious as to his fate. Everything must end sometime. Toward nightfall we came :n sight of a r!ft in the mountains, where the sheer cliffs rose for hundreds of feet into the air. Here. Indeed, was an Idea! spot for a bandit camp. A few men could hold the defile ,-cain.n an army. Below stretched a beautiful valley, green and fre'h a* a moun- tain paradise. Tl;e burros, scenting 'lie s.vee/. grass, rushed down toward the bandit camp In a regular stampede. As we approached, a miserable looking mob of men, women and childre-n, swarm- ed out of the tents. They were a hard-Mitten crowd, every "re of ti'.f.m. They jeered at us, and the children pelted ua with soft mud. But fi-ially my turn came. Suddenly I dug my toes Into that burro and charged the mob. He bowled several over, and in a mom- ent the tamp was in an uproar. One fat fellow stood in my way, oat that donkey just butted him in the belt, and he landed kerplunk on the side of a tent. After that we galloped off into the night before anyone could saddle a liorae. Up tLe valley, I found a cliff with sharp edged rocks. Working close to it, I began to rub the ropes which bound my wrists, on the rough sur- face. Then lights began to :winkle here and there in the vaUty, as the bandits set out to hunt for me with torches. Five minutes, ten, fifteen, I rubbed those touib ropes, while tie lights came nearer, then, just aa I had given up hope they snapped and I was free! My arms were so numb that I was almost as helpless ts a baby. Up and down the valley bobbed the torches and each torch was carried by a man-hunter. I edged close into the cliff, while the feeling gradually came back Into my hands. Fortunately foi me, no one came near my hiding place Whenever a bandit's torch went out, he would make a dash for camp, so as cot to be eft alone in the darkness. Prob- ably he was afraid of a dragon jump- ing" on his back, and flying away with him to its den. Anyhow, the torches weut out one by one, and '.he search ended for the time. Soon the cauip quiet- /, ed down. Sen- < BM K tries paced to and ivo, but a tlu night wora on, even these huddled close to tha dying camp ftr^s. and ': ;>-d 'n '.be fitfnl light. Just the idea, time for a ra : d: No one would ever expect .'. prisoner to suddenly attack a camp full of arm- ed men. r.vi'i-'usl.v I ?et out to- ward the tents. i To be COUI '. ' : ' Every Lady --- Attention! Get That Extra Money Quickly- You K.tsv clf;is;uit wni Ic In IM'lllmr our u ondt'i I'll! lu-w iJ.ifeut**! u!l-< 'HHailllirl itivt'iiiencH fir women. Hijc prMt8 minle in your nun district. an \Villn J W. St. \\'.. TlM-Hl Ai <>. US Kin* no iron mowei lashs as PNDURANCE Jum.num 1 Mcnvct :s twenty pounds lighter Ihun ny iron mower flnd lit more duidble . . . Run* e.mer . . . Cuts with ttiot-likc ktenneii The ftnest mowei pirrchise you r<m muLe . . . Asl< yow hdfdwdte m.tn. ( ANADA FOUNDRIES & IORGINGS LIMIILD Brockville Ont<iri ALUMINUM and QOIbs LIGHTER It soiite ALUMINUM LAWN MOWER ISSUE No. 1931 not >et u':iMe,| fr<-:n the univ. r- sity. ' "Ni'I i'Ut i.e'ii be here :'--r . .- !,. He l:;is 1:0 classes i' ustlay after- noons." "In tin iiie.iritinii', then, we'll c in- fer with Hecdle and the admiraV.e I'yne. A M| 1 migl.t .-Uk'p<t :hat it would do Mr< Drukkrr 1:0 end "f go'ui if yuu'd pay her a visit." With a troubled smile and a liV.e mxi the girl parsed out through 'r.e i':i-eme".t door. Heath at once went in starch of j Beeiile and Pyne and brought them to the drawing-room, where Vance qiies- I tioned them about the preceding night. No information, however, was obtained from them. They had both gone to bed at ten o'clock. Their rooms wen- on the fourth floor at the side of the house; and they had not oven heard Miss Diilard when she returned from the theatre. Vance asked them about noises on the range, and inti- mated that the screen-porch d'.ior of the Drukkers might have slammed shut at about midnigh,. Hut appar- ently both of them hail been asleep at that hour, r'inally they were ,l,s missed with a warning not to montioi, to any one the questions that had j>.-l been asked them. Five minutes later Professor D' lard came in. Though surpr.cd in seo us, he greeted us amiably. "For once, Markham, \u'\e clu>-- t. an hour for your visit when 1 am 'Mt I absorbed in work. More iuie-.lioi;s 1 ] suppose. We'll. i-fino .iltmg to the library for the inquisition. It'll !> more comfortable (hi re." He led t -o way upstairs, and wlieu we were si V- ed he insisted tliHt we join him in a glas* nf port which lie hiiiiM-lf -.orv' d from the siilebo.u il. "Drukker "hon'd .10 here." he <' maikcii. "He has a fondness for 'uy i 'Ninelj SIN,' though 1 e'll drink it only on ran 1 occasions. I tell him ho should take more port; but ho imagines i.'s bad for him, and points to my go-it. Hut (bore's no connection between gout and port tlio notion is sheer superstition. Sound | ort is the most wholesome of wines, (lout is unknown in Oporto. A little physical stmui'n- tion of the right kind would bo gi"Hl for Drukker. If ho had sufr'ni-nt bodily energy to keep pace with ).is brain, he'd bo one of the world's '^1'oat physicists." I To be continued.) Song of the Optimists Wo are genial optimists, | Our hearts lire ll^ht and freo; | In limes of storm or sunshine ( Wo work on ehoorfnlly. j Wo are hopot'iil optimists, ; No time for nloom or doubt; i If old depression rails ou u. Wt> swiftly turn him out. Wt aio Mulling oplimists, Our course Is straight and clour; WH think nnd act constructively. For us fcood llmei int> hero. (iivnvillc Klo'-cr. 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