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the world‘s finest gardens CAS PIRIN "For some of usâ€"yes. A sympathy informed‘ Vance‘s w he gazed at this strange trag Two men have been murdered, one, known as Cock Robin, has been shot with ah arrow on the archery range adjoining Prof. Dillard‘s house; the second, John E. Sprigg, shot through the head with a bullet. These crimes seem to be the dramatization of the nursery rhymes: "Who killed Cock Robin?" and "There was a little man and he had a little gun." Aâ€"note is recoived from the murdered, signed ‘The Bishop. District Attorney Maurkâ€" ham calls in the aid of Philo Vance, Vance is questioninf Mrs. Drukker, who is mentally unbalanced, and who believes her grownâ€"up, erippled son is "And why diabolical*" . wealthy bachelor, whose hobby the solving of unusual crimes. _ mterrupt your shopping! Or other pain that ‘Aspirin ends so quickly. These harmless tablets an aptidete for the most fiu pain. Rs.h{? is almost neuralgia, neuritis, or the like, at any time. Thousands of instantaneous. Taken in time, they will break up a cold and head off discomfort, They‘ll llSAI'An All EVER let a throbbing head The Bishop Murder Case CHAPTER XV.â€"(Cont‘d.) ‘s a rather diabolical game, don hink, Mrs. Druk«er?" *n riqctie & § C §§§§\\\* \\\\ e prglee 2994 .._’,ff;- C %@Q P C 5 ¢4_/ "("{.:‘:r"“ C\ Auaed * .27 t 6 C \‘\'44 {'f'f;fi ig. PBA APAWMIMVILEZZ '033 o WEA.! 2 #2 ,., ETL ‘7/.. ,// [ S _.T.’f 9 C E: /f"@f' .fl sY _ Pure, crisp, \\\ ? ?.e, .fi("\““( wups light, flaky N j fal ':‘,5.;:‘(:\\’5\{\.‘)‘;'-', &\ and always . se o s SopaA WaAFrERS SYNOPSIS. T ECEA °* ‘Fresh from the gardens‘ A PHILO VANCE STORY Isn‘t BY S. S. VAN DINE Made in Canada l women depend upon Aspirin tablets every month to spare them from those pains peculiar to women. These tablets do not depress the heart; they may be used as frequently gs there 43 need of their quick comfort. So, it}’)s folly to ';g(llfiure a::xl:i in that Aspirin tablets co ?eal}ive so promptly. Get the genuine, which is always to be had at any drugstore. "Something of that kind, I imagine. At any rate, the Bishop is interested in Cock Robin and Johnny Sprige. In fact, he may be the person who is making up these fantastic games. And we‘re looking for him, Mrs. Drukker. We hope to learn the truth from hin." The wor an shook her head vaguely. "I don‘t know him."~ Then she glarsd vindictively at Markham. "But it‘s rot going to do you any good to‘try to find out who killed Cock Robin and shot Johnny Sprigg through the midâ€" dle of his wig. You‘ll never learn neverâ€"never. . ..".Her voice had iisen excitedly, and a fit of trembling seized hor. . "The Bishop?" She frowned perâ€" plexeily. "No, I don‘t know him. Is that another child‘s game?" ture before us. "Tell me," he went on quickly, in an altered tone, "do you know who the Bishop is?" At xent Bolle. Dillard rsâ€" om, and going quickly er, put her arm about Murkham was plainly puzzled by the other‘s altered attitude. i tain if there was any link between Sprigg and this house; but, to be quite eandid, I don‘t see how that link, now that I have jt, fits into the chain. I would, however, like your permission to question Pyne and Beedle in whatâ€" ever way I think advisable." "The Riemannâ€"Christoffel tensor,. . ." Professor Dillard sat for a long time gazing at the paper; then he handed it back to Markham. He seemed sudâ€" denly to have grown older; and there was a weary look in his eyes as he lifted them to us. "I ‘don‘t see any light in this matter." His tone was one of hopeless resignation. "But perhaps you are right in following your present course. What do you want of me?" "Ask them anything you like, Markâ€" ham. . You shali never be able to acâ€" «use me of having stood in your way." "What!" The professor bent forâ€" ward. "The same machine, you say? And a mathematical formula? . . . . What was the formula?" Markham opened his pocketbook, and held out the triangular scrap of paper that Pitts had given him. "A paper was found beneath Sprigg‘s body bearing a mathematicai formula typed on the same machine as the Bishop notes." "The Bishop?" Professor Dillon strove to curb his irritation. "Look here, Markham; I won‘t be played with. That‘s the second mention of a mysterious Bishop that‘s been made in this room; and I want to know the meaning of it. Even if a crank did write n insane letter to the papers in connection with Robin‘s death, what has this Bishop to do with sprigg?n tion?" The professor‘s manner was benevolently â€" contemptuous. "You never were a good . mathematician, Markham, but at least you should know that no hypothesis can be built on such a flimsy premise." "Both names," interposed Vance, "@â€"Cock Robin and Johnny Spriggâ€" are the subjects of wellâ€"known nursâ€" ery rhymes." The old man stared at him with unâ€" disguised astonishment; and gradualâ€" ly an angry flush mounted to his face. "Your humor sir, is out of place." "It is not my humor, alas!" replied Vance sadly. "The jest is the Bishâ€" 015’5." found no motive. But if all crimes without apparent motive were assumâ€" ed to be connectedâ€"" "Also there are the elements of time and proximity in these two cases," Markham amplified. "Is that the basis of your assumpâ€" tion?" The professor‘s manner was Tear s fessor to do sibly to ; the the unity "Yes, A man named Jokn E. Sprigg was shot in Riverside Park, near 84th Street, this morning shortly after halft past seven." > â€" "I regret," said Markham, "I havse nothing to report on the Robin case. But there has been anothor murder in this neighBorhood today, and we have reason to believe that it may be conâ€" nected with Robin‘s death. What 1 wanted ‘particularly *o ask you, sir, is whether or not the name of John E. Sprigg is familiar to you." "Is that the name of the man who was killed?" There was no longer any lack of interest in his attitude. _ Professor Dillarl‘s expression of annoyance changed quickly. "Why this unsxpected visit, Markâ€" ham?" he asked, after we had seated ourselves. "Have you something to report on Robin‘s death?" He marked a page in Woeyl‘s "Space, Time :d Matter" and, settliag back reluctantâ€" ly, regarded us with impatiencs. "I‘m very, busy working on a problem of Mach‘s mechanies. . . ." "I came to you primarily to dscer Th: professor received us witi ont enthusiasm and with but scant cordiâ€" ality. His desk was littcred with paâ€" pers, and it was obvious that we had disturbed <him in the midst of his labors. "Come," she said sdothingly; "we‘ll Lave a long drive in the country, Lady Mac." Reproachivlly ~she turned: to Th here was a note of anxietyâ€"of r almost, I thoughtâ€"in the proâ€" sor‘s voice when he next spoke. ‘Even so, what can that fact have do with us? And how can you posâ€" ly connect his death with Robin‘s?" T admit we have nothing definite go on," Markham told him. "But _purposelessness of both crimesâ€"â€" total lack of any motive in either eâ€"seems to give them a curious ty of aspect." ‘You mean, of course, that you have ISSUE. No. 11â€"‘31 CHAPT a mnote 0: I thought : when he : what can t of XVI that you have if all crimes > were assumâ€" anxietyâ€" in the j xt spoke. erimesâ€"â€" in either . curious was "You At the 48th annual meeting of the Canadian Holsteinâ€"Friesian Associa~ tion in ‘Toronto, the other day, press dent P, H. Moore reported memberâ€" ship now at 4,248 and assets in ex« cess of $10,000. ‘The extension serâ€" vice report showed that shipments of 3,038 head of cattle to Jamaics, China, South â€"America, â€" British Guiana and the United States reâ€" turned over $500,000â€" to the associaâ€" tion. f And then, a corner is turned! And 10, peace for man and beast! And in this quiet corner, defended by the hills, cuddles the shepherd‘s tin home. _ The door of the cottage is open, and a bright, red glow invites. The shepherd‘s dogs bark tumultuâ€" ously, at any of the wind‘s dishevelâ€" ed victims which are flung into their haven from withoutâ€"The Christian Science Monitor. Turning the fo%2 away when speakâ€" ing into a tcisshose receiver has the same effect as adcingy mony ~"es of distarcs Loi~comoiecraConter and the The height of the moor is reached, and the song and scurry of the wind waxes louder and louder, until its roar and whistle fill the hollows and pound along the plain. The trees are bent and tempest scarred, their branches struggle with the fierceness of the wind, and there is no peace to be found on the moorland. with a hint of dignity on the brown waters of the broad river flowing at the foot. Smoky gray clouds, light as feathers, scurry across the sky. After leaving the coziness of the village, the moorland road is faced and mounted. _ Knolls of brown and green patched grass are passed; while the miniature ponds, hard and glistening, and the softly singing icy burnlets add silvery touches to the dunâ€"colored expanse. Up and up toward the lightness of sky in the west, and a keen stinging wind which exhilarates and urges and coaxes all in one breath! not a sound in all the vastness of moor and hill but the occasional crit, crit of a wayward pheasant, and the lowâ€"flyâ€" ing hurried chick, chick, chick of a blackbird, and the singing of the wind as it carries.all before it. In the J noon and looks as th for the wir ty disturbs fir trees, . ground, sh« strangely b with a hint waters of t the foot. as feathers "Certai estimates lose their are more no manâ€"n portance.‘ deter "We must find out what we can," Markham answered resolutely but with kindliness. "There‘s a fiend loose in this, city, and I cannot stay my hand to save any one from sufferâ€" ingâ€"however tragic that suffering may be. But I assure you I shall not unnecessarily torture any one." "Have you thought," asked Profesâ€" ser Dillard quietly, "that the truth you seek may be more frightful even than the crimes themselves?" "No!" Professor Dillard spoke alâ€" most harshly; but he immediately placed his hand on Markham‘s arm, and his tone changed. "There are some things you must not ask me to do for you. If that poor harassed woman saw anything from her winâ€" dow that morning, you must aind it cut for yourself. I‘ll have no hard in tortiring her; and I sincerely hope you‘ll not worry her either. There are other ways of finding out what you want to know." He looked straight into Markham‘s eyes. "She must not be the one to tell you. You yourse!f would be sorry afterwards." "Only in a remote way. It was Drukker‘s statement that he had heard his mother scream, and ner deâ€" nial of having screamed, that led me to believe that she might have seen something she preferred to keep from us,. And it occurred to me that you would probably have more influence with her than any one else, and that, if she did indeed witness anything, you might prevail upon her to speak." "And though she denied having sat at her window during the forenoon there is a porsibility she saw som»â€" thing happen on the archery ranss between eleven and twelve." "She gave you that impression?" There was an undertone of suppressed interest ir! the professor‘s question. "That. I _ can. promise you, sir.", Markham rose. "But I fear we are a long Way from any drastic measures.‘ at prescnt." He held out his hand,‘ and from his manner it was evident; he ha.i sensed some nidden anxiety in | the oliq man and wanted to expross his sympathy without voicing his feclings. | wil, i hope, guyise any drastic $wps." "There is sovmething you can do far us, Professor Dillard," said Vance, pausing at the door. "On the mornâ€" ing Robin was killed we interviewed Mrs. Drukkerâ€"â€"" He glanced un gppcalingly. "But you wili, I hope, adyise me before you take The professor walked with us to the door. "I can‘t understand that typed tenâ€" sor," he murmured, shaking his head. "But if there‘s‘anything I can do. . ." “Ah !" A Shepherd‘s hint of of the e half light t d evening the though it had winterâ€"not a | ‘bs its peaceful ‘bs its peac , covering show up & ; beautiful, a bright, red glow invites. herd‘s dogs bark ¢tumultuâ€" any of the wind‘s dishevelâ€" s which are flung into their m withoutâ€"The Christian meaning, e forgivin made valy (To & uekd, & 438 be continued.) values o risk iny one. . ‘ asked Profesâ€" that the truth frightful even Cottage Markham ser it . But would n afterâ€" _ village to sleep f activiâ€" ity. The d backâ€" «AWg nsPR n 4. z00 d and down brown even 1 not the 1 is mc# |â€" . 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We did no such thing â€"we cut and ran pell mell for the plane. It was less than a hundred feet away but it seemed as if we would never make it And all the time the bear and her cub were ambling briskâ€" ly toward us. Iâ€"reached for the potâ€" cock of the gas tank, turned it on and held my helmet under it until it was full and soused it over the wings and body of the plane. Time and time 1 emptied the helmet of gasoline on the planeâ€"and every time I looked up, there wes> those bears coming closer and closer. Â¥es Sir, that bear just poked his face out from among the bushes and looked at us. We had no gunâ€"not even a knifo. It was a great brute of a grizzly, and with her came a halfâ€" grown cub. Probably you have never seen a grizzly loose To inbatin, in â€"the mountains. OieiREWI 1t you haven‘t, you ~ FusRRe have no idea how @3 & big one looks. This f one seemed to be . @\ as big as an eleâ€" Fa *» PWP\ phant, and s h e ( looked as mean as 2 poison. It â€"was growing darker every moment and in that narrow valley, shut in by the mountains, almost anything might have happened. Mrs. Grizzly is a bad one to meet at any time, but when she has a cub with her, she is not the company one would choose to meet in a lonely spot. / Meanwhile the old bear was getting nervousâ€"sort of sniffed around a bit | â€"and thenâ€"well, she and her cub started down to look us over. *. Very likely we should have shouted i and waved our arms and yelled )If courses Brazil. One course Rio de The healthâ€"giving, delicious drink for children and grownâ€" ups. + _ _ Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. Borden‘s Chocolate Malted Milk and his Dog SCOTTIEâ€" Made by the makers of Kraft S.hdiDrcuiug and Velveeta Janeiro iro, Brazil. â€" Miniature are making their debut is bheing ht at e third edge o if it built in the Rich in vitamins . . . 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Later on he must have fellen into a deep sleep, for somethinz began to take place which might eas‘‘y have ended all our advenâ€" tures theâ€" and there. Â¥ Over at tha edge of the clearing a little cri.ason tongne of, flame gradâ€" ually curled up and grew largerâ€" crept forward and spread more little curling fiames like an advancing army. of â€"redâ€"comts» But we were > sound asleep and saw nothing of it. © Meanâ€" while the langerousliitlo flames grew larger an 1 spread Dback 0{f us through the woods, threatening to ring us around wilh a wall of fire. We had hardly gone a hundred feet, when Scottie got between my feet, and down we went in a heap,.. Scarce ly bhad we struck the ground when the flames â€" reached the gas tank, and WHAM!â€"it blew up. For a minute the air was full of burning debris. What a sight! It seemed like as it those bears hadn‘t started to ru n until they heard all that noise. Then it was a case of every #, bear for himâ€" kA self and never *fi m in d yâ€"o us 2 neighbor. They fairly few. The cub‘s legs were short and stubby, and he had to take two jumps for his Ma‘s oneâ€"butâ€"as they went out of sight, they were so close together that they looked like one big bear. u Meanwhile the wreck of the old plane was burning brightly. Scottie and 1 hustled over to.the edge of the wood and gathered up the driest wood we could find. Scottie ana I started to runâ€"to get away from those bears and the p.!ane. which L knew would shortly explode. (To be coninued) CuS Made in Doctor: "Now take a deep breath and say minetyâ€"nine three times." The Hustier: "Two bundred and ninetyâ€"#over." 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Reading or pasiime as well as for instruction is becoming more genoral, according to Mr. Walpole, and the modern writer is enjoying an everinâ€" creasing public and the possibility of greater and greater financial returns for his labors. _ "There is a new class of readors growing up in England," Mr. Walpole said, "and Gesnite the enormans outâ€" Hamilton, Bermuda.â€"A new sort of literary renaissance and a new era of prosperity for the contemporary Engâ€" lish writer in Great Britain is seen by Hughâ€" Walpole, English novelist, who is returning to England from a Caribâ€" bean cruise. English Writer Sees Demand For Novels Steadily Growing | mic Review of the Soviet Union: The number of cows has increased moare ; than 2,000,000 since 1925, Tae proâ€" ‘ gress made in the industry has been | due not so much to increased producâ€" | tion. of milk, butter, and uther dairy "ulu,eu by individual peasant farms as to the organization of large dairgy luurpdoeo working for the market, Purchases of butter by central State 'u‘ coâ€"operative organizations from ‘peasants and coâ€"operatives increased from 59,400 metric tons in 1925â€"26 to T5,600 tons in 19289. "Potal number of butter and cheeso lbctaflu in the Soviet Union is now estimated at 8,000," the article conâ€" ‘tinuel. "of which more than half were established in the past four years. Of the 4,597 dairies built from 1925 to 1929;, 267 are mochanized. _ The orâ€" | ganization of th new dairies involved an expenditure of about 69,000,000 rubles, of which. 30 per cent. came from individus! dairies and the rest from coâ€"operative organizations. The Maslocshtor (Cooperative dairy cenâ€" tre), which bandles the bulk of the dairy business in the USSR., also spent â€"22,000,000 rubles â€" for various measures designed to increase mille production. Th. production of casein, which is a new industry for the Soviet Union, has mage substantial progress in the past Téw years, so that the damest?: demand ‘can now be fully satisfied andâ€"a certain surp‘us made availab‘e lor ezport. Cattlie Increase ; "The ~furmCe development.. of Ahe dairy â€" industry | is planned . largely ’along the Tinés of the organization of large t{)'.l!;‘tfv"- dairy farms which are expected to hy« noless than 6,000,000 l head of esitle this yvear, and of State | dairies; ‘‘which wili have more than 300,000 he«d. Ti addition to the comâ€" |mercial dairy farms, it*‘is expected that this year there will be formed a number of ‘nilk coâ€"operatives in the F_l industrig) centreg,,%hich are eX« pected to hars 3,000,000 cows. . "The mmeasures taken for the feoâ€" Iuelopmem bf the dairy jndustry are expected. to yesult in increasing greatâ€" ly the supplies of milk, buttéer, cheese and other dairy products tor urban }com_nunlt}gm At the ‘present time these supplic. are somewhat limited, Much of the machinery and equpment needed will be imported Trom abroad. ‘ _"Accordiv & to a decision of the Comâ€" missariat for Trade, the newly formed company, Soyuzmoloko (United Dairy Industry), wil‘ invest in new construc» tion and réâ€"equipment of existing dairy enteâ€"prise» a total of 17,300,000 rubles this year.. More than half of this sum will be used for the organiâ€" zation of large dairy farms, of which seven, with a total of 17,000 cows, are expected to be in operation before the end of the year. bu The development ‘0f the dairy inâ€" dustry of the Soviet Union during the past few years has becn steady and considerable, according to the Econoâ€" Nqfiber of Cows Has Increas« ed by More Than 2,030,â€" ~ 000 in Five Years " " + " . .. AAn owing m‘»fi,ussu;' he possibility of financial returns §‘ year they out» has ale. * \» ha D M W in has th' W AH 200 bega hour ha is h mor gine awwill *e