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The Bishop Murder Case A PHILO VANCE STORY BY S. 8. VAN DINE Einstein Braves New York Welcome SYNOPSIS. A m. ni known an Cock Rnbln la hot through (he heart with n arrow on the rchery range bslde the home of 1'rof. Dlllard. where Hobln wan well known. The crime Deems to be the Intention il dramatization of the old nurnery rhyme "Who killed Cock Hobln?" District At- torney Markham is puxsled by the appar- ently Hi-MM-k-sa rtrcunifttanceM attcjullni; It and asks the aid of I'hllu Vance. The police get on the trull of Sperling, 'he lust man known to have been with Hobln Hoth Robin and Sperling had been In love with Helle Plllard. Sigurd Arnm- on. 1'rnfciiKor IMllard'R protege, ami 4 profrrsor of mathematics. ftayH he would like H chance to Hnlve the myiitery ninth..- mntlcally. if they will tell him all thoy know concerning 1 CHAPTER VI. (Cont'd.) "I'll b glad to tell you whatever we know, Amesson," Mnrkham replied after a brief pause. "But I can't prom- is* to reveal everything that, may arise from now on. It might work against the ends of justice and em- barrass our investigation." Vance had sat with half-closed eyes, apparently bored bjr Arnesson's aston- ishing request; but now he turned to Markham with a considerable show of animation. "I gay, y" know; there's really no reason why we shouldn't give Mr. Arnesson a chance to translate this crime into the realm of applied mathe- matics. I'm sure he'd be discreet and use our information only for scientific purposes. And one never knows, does one? we may need his highly trained assistance before we're through with this facinatin' affair. Markham knew Vance well enough to realize that his suggestion had not been made thoughtlessly; and I was in no wise astonished when he faced Arnesson and snid: "Very well, then. We'll give you whatever data you need to work out your mathematical formula. Any- thing .special you want to know now?'' "Oh, no. I know the details th.is far as well as you; and I'll strip Beeulc and old Pyne of their contri- butions when you're gone. But if I solve this problem and determine the exact position of the criminal, don't pigeon-i ole my findings as Sir George Airy did those of poor Adams when he submitted his Xeptunean calculations prior to Leverrier' . . ." At this moment the front door opened and the uniformed officer sta- tioned on the porch came in, followed by a stranger. "This gent here says he wants to see the professor," he announced with a radiating suspicion; and turning to the man he indicated Markham with a gest.ire of the ' ead. "That's the Dis- trict Attorney. Tell him your troubles." CHAPTER VII. The newcomer seemed somewhat cm- harras.-ed. He was slender, well- groomed man with an unmistakabl? air of refinement. His age, I should say, was fifty, though liis face held a perennially youthful look. His hair was thir. and graying his nose a trifle sharp, and his chin small but in no way weak. His eyes, surmounted by a high, broad forehead, were his most striking characteristic. They were the eyes of a disappoir.ted and disillusion- ed dreamer half sad, half resentful, as if life had tricked him and left him unhappy and bitter. He was about to address Markham when he caught sight of Arnesson. "Oh, good morning, Arnesson," he laid, in a quiet, well-modulated voice. "I hope there's nothing seriously wrong." "A mere death, Pardee,'' the other replied carelessly. "The proverbial tempest in a teapot." Markham was annoyed nt the In- terruption. "What can I do for you, sir?" he "I trust I nm not intruding," the man apologized. "I am a friend of the family I live just across the street; and I perceived that something unusual had happened here. It oc- cur red to me I might be of some ser- vice." Arm-sson chuckled. ''My dear Par- der'. Why clothe your natural cur- iosity in the hubiliments of rhetoric?" Pardee blushed. "I assure yon, Arnesson " he be- gan : hut Vance interrupted him. "You say you live opposite, Mr. Pardee. You have perhaps been ob- serving this houcc during the fore- noon ?" "Hardly that, sir. My study, how- ever, overlooks 75th Street, and it's true I was silting at the window most of the morn'ng. But I was busy writ- Ing. Whoi I returned to my work from lunch I noticed the crowd and the policr cars and also the officer in uniform nt the door." Vnncr had boon studying him from the corner of his eye. "Did you hantien to see any one i>nt< r or leave, this hoiiFc this morn- in" Mr. Pardee?" ho aked. fh- nmn yhonk his head slowly. "\'n one In pnrticuliir. I n<>H<"<l iwo younp men -friends of Miss Dii- ' nil at about ten o'clock; and I UiT'llo p-o nut with her mark.'! ' ' TVit lhr H!! T rorall." "DM --on si>? oith< r <>f the-- yoiipp- rl^nnrt?" . No 52-'30 I "1 don't remember." Pardee knit his brows. "And yet it seems to me one of them left by the range gate. But it's only an impression." "What time would that have been?" "Really, 1 couldnt say. Perhaps an : hour or so after his arrival. I wouldn't care to be more specific." | "You recall no other person what- ever either corning or going from the house this moinin^ 7 " | :iw Vjgs r-l't'u return from , the tennis courts about half past I twelve, just as I was called to lun -h. In fact, she waved her racquet to me." "And no one else?" "I'm afraid not." There was un- mistakable regret in his quiet res- ponse. "On of mo young men you saw enter here hau ><ecn killed," Van'c lold him. "Mr. Robin, alias Cock Robin," sup- plemented Arnesson, with a comic grimace which affected me unpleas- antiy. "Good heavens! How unfortunate'!" Pan'.ee appeared genuinely shocked. "Robin? Wasn't he the champion archer of Belle's club?" "His one claim to immortality. That's the chap." "Poor Belle!" Something in the man's manner caused Vance to regard him sharply. "I hope she's not t / greatly upset by the tragedy." "She's dramatizing it, naturally," Arnesson returned. "So are the police, for that matter. Awful bother about nothing in particular. The earth is covered with 'small crawling masses of impure carbo-hydrates' like Robin referred to in the aggregate as hu- manity." Pardee smiled with tolerant sadness he was obviously familiar with Ar- nesson's cynicisms. Then he appealed to Markham. "May I be permitted to see Miss Dillard and her uncle?" "Oh, l>y all means." It was Vance who answered before Markham could reach a decision. "You'll find them in the library, Mr. Pardee." The man left the room with a polite murmur of thanks. "Queer fellow," commented Arnes- son, When Pardee was out of hearing. "Cursed with money. 1/eads an in- dolent life. His one passion is solving chess problems. . . ." "Chess?" Vance looked up with in- terest. "Is he, by any chance, John Pardee, the inventor of the famo.i. ! Pardee gambit?" "The same." Arnesson's face crinkled humorously. "Spent twenty years developing a cast-iron offensive that was to add new decimal points to the game. W.-ote a book about it. Then went forth proselytizing like .1 crusader before the gates of Damas- cus. He's always been a great patron of chess, contributing to tournaments, and scurrying round the world to at- tend thi various chess jousting-boutp. Consequently was able to get his gam- bit tested. It made a great stir among the infra- champions of the Manhat- tan Chess Club. Then poor Pardee organized a series of masters tourna- ments. Paid nil the expenses himself. Cost him a fortune, by the wa> And of course he stipulated that the Par- dee gambit be played exclusively. Well, well, it was very sad. When men .like Doctor Lasker und C.apa- blam-a ami Rub'nsUin and Finn got to combating it, it went to pieces. Al- most every player who used it lost. It was disqualified even worse than the ill-fated Rice gamliit. Terrible blow for Pardee. It put snow in his hair, and took all the rubber out of his muscles. Aged him, in short. lie's a broken man." "I know the history of the gambit," murmured Vance, his eyoB resting pen- sively on the ceiling. "I've used it myself. Kdward I.askor taught it to me. . . ." The uniformed officer again appear- ed in the archway and beckoned to Heath. The Sergeant rose with alac- ritythe ramifications of chess obvi- ously bored him and went into the hall. A moment later he returned bearing a small sheet of paper. "Here's a funny one, sir," lie said, handing it to Markham. "The officer outside happened to see it sticking ma the mail box just now, and thought he'd take a peep at it. What do you make of it, sir?" Markham studied it with puzzled. Amazement, and then without a word handed it to Vance. I rose and looked over his shoulder. The paper was of the conventional typewriter size, and had been folded to fit into the mail box. It contained several lines of typ- ing done on a machine with elite char- acl<M-s and a faded blue ribbon. Tho first lino- read: .Joseph Coehrane Robin is dead. The second line asked: What killed Cock Robin? Underneath was typed: Sperling means sparrow. And in the lower right-hand corner i the place of the signature were the two word* in capitals: TIIK BISHOP. Vance, after glancing at the strange message with its even stronger sign- al uiv, rent-lied for his monocle with ilial slow delfWatiim which 1 knew indicated a keen suppressed interest. Having adjusted the glass he studied the paper intently. Then he handed it to Arnesson. "Here's a valuable factor for your equation.' His eyes were fixed ban- Says "So Much Sincerity Dis- played that He Felt at Home" New York. Professor Albert Kin- ' stein and Mrs. Einstein were nfRclally welcomed to America at the City Hall i by Mayor Walker and his specially formed reception committee, headed by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi- dent of Columbia University, on Dec. 13th. The scientist, who has repeatedly stated his dislike of public appear- ances, for the first time seemed great- ly pleased by the honors accorded him and left the City Hall In a geiii.il mood, waving his black sombrero at the cheering crowds. "I thought I would be frightened," he said, "but there was so much sin- teringly on the man. (To be continued.) What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dretsmaking F.eaaon Fur- nished }%f(li Kv."-ii f'ntttni 925 Girls Slip-O i Dre^i closed on left shoulder. Waist has round neck, front and back, with straight gathered ruf- fles inserted between waist and yoke. Long set-in sleeves with turned-back cuffs, perforated for short sleeves with attached gathered ruffles. 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The Mayor was charming." Called Monarch of Mind He arrived accompanied by Or. But- ler and was Immediately taken to the Aldermaulc Chamber, which was filled with spectators. Montrose Strass- burger, Assistant Corporation Counsel, who was master of ceremonies, Intro- pre- the Inhale Minard'i Liniment for Asthma. duced Dr. Butler, who in turn sented Professor Einstein to Mayor. Dr. Butler in his address described Professor Einstein as "a monarch of the mind' who was taking l>i place In that great succession which began with Archimedes and Ptolemy and which came down through Copernicus. Newton and Kepler. "Our thoughts are- absorbed the whole world round with grave tlons of political, of social, of economic policy aud betterment," he said. "And yet wisely and properly, at this very moment, we raise our hands in salute to one whose repute and influence is far away from all this in the realm of pure thought." Professor Einstein did not reveal whether the scholarly address of Dr. Butler or the popular interpretation which Mayor Walker gave to his theory or relativity made him "feel at home," but he appeared greatly amused when Uie Mayor said he under- stood the scientific fact t' at there was no such universally simultaneous thing as time. A Cosmopolitan Greeting "We, too, with no little difficulty, understand," he added, "if a projectile were thrust In the air, It would not go on in a straight line infinitely, be- cause the world is round and the uni- verse Is running In a circle. He praised the professor's modesty and humanitarlanlsm. He said that in this cosmopolitan country the world greeted him. Recalling Professor Ein- stein's last visit to Now York In 1021, the Mayor remarked that then he had been promised the keys of the city, which had never been delivered. "That brings us to a closer tAuler- standing of the subtle mentality that is yours," he said, "because >ou got the keys relatively. They are the keys to our hearts, to our imagination." Professor Klnstoin, who during the address by the Mayor had whispered smilingly to bin wife and nodded his head vigorousfy when the Mayor com- mented on bis work, was then intro- duced by Dr. Butler. He replied in He spoke fast and his words were not translated. Defers to Colleagues "1 am deeply moved by tile words of sympathy which I have Just heard," he said. "I take them, however, not as belug addressed to my person. \Vhat a human being cau achieve In the realm of thought is so little that It does not entitle him to special hon- ors. I think that they were addressed to the men of science in general and You can be confident that its quality never varies SALADA" TEA from Ch garden** Fixing New Year's Day Where does the New Year actually begin? It starts, of course, earlier in Europe tban It does with us, and the farther east you travel the earlier is Its coining. But there must be a limit somewhere, for If you went on traveling always eastward you would eventually circle the globe and arrive back In Canada. It was agreed originally that the days should begin on the 180th degree of longitude, a line running from the North Pole to the South, exactly half- way round the world from Greenwich j comers a note raying "I halLbe glad If you will come to lunch yesterday"r This led to so much confusion that an alteration was made In the data line. It now bends in various places in order to include the whole of any country' that lies in its path. There are still some rather weird possibilities. If a steamer sailing from America to India reaches the date line at nklnight on December 31 the captain puts his clocks forward twenty-four hours aOc Jraie* -t^^&if- next moment January 2. His ship sees Observatory. But this was found to j no New Year's Day at all. have curious results. The line passed right through a good many countries, HO that the date might be December 'il in one town and January 1 in another only a mile or two away. On one Island It used to be a standing Joke to send new- But if he were sailing in the oppos- ite direction he would have two New Year's Days! Supposing he reached the date line one minute before mid* night on January 1, his clocks would be put back twenty-four hours, and the next day would also be January 1. I take them as an indication of the fact that the man of research to-day meets with the understanding of the world at large." Following his word- tho German and American national anthems were played by the muni' ipal band. Pro- fessor Kinsteln and the members of his party were then taken to the Mayor's office, There the reception was reenacted in an abbreviated form ' for the sound lllms. The Discoverers How much we ow.> to all the noble sages. Those chosen one* of (!od who set men free-. Who teach them liow to rise from lethargy, Aud with the truth correct the wrong of ages That hampers men in tbi:ir unfolding stages. Such prophets' work and aim it U to see The truth that li<lps nuinklnd not seem, but be. Discoverers' nanu- are writ In tory's pages. How quickly people Beek new Ian afar; How soon they drop) th> chaise fl Gems From Dicliens We must look forward. * * * Moralize as we w ill, the fcvorld goes on. The office is one thing, and private. life Is another. Where's the pood of putting Off? ' Strike :h e iron's hot. Do not a' w a trivial misunder- standing to wither the blossoms of spring. V. ' much to be wished ilufr thera would leave their, alone after marriage. ithfully affectionate against ail dis- ra Kement, and never cease to be so , Jtil you cease to live. ^ om e is the best, after all, and Its .^asures are the most heartily ana "idurlngly prized. motorcar. And who will liv. phone? But let a vital tnri Be given to all in then Prophet and nn - alone. !: lthd!it the tele lat blesses men .ew tongue, and > almost stand g C. Tomllnson Skating On Thin Ice The first few sport season are IH danger to heedless is a good time to i mind* the necessity tlon. r The ha; 1 1 lest aud best-borne trials. are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record. * Conscience is an elastic and ver exible article, which will bear a deal stretching, and adapt itself to a eat variety of circumstances. * * David CoppertHld from Iieud to ot! Calls a house a rookery when ere's not a rook near it, and takes e birds oit trust, because be sees e nests. of the ly fraught -will unp iolk. Now .(ire'ss upon the! of observing cau British Columbia Salmon Five principal varieties of salmon re caught In British Columbian waters sockeye, Spring, Coho, pink and chum. King Winter's Reign Defied! ' Powerful snow plow at work clearing drifts along electric railway between Tliano, Italy, aud St. Morlts, Switzerland. No mutter how det> thn snow, traffic is successfully maintained throughout winter i>n this Alpine line. ,y ! ^There' Is'ifT.. . .- reshness in the sound, calling to our minds a thousand thoughts of all that is pleasant in nature. * * * You have no idea what it is to have anybody wonderfully fond of you, un- less you have been got down andj rolled upon by that lonely feeling. French Detective Finds Way to Remove Tattooing Dr. Locard, the most famous scien^ tific detective in France, has made a hobby for years of tattooing, say a "The Washington Star." Contact with crimincls from all over the world who have come to his laboratory in Lyons has taught Dr. Loeard virtually everything there is to know about the various systems and markings of taN tooers, if not a little more. For he has been able to anncunce recently a cure for tattooing, something hitherto unknowr. Thousands of people have been swindled by fake tattoo remover's j 1 thousands more go through life miser-| able bei-ause they cannot get rid of: ' some objectionable design, bitten deep. ly into the skin. Well, here is what Dr. Locard says to do: First, apply to the tattooed area a concentrated solution of tannin. Then open i ach hole made by the tafc- tooer, and rub each tiny v.>und with a pencil of si'.vor nitrati U::n i.la.^b^JpP tannin. %ithin sixt^nll" hours, according to Dr. \V T" tattoo marks will disappear' .. must be used ii. this metrl ut ' on doctor's advice is necessary !Y* *; tlan two square inches of fle 1 be removed at one time. "Try one of .hese," said the n| - host, pulling out an oblong cedar box.) "They are Dutch, mad from Havana tobacco grown in Java, Mid I venturt 1 to think, not unlike a genuine Corona.* "No thanks," answered the intended' victim. "I once tried 'em in Rotter*! dam. They sell em for a farthing W the Binnenhof, and a headache powde* goes With each smoke." Minard's Liniment aids Sore Feet. I \ T I* N * M ,' r : r ' t i * i I