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The Bishop Murder Case A PH1LO VANCE STORY IIV S. rt. VAN DINK SYNOPSIS A man l;no\rVi ..< ?wk Kildn is .-hut thriuirh tin- lit-iiii I'.v an arrow on the archery ranpe besi-.e the home of Pro- fe^.r Dillard. District .V.tornty Miiikhum is puzzled .md calls in Ph::<> ' . we.-ilthy young bachelor \v\\"t tiflbble.- :n .-olvinc nr'-teric-'. The police :nTe>: Sperlinj*. Kni'in ; rival '.n ;-rch-ry anJ ' .ve, just ar. he is ., his baji. Bclk 1 Dilluril. the ; -..j-'s nirce, i.- also loved i>y Sig- urd Arncssun, a brilliant aiatheirtatJ- ci:i!i and n prnU-jre of the profesor'\ Mrs. Prukkor and her sn Ad...) ' . 7-., :^hU.i>. seem to know something vhii-ii :ht-y fear to tell. Spcrlimr is l-tinc quc^tioiKil hy S,-ri'i ;:.. Heath. He asks if the Umv h.- arrow has been ) ' i'r n h:i- b'.-tn found yet. CHAPTER X.-(ContU) "Sure wu found it." Hi-ath l.-uijrlied .inlly. ' Kifc'ht where you left ;>e alley." "What kind of a Iiow was it?" Sp;-i- JII.K'S P'M had -'"t moved from mo b>tni.i point. "What kind of a bow?" rei^at-.i Heath. "A r*frjlar bow Van.-e, who had been watching the youth civR'ly, interrupted. "I think I understand the ii;u"-tio i, Seijreant. It was n woman's bow, Mr. Spelling. About riVe-f-t-.six. and rather li^ht undev thirty poumK I l-hould ^a\ ." .-'[i:injr dnw a slow, de*p brwa'.li, like a uum steein.K himself for somv bittci resolution. Thn his lips parted in a faint, jcrini smile. "Wh::!'-. the use?" he asked )i>tlcs ]>. "1 thought I'd have time to K:-\. av.nv. . . Ye*, I killed him." H-:.'ii jrrunted with siiti.-fanin-.. nd his bcliipere.it manner at om appeared. 'You pit more s-nsc than I llio,i;:l!l v j had," he .-aid, in an utmost pa- ternal tune, nodding in a bu.-ii.. ii.ar.t.er to 'ho tw.i detectives. "Ta'a 1 him lionjr, boys. I'se my buggy it's 'Ul.-idf. And lock him nj) \vitho-jt b'Kil ng him. I'll 1'ivfer the chary v Ji-n I in- 1 to tli<- office. I'.I.MI- al-'MK, '>"," 'rdered one of 1i deleftivr*, turning toward the hn!!. But Sp<- fling 'lid n ..: at i>nce obey. i lio lookH appealing!? it \ ..d 1 might I " lu i>etfan. hi ail. "Xo, Mr. Spi'i-iing. It would lie '" yij didn't M-I- Mi-" Dill.iril. ' . . :' )-:ii'i-'wiii' her feeling j'.i-'. . . f heerin" The man turned without aitothei v.,id am) \vint "lit betwifii h' k cup 1or. f'HAI'TKK XI.. Wti'i'i. we wcie .-.nairi alone in the drawing* room Yum-i- rose and, stretch- ingllimwlf, wer.t l< the window. The t-ccne that had just been enacted, wi'h >t- ^iir.ling climax, liad left UH all i/iiiew I. at da/.ed. Our minil^ were lin-y, I think, will) the same idea; ami Vain 1 )- poke it wa.x a* if he wei'p \ '.vmK HUP- thi>UKh>". "\Ve'i back in the nurnery, it ' 'I.' said trie Sparrow, 'With my l.o-v and anovs. 1 k-lled f'.K'k Robin. 1 .... "I "ay. Markhani, this i )tettinK r a ) ' thiek." He riuiii- sluw.y bark t<> the cenlre- tiiiilf and eni.-hed out his. cigarette. I-'I-'.IH the cotner nf his eye he li,ok"it Kt Heath. "Wh> o j>en>iie, Si-rt.'i'n'it? Yo i He iinriii(; )'oiind'lnys and do- intr a joyous tarantella. Has not your villain oiifi-.-M'd to th" daik deod? I 1 - it not fill you with jrla<lnos to know that lh< l culprit will soon !:> Iai.i"ii'l.in' in an oublirtu-'.'" I ' !! >.!! the (ruth, Mr. Van.'i , ' Ili:i'h iiilinitterl sullenly,' "I'm nu! tat isfied. That (jonfes.-inn came too easy, and -well, I've seen a lot of puys come liul tliis ,,11,. su mellow didn'' net. like he wai ifuilty. And that's a fa.-t, sir." "At iir.y rat*-,' .-.ubniiUed Markhmn hoi>, -fully, "hi preposterous n.nf:'.-- vi'in will damp the n. 'A >pa pel's' riiri- o !\ ar, ' five s a free field to pu-h our invi"--li|;:itiori. This case i<< jriin;; to nmk an ungoldly noine; hut "\f lontf n the K-prird rs think the jriiilty I" r or jailed, they won't, be hi.ther int.' us for news of 'developments'." Tin n.it sayinjr he ain't guilty," n- i i te.| Heath pugnaciously, olniou'ly ni'KuiriK nKaiiist his .wn ronvlction?. ''We certainly had Die K""(N on i.ini, and he miKhta nnli/ed it ami spillei". the work?, thinking it would go ra>-i. ' with him at the trial. Mayh" lie' imi no dumb nftc-r all." "It v.i, n't do. Servant," saiil Vance. "The lad's mental wirkin's were deiu-- >dly simplo. He, knew R.bin wa ; waiting to see Minn Dillard, nrd ho aNo knew, she'd non-suited him, so to *|>eak, last ni^hl. SperlinfiT evidently didn't, have n high opinion of Robin; and when ho heard of the Kntleman'.s death .1 UK- hands of some one wlvi wielded ;. Rhort, li(tht bow, he jumped to the conclusion that Robin had ovi stepped Hie bounds of propriety in his wooing, and received a righteous shaft through tho heart. There wa* then nothing for our noble, mid-Victorian sparrow to do hut xlap hia own manly bosom and proclaim; 'Ecce homo!' , . It's nuis' distressin'." "Well, anyhow," jn - umble<l Heath, "I'm not poinp to turn him loose. If Mr. Mnrkhnm don't want to prosecute, that's up to him." Mark.iani looked at the Sergeant tolerantly. He realized the strain the man was i.nder, and it was in keeping with hi^i bigness of nature that ho took no offence at the other's words. "Perhaj s, however, Sergeant," he said Kindly, "you'll not object to w:i- tinuing the investigation with nu k , even if I don't decide to pros-.'cu'e Sperling." Heath was at once contrite. He pit up briskly and, going to Markhani, held out his hand. "Y"U .\ v jt t sir!" Markhani took the offered hnnd, and rose with a gracious smile. "I'll lei.ve things with you, then, for the tint.- being. I've got some work to do at the office, and I told Swack*-.- to wait for me." He moved dispirit- edly toward the hall. "I'll explain the situation to Miss Dillard and the pro- fessor before I go. Anything speeini in mind, Sergeant?" "Well, sir, I think I'll take n go-jd look for that rag that was used to wipt up the floor downstairs. And while I'm at it I'll go over the archery room with a fine-tooth comb. Also, I'll put the screws on the cook ami the butler again especially the cook. She imista been mighty close at hand when the dirty work was going on Then the regular routine stuff in- (]uiries in the neighborhood and that sorta thing." "L*t me know the results. I'll lie at the Stuyvesant Club later to-d'iy and to-morrow afternoon." Vaiu-e had joined Markham in the archway. "1 say. old man," he remarked, r . s ve went toward the sairs; "don't min- mi/.e tlu- importance of that crypt'c note left in the mail-box. I've a strong psychk- suspicion that it may be thi? key to the nursery. You'd better a^k I'l-^f.-s..!' Dillard and his niece if 'Bitfhop' has any. jirovocativc sinnili- carice for them. That diocesan siyna ture ha-, a nieaninj;." "I'm not so surf," returned Marl - .i'iously. "It appears utti-rl, mpBbgiMfe to me. Hut IT! follow your suggestion. " Neither th.- profis-or nor Mi.-s Pi! i:iu', h'.wevi r, could recall any p.'i- soiul a.ssoci.uinn with the word '!'i.-h- op'; and th" professor win inc'ini 1 to ri/ree \vitr Markham that th .-. I- w:i- witho'il any significant I'er'.nn* on the case. "It strikes me," he said, "a.s a piece of juvenile melodrama. It isn't likely that the person who killed Robin would adojit a_vague psucdonym and wrife )iote> about his crime. I'm not ac<|iiarntfd with criminals, but sucii conduct doesn't impress me as logical." "Hut the crime itself was illogical," ventured aVnro pleasantly. "in,- can't s|teak of a thing being illogical, sir," returned the professor tartly, -xyhen <.ne is ignorant of the] very pren'iises nf a ?yllogiMn." "Exactly." Vance's tone wa- st.i- diously courteous. "Therefore, the 1 note it^lf may not be without logic." Markhani tactfully changed tiie fub- ' ject. "Wh::t I came particularly to tell 1 you, professor, is that Mr. Sperling called a short, time ago and, when in- formed of Mr. Hobln's death, confe's- cd to having doi-.e it himself " "Raymond confev ::.< I '." gasped Mis^ Dillard. M.-'.rkhaiu looked at the girl symp-i- thetically. "'J\i \,i- quite frank, I didn't believ? Mr. Sperling. Som mistaken idea ol chivalry undoubtedly led him to ad- mit the crime." "Chivalry".'" she repeated, leaning foiuard tensclj. "What exactly do you mean by that, Mr. Markham?" It was Vance who answered. "The bow that, was found on th" ranue was a woman's bow." "Oh!" The -irl covered her fac" with her hands, and her body shoo',. with sons. Professor Dillard regarded her hclp- le-~!\ ; and his impotency took the form of irritation. "What flummery is this, Mark- ham?" he demanded. "Any arclu-r can shoot with n woman's how. Thai un iilterublo yomiK Idiot! Why should he. make Helle miserable by his prepos- terous confession'.' . . . Markham, my friend, do what you can for the boy." Markiiam gave his assurance, and we rose to go "Hy the by, Professor Dillard," said Vance, pausini; at the door; "I trust you won't misunderstand me, 1m! there'K a burn possibility that It was some one with access to this house who indulged in the practical joke of typ- ing thai note. Is there, by any elmnce, a typewriter on the premises?" It wa.- patent thai the profess-., repented Vance'* question, but he an s we red ci\illy enough. "N". nor has there ever been on-' to my know-ledge. 1 threw my own machine away ten years ago when I left the, university An agency doi-s whatever typing 1 need." "And Mr. Arnesson?' 1 "lie lever uss a typewriter." (To be continued.) What New York Mongrels Possess Is Wearing II Y ANNABKLLE WOBTH1NGTOM Illustrutcil Furninheil With y l,cfx.i I'tittcrn Keenest Brains Such delicacy o flavour is not found in other teas In Fiance Dogs Are Bred for j Mental Powers Regard- less of Looks 3441 A charmingly slender crepy pat- terned wool bolero frock belts i* waistline at normal. The pin tuck- ed shoulder's provide a nice little fulness across the bust and at same time are decorative as well. The MIUJJ lit of the hipline is made more prominent through the deep pointed outline of the skirt which ha? a tendency to lengthen the silhouette. It is a splendid dress for all-day occasion wear. Style No. :t441 comes in siies li>, 18 .years, :!, :t, 40; 42, 44 and 40 inches bust. The .'Hi-inch si/.e requires :i-\ yds. of Mil-inch material with s yd. of 3!l-inch contracting. It is very smart for afternoons in flat crepe silk in black or in the new lighter shades now so fashion- able beneath the fur wrap. Canton crepe, crepe niarucain and ^oi'uette crepe also appropriate. IIOW TO UltDKR PATTERNS Write y.ur name and address plainly, giving number and size nf such iNittoiiis at you 1 want. Enclosa li()c in stamps or coin (coin prefer- red; wrap it carefully) fur each nunilie., and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 7:t West Adelaide St., Toronto. My Neighbor Her sieps -eem always newly gcnrb- bed: Her children's frock* Just freshly tubbed. s' Tor tea are feather-light And seived on cloths of snowy white. Old brans gleams in the flreliKht'i) glow Her hearth' Is spotless, too, I know. Vet she finds time to laugh, and play; To gather flowers, and make home And so I pray: "Lord, bless my neigh- bor, Who know tho dlmiity of labor." Helen Cameron Or^hnm In "The New Outlook." Trees in Winter I think Ihi- trees, with all their leaves away, Look like aued people, Wrinkled, w ithereil, AMVV. The mapli 's all old lady, by tier dainty grace, The i-liesiniit, slroni; and gnarleil. a man's lined I'aef. Tlii> elm tree's a Kraiidmiither, In a ihawl, Tho oak stands up, Kmnilfailier-llke, Krect and tall. But trees iir only old until tlin spriiiK, Then tiiej'll put un jjr,-,-n clothes to dance and i-lni;. Klorenee yVcMacott In "The New- Outlook." Care of Sink Have you one, ->t those old Iron sinks in your kitchen? Of course it is an "eyesore" to you, hut why not Rive It tho name care you would n \\bilo porci-lain sink? Kvery time, you use It, thoroughly \\a-h I' with hot ?onpsuds, then rinse well mill dry. About twice a month rub It wi'h u i -lean cloth ilippcd in line machine oil. With Hiich care your sink will ha.'- 1 a polish and liu quito us smooth as p.ocelaln sink. ~ ISSUE No75~-^3i~ sfil ironi Tho American Weekly, November 9th, 1U3')) In the news it is not the u'oble looking thoroughbred dog, but the mongrel -with no aristocratic pecli- l?ree, that sot. mis thu fire alarm, drlres uway the burslurs, or rescues the baby from drowning. On the stage It is n> ver the hand- some winner of the blue ribbon at the dog show, but plain "Mr. Mutt," of unknown ancestry, who stars In all tho clever tricks. Only on the where (lie director's patience and intelligence count for more than the dog's, is the blue-blooded canine aristocrat of any use at all. The reason is this the pedigreed dog has the points that catch the; eye, the mongrel has almo.it a mono- poly on intelligence. The cause, ac- cording to Dr. William J. Lentz, direc- tor of the Small Animal Hospital con- nected with the University of Penny- gylranla, and George E. Roberts, who has &i>enf fifty of his sixty years training dogs and other animals for the stage, Is that dog breeders are doing man's faithful friend a cruel Injustice making a beautiful but stupid animal out of a creature with almost human lutelllgence. Kor more than teu thousand years tho human race has been breeding its partner and associate, the canine race, for intelligence and character, rather than beauty. The cave-uian did not care how his dog carried its eitr< as long as there was brain en- ough between the ears to understand the job of guarding the cave and hunting. The pup that was slow to learn was cooked and eaten, regard- less of whether it had "cute" ears and a "K.-IV'' tail:. As a result o this careful selection through the agf^, the average dog of about a century ai?o had evolved a brain with convolutions on it quite similar to those of Its master. Just about that time dog breeding began on a large scale, and Dr. Len;z believes tiiat had the breeders bred for brain we would have dogs to-day that 'could not only be intelli- gent servants and assistant police de- tectives, hut he able to talk, though! nor by sp.-.-,h. because their vocal, apiiar.il us Is unadaptable ><> artlcu-l til, it ion. Imteail of performing this vain- , ab!,' "] vice, ilog fanciers bred exclu- 1 MV.-'V fur appruranci-, a. beautiful coat, lonu or shorl legs, shape of head and hew ear 'ami tail were car- ried. Ofu-n as not they did not b:> .-ii tor beauty, but rather tile re- verse, prndiiein^ smli monstrosities a- srrnc or the bulldogs and the hide- nii< .i^'hmatiu pug. All the time brains \\.-:-o neglected so thoroughly that It amounted to brooding ant in- telllia-nef. except In a few varieties like the hunting dog--, the St. Bern- ards and tho Newfoundlands breeds that still had wjrk to do. It does not take long to breed the smartness from the inside of its head to the outside of a doer's body. Hard- ly more than twenty-five years ago the colllp, one of the most popular dogs In the world, was famed for its liii-Mi intelligence. Then the effects tit brooding for points began to show. The old style collie that made the name famous had a head wide en- ough for n sizeable brain with ample room for convolution.-.. The new style, for some perverse reason, call- j ed for n head so narrow as to al- most suggest a pickerel, and the breeders got It at the .expense of brains. It Is now in the mongrel collie that one finds tlir famous collie Intelligence. An oven quicker example ,>f ev tingnlshint; ix dog's intelligence In favor of its points is the ca=(> o' the tierman shepherd or police dop. The animal won Its fame originally be- cause of Its remarkable mind, so height that. It was possible to teach the creature to perform the most as- tonishing services as a policeman's assistant. The original brain that could do . these things was big uiul had to be encased In a roomy brain- linx much too wide for some p. '"pi. '.< id?as of beauty. In Kuropo, wliern they still employ the dog for nsot't.l purposes, they ill hro.'il that wider head, but in ill-; rnitt'il States In-.', der-i have ro-- h ntlessly narrowed its skull, until ii-i.v the once smart animal is be- coming an unemployable ca:i::i'- moron, like the Russian wolfhound, I'm fnshioi'.ablo Borzoi and the grey- liDini'l, which for sizo get along with :!i.- minimum of brains. (iiistavo Midland, In Franco, start- ed in to breed clogs for Midi- mental powers regardless of looks. AlthoiiKh nimble t'< complete his experiments, he o'iMinrd such startling results in a I'QW .r. n inn RencraMons that. Dr. Lentz beliov.'-i super-dogs' could be easily produced, but that it would longer than any one man's llf,-. The stork from which theao four- f.i'Med t'n tu I'D canine Kinsteins are to come will iievor be found on any show h.MU'li, but among tho sfny i nml "yallor" dogs who havo boo'i ! t'liii.ht un navlor tricks, but have . I-M'i ed. 'bomselves, i!-.c m )i'<? dif- i'. oil ont>s .r cri!;ei\ln;ir n living ft om | ley-:, pitr.-hev and avrilniR the iloi;- '.'.ill'V. | '''peilc.M of iv (-0 h'-rses jvi'l '.:> | i ni ,| only n'i > 'l.:i',' speed; '>\il i'n'V soon fmnd ln.it ,1 stupij luii'se was uut nuiuli g'jj : in a racy, even oi 01 ( Fresh from the gardens' If ha had ;he less So they bred f'" 1 brains as well as legs and win,!, ritu !l;e i-'-itilt Hint beauty was Incident- ally thrown in, tiio beau!y that goes with perfection. few would d'.spute that a thorougbbied race .horae is at least as 'good to look at 'as any- thing in a dog show. The horse ia not naturally as intelligent an niji- mal as the dog, but the thorough- bred racing equine is the brightest of its kind, as the dog thoroughbred is the dullest. Mr. Robert, the dog trainer, gets high prices for some of the stage dogs he breeds, and to look at many of tiif-m one would think he was get- ting something for nothing. But he mid his customers know better. They are dealing iii brains, a scarce and high-priced commodity. Tlie most precious x'rain of brainy blood in bis kennels came from little Beaucoup, for which he paid not a cent. Bp.iucoup was a hungry little mougrel who attached herself to a circus, probably because she was suf- ficiently intelligent to know a good master when she saw one. At any rate, Robert found her a faithful and devoted friend. That hungry little tramp founded a royal dynasty of the stage. Her sons, daughters and grandchildren have beconia stage stars, and she has started a new sort of pe-lisree, one that really means something, a pedigree of brains. So, like Gustavo Alichaiul, George Robert is putting back the brains which the fanciers hare taken out of dogdom, and he is getting well paid for It. A dog may be bright and quick, understanding its master's orders and foreseeing them, but still not be using reason but only memory and intuition. Dr. hentz gives an example of real discretion and rea- -iiiiiiu on the part of a Germm shep- herd or police dog. "On the occasion of my lirst visit to a certain friend's home," lie said, "the dog made me his friend. Per- h;ip* :: was liU instiuct that told him I was not an undesirable persoii, and he was not only willing that 1 should route to the house, but on my arrival each time lie would come to meet me, as a sort of welcoming gesture on behalf >( liis niaste/. "But my friend one evening put the dog to the reasoning test, and to ray mind h* made good. \\V were alone In a room smoking, and the dog was lying on the door, ;.p- parently contented. Being reared in (Jfnminy, the dog understood Ger- man, and my friend addressed him in that language, saying: "'I am soiug out of the room, and while I am gone I want you to keep your rye on this man,' Indicating me. 'Don't let him leave until. 1 get back. Watch him all the time I am gone.' He then left the room and the dog and I ivmained alone. This dog had been niy friend, but as soon as his master left the room, the shep- herd's eyes were upon me. Bigger and blpger they grew, his muscles be- came tense. "Just for a test, I moved In my | chair and looked toward tha door. j The dog was on his feet in a minute and ready to spring. 1 am convinc- ed that he would have done at> it I had started for the door. "A moment later m? host returned, and afcain spoke to the dog in Ger- man, sayins tliat lie had been mis- taken, -that I was ail right that there was no further used for watch- ing. Immediately the dog again be- came my warm friend, and h<5 has since remained so." "Magazine Di- gest." Dickens and Kipling Head Book Sale List New Vork Dickens, Kipliii!,' and Stevensou items topped values at tli dispersal sale of the library of an anonymous New York collector at the American Art Association-Ander- son Galleries here on Jan. 7. The collection was important chiefly for its modern first editions. Two hund- red and twenty items brought 3'JO,- 791. The highest price was pail 'fir a set of the 10 variant issues nt Uiek- t ns's Christmas hooks, (London, 1S43- S), which sold for 11300. Nex: in value was- Kipling's "Departmental Ditties and Other Verses" (Lahore, 1&S6), In the ordinal wrappers, bought for ?S75. Tlie collection v.a. rieh ii: B^rrie it^m<, although the prices were rela- tively insignificant, the best value be- ing "Scotland's Lament" (London, 1S95) a four-leaf pamphlet, of w!iich only 12 copies were printed which went to tho Brick Row Book Shop fur .*340. Blii vinoor's "l.orna Doone" (London, 1S6&) sold ;V.r IS23. Kipling's "Jnimle Books" (London, j 1894..-0 fetched $310, and his "Letters of Marque" i.Ailaaabad. 1S91). ?J9rt. One of the choi.-e<'. Items a' the -alp -,\;n Stevnnsoii'i "TIu 1 !V-::-'.i:iil Kisini;." (Kdlubiirgl). 1S661 a pam- phlet which has the distinction of being the author's first bock. It brought $sno. The =amo dor.ier paid $S"0 for the Steven'or woodcuts, "Tlie Graver and th* Pen," $800 for "New Arabian Nights" (London, 1 >>:'. and ^BLT) for "Treasure Island" t London, ISSII). "A Child's , Garden of \Vrvs" (London, 1SS.V 1 . auto- graphed, Ill-ought $430. "British Made" Times Trade Supplenient: If i; is no longer sniivor.sally :ru^ iu all branches of industry that 'British' 1 and "best'' are synonymous terms, "British made" i< >till regarded In most parts of the worlii as a recom- mendation of intrinsic value, nor is there any substantial evidence that the reputation of British makers for yood quality is waning. The general complaint against British merchan- dise is not that its quality :! defici- ent, but that its price is too high, which in quite another story. Sometimes a word to the w!(e sufficient to start something. FEEL MEAN? Don't be helpless when you suddenly get a headache. Roach in your pocket for immediate relief. If you haven't any Aspirin with you, get some at the first drugstore you come to. Take a tablet or two and be rid of the pain. Take promptly. Nothing is gained by waiting to see if the pain will leave of its own accord. It may grow worse! \Vhy postpone relief? There are many times when Aspirin tablets will "save the day." They will always ease a throbbing head. Quiet a grum- bling tooth. Relieve nagging pains of neuralgia or neuritis. Or check a sudden cold. Even rheumatism has lost its terrors for those who have learned to depend on these tablets. Gargle with Aspirin tablets at the first suspicion of sore throat, and reduce the infection. Look for Aspirin on the boK and the word Genuine in red. Genuine Aspirin tablets do not depress the heart. ASPIRIN TRAOE-MAftK REQ. Made In 0ut<l