PA'GE FOUR
MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUITE. MTCDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, &PRIL 19, 1933.
TIicWImIc Cockatoo
by Slignon C. Eberhart
. .orai8: Bue XaUVe fright
r.ntl cry at the door of hi French
hotel room etartsd i' all Jim Hun
dean learned the iuet had eeeaped
an abductor. When he teem to the
lobby tor her key ehe disappeared
and, returning, he etumbled over
a murdered man In hie corridor.
Then he goee into the court to
eearch tor the murderer, whom he
tuepecte to be Lovechiem. manager
of the hotel and te thot at five
timee. The murdered man eeeme to
have been etabbed with the eword
from the figure on a huge clook in
Bundean'e room ; the French police
demand that he hold hlmeelt ready
ior investigation. Juet then there
i a commotion down the hall.
Furioue, Bundean vroteett thie final
affront.
Chapter U
THE APPARITION
"CHI" uld Bus Tally. "Don't an-
J tagonlza them." Voices anil the
commotion corered her whisper.
"They are inclined to look faror
ably upon you because you told ot
the clock sword, although one o(
them thinks It may have been a
rery clerer ruse on your part to
Induce that very effect. But they
re still doubtful. You must be care
tuL I know France better than you."
"... torn from my bed and
dragged along icy corridors. 1 want
n explanation ot this remarkable
conduct. Madame, what does this
mean?"
The bundle ot shawls was Mrs.
Byng, and the cabbage proved to be
large lace cap, pulled over her
hair, which had grown curiously
knobby, and down to her thick
black eyebrows. Uer nose looked
more than ordinarily bellicose, her
voice dominated and drowned all
other speech, and she was clearly
In a frame ot mind that brooked no
liberties.
The dark little maid halt stran
gled on a sob. Father Robart was a
tall, noncommittal black clothespin
with a flaming red beard, and Mrs.
Byng shouted: "In my night
slothes. Torn from my bed In my
night clothes. What are these men
doing here?"
I wondered fleetlngly whether
he made it a habit to sleep In five
or sis brown woolen shawls and
thought It possible, and Madame
Lovschlem said sharplyi
"It Is the police, madams."
The young officer who spoke Eng.
Ush was at her side, taking her by
the arm. Be turned her around fac
ing the corridor. Inexplicably she
bad failed to see the huddle that
still lay there perhaps her be
eapod escort had shielded it from
her eyes. Now, however, the light
(ell strongly upon It.
Well, it was bad enough. I felt a
little sick when 1 looked at It my
self, and wondered why they didn't
romove it. But it had a startling ef
fect upon Mrs. Byng.
Suddenly she gave a choking
shriek, turned, two long white flan
nel arms shot out from the shawls
and clasped the commlssalre tight
ly around the neck, and she col
lapsed on his reluctant chest.
1 rather liked It. I had an idiotic
desire to look at him sternly and
ay: "Hal There will be Inquiry.
Investigations."
"You'd better get her to lie
down," said Sue.
"Not on my bed!" I Interjected,
nd Bus walked over to the shawls.
Somehow they got Mrs. Byng Into
the oortldor with Marcel and the
young officer assisting her progress,
and Madame Lovschlem and Sue
jbrlnging jip the rear, and the little
jmatd running for hot water, and
Mrs. Byng herself emitting faint
shrieks.
THE commlssalre touched his
forehead with his handkerchief,
looked decidedly less pompous, and
to me, at least, Mrs. Byng Justified
sr existence, for he seemed In a
sudden mood to cut the present In
quiry short
He asked the priest number of
short questions, to which Father
Sobart replied Imperturbably and
with apparent satisfaction to every
one, and a small man In civilian
clothes (a doctor evidently) ap
peared from somewhere and made
a brief examination ot the body. It
was then removed, and before 1
could quite credit my good luck
they were all leaving.
No, not quite all, for as I turned
Into my room with a sigh Marcel,
who had appeared from somewhere
while the others were leaving, rose
from poking the tire.
"I will go now," he said. "Is
there anything Monsieur wishes?"
"No, Marcel. Only sleep and the
rest of the night In peace. But wait
who took the dagger from the
dead man's chest and put It up
there on the clock again?"
His shining black eyes were a
bright Impenetrable shield to the
knowledge 1 knew he must have.
! do not know, monsieur," he
uld In his politest manner.
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But as he reached the door he
turned and looked soberly at me.
"Monsieur," he said slowly, "Is
a brave but a very foolish man."
With which comforting reflection
he left me alone.
Alone, I thought wearily, at last.
I hoped most heartily there would
be no more Intruders. To make sure
of It I went to the door. But Sue
had been right; there was no key
and no bolt. I moved the table
against the door In such a manner
that anyone trying to enter would
immediately wake me.
I must have gone straight to sleep
from rery weariness. Onca I woke
with an Immediate recollection of
where I was and what bad hap
pened, and the Impression that
there was sound like sobbing
somewhere In that deserted wing.
But I mnst have sunk back Into
sleep at once, for In the morning
it was only a faint recollection.
The morning was cold and the
wind was still blowing. I woke late,
and when I rang for coffee and Mar
eel brought It I asked him what
bad been done.
"Nothing, monsieur," he said. He
looked tired and hollow-eyed but
his eyes were still excited. "The po
lice were here again but bare gone.
They are making Inquiry.1'
That was a curious day.
Only Lorschlem was about when
I went downstairs Lovschlem and
his white cockatoo. The cockatoo
greeted me with a cluck and looked
with Interest at the cigarette in my
hand, and Lovschlem said good
mo. nlng unctuously and was I go
ing for a walk. He made It clear at
once that, to him at least, our some
what strained relation ot the previ
ous night was a thing forgotten.
"A little fresh air," I said. "Is
there any news?"
THERE) was, he said, no news.
He looked bad In the clear
morning light: dark and liverish;
but he was still suave.
"Did yon have a good sleep?" he
asked too pleasantly and with an
oily effect of rubbing his bands to
gether which In actuality he was
not doing at all, one hand being en
gaged in stroking the white neck ot
the cockatoo..
FuccI was watching my hand
with his head on one side and ap
peared to be meditating as to the
taste and blteable qualities ot
cigarettes, 1 drew my hand away
and replied shortly and honestly
that 1 had slept very well, upon
which Lovschlem looked Incon
sistently disappointed.
"Americans, he said, forgetting
for the moment his own claims,
"are like the British. You are
phlegmatic You have no nerves.
You would not believe how ner
vous I become. 1 did not sleep at
all I could not."
1 thought but did not say that bad
consciences had been known to
have that effect and walked out.
The little town was strange to
me, but I did not feel like explor
ing It. Instead I followed the road
to the bridge, walked half across
It, found spot sheltered from the
wind and stood there, leaning
against the railing and watching
the water flowing below, or look
ing at the white, clean-swept old
place, with Its stretch of white wall
that the Romans had built, and Its
close-huddled peaks and red roots,
and 1 smoked and tried to think out
the grisly putzle ot the night.
After a while I walked some, but
thoughtfully and without noting
anything In particular, and It was
not until about lunch time when I
turned again into the hotel that 1
happened to look around and dis
cover a blue-caped figure at a dis
creet distance. I did not know or
care how long he. had been follow
ing me, but I must soy It gave me
rather chilly sensation up my spine.
And the edge ot my appetite was
a little dulled when 1 discovered
that during my absence my room
and my bags had been thoroughly
searched, and that with no attempt
at concealment, which eould only
mean the police.
I ate alone In the chilly dining
room with Marcel serving me
really excellent lunch. Father Ro
bart had apparently eaten early, tor
his table bad been cleared. Mrs.
Byng and Sue Tally did not appear.
I lingered for some time In a not
unnatural wish to see her again. '
She played so large and Important
a part In the train ot surmise and
suriJsltton that had set Itself go
ing In my mind that I wanted very
much to sea her, and that In the
cool and logical and nnemotlonal
light of day.
It was not, however, until toward
evening that I saw her again, and
then she was with David Lorn, and
they were talking.
(Cowrtght. tut. ktlgnon O. Sberhart)
Monday. David Lorn takat up his
rola In thla clnlstar drama.
The law, different from the new tu
ltlon law, arbitrarily set amounts
paid to district for educating non
school district students, the opinion
stated, rather than apportioning the
cost.
Tbs lower court, In a decree by
Judge H. P. Norton held the law un
constitutional. The opinion by Jus
tics Harry Belt affirmed the a scree.
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means of stimulating business reviv
al, was urged at a meeting here to
day of agricultural representatives of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Support was pledged to President
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inate "wasteful competition" among
railroads.
Representatives of grain growers.
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O., April 24, to determine whether
freight rates on basic commodities
are excessive.
A further reduction on wheat and
livestock rates of 35 per cent below
that which the commission found
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