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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL" 20, "1933.
TIacWIiile Cockatoo
by Mignon C. Ebcrhort
BYNUPxm: Jtm ttuttacan etuni
bte over a murdered man in the
corridor ot hie hotel in a little
French town. The murderer might
be Sue Tatty Loveclitem. manaaer
ot the hotel tladame Lovechiem.
the man Amount oe father Hobart
or eome one else. But tneon
venientlv the French police believe
the murderer ie Sundean. and
shadow him eontinuoaslu. Suit
dezn want vera much to talk with
Sue, but find her alwave in the
eompanv of a newcomer. David
Lorn.
Chapter It
MYSTERI0U8 MR. LORN
DAVID LORN arrived during the
afternoon. Pecause I folt restless
and tired ot the enforced Inactivity.
I watched Lorn's entrance and reg
istration and bis subsequent prog
ress through the lounge in Marcel's
active convoy with more Interest
than I should have otherwise given
bJm.
. I had, of course, no premonition
that he was to become such an active
and Important figure In the really
hideous affair which, had we but
known It, had only begun. '
He was, however, not a man who
; would have commanded ordinarily
any attention. He was medium tall,
medium slender, his hair was me
dium brown, his face Just a face, and
his clothes ordinary traveling
tweeds.
His chin was perhaps a little
uiydeit lor genius i..
the affair although 1 don't knot
ust how I could have kept out of li
for coming to Armene at all, foi
staying at the hotel, for having
promised to meet Jack there, for be
Ing early at the place, tor planning a
holiday In Spain, and for a number
ot other equally Irrelevant affairs,
roused at last to the fact that 1 was
letting the silence make me nervous.
A walk In the wind would clear
my head.
It was as I turned from the north
corridor into the main hall of the
middle part of the hotel that I finally
saw Sue Tally.
She was standing In a sort ot re
cess. The man Lorn was with her,
and tbey were talking very low and
so earnestly that they did not ap
pear to see me at all. Yet, In spite of
their being so unguarded as not to
see my passing, I had an Impression
that they did not wish to be seen to
gether. It was undoubtedly Sue; and
her balr was as soft and bright and
her face as sweet as I remembered
It from the previous night.
I GOT to the lounge. In the lobby
there were two policemen, again.
Madame Gretbe was there, and Lov
schlem, looking, somehow, smug.
One of the policemen approached
me and tapped my shoulder, and
Lorn was a "medium" sort of man.
mailer than bis nose and forehead
promised. And It seemed to me that
his darkish eyes were rather guard
ed, seeing more than they appeared
to see. Then he disappeared Into
the tiny lift, and I rose and strolled
to the lobby and looked at the reg-
lstcr.
Madame Lovschlem, Imperturba
ble and rather nice-looking In s
tight-fitting green gown with sway.
Ing gold hoops at her cars, was at
the desk and watched me look at the
register.
The' cockatoo watched too,, and I
was as conscious of his knowing
yes as of Madame s, which were as
Trie.
The newcomer's name was below
ml oo on the otherwise clean page.
It was David Lorn, and the place ot
residence was New York, which told
me exactly nothing except that, pre
sumably, here was another Ameri
can. It Is strange, now that It Is
over, to think ot that handful ot
Americans, synthetic and real, set
down in the old hotel In Armene, all
ot us drawn into the mad and dread
ful struggle that centered around
Sue Tally and was until the very
last so ruthless. In Ha terrible ad
vance and yet so grimly Inexplicable.
' My own part in it was sheer acci
dent. So was Marcel's poor little
Marcel. Yet none ot us could escape.
RTADAMB, I think, would have
" talked, but I had no wish to.
My day's thought had come to very
little except the bare conclusion
that I could do nothing then but
await developments. 1 saw no one
la the corridors. I heard no one as I
went to my room. I knew that Mrs.
Byng and the red-bearded priest
and Marcel and the cook and the
maid were about somewhere, but for
all I saw ot anyone but Marcel they
might have been dead and burlod.
Even Lovschlem had luoxpllcably
vanished.
1 tried to sleep, there In my own
room, but succeeded only In staring
Into the fire, which Marcel had
thoughtfully kept going, and smok
ing Innumerable cigarettes.
then suddenly another one was at
my elbow and was gripping It rather
firmly. They were saying something
In French to mo, and tlion Lovschlem
undertook to Interpret
"What a mlsfortunel What a mis.
fortune!" he said. "They wish
oh, most mistakenly but they In
sist upon arresting monsieur. They
are taking you away at once."
'There Isn't enough evldonce," 1
cried sharply. "You can't arrost me.
This Is absurd."
The police tightened their grip,
and Lovschlem, rubbing his hands,
said softly:
"Ah, what bad luck! You see, mon
sieur, there Is new evldonce against
you." '
My reception in a French Jail was
not at all what I might have ex
pected. I was Inclined to suspect
that. It being at tbe hour when the
Frenchman feels a need to repair to
a cafe, the entire machinery neces
Bary properly and formally to enter
a prisoner was not, for the moment,
on hand. Owing to my hazy knowl
edge of Froncb and to the unexpect
ed turn tbe situation was so soon to
take, I never did discover what the
real and formal procedure consti
tuted. As it was, I was simply searched,
fingerprinted, and led to a cold little,
room, locked In, and then through
the grating asked politely to remain
there, which seemed a redundancy.
Lovschlem had blandly refused to
tell me what the new evldonoa was.
and while the gendarmes who ar
rested ma did enough talking, the
only word I was suro I understood
was out, which Is unmistakable.
I did manage to drag up the words
tor paper and Ink from some faint
achoolday memory, both ot which
they brought me. Thus 1 spent my
first hour in a French Jail composing
somewhat feverish telegrams to the
United States consul In Paris, and
tot Jack.
The telegrams, however, were
never sent
(Copyright. 19SS, Jlfpncm O. Bberhart)
David Lorn, tomorrow, tikei an
unsxpoctod Interest In procoedlngs.
T
FOR PRESBYTERY
, PORTLAND, Ore., April 30, (AP)
Unless unexpected financial Rid be
comes available the Oregon Presbetery
will aend no commissioners to Vie
genera assembly of the Presbyterian
churches to be held In Columbus,
Ohio, next month.
This decision was reached at a
meeting here of representatives from
Presbyterian churches In northwest
Oregon.
The Oregon Churchmen voted to
encourage a change In the constitu
tion of the chiti-cft at large provid
ing for a general assembly every two
years Instead of every year, and to
reduce the aggregate delegation from
1.000 to 600.
The Rev. p. O. Scherer was elected
moderator, succeeding the Rev. W.
L. KlUtan. The Rev. Charles T. Hurd
was elected state clerk -treasurer, and
the Rev. H. Edgar was named perma
nent clerk for a three-year term. All
'are from Portland.
PPERMILMT
GUM YOU CAN OUY
Air passenger business gained 32
per cent and mileage flown, nine per
cent,- on the route of tbe United
Air Lines in tfte first quarter of
1933, as compared to the same period
of last year. It was announced today
by P. a. Johnson, president, of the
air transport firm.
Passenger 0y January, February
and March totaled 16,855, as com
pared to 12.966 'In the same months
of 1932. Miles flown totaled 3,162,-
552, as compared to 2,883,252. The
average passenger flight also gained
in length. While air mall showed a
decrease In common with other class
es of mall, substantial gains were
registered by air express which Is
handler by United Air Lines and Its
pick-up and delivery affiliate, the
air express division of the railway,
express agency.
I
BEND, Ore., April 20. (AP)
"Brownie," a year-old police dog, died
In a fire which destroyed a residence
here today but before he met death,
firemen said, the faithful animal
saved the life of his master, Harry
M. Robinson.
Half suffocated by smoke, Robin
son, the sole occupant of the building
was awakened when the dog, bark
ing loudly, Jumped on the bed. Rob
inson found the living room aflame.
Fire was lashing his sleeping quar
ters. He tried to csrry the dog through,
the flaming room to the door but
the animal broke away and bid un
der the bed. Firemen recovered hisi
charred body. "
Mining methods are being taught
In a model mine constructed beneath
Berlin streets.
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