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MEBFOTTO MAIL T71TBUHT5, MT5DFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1933.
TTiWIiile Cockatoo
by Mignoa C. Eberhart
SYNOPSIS: From a halt dozen
tuevecte who might have commit
ted the murder, the French notice
ptek Jim Bundean. Bundean not
only ie innocent; he wfll ehot at
Jive timee by the murderer. But the
neide ot a cold French iall it a
bad place to conduct a fight tor
freedom, and when David Lorn, a
stranger, arrivee with a note of
Introduction from Eve Tally, Bun
dean is overjoyed. Lorn eaye the
police have learned the murdered
man wae Rueaian and that Bundean
recently hoe been in ltoecow.
Chapter IE
MR. LORN'S THEORY
"ITELL, two people can be In the
"same country without barm,
can't they?"
"Why, don't you see, my friend,
that there's an obvious connection
A connection, at least. In the eye ol
the police. And yon can't blame
them much; they're had some
trouble with Communistic fends
lately."
"Oh. good Qod! It's" I was fu
tile and raging at my futility. "Of
all the damned, dumb, asinine why,
it's preposterous! It's stark raving
oraiy! It's"
"No doubt," ho said, watching me.
"But that's what they think."
"Ton say ou think there Is some
thing you do? What Is It?"
"I donV Jw how It's going to
come out Don't expect too much.
But I suggested that they hold a
post-mortem."
"What do you mean?".
"I'm not sure I mean anything;
I'm pinning my faith to the sixth
bullet Why wasn't It fired at you?
Had It already been fired?"
"You moan you think the fellow
was not killed by stabbing? That be
was shot?"
"Perhaps."
"But that's why, that's out ot the
question. Lorn I The doctor and the
polio would see that at once.
There'd be no possible way ot hid
ing it"
"Only one. I've looked at the dag
ger: it's barely possible that It made
a ' lagged wound. One tbat might
conceal" . . '
"A bullet bole?" My private opin
ion was tbat the man was mad. His
Intentions might be good, but be
was undoubtedly poor-wltted. "Do
yon mean to say that it Is possible
that the murderer first shot the man 1
through the heart and then that's
preposterous!"
"And then Inserted the dagger
exactly through the bullet hole. You
look Incredulous, Mr. Sundean. But
we may be dealing with an excep
tional criminal. One never knows.
The murderer may be one who cal
culates every chance; one of bis ad
vantages would be the fact that he
Is not In" a city Also all papers of
identification were removed from
the dead man. Thus, naturally, the
pressure ot effort to discover the
murderer Is not as great as It would
he If the murdered man were known
to be, tor Instance a peraon of Im
portance." "It's great enough," I said bitterly.
"Do you mean tbat the removal of
Ills passport and papers and all
-would indicate that he was an Im
portant person?"
"That would be Impossible to say."
i . "Are you a lawyer?" '
1 "No," he said flatly, and then con
tinued briefly: "I arrived this after
noon, early. Miss Tally told me ot
the murder and ot the attempt to
abduct her last night She urged me
to come to see you and Insisted that
3 put forth every energy to assist
you. Otherwise, I should not have
thrust myself upon you In this man
ner." "It's very good ot you," I mur
mured, rather taken abaoV by his
tatellness. "Very good. Indeed."
He looked at his watch and picked
VP his hat and rose.
"The doctor should have arrived
Ty this time, and I think 1 can man
age to see something of the post,
mortem. I shall return as soon as I
discover the result"
I said some kind ot thanks; the
man in the corridor outside let Lorn
out and locked the door again but
;!ett the light on.
MY hopes were very faint But
he'd given mc something to
think of; and I felt rather better to
think that someone anyone was
working on my side ot the affair.
And Sue Tally had sent blm. 1 got
'out her note and read It again.
Lorn had said merely that he had
Just arrived and that she had told
him ot the murder and ot the at
tempt to abduct her. This presup
posed an acquaintance between
them. Well, from my point ot view,
his arrival had been most opportune.
Cut I wondered what his relation
wen with Sue Tally, and It Increased
the mystery that surrounded her.
I got up and walked back and
forth from one wall to another until
I was warmer. After all, I told my
self, it was too craxy and nightmar
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Tuesday. April 34 and 35, with an ex
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ish a situation to endure for long, t
hadn't murdered the man, and it
was ridiculous to be cooped up In a
French Jail tor something I hadn't
done, and It couldn't last long.
And all the time I was arguing
thus to myself the words "circum
stantial evidence" were repeating
themselves coldly in the back ot my
mind. And I wanted to be out ot jail.
In an hour or so the warder
brought me a tray with a very sparse
meal on it I was still looking at
the stuff and thinking tbat If I didn't
manage to eat it I should be very
hungry Indeed by morning when
there were sudden and many toot
steps In the corridor.
The first man through the door
was the commlssalre of the previous
night; he was puffing and not at all
pompous and looked, In fact rather
like an outraged billy-goat After
him was Lorn, looking, I thought a
little surprised, but that was all.
And after blm, the young officer of
the night before and several others,
all highly excited. -
The commlssalre, his mustaches
and Imperial quivering, talked tome
for a long time In French, speaking
very rapidly. He finally paused with
a question, and was suddenly purple
and baffled when It became apparent
tbat I hadn't understood a word and
his efforts had been wasted
Lorn stepped quietly into the
breach.
"He says they are releasing you
for the time being, but tbat you
must remain at band," he said. "At
least that's the gist ot what he said.
I'll explain later. At present you'd
better leave."
I TOOK a long breath. I believe 1
picked up my hat. Then I turned
to the commlssalre.
"See bore," 1 said earnestly. "You
were entirely wrong to arrest me. I
didn't murder the man. 1 had
nothing at all to do with It I
never saw blm before. I am an
American citizen traveling through
your city. This Is preposterous. You
are crazy. You've arrested an Inno
cent man and you'll suffer for It" 1
had started calmly enough but was
growing enraged all oven again as I
proceeded with the Injustice that had
been done me. "Yon are a pompons
old ass of a billy-goat anyhow,
and"
"Monsieur, monsieur!" The young
officer who understood English was
shaking my arm, He looked pink
and friendly. "You must stop, mon
sieur. There Is danger he will com
prehend a word or two."
"Oh, my God!" I said, disgusted.
"How do you say what I want to say
In French?"
"Monsieur Is not out ot danger.
He must take care. I will tell for
him that he wishes to thank Mon
sieur le commlssalre tor his kind
ness." "You tell Monsieur le commls
salre tor me he can go to" Lorn
oleared his throat warnlngly, and I
stopped.
The commlssalre shot out several
sharp and suspicious questions Just
then, and I don't know what the
young officer said. He did not how
ever, interpret literally for me, for
the commlssalre became gradually
calm and sootbed and was actually
smiling a lltle when the young offi
cer concluded.
At any rate, I was tree. Fifteen
minutes later Lorn and 1 were walk
lng along the dark narrow streets
toward the old hotel, bending against
tbe furious wind which hurled any
few words out of our mouths and
prohibited my eager Inquiries.
At tbe entrance to tbe courtyard
he paused and drew me Into a cor
ner that was a little out ot the wind.
"It Is as well " be said In my ear,
"for us not to be seen together. It Is
not wise at the moment Will you
precede me Into the hotel?"
"But I want to see you at once.
Why did they let me out? Were you
right? There are things to be
done."
"Yes and no; It's a long'sh story.
I'll come to your room tonight" he
said. "Go on. I'll come later."
He turned away to let me enter
the hotel ahead ot him, but I seised
his arm.
"Walt," I said. "What do you
mean 'yes and no'?"
I was obliged to shriek against a
furious gust ot wind, and he looked
at me In sharp disapproval.
"Wind Is tricky," he said. "We
may be overheard."
"1 don't care who hears. What
killed him?"
He Jerked his arm away.
"He was poisoned," he said. "If I
am to help you, Mr. Sundean, you
must let me do It my own way. I
shall come to your room after I've
had dinner. We can talk then. Not
hero." He vanished Into the dark
ness. (Copyright, Hit. Jfljnon O. Bberhart)
Lorn maks a startllnp revela
tion, tomorrow.
School In attendance. .
Dr. Scholl's representative will reo-
ommend treatment for various toot
ailments and give advice concerning
size, width and type of shoes to be
worn to Insure comfort, health and
poise.
Broken w 1 a d o w e glased by
rrowbridge Cabinet Work.
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VOTE THEFT CASE
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indicted for the brazen and bungle
some ballot theft, on the night ol
March 10, last, before, during ana
after a meeting of the so-called "Good
Government Congress" in the court
bouse was released Saturday on $7600
bonds. Croft has been in the county
Jail for slightly over a month.
The bonds were approved by .Cir
cuit Judge H. D. Norton, and the
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sureties were listed as Mrs. Grace
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Butler of Eagle Point and John H.
Pearce, S..F. D. S. Medford.
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theft, Thomas L. Brecheen, Demo
cratic warhorse of Ashland, who
boasted ot "25 years personal friend
ship with Frank Roosevelt," alone re
mains In durance vile.
By C. M. PAYNE
For The Time Being
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HAVE TO RETURN TO JAIL. SOME DAY
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Concert To Show
Saxophone's Worth
That the popular and familiar mu
sical Instrument, the saxophone, I
capable of producing concert music
of the finest quality, when properly
played. Is the contention of Cecil Bur
ton Leeaon, concert soloist, who will
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be presentee! In a recital here on
Monday, May 1. Tbe program will
be given in the senior high school
auditorium at 1 p. m., and adults,
as well as students, are cordially In
vited. Although the saxophone la some
what maligned by its association with
Jazz, Mr. Leeson is trying to reveal
the Instrument's great possibilities
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and pleasing resources. He plays with
a seemingly flawless technique, pos
sesses a tone of invariably pleasing
quality, and convinces even the moat
skeptical that the saxophone la more
than a Jazz Instrument.
SHOE REPAIR SHOP moved from
41 3 Front to 122 N Central Coun
ty shoe repairing, H F Preabt.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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PIECES, IK 2URSE OF WHICH PART
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prove if won't nr
piece turns up on fioor on other
side of table where he must
have dropped it himself. 60es
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