MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORH. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1933.
PAGE SIX
The Wliile Coclsafoo
by Mignon G. Eberhart
BYNOPSIB: Juat oa suddenly .1-.
he icaa lun7 into a (oil, Jim Hun
dean it releaaed. The French police
euapect him ol murderinp an un
identified Ruaaian in the corridor of
. a half-deserted hotel Bundean ia
innocent, hut helvleaa until David
horn ia eent by But Tallu to aid
him. And Bundean dtatrutite Lorn
for no reaaon at alt, and truata
Bue althouoh he haa reaaon to ana
pr.ct her. horn Kill not enter the
hotel with Bundean oiler the lat
ter a releaae.
Chapter 1J
MORE MY8TERY
fJB WAS right, at course. It was
neither the place nor the time
for the talk we must have. And, any
way he had told me the main fact,
although hla reply was ao unex
pected that It left me stunned and
incredulons.
Poisoned. But the murdered man
bad been stabbed. I had found him,
and I had Been the ugliness of the
wound. I'd been obliged to wash my
hands of the blood from It.
Mechanically I crossed the court
yard, passed under the swaying
light, and entored the lobby.
LoYschlem was bending; over the
desk.
The cockatoo clucked, and Lot
chlem looked up, and It was curl
ous to see how his eyes leaped
when he saw me and how flabby his
cheeks looked all at once and how
bis. fat bauds moved aimlessly
about the desk. Finally Lorschlem
said:
"How did yon get ontt" His
Tolce was husky.
"Walked, Lovsehlero. Walked,
ril hare some dinner at once,
please."
His flabby hands morea neipiess
ly, and the cockatoo, attracted by
uiluk It Is as well U we aren't seen
together."
She looked confused and embar
rassed. 1 was suddenly aware that
I was sill) holding ber hands rather
tightly and that she was trying to
withdraw thorn. I released them and
said quickly:
"I didn't mean to say I didn't
mean " I floundered and finished
abruptly: "I don't understand you."
"All this seems silly and purpose
fully mysterious. But It Isn't Inten
tional. I you see, I'm In an awfully
queer sort of affair and can't help
myself."
"See here," I said. "Lorn Is com
ing to my room right after dinner.
I've ordered a fire, and It will be
warm. Can't you come there, too?"
"The trouble Is" she stopped,
and when she continued her voice
was very sober "the trouble Is, 1
don't like Involving you In any
danger."
Her voice rather than ber words
carried conviction.
'Ton don't mean to say you ore
In actual danger?"
"I hope not," she said quietly.
"But I'm rather after, that affair
. llfttwiiiiir""TiiiJj
sonu glint- of Jewels, cocked, his
bead knowingly on one side, made
a kissing sound with his tongue,
and sidled toward tho hand nearer
him.
"You ean have It served In my
room," I added airily. "And see
that there's a good fire."
With that I left him, still staring
and flabby, with the cockatoo ex
amlnlng the ring susplcously and
clicking his tongue In an experi
mental fashion.
The corridors were empty and
darkish and long. But there was a
(loam of light below the door la
beled nineteen, and I paused besldo
It and hesitated and finally knocked
lightly.
It opened In a moment, and Sue.
ber bright hair aureoled against the
light behind her, stood on the
threshold.
"It's you I" she erled softly and
happily and stretched out both her
bands, and as I took them she said
with a little catch In her voice, "Oh,
I'm glad."
VOOR Mr. Lorn managed to get
me out," I said. "It was good
of you to send him."
"The whole thing was absurd,"
.ha said vigorously. "They had no
j right to arrest you like that. But ho
isn't my Mr. Lorn. And what did
be do?"
"The Mr. Lorn, then. Whoever he
is, be managed It very olevorly. Al
though I don't know exactly what
happened yet. See here. Isn't there
oma place whore we can talk?
Come downstairs to the lounge."
She hesitated and after a mo
ment said, as If she'd come to a decision:
"I do want to talk to yon. Thore
are things I want to know. But I
How do you know, Marcel?" ...
of last night, I'm rather doubtful.
I'm being mysterious again I Yes,
I'll come to your room In an hour."
"Good, then. But I want to tell
you "
'OOMEONE Is coming," Bhe Bald.
3 "You must go."
"I liked your note," I said hur
riedly, and she elosed the door, and
I wont on At, the corner of the pas
sage I glanced over r.y Blioulder.
Mrs. Byng was standing In the ball.
She had one hand outstretched to
ward a door leading to a room not
far from Sue's, and she was watch
ing me. I felt an Impulse to wave
cheerfully in her direction but re
strained It and turned the corner.
Marcel brought me dinner and
hovered ovor me while I ate. With
the soup he said that he was glad I
had returnod; with tho fish he said
he had feared I should be arrested,
and by the time I had reached a
liqueur he was tnlklng quite frank
ly and openly of the murder. He
was telling me of how the police
bad soarcbed my things during the
morning, when I lntorrupted:
"But now do you know al! this,
Marcel?"
"There aro ways to honr," he Bald
oheorlly. "Mo, I llko to know what
goes on." He stopped, and his face
darkenod a little. 'I know what I
know," he said. "But sometimes one
does not at once undoraiand what
one bears. Or sees."
I sat up at that.
"Do you moan yon know some
thing about this murdor?" I asked
dlroctly. -
At once I realised that If, which
I doubted, he actually did know
something, I had made a mistake In
questioning him ao promptly and so
directly. Ills face tightened.
"Ah, no, no, no, no, no, monsieur
he snld torrentlnlly. "Nothing. Noth
ing." But he remained thoughtful, and
though I said ono or two casual
thlnus with a view to encouraging
his former cheerily conversational
mood usually altogether too easy
with the vivacious little portor be
did not rise to the temptation.
It wasn't long aftor he'd gone
that there was a knock on the door.
I sprang up, thinking It was Sue
Tally. But it was Madame Orotho.
(Oopyrlnht, ltS3. iflcmon O. Sberhort)
Madame Oratho makaa a ourloua
ugseitlon, tomorrow.
Philanthropist Dlra.
TACOMA, Wash., April 34. (AP)
lira. J. P. Weyerhaeuser, wire of one
of the founders of the Weyerhaeuser
Timber company, with extensive tim
ber holdings and mill pro pel-tie in
the Paclflo northwest, died suddenly
here last night. She was widely known
for ner philanthropies.
Ore Ron Weather.
Increasing cloudiness followed by
rain extreme northeast and north
west portions late tonight or Tues
day; cooler Interior Tuesday: fresh
south and southwest winds offshore.
Real estate or iruturance Leave tt
to Jones. .Phone 790.
BRIDGE DANGERED
BY HEAVY TRUCK
. CRESCENT CITY, Cal., April 24.
(Spl.) Curtailment of frleght truck-
In? biulnea between Creocent City
and Rogue river valley points 1 fore
seen here unless adequate provisions
are made for the resumption of nor
mal traffic conditions over Myrtle
creek bridge, which collapsed last
week.
Tire Myrtle creek bridge, which Is
a timber truss structure, was built
by convict labor at the time the state
camp was maintained near that site
and was considered only a temporary
affair. However. 1t was dolled up
with a coating of asphalt and made
to care for traffic, since a permanent
bridge across ti stream will Involve
the expenditure of about $100,000.
The state engineers failed to take
Into consideration the great increase
In freight hauled over the route and
the structure finally gave way after
being In use for the past couple of
years. Fortunately the bridge did not
collpase entirely, but some of the
stringers gave way while heavily
loaded oil truck was passing across
It. Light traffic Is being permitted
The local chamber of commerce la
advocating temporary repairs to the
Myrtle creek bridge, to accommodate
all traffic for this season and Vie
construction of a new permanent
bridge this winter.
Seven Missing.
NAPLES, Italy, April 24. (AP)
Seven persons, including an Ameri
can, John Van Cleef, were missing
today In a seaplane which was bring
ing them here from Corfu, Greece.
1
An Instant, accurate credit report
may be obtained from the Southern
Oregon Credit Bureau while your cus
toms wait.
WEST TAKES SEAT OF
GARNER IN CONGRESS
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. April 24.
(API Milton H. West baa been,
elected to the congressional seat va
cated In the 15th Texas district when V
JoLa N. Garner became vice-president.
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CARRIES PAPER IK VERr'
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