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MTCDFORD MATL TRTBTJTTE, MEDFORI), OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2: 1933.
TlieWIiile Cockatoo
by Uignou G. Eberhart ,
BTNOPB1B: Jtm Bundean Hiet
hae been released from the French
fail Into which he had been thrown
ae a mwder euepect. Bnndean'e re
leaee ie caused by David Lorn,
whom Bundean dote not like. But
Lorn wae eent by Bue Tally, and
Bundean both llkee and truete her.
Lorn'e parting ehot it that the dead
man woe poisoned not etabbed. ae
everyone believed. Then Bundean
eeee 8ue who promieet to loin him
later tor a talk but conteeeee the
U in Aanoer. There i9 o knock but
Madame Orethe. wife of the hotel
manager, entert. not Sue,
Chapter IT
CURIOUS CALLER
MADAMS entered a I held the
door open. She looked rather
nice; ah wore again the clinging,
coppory-green ailk gown, and her
red hair shone under the light Gold
hoops swung at her ears; her' face
wai white end 10ft and her lip
heavily rouged.
The white cockatoo aat on her
honlder; his crest was flared hand
somely upward, and he was twist
ing hla head this way and that In an
inquisitive but faintly reproving
manner.
I shouldn't have been at all sur
prised If ha'd said to me conversa
tionally, "So thla Is where the mur
der was. Tut, tut!"
"Am I disturbing you?" said Ma
dame Orethe. Her green eyes were
shining, and her manner was very
pleasant
"Not at all," I said and then, as
he gave every Indication of having
come merely to pay a social call, I
added: "Won't you sit down?"
She moved In a graceful, leisurely
manner to the chair opposite me and
sat down; the cockatoo olung to her
honlder and made an admonitory
remark which was aimed apparent
ly at me.
"Fuccl, Puccl," she said In a ca
ressing voice. "I am sorry about
your being arrested, Mr. Bundean.
My husband and I regret It very
much."
There was a shade of mockery In
feer shining eyes.
"At any rate," I said, "It didn't
last long." '
"No. Apparently not I hope that
is all you will hear of the affair."
"Tour hope la abared, madams."
. For the Instant I employed the
ghost of Marcel's shrug, a useful
gesture which I was growing to ad
mire very much. It Irritated her.
Her eyea lit for a moment, then she
dropped smooth lids over them, lift
ed one rather large but soft and
white hand to Fuccl'a neck, caressed
him for a moment, and then glanced
' about the room.
"How the wind blows I" she said.
"Doesn't It annoy yon at night?
Surely there la a loose shutter some
where near."
"One of those on the window,
there."
"I must tell Marcel to repair the
catch. Although shouldn't you like
another room, Mr. SundeanT"
"I'm quite all right here, thank
you." I wondered what time it was.
"Come, come, Mr. Sundean, admit
that yon'd be, happier In another
room. One not so far from the rest of
na. One not ao near" She moved
one supple hand In a quick gesture
toward the corridor.
But I was firm, mainly because
he Insisted, for I had no reason to
like my present room, heaven knew!
And I was beginning to wish she
would leave. It would soon be time
lor Sue's promised arrival
VH. T,rJ woll thn ,&la M
J dame at last rather sharply.
"On your own head be It Mr. Bun
idean " she leaned suddenly for
ward, and Pucol toppled, caught his
balance, and gave a hoarse cluck of
disapproval "why are you here?"
he asked almost In a whisper, her
green eyea shining Into mine.
"I came to meet a friend." I said.
"Will yon hare a cigarette?"
"You are evasive, Mr, Sundean,"
she said in a less caressing way than
be had previously employed.
"Evasive? Yon ask me why I have
eoma to this hotel I tell yon, to meet
friend, which la the truth." . I
smiled at her. -
"At auch a time, Mr. Sundean, one
must ask questions of unidentified
strangers."
"No doubt," I said pleasantly.
"What's It all about madame? An
attempt on my life and a murdor at
my threshold. That's more than co
incidence. Are you so determined to
make me leave?"
I had spoken experimentally,
more than from conviction, and I
was a little astonished to see how
my words affected her. She leaned
quietly back In the chair again, out
her face had gone rather sharp and
set and I did not like the look of
her eyes back of their darkened eye
lashes. It was a good sixty seconds
before she spoke, and In the little
Interval Puccl cast me a reproving
glance and then pushed hla wide bill
against Orethe'a red hair and flared
his yellow crest
"I don't understand you, Mr. Sun
dean," she said at last "Surely yon
don't think the murder of last night
had connection with your
It was clear, of course, that there
was something evil going on In the
old hotel But I think that, until
that very moment I had not felt so
definitely the presence of widening
and entangling currents.
She did not I think, detect the
course of my thoughts, although her
green gaze was very sharp. I aald
qnletly but more cautiously:
"No, I don't think anything of the
kind. While I may not be a particu
larly welcome guest still I don't
think anyone would go to the
trouble of murdering a man In order
to get rid of me. By the way who
was the murdered man?"
"I don't know," she said In a tight
voice; narrowed eyes watched my
face. "Do you?"
"I? Absurd! Tou know that But
another question, madame." In my
turn I leaned toward her. "Why
were you anxious to keep me from
arrest last night?"
CJER smooth : lids went down
again, but not before I'd caught
a look that warned me. She rose,
and I rose too, naturally, and the
move brought her very close to me.
So near that I could feel the warmth
of her body. Her Hps were parted a
little, and her eyes, lifted again to
mine, were very bright and shining.
"It should not be difficult to And
the answer for that" she said softly.
She would be pliant and warm and
exciting In my arms. I wondered
fleetlngly how soon I could replace
the faintly triumphant look I'd
caught In her eyes with something
quite different
I tossed my cigarette Into the lire.
I took the cockatoo from her shoul
der and set htm on the chair near
and bent over her mouth.
But It waited for me. and 1
straightened suddenly without
touching It or her.
"Madame." I said pleasantly, "Is
more than kind. Madame Is also
beautiful. The cockatoo Is eating
fringe off the ohair."
He was actually doing Just that,
In a heaven Inspired moment but
with a vory dubious look. He took
another bite without eagerness but
philosophically, as If In scientific
pursuit one must put up With a poor
tasting bite now and then, and Ma
dame Orethe lookod at me.
I was rather Interested to note
that there was nothing but a kind
of faintly surprised curiosity In her
gaze. Then she laughed a little,
turned and picked up the cockatoo
he resisted out of pure deviltry,
atretchlng out hla neck for more
fringe and equalling, but her hands
were Arm about him and she faced,
me again, still smiling.
"And Monsieur," she said, "Is a
very reckless young man. Good
night" I opened the door tor her. She
held out her hand to me, still smll
Ing, and I think genuinely amused
and not In the least angry. I bowed
very low over her hand, and she
turned gracefully Into the corridor,
and I closed the door behind her
and took a long breath and hoped
she wouldn't meet Sue. At least
until she was at a considerable dis
tance from my room.
I was thinking of Sue when 1
heard her knock on the door. As 1
opened It aha waa looking rather
fliedly at the apot on the corridor
floor where the dead man had hud
dled. She looked small and quiet
and frightened, and I took her hand
and pulled her quickly Into the room
and closed the door.
"Were the corridors creepy?" 1
said. "Come over to the fire."
She shivered and said yes rather
breathlessly and sat down In the
chair I had just left
"It's very queer," said Sue. "But
for the last week or two I've been
ridiculously nervous about going
through these half-dark corridors. 1
keep feeling that there's someone
coming along behind me. Or looking
ont of closed doors."
fOopyrlght, IPJi, Uignon 0. Bberhart)
Sua eonfaisea, tomorrow, a chill
ing faar that haunu hor.
FRANKNESS NEED
IN SOCIAL EVILS
SAN FRANOWOO, April 38. (AP)
-Greater frankness In dealing with
octal evils as a means of raising
standards ot child health waa urged
today by Dr. Mariana Bsrtola, San
PTmnclaco club leader, at the first
general forum opening the annual
session 01 tne western Federation ox
Women's Clubs.
Representatives from TJtah, Wash
ington, Oregon, Nevada, Montana,
Alaska and California attended.
Children of the west hare the
best child health record In the na
tion," said Dr. Bertola. "But Viere
is one thing necessary to Improve
child health conditions. We must
face the thought of the 'soolal dis
eases.' We must prevent the birth
of blind babies. We must prevent
the spread of diseases that lncreaee
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Burma, April 25. (AP)
Bonney, cousin of the
Hlnkler, noted Austral
ian aviator, haa been rescued after
being lost three days on. a Siamese
Island.
She waa being brought here with
,her airplane today aboard the steam
ship J una. Mrs. Bonney'a projected
speed flight from Australia to Eng
land came near a disastrous end
when she waa forced down In the
sea off the Island Balng. The plane
capsized.
EUREKA FUGITIVE IS
NEW YORK, April 25. (AP)
William Herder, 81, a sailor, was ar
rested late today at the Seamen's In
stitute, charged with being a fugitive
from Eureka. Cal., where, police said,
he is wanted for the murder of a
deputy sheriff In a postoffloo hold
up. Detectives said Herder confessed his
participation in the $600 robbery.
After the holdup, the robbers battled
deputy sheriffs with pistols. One
deputy. "Bud" Carpeuter, and one of
the robbers were killed.
SALEM, April 35. (AP) Home
after 30 yeate ot service In Washing
ton, D. C Ex-Congressman W. O-
Hawley spoke concernedly of Infla
tion, farm relief and public finance.
He said he was happy to be once
more In his native state.
- "Nobody knows how far inflation
will go,' said Hawley. "It la like a
huge snowball rolling down hill. Xtv
la easy to keep going."
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