PXGE FOTJRTEEIT
The Wliile Cockatoo
ky Mignon C. Ebcrhart'
' SYNOPSIS! Bus Tallu eontUss
ttsr Strang situation to Jim Bun
dean, her fellow guest in a half de-
sorted hotel in Southern francs.
Bus possesses a token which proves
her right to share her dead father's
' great fortune with Francis, hsr
brother whom shs has not seen tor
. . ysars. Yet shs finds Franats1 Istlcre
cool, almost forbidding. Shs has
parelv escaped abduction ; the cam
night a man was murdered in the
. hotel, and Sundean is suspected of
' that crime. Shs tells Bundeon shs
has left papers important to her
. case in the hotsl sals.
Chapter 10
., : DANGER FOR LORN
"WHAT tuva you told tha hotel
- " people?"
"Only that I was waiting for my
brother to come," Sue answered.
"I know It eeema unusual that
I should tell them nothing and you
so much," the said. "But you you
re" She atopped as 11 seeking
words, and I said:
i. "It shows that you must have had
some faint distrust of them. You
haTen't wanted to admit It, perhaps,
bnt lt there."
-" ' "No, no," she said. "The Lot-
fchlems are my friends."
"You haven't given this token
Into the Lovschleras carer"
"Ob, no. They know nothing about
It at all. I will show It to no one
until I see my brother Francis and
.match Us own with It He must be
convinced."
"And that abduction last night. I
don't like dragging up the subject,
.but it's a very serious matter."
"I know," she said. "It frightened
me awfully. It frightens me to think
,of It now. You need not tell me It Is
serious." She paused and looked at
m meditatively, her slim Angers
across one black velvet knee. "I won
der what you thought of me last
night You must have thought I was
quite mad."
"Do you want to know what I
thoughtr I said slowly. "I'thougbt
i you were very sweet"
I had spoken gravely, and she bad
listened as gravely. For an Instant
'the air between us was alive and
-trembling and aware, and our
1 glances elung together. Then there
was a knock on the door.
It was Lorn, of course. He was un
excited, matter-of-fact; be entered,
gave one look at Sue, said, "Good
evening," and took the chair I of
fered. "I've been telling Mr. Sundean
why I fear that my affairs have bad
some connection with the murder
last night," Sue told him thought
fully. "I felt It only fair to do so,
since he was unfortunate enough to
bseoias rather Involved In the affair.
I'm sorry to go against my brother's
wishes In the matter, but I felt
obliged to do so In this case."
' Lorn made an- Inexpressive ges
ture. "Your brother merely expressed
his wishes, as I understand it, Miss
Tally. I don't know that you are
obliged to comply with them."
prefer to do so," she said rather
titty- .
Lorn went on more pleasantly!
''Well, at any rate, we managed to
get Mr. Sundean out of Jail."
"What about the poison, Lornf" I
asked.
"Poison!" cried Sue.
' "The man there In the corridor
last night actually died of poison,"
said Lorn.
"But," I Interrupted, "how on
earth was the man poisoned? And If
poisoned why was he also stabbed?"
THEY are having tbe traces an
alysed," Lorn said precisely, "I
don't know Just what kind of poison
It was not definitely, that is. But
the point Is that he wasn't shot at
all. And as to the little clock
sword" Lorn's curiously baiy gate
aeemed to be fastened on the clock
"they are Inclined to think that
death had actually occurred before
the clock sword was driven into his
heart"
Sue cried out something, and Lorn
continued dryly: "They are rather
uncertain about the poison and how
It could have been administered
the man might even have been a
suicide, you know. It will take some
time to prove all this, and some ex
pert opinion. Which Is why you
were released for the time being,
Mr. Sundean."
I did not like bis expression "tor
. the time being." But since he'd done
me a very good turn Indeed I Ig
nored It and said:
"Curious that you should have
hit upon the method but not the
means."
"Well," he said with an nndue ef
fect of modesty, "It struck me that
the little clock sword waa an odd
weapon to use. It argued an amount
of Impulse In the matter that was
sut of the ordinary. But 1 didn't ex
pect It to be poison."
"Poison that Implies delibera
tion, doesn't It?" said Sue.
"A certain preparedness, lit least,"
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said Lorn dryly. "Now then, Mr.
Sundean, Miss Tally suggests that
your man in the courtyard and her
abductor and the murderer are oni
and the same man. What's youi
opinion?"
"It's entirely possible," I said.
"Anythlng's possible. But of course
there's no way to be sure of that I
couldn't possibly identify the man
In the courtyard; Miss Tally didn't
even get a look at her abductor, and
neither of us saw the murderer."
"There Isn't any way in which
you could arrive at some means ol
Identifying the man In the court
yard?" "No. He was only footsteps and a
revolver and once a bit of cloth. But
I feel, I don't know why, that It's
possible that the murdered man was
the man who carried Miss Tally off
earlier In the evening."
"Ah," said Lorn. "How about It
Miss Tally?"
"I don't know," she said. Her face
was white and plncbed-looklng at
the recollection. "I thought of that
too. But I couldn't tell. If he were
the same man, though," she said
doubtfully, "why should he hare
been killed? Who killed htm?"
I remembered the flying figure
against the light from my opened
door; I remembered her slim Angers
holding the little dagger. I remem
bered Its being replaced on the clock.
""pHERE are a dozen answers to
that," said Lorn quietly. "The
most obvious one Is that In that
case, he was murdered by a second
person who would like to get posses
sion of your means of Identifying
yourself to your brother and who
thought your abductor had It I take
It" he added rather hurriedly, "that
you've told Mr. Sundean everything
about the affair."
"Yes," said Sue briefly.
I said thoughtfully:
"Look here. If we presuppose that
that's the reason for the murder
or better, if we. simply assume that
there Is a conspiracy or a plot to
rob Miss Tally"
"I think we can scarcely escape
assuming that" murmured Lorn.
"Well, then, what would the plan
be, do you suppose? Miss Tally says
the token she has Isn't worth any
thing In Itself."
"You can answer .that yourself,
Mr. Sundean," said Lorn. He leaned
back In his chair, put the tips of his
fingers together, and half olosed his
eyes. It was, I guessed, tbe kind of
question he liked.
'Oh; the obvious thing Is to sub
stitute someone tor Miss Tally."
"Certainly," said Lorn. "Substi
tution Is the essential part of the
scheme. We must keep that In mind.
There could be no othor way of do
ing. And that implies two people at
least knowing the secret tbe fel
low who tried to abduct Miss Tally,
and the girl he Intends to substitute.
"Ills abduotlng you argues either
that your room was to be thoroughly
searched at a given time, and thus
you were to be out of the way during
that time, or that be had some rea
son to believe you carried the token
with you somewhere about your
clothing and Intended to search.
you"
"It's all right now," I said quick,
ly to Sue. "You are perfectly sat
now."
"Oh " she said faintly. "Don't
mind me. It's only that I keep re
membering Do go on, Mr. Lorn."
"I was only going to say," con
tinued Lorn rathsr disapprovingly,
"that there might be an alternative
plan. Even two alternatives. One
would be that there would be an at
tempt to gain your confidence and
thus discover the whereabouts ol
tbe token. Another might be the pos
ing of some man as your brother."
"As my brother" said Sue.
"Of course." Lorn looked Impa
tient. "Upon which I would presumably
turn over the token to him! Well,
won't do that Francis shall not see
my token until he shows me bis own.
No one shall in It."
"But see here. Lorn," I offered.
"There's a flaw In all three of your
alternatives. You know the real Sue.
And you know the real Francis."
He nodded.' "Unfortunately it's
the same flaw, and I am it But
there's a simple solution. You forget
Mr. Sundean. the existence of some
one In the affair who's rapid and
ready with his revolver. And dead
men tell no tales."
"Oh!" cried Sue with horror. "You
don't mean that Mr. Lorn I"
"Why, yes. It Is obvious. However,
I'm not unused to danger."
"And what," said Sue, "do they
expect to do with met" Her eyes
had widened with horror, and her
face was white and rigid.
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