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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE,' MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1933.
TIic Wliite Cockatoo
ty Hignan G. Eberhart
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BYNOPBIBt Tieo murder have
been committed in Jim Bundean'e
little hotel in Southern France,
end two attempt have been made
on hie lie. It all it linked. Hundtan
. and David Lorn, the detective, be
' lieve, with an attemvt to eecure
the token with which Bue Tally
: muet vrove her right to half ot
Xer father's millione. The police
euepect the wounded Eundean of
, the murder, but hie chief concern
I ie for the welfare of Sue Tally.
I 'with horn, he ooee to look after
Chapter it
THE CONFERENCE
QHB went with at back to mr
room. We chose that room with'
out thinking about tt I suppose be
cause we had met and talked thore
before and because It was warm
and the wing waa deserted and thu
we would be apt to have no ob
errors. The police, Lorn aald dry
ly, were stationed at rarlous places
round the hotel.
"We're like rata In a trap.' said
Cue suddenly and caught her
breath.
And so began another strange
conference In that old-fashioned
room In the cold, deserted wing,
with the Ore crackling now and
then, and the wind blowing In the
court below and outside the win-
flows. ,
Lorn and I did most ot the talk
Ing. Sue was Terr quiet and pale,
and there had been tears on her
cheeks. Our talk was not long, for
we were all desperately weary and
shaken with the ugly affair of the
afternoon. It was, however, impor
tant; particularly Important In rlew
fit what happened later.
"See here," I aald abruptly.
know you consider the LoTschlem:
your friends. But I want to suggest
omethlng. Why. don't you tell
Madame that you're put the token
In a bank? A bank In Paris or Lon
don or somewhere.
"Don't tell me where yon hare It
perhaps that a exactly what you
did at any rate, I think you're
wise to keep Its whereabouts
aecret. But that will put them
plf-, "
"Always providing, Interrupted
Sue dangerously, "that my friends
who bare been my only friends tor
a long and hard year are planning
to murder me for an Inheritance
that they don't eren know lire got.'
"Alwaya providing that," I said,
.wishing I could shake her.
It was curious how easily a little
flame ot queer antagonism could
leap up between us; it-waa as If
tor a Dash each resented something
In the other. I resented her not
agreeing with' me, and thon I knew
that somehow she had a kind of
hold upon me or I shouldn't hare
hated her disagreeing with me, and
so then something In me resented
that hold upon me.
And In another second there was
no feeling of resentment at all,
only a warm kind of pleasure be
cause she was there, sitting quietly
before me, her bright head bent,
and the fine angle of her chin faint
ly pink against the black velvet of
her tightly buttoned coat, her alen
der feet on tha rug, ber whole love
ly body slim and line and yet beauti
fully rounded.
I aald In a matter-of-fact way:
' "Wo can scarcely help wondering
bout the Lorschloms. You admit
ted that your mother might hare
told them something. They are
bere managing the hotel. Who
Islse Is there to suspect?"
MlE'VB been over all this be-
I' I" fore," said Sue. "And, anyway,
on have no evidence against either
pi tnem.
"That's quite true," aald Lorn
Jlryly. "Thore'a not one definite
thing we're got against Lovschlem."
"Unless we can prove he knew
the. man who waa first murdered.
'As for Marcel's murder anyone
jereryone In the hotel is open to
suspicion."
"Do yon still feel It may be lim
ited to the hotel T" asked Sue. "That
-surely that can't be true. I can't
believe that the Lovschlems are In
volved. You and Mr. Lorn and
Father Robart are solf-oiplanatory.
fThe cook Is just a tat and rather
stupid cook and anyway, ho
.wasn't here the night ot the first
murder. Marianne that's absurd.
Mrs. Byng equally absurd. And I
didn't do it.
"And there's no one else. No, It
fcan't be limited to ua In the hotel.
After all, someone could easily have
got Into the place thla afternoon
no reason at all why he shouldn't
bave walked boldly In, either front
br kitchen entrance, shot Marcel,
kind escaped without being seen."
Her voice trembled over Mnrcol,
And I experienced a strange little
surge of tenderness toward her.
"And as to the night of the first
murder?" I said.
"Oh," she spread out her hands
In a hopeless gesture "I don't
know. Anything could bave been
done that night. Perhaps that way
through the hotel gate waa known
to more people than 1 thought. At
any rate it's not to be thought vt
that the murderer Is here, now, In
this hotel. But I promise you, Mr.
Sundean, that I shall be very care
ful." Her breath caught In what was
very near a sob. "How could I help
being careful after what I're seen?".
Her face was tired and white
There were slender blue marks un
der her eyes. I said:
"See here. We'll cut this talk
short. Ws can finish It tomorrow.
The main thing la tor yon to keep
your door locked and bolted tonight.
And the first thing In the morn
ing "
I hesitated, for after all what I
was about to say Was Lorn's busi
ness, not mine. But I continued:
The first thing In the morning It
might not be a bad Idea to get the
papers that you gave to Lovschlem
out of his safe and take them to tha
bank."
"That's what Mr. Lorn advised,"
said Sue wearily. "Very well. I'll
do It. But the Lovschlems " She
broke off abruptly and said Instead,
"I'm going now."
We both went with her to ber
room. Lorn stood with her at the
door while I searched ber room;
there was, of course, no one hiding
In the great wardrobe or behind
the curtains or In the bathtub, and
there waa little other place In which
to hide.
But I wanted to be certain, and
I waited In the corridor until she
had whispered "Good-night" and
vanished and I heard the key turn
ing and then Immediately the bolt
slipping Into place.
THE corridors were deserted, and
there had hnnn nn nn in aa
Lorn turned In another direction. 1
walked toward the north-wing cor
rldor again. The halls were hall
dark, as usual.
It waa Just as I turned suddenly
around, the angle above the steps
that I . thought I saw a darker
shadow down the length of the cor
ridor ahead ot me which moved
quickly out ot sight beyond tha
angle ot the Intersecting corridor.
I ran lightly and rapidly-toward
where It had been, but when I
reached the angle there was noth
ing but blank doora and narrow hall
leading back to a window at Its end.
Probably, I told myself, turning
finally Into the long bars corridor
of the north wing with Its cold shin
ing windows all along the court side
and Ita bitter draft probably a
mere optical Illusion composed of
nothing but shadow.
The court was craty again that
night; though the wind was not as
strong aa It had been, and the gusts
were not as wild with their flying
shadows. Still, It did not look In
viting; neither did the little Iron
stairway descending Into darkness.
In the turmoil of the day I had
again neglected to ask Lovschlem
for a key, and I again, with a kind
ot grim amusement at myself,
propped the table against the door.
was determined to stay In that
room, but I never liked It.
Neither did I like the cold, de
serted wing with Its mysterious
creaks and rustles. And neither, I
confessed to mysslf, had I liked
that flying shadow.
It had had, somehow, a substan
tiality ono does not associate with
more shadows.
My shoulder' was aching and
throbbing damnably, and I took one
of the pills the doctor had left me
and finally went to sleep.
I awoke with a start. I'd been
dreaming wildly of Father Robert's
black soutane with Ita full black
skirt and of Sue's red slippers and
the wind. The wind had lulled again
Into such quiet that probably the
mice In the old walls were noisy
again.
I listened, but It a noise had
awakened me I heard no further
sound. And If a prowling ghost bad
coma to visit me, awakening me
with a passing touch or sigh, then
It was a lively ghost Indeed, for I
smelled very definitely the odor of
tobacco.
I sniffed again and aat np.
There was no ghost about It.
Someone, somewhere near me,
waa smoking.
(Copyright, 199S. Uignon 0. Kberhart)
Raeksd with pain from hit
wound, Aundtan trlsa, tomorrow
to aolva tho myitory of tho tobaoM
tmoko.
PORTLAND, May . (IP) Post
ponement for one year of the first
Marian congress to. be held In the
United 6Utt. was announced her
yesterday toy the Rev. A. M. Mayer,
president of the congress and director
of the Cstholie Order of 8errlte
Fathers here. The congress, to bo
held at the sanctuary ot Our Sor
rowful Mother hers, will be held in
August, 1034.
Father Mayer aald the merlins waa
postponed at the express wish of Pope
Plus XI.
SEP LONG DEAD
Some of the hp reported killed
it tho Wwterlund Orchards, belong
ing to C. J. Phillip! and John Bohr,
had been dead serenl weekj, accord
ing to a re-port mad by Ed Leach,
deputy sheriff, who Investigated the
scene of tha reported killing.
Phillip! and Bohr reported to the
county court that police dogs bid
killed 63 sheep last Sunday night,
snd made claim to the county for
compensation for that number of
sheep. Investigation showed that It)
ewes, tt Uraba and one buck bad
been killed Sunday by the dogs, and
that the remaining 32 had died at an
earlier date.
Claim was made for three dollars
each for the Iambs, which were ready
to go to market; two dollars each for
the ewes, and ten dollars for the
buck.
LADS WILL GET
Following a precedent established
last year, the Chamber of Commerce
will assist the boys ot the high and
Junior high schools tn carrying out
Boys' Business Experlsncs day, which
Is scheduled, for Thursday. Msy 11.
Firms and business houses willing
to cooperato In the program designed
to give business experience to the
youth of the city are asked to get In
touch with the Chamber of Com
merce Immediately. Quite a number
of firms nave already signified their
intention of assisting in the program
and It is hoped that many others
will Join the movement to 1st tba
boys obtain some real practical busi
ness education.
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