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' KEDFORD HAIL TRIBUTE, MTCPFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, "MAY 10, 1933. The Wliile Cockatoo -i hy Wguoa G. EierhaH) t t SnTOPSISt Juet a Jim Sun. lean wat hoping lor light upon the tnysteru of two murder, and two tnttcmpt upon hi own life, an. . father gueet in the eerie little Wrenoh hotel tangle him wore ' vthan ever. The murder were con. wected with an attempt to tecure bthe token with which Bue Tally wa to claim her ehare of her fa Ither' great fortune, Bundean and Uovi& Lorn, the detective, believe, ffiow Bundean learn that it appar. Itntlv was Sue who pulled the sight twitch, and permitted the Unurdcrer to escape in the dark, 31 tmettt Lorn. for a talk, ' Chapter SO SUNDEAN'S SEARCH LORN did not turn up until after lsncn, and he came straight to me. The police, he ald, were very bnsr. and things didn't look any too bright tor me. There's one thins that may help ron, however," he aald. "And that's the gun. Titer are tracing It, and, while It's rather slovr work, still It may prove to hare had no connec tion with you." "May prove!" I said hotly. I never saw that gun before. Which reminds me, I haven't any gun with me, and I need one." "Need one?" murmured Lorn, looking morosely at me. "Of. course I need one," I said Im patiently, "But I don't plan to shoot anybody with It, so you needn't look like that. Surely you've got more than one and can loan me one." He finally admitted that he'd got two small automatics, and it I would do nothing rash with It he might be persuaded to lend me one. I was grimly amused at his using the word rash, which seemed alto gether too mild In connection with the violence which occasioned 1U "Have the police traced the pol kon yet?" I asked. "Not that I know of," said Lorn. 'They've sent to the Paris labora tories. I did discover, howerer, that no car had been found. "I had Miss Tally show me as hearly as she could the spot wbere she left her abductor'a car, and It's quite close to the hotel, and a strange car has not been found. It's possible, of course, that It her ab ductor was In conspiracy with Lov chtem he used Lovschlem's car. But there'a no way we can make lure." "Either that or the abductor went back to his car and drove away, and the murdered man was not her ab ductorand thus, then, bis death was not necessarily connected In any way with Miss Tally." - ' "Possibly," said Lorn. ' I wished momentarily I could get out of my head Mrs. Byng's unex pected story of the lights going out and Sue and said: "The nan In the courtyard may have boen the priest?" "Ah" said Lorn. He was look' lng at tbe blank wblte paving at his feet, but his voice had a kind of "now-you're-getting-warm" feeling bout It "What's your opinion of his tak ing the trouble to arrange a false alibi?" I asked. , "Well," said Lorn, cautiously, "It's tot an argument for his Innocence." "He saya he wished to keep en tirely clear of tbe whole affair; It seems he dreaded any connection with It on account of his position. A mere matter of discretion, accord ing to him." , . "Oh," said Lorn, giving ma a quick look. "So you taxed him with It Do you tblnk It was wiss to let him know your suspicions?" IT oould only place me In dan ger," I said. "And that In the last three dsys, has been nothing unusual. Besides," I added mali ciously, "I shall have your revolver." "Not" said Lorn, auddenly firm, "If you're going to use It Besides, It'a only .two days and three nights. This Is the third day." "You think that It we push this matter about tbe priest too far be fore we can actually prove he Is tbe murderer" "It he Is the murderer" Inter polated Lorn gently. "he's apt to take the er swiftest way to get what he wants." "Ves," said Lorn Quietly. "And having killed twice, the murderer Isn't going to be too careful not to kill sgaln. Of course, though, I'm not saying It wss the priest or rather, It you are right s tar, the man who poses as a priest I'm not even saying that the same person killed both men, although It la a probability." "But the time" I said Impa tiently, "Not ao much time has elapsed, Bundean. It seems long, of course, but It's really been very short "U Miss Tally were only out of ft" I said thoughtfully. Tes," said Lorn. "I agree with you there, I made a mistake in up holding her In her decision. I know her brother, and It will be a diffi cult thing to prove her to him if she deviates from his definite Instruc tionshe's that kind of fellow. "But at tbe same time I've come to the conclusion that I waa wrong; I waa seeing only my side ot it you understand, Sandean, that In a sense I'm her brother's representa tive. I think it's only fair to her to urge her to go tell the police the whole thing, If she wllL "I don't like the looks of things, Sundean. I'm doing what I can. But I don't like It Not a bit After all," he added In a morosely business like way ''after all, Mr. Tally wouldn't thank me for letting his sister be" "Then you are going to tell her she'd better ask the police to let her leave?" "' "Yes." f t. "That's good I sail. "Now then. about the priest and did you know that Lovscblem refused to give Miss Tally the envelops out ot his sate?" We talked for some time. I think I managed to convince him that the priest's good faith was at least questionable; and be agreed with me that Lovschlem's excuse about tbe combination ot the safo was pure fiction and not too artistic fic tion at that 1 I fIB rose finally to leave; button- 4 lng his brownish tweed coat and turning np the collar and pull ing down bis hat before facing tbe wind from which the court was a little protected, and thus only his nose and deep-set eyes showed, and he looked suddenly much more ag gressive and dependable. A gust ot wind followed him out ot sight It was growing colder In tbe court With tbe early approach ot night the wind had begun to grow stronger and more vicious In Its sudden gusts. To this day a sud den cold whipping of the wind will snatch my memory back In an In stant to those mad days at Artnene. Another gust of wind blew dust In my face and whipped the cape of a policeman out beyond the wall as If to warn me of bis watching presence, and I rose and entered the hotel. Lovscblem was at tbe desk strok ing tbe cockatoo with one hand and adding accounts with the other. Tbe lounge was bare and empty and cold somehow, we all man aged to eschow tbe lounge that day. The tiny elevator stood dark and empty, with Its doors open behind the little iron gate as It to show that now no one was hiding there. There were voices In the parlor, however, and I swerved to glance through the door. Mrs, Byng, her oyobrows traveling agitatedly, was there, knitting furiously; Grethe's predatory red head waa bent over some lace she was making, and she looked nnwontedly quiet Si'e waa reading something aloud, In a clear and quite steady voice. I could not fathom the look In rethe's green eyes; I waa not par ticularly taken with Mrs. Byng, al though I felt a little sorry for her. But at that moment I heartily ad mired them all. It took courage to sit quietly there In the musty par lor so near the lounge where Mar cel had died, with the gloom and alienee and secrecy ot the old hotel enclosing them. Father Ilobart was sitting near the bar (In a room wblch always managed to look particularly bare and cold with Its garish old calen dars and desolate bar) reading hla perpetual newspaper. And as I turned toward tbe stairway Mari anne passed me with a whisk of her white apron, on her way kitchen- ward. The coast then waa clear. Most ot the afternoon I spent In the gloomy upper reaches ot tbe old hotel. The north wing I did not Im mediately approach, for It had no third floor, as did the rest ot the ho tel; I knew the bedroom floor fairly well, already, and on the ground floor there were merely storerooms wblch I knew had been examined. But then, the whole place had been searched how thoroughly I did not know. Certainly searching the great dark rambling place for clues was very like searching for a needle In a haystack. It waa by no meana a pleasant afternoon, for I waa gradually con vinced that I was surreptitiously ac companied In my search, although I do not know to this day who ac companied me except that It must have been one of two people. (Copurisht, It)!, Kljnon 0. Bberhert) undsan, Monday, dtaeovars ffve ahoatly mil flngar prlnta. 12 CITIESjAVESUN SEATTLE, May 10. (AP) Twelve cltlj of Washington itate awoke ac cording to daylight saving time to day, including Olynpla, the capital, la wolca Oov. Clarence D. Martin promised to regulate hi department on daylight time. Olympla, Hoqulam and Bell Ingham were the latest to Join the daylight saving parade. Seattle, Tacoma, Spo kane, Aberdeen, Everett, Wenatchee, Port Angeles, Port Townsend. Yaki ma and Bremerton had. already de clared for the earlier time, and sev eral others were to start It very soon, putting virtually the whole state on daylight time. Real estate or iacirance Leave It to Jones. Phone 796. 0 f) ' Be prepared to take advantage of the bargain at the - coming - Land Auction Bale. TOUROF STATE PORTLAND, May 10. (AP) Wil liam B. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, Inter national champion "Prohibition Salesman." Is In Portland for a tour of Oregon In a campaign against re peal ot the 18 til amendment. Be opened. the battle against rum at Mc minn vine Jaat night and will con clude the campaign In eastern Ore gon May 30. Regardless of the return of beer. Johnson said, the wets are "yelling their beans off more fiercely than befor.," for tht return of whiskey. If they win that further advance, he declared, "they will start a more ment for the conaumplton of red In or carbolic acid." In other words he declared They im,thini that will make aw aheep aplt In a bulldog's face." 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