' 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.
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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.
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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."
Fender and body repairing. Pries
right Brill Sheet Metal Works.
S'MATTER POP-
By C. M. PAYNE
MANY AFTER LEVENS'
PLACE WITH STATE
8ALEM, May 10-(AP) Numerous
application! have been received for
the position of amlstant attorney
general which was held by the late
William 8. Levene, It waa announced
at the statehouse.
The attorney-general's office stated
that no appointment would be made
for aome time with a poaalbility ex
it Ung .that no aucceaaor would be
named, the work being taken over
by present deputies.
.
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