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METFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUTJDSY, MAY Vt, 1933.
E?3 The While Cockatoo
BYKOPSIS: Jim Sundean hat
ditcovered evidence that eeeme to
eonneot the man known ae Father
Robart with the plot to eteal the
token with which But Tally muit
prove her claim to a great fortune.
Perhape he aleo has a connection
uith the two murdere that have
horrified the ovate ot the email
French hotel that hoe been their
ecene. But when he and David
Lorn, the detective, are ready to in
form the police, they learn that
Father Robart hae dteappcared.
Then there to neue.
Chapter 8S
THE COFFIN
THH polloa bad discovered the
owner of the gun. It was a man
by tbs name ot Michael Stravsky.
And a photograph ot the dead man
had been mailed to the gunsmith,
and he had aald that without a doubt
It waa a picture ot the man who
bought the gun.
"That must be the murdered man,
then," I aald. "Michael Stravsky."
Lorn nodded. His (ace waa Im
passive as ever, but I think be waa
actually aa excited over the develop
ment as I was.
"And It waa a bullet from that gun
that killed Marcel I"
"Yes. They extracted two bullets,
and It was tbat gun."
"But the man was dead long be
fore that gun was used to kill Mar
cel It the murdered man was
Stravsky that very tact links the
murderer of Stravsky and the mur
derer of Marcel. Stravsky's mur
derer searched his pockets, took the
dead man's gun, among other things,
and later user the gun on little Mar
cel." "Perhaps," aald Lorn. "He would
feel safe In getting rid of It as be did.
Simply tossing It to the lounge floor,
knowing that, even If It were traced.
It could do blm no damage. I tell
you, Sundean, this la an exceptional
criminal. It took nerve to do that'
"It took," I said hotly, thinking of
Marcel, "a devil. I thought the gun
would eventually prove to belong to
the priest." .
"I thought so myself," said Lorn.
Re pulled bis coat tighter about blm.
We were talking In the courtyard.
Inside In the little lobby were sev
eral policemen with Lovachlem, fat
and protestant and frightened In the
midst of them, and Madame Orethe
listening coldly at one side.
"Why are they Questioning Lov
achlem nowT Trying to discover If
he knew the man?"
"I suppose so," said Lorn without
much Interest.
"Do you think he did?"
"I don't know. It's possible."
"Stravsky bo might have been In
cahoots with the priest"
Lorn nodded impatiently, as It I
wore very slow at arriving at the
conclusion.
"There'a another thing," he said.
"The poison was a compound of
nicotine. No, no " be forestalled
my Inquiries quickly "that's all I
know now. I'm off to the police sta
tion. Perbapa I'll know more when
I get back. Ab-h "
He hesitated and looked a little
embarrassed, aa If be had just re
membered his more pressing duty,
' and then said: "You don't mind just
keeping an eye on Miss Tally, do
you?"
I didn't mind. But I believe I
managed to say so without undue
warmth.
IN the hall upstairs I met Sue. She
looked tired and pale even In tbat
dim light and hadn't she told me,
slept well.
"I felt haunted," she said and
then laughed a little tremulously. ,
Well, I had felt that way myself.
I said:
"I'm delegated to 'keep an eye'
on you this morning. Lorn wants
to hobnob with the police."
"The police? Have they made any
discoveries?"
Briefly I told her wbat they were,
and she listened thoughtfully. After
a moment she shrugged her shoul
ders. "There's nothing we can do, I sup
pose, but wait" she said. "But the
Inactivity Is rather bad. Oome,"
she said suddenly. "You must see
the show piece. . I'll show you the
famous Pope's piano."
I followed her through the dim
corridor, admiring as I went her
graceful smooth carriage, the slope
of her shoulders, the proud way
her head bent on her slonder neck.
It was lust at the turn from the
middle oorridor Into the north wing
that an unexpected thing occurred.
She waa Wearing again the gray
tweed suit and crimson scarf at bar
throat and as she entered the north
wing door the scarf floated out
caught on a projecting latch-
AGAINST JAP THREAT
raPIN3, May IS (AP) Chineae
authorities moved swiftly today for
tbs defense of Pel plug &ttr second
reconnalsanc of the city by a Japa
nese war plane.
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dropped handbills saying the Japa
nese are ready to extend their attack
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caught and held and all In a second
whirled her around sharply against
me and Into my arms.
It waa very sudden, and It caught
me off my guard, and there waa no
one near, and the corridor was dark
and empty and still, and my arms
were tight around her and holding
her close to me, and her balr
brushed my face.
And Immediately the empty cor
ridors and the hotel and the world
oeased to exist, and there was noth
ing but darkness and warmth and
Sue In my anna with mjr mouth
against her mouth.
. Then Sue waa a small figure in
the darkness apart from me, her
face a white blur. And I was trying
to steady my voice so I could Speak,
and my heart was pounding aa If
I'd been running a race, and I
wanted her in my arms again, and I
dreaded what she might say. It's
true that a kiss is only a kiss. But
the girl was Sue. It made such a
difference.
"I'm sorry"
I waited. I thoaght of tr4ng
further apology.
Then all at once Sue spoke. She
spoke In a breathless little voice
that I'd never heard before. But she
said coolly enough:
"Weren't we going to look at the
Pope's piano
I OPENED the door and then
paused.
"It's dark la here," I said, with
perhaps a note ot warning In my
voice.
"Well," said Sue, and there was
just a spark of laughter In her eyes.
"Well open the shutters."
But as she followed me Into the
large, empty, funereal room the
laughter fled.
"How cold It Is!" she said with a
shiver. "And how musty." She
followed me to the window and held
back the curtain while I flung back
the window, which let In a breath
of crisp fresh air, opened the shut
ters, and as the gray light orept In
closed the window again.
Tbe light did nothing to remove
the gloom that hung over the old
room. Even the flowered carpet and
the gilt ouplda on the mantel mirror
looked garish and desolate and ugly.
The color had gone from Sue's
face.
"It Isn't exactly lively In here," I
aald, "In spite of tbe frivolous furni
ture." "The furniture makes It worse,"
said Sue with a shudder. "However,
there'a the piano."
It loomed up In tho shadowy cor
nerenormous, dark, long, like a
great black coffin on legs. Neither
of us was In a hurry to approach It
Sue looked about her, walked over
to a long, white table with a faded
pink velvet cover which stood under
the dead chandelier, and paused
there meditatively.
"Dust," she said, drawing a slim
forefinger across it.
Her voice broke off and changed,
and she said with sharp impatience:
"What la the matter with this
room!"
It's been closed too long," I aald
prosaically, though I knew what she
felt "And it's cold."
The room had all at once become
Intolerable. Its alienee brooded;
the cold was musty; the shadows
dim; there was an Intangible feeling
of menace hanging over It and ns.
Instinct bade me get Sue out ot the
place.
But In that little moment of si
lence between us came a very
strange and startling thing.
Someone somewhere near as
sighed heavily.
It waa a long sigh long and strug
gling and Inexpressibly weary. It
waa distinct and unmistakable and
dreadful In that chill, breathless si
lence. Our eyes leaped to meet I was
on my feet So waa Sue. Neither
of us spoke.
Then I went to the piano. It was
dark in that corner. I held the re
volver In my band.
There was no one there.
I Utted the lid of the huge shape.
After a moment my fingers drop
ped the revolver Into my pocket
again, and I touched cautiously
something Inside.
"What ?" whispered Sue.
I olosed the ltd. It waa, then, tn
very truth a coffin.
"Please .eave. Leave at once."
Sue did not move.
I was thinking that the crowded
thing under that lid couldn't pos
sibly hare nttered that heavy, strug
gling sigh. It waa too long dead.
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The third victim of the killer M
Identified, tomorrow.
to Felplng and Tientsin unless the
Chinese cease armed resistance.
Says Roosevelt
For Movie Probe
WASHINGTON, May IB. (AP)
ReprerentatlTe BlroTtoh (D- K. T.)
created a sensation In the house to
day when he declared President
Roosevelt favored his resolution call
ing for ft congressional Investigation
of the motion picture industry. His
statement was Immediately question
ed by a number of members.
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the MedfoM Oleemen. which will be
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