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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDPORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 19, 1933. TSae Wlaile Cockatoo by Mignon C. Eberhart' SYNOPSIS After the uneipect- ed arrival 'tncis Tally in the UulehoteHn Soul hem Francewhere lua Mtttet bus lived then with the other dUettl. visit the police, tor there have been three murdere in the hotel, all connected, eo Jim Bundean and the detective. David Lorn- feel, with an attempt to to eure the token which will prove Sne'e rioht to her share of her father's ureat fortune. Thev ask that Sue and Francie mau leave the town : the police refuse. On the way bark to the hotel Sue whispers to Sundean that she has lost the token. Chapter 38 THE VANISHED BLOT "IjrELL " It was Madam Grethe " entering from the lounge. Her green gown caught highlight In Its curves, and the white cockatoo clung to her shoulder, looking Inquisitive ly from one to the other ot us. "Well," she said again. "Will the police now permit you to leave?" She beard of their refusal with a face that did not alter a shade in Its suavely amiable lines. Watching her. It was difficult to believe as I certainly had believed, watching her husband's reception of the news that that refusal affected any plan they might have made. Either It had not, or she was a better actor than her husband. Per haps the look ot secret reflection in her catlike eyes deepened, but her Now there (ace remained smooth and friendly, with only dark lines under her eyes and a certain pinched look about ler nostrils Bhowlng the strain ot the i last few days. Orethe was. always friendly; usually amiable. When Lorn, who hod explained dryly and briefly, finished, her soft shoulders rippled slightly under the silk, she lifted one squarish but very whits hand to caress the cockatoo's neck and said: , "Ah well the detectives from Paris will do something. The police here" She left ber sentence un finished meaningly. "We may have you here for soveral days more, then. Heavon send they be bettor days." She said It quite honestly at least, that was the effect I heartily agreed with ber. AT the same time I'd have thought more of It as a wish It I had been entirely sure It was Heaven and not Madame Grothe herself with whom the responsibil ity lay. I reminded myself that I hadn't, actually, a shadow ot a clue against her, and moved nearer the register which lay open on the tall desk at my side. Grethe had turned to Sue and was talking ot ber leaving thorn in a very frank and pleasant manner a manner which nevertheless con trived to emphasise Sue's long year with thorn and, somehow, the friend liness ot the Lovschlems toward Sue and her mother while Francis and Lorn, equally non committal In ex pression, waited and perforce lis tened. As she talked I was looking with Interest at Francis Tally's name , scrawled across tUn open page, and trying to recall the Interwoven lnlt- ' lals below his typed signature In the letter Lorn had brought It was true that he had recognized Lorn; true, which was more Important that Lorn had recognized him. Still, as Lorn himself had said, It Is well to prove things before resting a case on them. I could not recall the exact characteristics of those Intricate Initials with enough ac curacy to compare them with the signature. I must ask Sue to permit me to look at the letter again. But there was something about that page that was wrong. Some- Film Travelogue For C. P. Grange A motion picture travelogue will be presented at next Turadsy'a meet lng ol the Central Po.nt Grans, It was announced todsy. It will Include pictures tkcn by Mrs. A?no E. Hlnes. thing that had nothing to do with Francis Tally' signature. There were three names on It: my own, David Lorn's, and Francis Tally's. It was exactly the same as It bad been when I looked at It last, which was on the occasion of David Lorn's arrival exactly the same except, of course, for the addition of Francis Tally's name. Yet It was not as It had been when I signed It at the top of the page. Something tugged and pulled at my memory a second and then made Itself definite, so definite that I won dered that I had not seen the dis crepancy immediately upon my look' Ing at the page at the time of Lorn's arrival. It was simple, trivial. And yet by reason ot its very triviality must be somehow Important. There wasn't an Ink blot And there had been an Ink blot on that page when I signed my own name, under the cockatoo's sus picious eye, the very evening of my arrival In that Ill-omened hotel. NOW there was no Ink blot Tet there were no signs whatever of erasure; the page was smooth and glazed. And there was my own name In my own writing. They were talking behind me, but I did not hear what they were say- was no blot lng. Under cover of the conversa tion I leaned nearer the book, and, luckily, caught a highlight from the window near by on the glimmering surface ot the paper. Then I was sure. My signature was still In my own handwriting; that was true. But It had been traced on that page with a sharp Instrument and then followed with pen and Ink. And It was not too Well done; with police It wouldn't have stood a test one moment Even I, no police man and, God knows, no amateur de-. tectlve, could readily discern the forgery. But the forgery began and ended with my own name. Lorn's and Tally's signatures were clearly not traced. Why, thenf , The explanation was simple and swift Something had made the re moval of that page Imperative. It had become Imperative after my ar rival and before Lorn's, And It was nothing of an Innocent nature, such as a bad tear or more spilled Ink, for Lovschiom, In such a case, would have merely asked me to register again, and explained the need for It No, the very fact of careful and painstaking forgery ot my name proved that there was a hidden and probably Incriminating reason for It Incriminating to whom, I could not know, although It pointed strongly to Lovlschlem, and was thus practically the only material clue I had so tar discovered which led to him. Suddenly I realized that I was looking too long and too closely at the page. There were still voices behind me, but I looked up quickly and met Lovschlom's eyes. 1 en deavored to look blank and uncon cerned. I even said In a casual way to Tally, "Your home's In the South, then," as If I'd been only guilty ot Idle curiosity. There was no way to know, how- over, whether my small ruse suc ceeded with Lovscblem or not Hi! eyes still followed me when I led the lobby, and as I started upstalrt I glanced back from the landlnt and saw him bending over the reg Ister. (Copyright, 1IS. Mono 0. BbtrXart' 8u tltt the story of the toktn's diMppaaranc. tomorrow. writer and motion picture producer of Forest Grove, who waa a v'slto? In the Rogue River valley a short time ago. , Prank Hansen will present the pie- turee and a email admission fee will be charged. All grangers and the pub lic are promised an entertaining eve ning. I 422 ARRESTS IN STATE FOR APRIL SALEM, May 19 AP) -Arrest In general law enforcement In Oregon S'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE SUBURBAN HEIGHTS Bv gluyas Williams, HI IN I f II II III y I IT "1 V MOvie! 1 bveRV I live. 5ot To- 1 : " - i : . TVh . AX FRED PFRLEV, RETURWK6 FROM FS28? r Jwo ws spring shoppie, expected his wife A fw 0-'JirWVc N 70 N)EFT HIM, AND WAITED, 6ETTIK6 MADDER US V? my 4 3 fcSrl. V-T" AND MADDER UNTIL, ven-the last taxi had I fW; 1 C - usa9er jCSkA 60NE H REMEMBEREP THAT HE HAD LIFT THAT IL. V-tS (Copyright, 1933, ,7Tl,.B.ri8yBdlCTt.,tnc.) KA " W0RN1N6 WlTri TK KEY OF TrjE CAR IN HIS POCKET ..f ' VUILu5n Copyright. 1833. by The Btll Syndicate, Inc.) S"? TAILSPIN TOMMY From Barn Yard And Kennel To Jungle! L3 TO THI&S I THfc MIDDLE OF THE 'jrSJ Zs-ifrf THE DOMtSlC SURVIVAL. OP sp5 BOUND TO WIN The Blowout! r rnwiisi ai p.fp . tU Y- Tri fROMfi!"'W THE OLD ' rSl A BLOCV MHeftS -J r -&hJV f 1J-JJ MSHftKB HIM? H - S 6orT LBT" -M ' ' LWOOFTl SHE CAN Lf:SFia-,,k HAPPENED? BLCWOUTJ 1 S6 RIGHT 1 HIM OUT OF JMmma XSt&m& Wnnc 1 TAKE! Hi Pl TOLD r-r, I J"7- J IMi THE NEBBS She's A Good Kid - . ' By SOL HESS rr . . . II I w5 vjrti (Dt! oikj' TO -TOkIcIF? "X 7 RnnUTn! 1 OnUTV DlOKJ-T L OUST GET I mvIelp'Ai! last MTsfrr 7" " N KP. oarukisTS vr well postpokje the KMOvAy mow vm tmroosw -te.l.ukj' vou I V i-Jr.yL Z,l,J, V VOL) VrVILL. . Y, rAi o.-r ' vAJSD01Kl' TILL VOU PPM IT H rrvcTS iufi TO fvOU'RE-SOW' TO PAV IT n&u vniion SWEET HEART 2J TA-ViE IT- I JUST BACK-VOU CAKJ PVJTIO m I KEPAV VOU FOR ) SPCK A. WEEKf-SO -ww V. COULOKJT A WEEK EAS-y-THAT'5 M WwiS WfODlVESS A DONJT CRV.SAVETHftT , l Z's V a-- V TAKE IT (HK OKJLV 20 WEEKS 1 SOT; V, S FOR WHOO VOUTCE PAVlW ii, 1 1 j . el rs - i i j vv-oom. r " ks'. u BRINGING UP FATHER " By George McManu. '5'I0i-V!",i!:IS WELL-t CATCH ME- I , V L WHV DONT jJ-,Cfel , ,M.oGiE-r- ' iX& 77 . ' J - - i kiss's!.!"- IU Mt m T rt v Xt fLA 111 ' " 1 ' " V i ,., ., ' --- " i L.! A- ' ' I There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation during April totaled 422, Charles P. Pray, .superintendent of state police announced. These resulted In fines aggregating 95,397 and sentences of more than 39 yean In prison. The largest number of these ar rests waa for fishing without licenses, 99 being charged with this offense. Many arrests were alao made for lar ceny under $50, and for drunkenness. In traffic violations, separate from general lav violations, a total of 364 arrests were made, with fines Im posed In the sum of 95,781. Warnings were Issued to 15.799 drivers. Forty five of the arrests were made for reckless driving. Thirty-two drivers .were arrested for being Intoxicated, the report showed. Pender and body repairing. Prloes WASHINGTON, May 19 (.AP) rlght. Brill Sheet Metal Works. 'loudspeaker system was Installed the senate chamber today for the first time in history to make It easier for senators to follow proceedings in the Impeachment trial of Judge Harold Louderback. Members of the senate, constitut ing the Jury In the case, have had difficulty In following the testimony because the attorneys and witnesses were not accustomed to speaking In tones necessary to carry through the chamber. If the system Installed today proves successful It may be adopted for sessions of the senate. WINSLOW, Ariz., May 19 (AP) William H. Woodin, Jr., son of the secretary of the treasury, suffered a heart attack as he brought hts air plane to the ground here today.