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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-
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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
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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.