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MTTOFORD MAIL TRTBTjyE. ftfEPFQRD. OREGON, STODXY, MAT 2"1, 1933.
The While Cockatoo
by Mignon C. EbtrharV
BYN0P818: Three murder have
centered around an attempt to
cure the token by meane ot tohich
Sue Tally must identity herself to
her brother, whom ehe ha not teen
elne childhood. The token repre
sent her ehare ot her father1 tor
tune. Fraud Tally, tuddenly ar
rived, i refused permission by the
police to take Sue to a eater place.
Back in the hotel that i th scene
of the crimes. Jim Sundcen him
self only fust relieved of suspicion,
learn from Sue that ne ha loet
the token, finds that his tlonature
on the hotel register i a toraery.
Bundean goee upstair.
Chapter 19
SCARLET SLIPPER
LORN and Tally had drifted Into
the chilly parlor again, and Sue
had made some excuse about taking
oil her coat and was alto coming up
stairs. I did not wait tor her until I
had passed beyond the gallery and
Into the corridor and thus was be
yond the range ot vision ot anyone
on the first floor.
When we reached the little niche
In the corridor 1 stopped. There
was no one in sight; we were visible
from .only one or two doors, and
they were closed; not even a police
man was to be seen up and down
the length of the shadowy deserted
corridor.
"Now then." I said, "tell me all
about the token."
"Bat I don't know," eald Sue In
what was almost a wall. "It Is Just
one. And I thought It was so safe."
"When did you lose It!"
"Sometime last night." ,
"Yon don't mean anyone got into
your room during the night?" I
was frightened. I had her by the
arm, gripping it so hard that she
winced.
"Oh, no, nol The door was locked
and bolted all night"
"When, then?" I asked, only a lit
tle relieved.
"I don't know. I looked at It
the token, you- know yesterday
aboat noon. Last evening after
dinner you told me the priest had
been In my room, but the place
where I where I had hidden the
token" ...
"Your slipper," I said grimly.
"What?"
"Ot course. One of your scarlet
Uppers with the silver heels. It
was probably In a hollow In the
heel." ,
"But you hpw could you know
that?"
I hated taking' time, especially
when it was so simple. '
"Oh, you wore them so much
wore them that first night when you
had been out to walk on the bridge
would you wear scarlet evening
Uppers with narrow high heels for
a walk along cobblestones ' unless
there was a reason?" I was Impa
tient "But I didn't wear them. In the
daytime," she protested. ,
"Naturally not" I said. "But
there wasn't so much danger then I
or you probably thought there
was sot Or perhaps you removed
It during tbi daytime. Or perhaps
It was very well hidden. Oo on
when did you discover It had been
stolen ?"
She looked at me a moment be
fore she said: "It was well hidden.
I felt safe about It when I glanced
at It (It was In the heel ot the right
Upper) It showed no signs ot be
ing tampered with. I thought I
could have told at once It It had
been removed.
"Bo I eald the priest had taken
nothing from my room. I only dis
covered it late last night I felt I
must be sure, of course and I
opened the heel and the token was
gone."
WHAT did you do?"
" "Nothing. There was noth
ing I could do then. Everyone had
gone to bed; I I was afraid to
venture out Into the black corri
dors." ' Bhe shivered, and 1 said
quickly, taking a long breath at
the thought ot what might have hap
pened had she done sot
"That was right"
- I felt rather as It I had walked
without knowing It to the very edge
ot a proclplce and only looked down
at the last step. Suppose she'd gone
out into the corridors murder
haunted black
"That was right!" I repeated In
adequately. Then that feeling of
urgency, that there was not much
time, nudged me, and I went on:
"But you should have told ns at
once this morning."
She hesitated, looking at me with
teady but troubled eyes.
"But I couldn't tell Lorn."
"Couldn't oh oh, I see. After
all, he's In the employ of your broth
er. And your brother's Interests
would come first with him."
"Exactly," eald Sue. "And I
couldn't search the priest's room
this morning myself. I was still,
somehow ' she paused, and her
breath caught a little as she admit
ted "afraid afraid you had
warned me too well. But I was Just
going to tell you. In the White Sa
lon, you know when " She stopped
completely there.
So that was why the priest was
murdered. Ha had had the token,
and someone knew he had It and
murdered him. A small Incident In
the lust tor that waiting gold.
This left three possibilities that
is, it we granted that the priest had
stolen the token, and I thought I
was safe in doing that first, the
murderer had taken it from the
priest and it was in his possession.
Second, It bad been on the body
of the priest, and the police nov had
It: this I thought was highly im
probable, as the murderer had had
hours after the priest's death to
search the body unobserved. Par
enthetically I thought of the hide
ously uneasy night I had passed try
ing to sleep In that death-haunted
wing.
The third possibility was that
the priest had hidden the token suc
cessfully or had passed it Imme
diately to a possible accomplice;
this last was, also unlikely.
'Do you want to tell me what It
Is?" I asked rather diffidently.
"You mean you want to try to find
It again for me?"
She considered this gravely.
IN ROBBERY PLOT
NEW YORK, May 20. ) An
agreement to split three ways a S200,-
000 Bequest in the questioned will of
the slain Edward A. Ridley was re
lated to police today by one of two
accountants charged with an alleged
conspiracy to rob the aged and ec
centric millionaire.
The bequest was made to Lee
Welnstcin, the secretary whose body
wu found alongside Ridley's In the
letter's subcellar office lust week.
Police said both the accountants un
der arrest, George Goodman and Ar
thur J. Hoffmann, have confessed
they conspired with Welnsteln to rob
Ridley ol S210.O0O.
Telling of a further conspiracy by
wbtch Ridley signed a will without
knowing It, Hoffmann said Weln
steln was to give himself and Good
man one fourth "of what he could
get out of toe will."
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TO HEAD BAPTISTS
EUGENE, May 30. JP) The Rev.
Bryant Wilson ot Eugene was elected
president ot the Oregon Baptist state
convention, and Portland was select
ed s the 1034 convention city, at the
concluding session of the annual
meeting here. More than 300 persons
attended the Eugene meeting.
Other state ollioers are Charles
Roth of The Dalles, vice president;
the Rev. 0. 8. Tunnell of Portland,
recording secretary; J. E. Thomas of
Portland, historical secretary, and W.
O. Sims of Portland, treasurer.
The board invited Dr. Francis W.
Starring of Phoenix. Aria, to suoceed
Dr. O. O. Wright of Portland as eecu
tlve secretary. Dr. Wright retired yes
tenlay after 21 years service.
Mrs. M. E. Russell and Mrs. Mary
E. Luckcuck. S. T. Magnetic Healers
and Scientific Massage, are now lo
cated at 305 East Jackson.
S'MATTER POP
'IT'S rather dangerous
a edge," she said at last
knowl
"And I
must be able to tell Francis that I
have kept It a complete secret
That of course, Is the pressing
thing. I didn't Intend to ask you to
find It for me. I think that's rather
a hopeless task now.
"And besides I I have already
placed you In too much danger. The
thing I wanted to talk to you about
Is what to do now, What to tell
Francis. Oh, it's It's so dreadful
ly Ironical. If he'd only got here
one day sooner. He's waiting now,
I suppose. He hinted that when we
returned from interviewing tho po
lice we would go Into what he called
the r'f or mall ties.' He means, of
course, the token."
It was true that that was the
urgent and Immediate thing. How
to meet Francis' Inquiries at that
moment To tell him lamely that
the thing bad been stolen but that
we were searching for It would be
to convince Francis once and for all
that Sue was only another Impostor.
"You'll have to bluff your brother.
Get the papers from Lovschlem;
make him hand them over; give
those to your brother to digest
Then refuse to show your own token
until he shows you his I gather
they are identical? The chances
are he will be reluctant to show
his. He'll be afraid It Is a trap.
However, you'U hold out; you'll say
you also are afraid of a trap or
rather you'll Indicate It tactfully.
Don't hesitate tor an Instant Be
firm and cool and sure of yourself."
"Yes, I can do that" said Sue,
And It was true; she could no
one better.
"But suppose suppose he be
lieves me suppose he Is ready to
match his token with mine. Sup
pose," she said with a ghost of a
smile which did not lighten the
tense look In her eyes and the taut
line around her mouth, "suppose he
calls my bluff."
"He won't" I said with more con
fidence than I felt "He'll want to
think about It awhile talk It over
with Lorn. And In the meantime
perhaps"
Her eyes quickened, and she
grasped at the hint that I had not
intended to eonvey.
"Do you mean" she whispered
"that you that perhaps that
you know something are on the
trail of"
"No, no," I said at once. "I've
only a faint notion. Don't bank on it.
Don't hope for anything. I mean It.
I'm counting on Lorn and Lorn only.
Unless the Paris detectives get hore
had not convinced her. I could
see by the eager, questioning look
In her eyes that It had not I fell
vaguely embarrassed, for I pretend
ed to no ability as a detective.
Still, two and two make four, by
whomever added. It was the nncer
talnty ot the digits that troubled mr
fCopirtjnr. Hit. Ulenon 0. Kberhart
undaan ask tus. tomorrow,
toms myitlfyinu questions.
DIAMOND LAKE
A beautiful painting of Diamond
lake by Wm, Oatman, promising
young local artist, forma the back
ground of a display for the popular
southern Oregon re-sort now on ex
hibition at the Chamber of Commerce,
Oatman recently returned to Med
ford from northern California, where
he waa engaged In Interior decorating I
and waa obtained by the Diamond
Lake company to paint the lake In
summer setting. The value ot the
picture will be appreciated by all
local folk familiar with the lake. Be
yond the water line, forming as It
does In reality a maaalTe guardian
ot the lake, appears Mt. Thlelsen,
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