MTTDFOTITJ WATTJ TRIBUNE, ftTEDFOTTO, 'OREGON, TUESDAY, IKY 23, 1933.
The Wliile Cockatoo
SYNOPSIS: Feverishly Jim Sun
dean uorks to help But Tally out of
the tnngle in which the is enmesh
ed. The token with which the must
identify herself to her brother
Francis, irhom the hat not teen
ttnee childhood, it stolen lust as
Francis arrives in the French
hotel where she lives. Three mur
ders have been committed in an
effort to steal the token. Sue her
self hat seemed to do suspicious
thin fjs, David Lorn, Fronds' de
tective, calls 8ue to talk with her
brother and Sundean, tearing the
murderer may make a last desper
ate attempt on Eue't life, watchet
outside.
Chapter 41
THE THEFT
npHERB was one faint hope. That
was that whoever It waj who
had killed so swiftly, so mysterious
ly, with such ghastly silence and
stealth, striking without warning
there in the blackness ot the old
hotel and vanishing as mysterious
ly as he had come whoever he was
might possibly believe that, without
that token, Kue would not be able
to convince her brother.
But the faint hope was so very
faint that it was almost untenable.
Sue's only assurance ot safety lay
In convincing Francis ot her lden
. tlty. And she was going to him
empty-handed, without that token
on which bad been placed such 111
. proportioned significance.
At any rate, she had the birth
and marriage records; If FranclB
were only inclined to be fair and
reasonable, those written records
would go a long way toward estab-
Ilshlng her identity.
It was with taut nerves that I saw
Francis appear In the doorway, and
heard him call to Lovschlem, and
saw Lovschlem, after a moment or
two, emerge from the parlor and
waddle fatly toward his own rooms.
He's going to his safe, I thought,
and lit a cigarette and forced my
self to wait quietly.
It Francis would only credit the
evidence of that long-ago marriage
certificate and Sue's own birth rec
ord, things might yet go well with
Sue. Given time and luck, we might
recover the token, '
But I was not exactly easy. It
wsj somehow not really a shock to
j witness Lovschlem's hasty return,
his fat flurried hands, bis agitation
. and his cries that he'd been robbed.
' The safe had been opened, he orled,
gasping and wheezing for breath.
Miss Tally's envelope was gone.
Nothing else. Only the envelope.
The strange thing about It was
' It looked to me to be teal.
My opinion of the Lovschlems
was going up and up.
I felt sure, while I watched the
resultant commotion that brought
lliam nil KVnnMa mnA Qua an1
i Lorn and Orethe Into the lounge,
, I felt sure that neither Grethe nor
; Marcus had, known ot the theft of
the envelope rtue had entrusted to
j them.
I was at last convinced that they
had actually wanted Sue to have
that AnvnlnnA nnri tn rn ,v wflh
her brother. Which conviction com
pletely reversed my whole train of
speculation regarding the Lov
schlems. At the same time, I was 'inter
ested In discovering from the result
ant conversation with Its Implica
tions that tbey undoubtedly had
known more than Sue believed they
had known about her Inheritance
and the conditions ot It For Fran
els was not guarded In his remarks
even before my ears, and the Lov
chlems were obviously not put
zled by his allusions.
"IJOWEVER," said Francis crlsp-
ly at last,- Interrupting Lov
schlem's perspiring expostulations,
"The papers In the envelope were
not ot first Importance. ' It's true
that my sister" He checked
himself, glanced at me, and made
his first allusion to thd aecrocy of
the affair. "I conclude that you'vo
taken your er friends" he ges
tured toward me and the Lov
schlems, an inclusion which, despite
my rising regard for the Lov
schlems, I did not Tollsh "Into
your confidence regarding this af
fair." "Only Mr. Sundean," said Sue.
"Who has "
"Well, well," Francis Interrupt
ed. "It's quite all right, The Impor
tant thing "
"But I did not tell anyone else,"
wont on Sue firmly, rofuslng to be
Interrupted.
Francis glanced fieetlngly at the
Lovschlems. 1 followed his glance
and was caught by a curiously still
expression on Oretbe's face. She
met Francis' eyes directly, but
there was a look In hors I could not
fathom as '.he said very deliber
ately and distinctly:
"MIbb Tally's mother told us
something ot the strange conditions
under which Miss Tally would In
terlt money from her father. She
told us In confidence, hoping that
WASHINGTON, May 3s. (AP
Ferdinand Fecora, counsel for senate
banking committee, predicted In an
Interview today that the Investigation
of J. P. Morgan and company, open
in? tomorrow, would result In
"much important legislation" to re
form banking laws.
by Migtm C Ebcrhart '
we would give what assistance we
might to Miss Talv. She had no
other friends." There was a nice
lack of emphasis on the words
"other friends," but they stood ont
definitely In their implication.
"I hope I do not need to assure yon
that we have told no one. If there
la, as we have feared, a scheme to
rob Miss Tally of her Inheritance,
It is not one we have brought about
by a careless revealing of her
mother's dying confidence. We have
even kept the fact of our knowledge
from Miss Tally. We understood, of
course, that It was a delicate mat
ter and one that invited danger."
Fine and fair and careful.
At once my growing opinion of
the precious two gave one feeble
flicker and collapsed. It was far too
fine and fair and carefuL Grethe's
eyes were too cautious) and they
held too brooding a flame as they
met Francis Tally's, I felt tbat her
claws were unsheathing them
selves, her white muscles gather
ing tensely.
And a look at Marcus's face con
firmed my feeling, for It bore a silly
look of combined dismay, fright,
and ludicrous relief as his quicker
wltted mate spoke.
"Oh, of course. Of course," said
Francis Tally carelessly, as It It
didn't In the least matter. "The
point Is we don't need the papers
that were In the envelope. There is
a perfectly simple way for my sis
ter to prove her identity. And 1
suppose she Is willing to do so at
onoe and end this uncertainty."
"I'll match your own token, Fran
cis," said Sue pleasantly.
7RANCIS whirled sharply to look
at her. Even Lorn, who had, as
usual, mysteriously turned up at a
crisis, seemed to sense something
under her voice, and I caught his
speculative, thoughtful look and
wondered about IL
There had been something queer
about Lorn some Impalpable dif
ference. It had come with Francis
Tally's unheralded arrival, but it
was nothing to which I had a clue.
What bad he been doing what,
perhaps, had he discovered? There
was certainly something very
strange back of his guarded dark
eyes as he watched Francis Tally.'
"What do you meant" Francis'
voice went upward a note or two.
"Only that," said Sue still pleas
antly. Francis' ."ace slowly darkened.
"But, my doar girl," he said, "it
is you who must prove your Iden
tity to me. Don't you think you are
roverslng matters a little?"
"No," said Sue quietly. There was
firmness under her voice, but it was
still quiet and, curiously, there was
a spark of gayoty in the glance she
flung toward me. I was interested
to note that Francis' face was loss
bland. What would be say? What
would he do? He shot a glance at
Madame Grethe, who watched with
hor feline look of secret, guarded
waiting. He said:
"You forget that I am sole arbiter
of the matter. And in any case,
sister, I think it might be bettor to
continue our conversation in a less
public place. Shall we " He mo
tioned toward the parlor, and Sue
preceded biro, meekly enough, but
with another glance at me,
Grethe, with a sharp word to
Lovschlem, vanished, Lovschlom
followed hor, and Lorn, looking un
decidedly after Francis, as it wait
ing tor some Indication ot Francis'
wishes, sat down beside me. Neither
of us spoke for a time: I was lost
In my thoughts, and Lorn was
equally engrossed In soma mysteri
ous speculations ot his own.
"Woll," I remarked at last, hav
ing reached a cul-de-sae in my rea
soning from which there was only
one exit, and that too incredible
to take.
"Well enough, I suppose," he re
plied a bit grudgingly. He waa
watching the door to the parlor
carefully. "Well enough."
I said bluntly:
"See here. Lorn, I've got a feel
ing that you know more about this
affair than you are willing to admit
Is that true7"
His chin sank a little Into the
collar ot the dark topcoat ha still
wore owing to the barn-like chill
ot the hotoi. He had slouched down
In his chair, and looked flabby and
baggy-trousered and altogether in
effective, ,
"Yes and no," he said. "If I do
know something, the time tsn't ripe
lor It yot."
ITe flicked a look at me. I could
read nothing at all In his clouded
dark eyes.
"You're not telling me to mind my
own business, are youT"
"Not precisely," said Lorn, with
rather startling candor, "but It
might be better for you If you did."
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Unaxpactad darteor assails Sun
dean, tomorrow.
LOS ANOELTB. May 23. (AP)
Lyle William Brier, lg-year-old Uni
versity of Southern California pre
medlcal student, waa shot and killed
early today In front of the Loa An
geles Athletlo club In downtown Los
Angeles when, police said, he resisted
an attempt to rob him.
PUNISH ELDERS 10
TOLD BOY TO SUICIDE
NAIROBI. Kenya Colony, May 23.
(AP) Seven elders of the Nandl
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tribe today started serving sentences
varying from two to four years at
hard labor for aiding a 14-year-old
boy to commit suicide In accordance
with Nandl law.
The boy, cowherd, accidentally
struck and killed a companion while
he was practicing spear-throwing.
The elders decreed he must pay
blood-money to relatives of the dead
Isabella Won't Be Left Behind!
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Woodcraft Convenes.
PENDLETON, Ore., May 22. (AP)
Over one hundred delegates from
various lodges In this district were
today attending the district conven
tion of the Neighbors of Woodcraft
here. The sessions will be concluded
Tuesday.
By C. M. PAYNE
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committeemen with the calendar
crowded with meetings for the first
three ays. The tourist and con
vention committees met Monday. One
retail merchants group Monday and
one Wednesday. The Industrial com
mittee will meet Wednesday, the
dairymen's group of the agricultural
committee and the civic affairs today
and a meeting of the board of di
rectors has been called for Friday, as
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mittee and the aviation committee.
Judge Would lie tire.
SEATTLE, May 23' ( AP ) Federal
Judge Jeremiah Neterer, 70, forward
ed a request for retirement to Presi
dent Roosevelt today. He is a Dem
ocrat and has been on the federal
bench here almost 20 years.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
VAWNS, A L0N& SOUL-SKflSrV-
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DKIPES WITH RELIEF HE'S
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