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TlieWliile Cockatoo
8YN0P8IB: Feverithly Jim Sun
dean uorto (0 help Sue Tally out of
the tangle in which the is enmesh-
ed. 1'he token vrtth tchich she mutt
identity hereelf to her brother
Francis, irhom the hat not eeen
since childhood, it etolen fust at
Francie arrivee tn the French
hotel where ehe lives. Three mur
dere have been committed in an
effort to steal the token. Sue her
self hat seemed to do suspicious
things. David Lorn, Francis' de
tective, calle Sue to talk vtith her
brother and Sundean, tearing ths
murderer may make a laet desper
ate attempt on Sue's life, watches
outside.
Chapter 41
THE THEFT
'TWERE was one faint hope. That
was that whoever It wai who
had killed so swiftly, so mysterious
ly, with such ghastly silence and
stealth, striking without warning
there In the blackness of the old
hotel and vanishing as mysterious
ly as he had come whoever he was
might possibly believe that, without
that token, fine 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 of safety lay
In convincing Francis of her lden
. tlty. And she was going to him
ampty-handed, without that token
on which had been placed such Ill
proportioned significance.
At any rate, she had the birth
and marriage records; If Francis
were only inclined to be fair and
reasonable, those written records
would go a long way toward estab
lishing 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.
If 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
was somehow not really a shook to
witness Lovschlom's hasty return,
his fat flurried hands, his agitation
and his cries that he'd been robbed.
' The safe had been opened, he orled,
gasping and wheezing for breath.
Miss Tally's envelops was gone.
, Nothing else. Only the envelope.
The strange thing about It was
1 that his agitation was not affected.
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
them all Francis and Sue and
i Lorn and Orethe Into the lounge,
: I felt sure that neither Orethe nor
, Marcus had. known of the theft of
' the envelope ;ue bad entrusted to
them.
I was at last .convinced that they
had actually wanted Sue to have
. that envelope and to go away with
her brother. Which convlotlon 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 they undoubtedly had
known more than Sue believed they
had known about her Inheritance
and the conditions of It For Fran
cis was not guarded in his remarks
even before my ears, and the Lov
schlems were obviously not pus
sled by his allusions.
"IJOWEVER," said Francis crlsp-
ly at last,- Interrupting Lov
schlem's perspiring expostulations,
"The papers in the envelope were
not of first importance. ' It's true
that my sister " He checked
himself, glanced at me, and mado
his first allusion to thd secrecy of
the affair. "I conclude that you'vo
taken your r friends" ht 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,"
went on Sue firmly, refusing to be
Interrupted.
Francis glanced fleetlngly at the
Lovschlems. 1 followed his glanco
and was caught by a curiously still
expression on Grotto's face. She
met Francis' eyes directly, but
there was a look In hers I could not
fathom as ;he said very deliber
ately and distinctly:
"Miss Tally's mother told us
something of the strange conditions
under which Miss Tally would In.
herlt "toney from her father. She
told us In confidence, hoping that
WASHINGTON, May 32. (AP)
Ferdinand Fecorn, counsel for senate
banking committee, predicted In an
Interview today that the Investigation
ol J. P. Morgan and comps.ny, open
ing tomorrow, would result In
"much Important legislation" to re
form banking laws.
by Migmon C. Bberhart'
we would give what assistance we
might to Miss Tal'r. She had no
other friends." There was a nice
lack of emphasis on the words
"other friends," but they stood out
definitely in their implication.
"I hope I do not need to assure yon
that we have told no one. If there
Is, 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 that her
claws were unsheathing them
solves, her white muscles gather
lng 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 n? ed the papers
that were in the envelope. There Is
a perfectly simple ?ay 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. Kvon Lorn, who had, as
usual, mystedously turned up at a
crisis, seemi'd to sense something
under her voice, and I caught his
speculative, thoughtful look and
wondered a'out It
There bad 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 had 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 mean?" Francis'
voice went upward a note or two.
"Only that," said Sue still pleas
antly. Francis' race slowly darkened.
"But, my dear girl," he said, "it
Is you who must prove your Iden
tity to me. Don't you think you are
reversing 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 gayety In the glance Bhe
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
her feline look of secret, guarded
waiting. He said:
"You forget that I am sole arbiter
of the mattor. And in any case,
sister, 1 think It might be better 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.
Orethe, with a sharp word to
Lovschlem, vanished, Lovschlom
followed hor, and Lorn, looking un
decidedly after Francis, as It wait
ing for some indication of Francis'
wishes, sat down beelde me. Neither
of us spoke for a time: I was lost
in my thoughts, and Lorn was
equally engrossed In some mysteri
ous speculations of his own.
"Well," I remarked at last, hav
ing reached a cul-de-sao 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 was
watching the door to the parlor
carefully. "Well enough."
I said bluntly:
"See here. Lorn, I've got a feel
lng that you know more about this
affair than you are willing to admit
Is that true?"
His chin sank a little Into the
collar of the dark topcoat he still
wore owing to the barn-like chill
of the hotel. He had slouched down
In bis chair, and looked flabby and
baggy-trousered and altogether In
effective. .
"Yes and no," he said. "If I do
know something, the time Isn't ripe
tor it yet"
He 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 you?"
"Not precisely," said Lorn, with
rather startling candor, "but It
might be better for you it you did."
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Unexpected danger aaaalls Sun
dean, tomorrow.
LOS ANOEL1S, May 33 (AP)
Lyle William Bdor. 19-year-old uni
versity of Southern California pre
medical student, was shot and killed
early today in front of the Lee An-
Rflea Athletlo club In downtown Los
Angeles when, police said, he resisted
an attempt to rob him.
PUNISH ELDERS WHO
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, a cowherd, accidentally
struck and killed a companion while
he was practicing spear-throwtag.
The elders decreed he must pay
blood-money to relatives of the dead
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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, wltft the calendar
crowded with meetings for the first
three ays. The tourist and. con
vention committees met Monday. On
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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have meetings of the etxatlon com
mittee and the aviation committee.
Judge Would Bet lie.
SEATTLE, May 23 (AP) Federal
Judge Jeremiah Neterer, 70. forward
ed a request for retirement to Preal- i
dent Roosevelt today. He Is a Dem
ocrat and has been on the federal
bench here almost 20 years.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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