Avenging Parrot
Anne Austin
CHAPTER XXV.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER -
Iden hourds without making it clear to anyone but Sally that the "Aha! This looks promising"honi was mythical. She may Dundes exclaimed triumphantly even have deplored her own folly, ns the bent over the trunk which remarking on her fears that she held all of Mrs. Hogarth's posses would be murdered for her sions." "See, Strawn? The Bring money."
of this trunk lid is loose," and ho "Not likely, she'd confess to her lugged at the stiff, cretonne- daughter that she was moking covered pasleboard. "A good hid-such a fool of herself," Strawn ob ing place for documents-and here jected... they are!"
"Well, what if his mother-in- "If that's the great hidden law's address was the only thing hoard" Strawn began, grinning that interested Daniel rígin?" "I'll wager cynically as Dundee straightened, Dundee conceded, two thin envelopes in his hand," anything you like that he found "It is all the hoard that the the address, and memorized it be poor old lady had to hide, I'm fore destroying any and every Afraid," Dundee ugreed solemnly, paper that could connect Sally The life insurance pulley refer-Graves with Mars. Emma Hogarth red to in the diary. In spite of of Hamilton. But there was some Mrs, Hogarth's prophecy, she did reason why he killed Sally Graves, outlive her daughter, though shejor Grifin, still his legal wife. What that reason was I don't nover suspecial it.”
know. I could hardly have been "Let my see" Strawn took the robbery, since she
Hving erackling green-and-white docu-cheaply and hnd" only a moderate mont. "You were right, boy. This salary nen head milliner. The nat policy for $2000 was taken out by Jural supposition would be that he Sarah Harkness Griffin, also killed her when she refused to take known as Sally Graves,' aged 27 him back as her husband if it were years, and is made payable to 'Mrs, not for the fact that he came on to Emma Harkness, also known as Hamilton and killed her mother, Mra, Emma Hogarth, Mother. Softoo. That would be carrying re- both our murdered women were venge a little too far—” Hving under assumed names, nnd Mrs. Hogarth was really Mr Harkness, I wonder why-
*
"So that 'B." could not And them. of course," Dundee answered im- patiently. "But he was cleverer than they were-"
"Remember, Bonnie, there's still not a shred of evidence to connect the two murders, let alone 'any │: basis for the assumption that both were committed by the arme per-
coincidences than this are common in every police department,"
WI
"Well!". Strawn sighed. "I'm glad you admit that."
"Yes, I'm admitting that he thought Sally had what he very much wanted, that he killed her to get it, and that when he failed to find it in her possession, he be- Tved her mother had it, and came to get it. The bad penny turned up."
1
"He wasn't in any hurry, was he?" Strawn gibed: "But pro- son. Strawa reminded his subornbly he felt that month's dinate Hlubbornly. "Stranger vacation between murders was no
more than he was entitled to."!
"You can't make me sore." Dun- "Yes?" Dundee grinned. "Well, dec nanured him, cheerfully. "I let's have a look at this other en-think Gritin would naturally have velope. By the way," he inter-lain low for a while after killing rupted himself, his eyes shining his wife. And murdering Mrs. Ho with-sudden joy, that will the old garth presented slightly greater must remember. lady left isn't just å serap of paper difficulties, you
any longer! Since Mrs. Hogarth Not so easy to gain access, un- and I'm going to call her that noticed, to a boarding-house room till the end of the chapter, if you as to a walk-up apartment house ja don't mind-died without having New York, where everyone minds collected the $2000 for which her his own business. The murder re- careful planning; the daughter's life was insured, it will quired
successful, automatically fall to her helgens other was immensely Norma Paige!"
although impromptu. De it may have been carefully planned for "And that will be nleg for Wal-weeks, to necur on that fateful ter Styles," Strawn grinned, "wedding annivesary." helleve he figured it would require) just $2000 to save his little shop from bankruptcy."
"I'm afraid Emil Sevier would resent the way you ignore bim," Strawn grlaned.
"But I'm not ignoring him,' "That's right" Dundee agreed Dundee protested. "I think he was moodily, as he sll the plain, un- the keystone of Griffin's plasis. addressed envelope he had found Let's imagine that Grims arrived. along with the insurance policy.in Hamilton on or before the dife "Hoomy, chief! Look what's of Sevier's
the eviction from hera!" And he excitedly waved boarding-house, as an aderir. the offelul-looking document under able teñunt, and is a possible Strawn' nose.
mennee to Mrs. Hogarth's life and "What is it? Looks like a mar-money. The dining room is 24 riage certifiento-"
hotbed of gously. Probably every "Exactly what it is!" Dundee'meater who ever droppeil into exulted. "Obliging us with the thé Rhodes. House for dinner has name of the murderer! This been treated to a more or less priceless pupor certifies that on complete account of Mr. 110- June 2, 1922, in the town of Belton, garth's excentricities, and her Mo., one Sarah June Harkness and hidden board. And lately, of uno Daniel Thomas Griffin were course, has heard all about her united in marriage, So D. was ruspicion of Emil Sevier. I can Daniel Thoman Griffin—a very bad imagine Daniel Griffin dropping in penny!"
for a meal, his head already teem- "I wish you wouldn't keep harping with plans for murdering his mother-in-law, and being, regaled
ing on that." Strawn complained. with a full account of Sevier's as he scanned the precious mar- riage certißcute. "By George!
him,
eviction in disgrace. To Sevier must have seemed made 10
Sally Graves, or Griffin, w mur-order as the perfect suspect-" dered on her seventh wedding un-
"And a most- obliging_one,” niversary!"
Strawn Interrupted sarensticully. "Another nied little coincl- "How could he have guessed dence?" Dundee taunted his chief that Sevier would so conveniently good-humouredly. "Listen, Strawn! disappear after the murder?". I'm not leaping to conclusions That I don't know," Dundee udarly so wildly as you think 3 um conceded frankly. "But Griffin Sally Graves was, murdered on may have scraped an acquaintance, June 2, and all her papers were with Sevier, learned from burned by her murderer! Can't something that we don't know--- you agree with me that, in all like comething that made Griffin sure lihood, there were letters among that Sevier was going to be a very them those papers from her hard man to find after, 1' o'clock mother, Emma Hogarth-letters on Saturday night: But there are which carried the return address at least two other reasons why it of the Rhodes House?"
was necessary for Griffin to do the
him
"Perhaps," Strawn agreed job not later than Saturday or grudgingly. "But not if Sally was Sunday night. As you already as careful about destroying lettera know, the screens to all windows, as. her mother was. Mrs. Rhodes including a heavy, reinforced one told you that Mrs. Hogarth burn- for Mra. Hogarth's window, were ed each letter from Sally as soon to be installed on Monday." as she had read it."
***And the other reason?" "Why should Sally have been so Strawn prompted, interested in careful?" Dundee countered. "She spite of himself, had her own apartment, did dot
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Ive in a boarding-house, had no "That is fairly obvious," Dan- reason to fear a robbery, as, had dee replied, but so pleasantly that Mrs. Hogarth. If Sally Graves his words did not carry a sting.. was the devoted daughter her "Granting, of course, that I am monthly letters, containing $50 right, and that Griffin committed first of each month. To-day is the she might wire or write her daugh-mail addressed to Sally Graves, bills, Indicate, it's pretty likely both murders. If he had very first of July. Griffin know that ifter to learn the cause of the ex that her daughter, had been mur that she kept her mother's letters much of a conversation with Sally he delayed his job longer than the tremely unusual delay. If she dered. And she would have put to read over and over. It is pos-before, he killed her, he probably first Mrs. Hogarth would not re- had done so, she would inevitably the police on the trail of Daniel sible that Mrs. Hogarth mention- learned that she was supporting ceive that regular first-of-the-have learned from the police, who Thomas Griffin 1250 20
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