1929-11-25 — Page 11

Avenging Parrot

by Anne Clustin

CHAPTER I (Cont.)

but fell no resentment.

"I deduce that Mrs. Emma Hogarth writes a very logical, lucid letter for

ed.

IN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER

his

Bonnie hesitated for only a mo ment. Then, "New York City," he smiled, stating the exact truth, for he had come from New York

THE XMAS MAIL.

to Hamilton, though he had had no RECORD NUMBER OF LETTERS home since his father's death the

AND PARCELS. year before,

1929.

KIDNAPPERS BUSY.

SMALL BOY ENTICED AWAY,

then

of

BY TWO MEN:"",

Until he saw her smile, Bonnie The Christmas letter mail from Quite creditable piece of was afraid that his prospective | Hongkong to Great Britain this work by a former Chinese Ser landlady was a formidable one-the year amounted to 178 bags, as geant of the Hongkong Police kind he particularly detested. Tall, against 126 bags last year, Force and a villager of Kowloon her big bones well covered; anwhile registered letters and packets, City, was related to Mr. W.

contained small Schofield at the Kowloon Magis You're an impudent rascal, olive-skinned face, crowned with most of which uncie charged, but his eyes were iron-grey hair in an old-fashioned, Christmas gifts, come to 4,055, as trncy on Saturday when two men "Well, Bonule," O'Brien chal- twinkling.

intricate coiffeur. He was about to | against last year'a 3,873. lenged, when Dundee had finisherf

put her uge tentatively at 50, when' The figures represented a record pleaded guilty to a charge reading the letter. "Looks like a

At five o'clock that Saturday she smiled a smile that drove the in the number of letters and parcels kidnapping a five-year-old boy,

Inspector Philips said that at big case, doesn't it?" and he winked afternoon, a tall, silm young man, anxiety out of her face and made sent Home by the Christmas mall. again at Lleut. Strawn. "What do wearing a well-fitting suit of blue her large brown eyes sparkle like a

In spite of previous warnings, it 3.50 p.m. on November 19 the boy you 'deduce'?"

serge whose Bond Street label her. Boncia had no glimmering seems many people have done what was sent out to purchase elgaret- Bonnie Dundee saw the wink, had rather regretfully removed of the fact that it was his own they will always do they did not tes by his parents, who live at anderstont very well that his uncle tarned up the cement walk leading fresh, boyish good looks that had eend their parcels by the advertis-5, Sung Yee Road, The lad went was "riding him good-naturedly, from Chestnut Avenue to the front. worked the minor miracle.

ed parcels mail. At least a good to Tam Kong Road, formerly porch of the Rhodes House.

"Were you looking for a place many residents appear to have Kowloon City Road, and there to board, Mr. Dundee?" Mrs. forgotten all about this, with the met the two defendants, who The big lawn needed cutting ra-Rhodes asked hospitably.

result that when the P. and 0. gave him some cigarette pictures. ther badly, but after the months he Ten minutes later, the prelimin-Kashgar sailed last week It took They then took him across the a 'nut," he answered, had spent in London and, more reary negotiations concluded, Bonnie Away no fewer than 121 bags of reclamation towards the Slaugh grinding. "What are you going to eently, in New York, even a neglect Dundee and his landlady stood in a parcels,

where under normal ter House, where they attempted do about it. Uncle Put? She does ed lawn looked heavenly. Flowers, little room on the third floor, tharm-circumstances, the number should to change his clothes.. put it up to you rather strongly, too, in narrow beds along the walking with its sloping ceiling, faded not have been more than 50,

The boy started to cry and was I'd say. Who wrote that speech and below the law porch, which ex-but pretty wall paper, crisply for you."

taken back to the bridge tended the whole width of the faundered dotted Swiss.curtains in

on Tam Kong Road, where some "I wrote it myself, you young house and, apparently, along the the little gable windows.

Mrs. Rhodes was waiting for him more pictures were given to him. whippersmapper" his uncle retort (entire east side of it. Red rambler

"I'm sorry I haven't a room ou and escorted him to the long table After they had pacified him the And just to prove I mean roses on a trellis which closed off the second floor, as you wanted," every word of it, I'll send somebody the west end of the front porch. A Mrs. Rhodes worried, "but I think

n the centre of the room.

defendants; took the boy across "This is the house guests' table, the paddy fielts towards the around to talk to the old dame-driveway which hugged that side you'll find this room very comfort Mr. Dundee. The little tables are Kowloon

Hospital. "Who seem to be quite an ad- of the house..

Somebody able, Mr. Dundee. Quiet, too, if for mealers--transients you know, raised mirer of yours," Dundee interrupt- A big, pompous, middle-aged man you like quiet. There are only two who come in only for dinner." With who was formerly a sergeant in an alarm and Li Shing, ed, smiling broadly, "She knows in a freshly laundered suit of white other rooms occupied on this door her hand on his arm, she performed the Hongkong Police Force, now How to get what he wants out of duck rose from a porch chair and at present. Miss Jewel Briggs, the introductions:

4 Jon the low 't she? ... Say, boomed a friendly greeting:

This is Mr. Dundee, folks. And chased the defendants, arresting and a villager, who has the room across the hull Uncle Pat, how about letting me "How do you do, sir? Do you from you, is away visiting her Mr. Dundee, this Is Mrs. Sharp them near the Leather Factory... have a powwow with this shrewd wish to see the landlady, Mrs. family over the week-end, and You've already met Mr. Sharp.

Rhodes? old miser?"

Sharp-Mr. Tilda, the chambermaid; has the And this is Miss Barker: Miss Against each defendant the "Blithering old nut, you mean," Lawrence Sharp."

little room at the rear. I'm sorry Shepherd; Mr. Styles: Miss Paige; Police produced a previous can- Strawn commented sourly. "As the

there's only one bath on this Mr. Magnus, and Mr. Dowd."

|viction for a similar offence. The commissioner told you, Dundee, Bonnie Dundee set down his loor-"

There was a chorus of friendly first defendant was arrested in we've got hundreds of letters like heavy suitcase and extended a band

"Oh. I'm going to be luxurious up greetings, and as Dundee took his 1924 for kidnapping while the the that on file, and not one of the Friendly as

greeting, here," Dundee assured · her, seat directly opposite the very second defendant's offence writers has been robbed or murder- Nice folks, these middle-westerners

"Dinner's at six," she told him. pretty girl who was Mias Paige, he committed In January last, "ed yet."

"Glad to know you, Mr. Sharp. "I know that's rather early for sum-reflected:

His Worship intimated that he Somehow." Dundee said, "I feel My name is Dundee a stranger to mertime, but my guests are always "Nice, friendly people. Just wished to consider the sentence. that this case is just a little dif-Hamilton. I'd like very much to so hungry after their long days at folk! I suppose Lieut. Strawn and adjourned for ten minutes. ferent from those hundreds of get board and room here."

the office. I hope you'll be happy and Uncle Pat are right and that on returning to Court he "You picked a good town, Mr. here. others. think I'll see if there's Dundee!" Mr. Shurp boomed hearti- guests-more like a family than woman upstairs."

I have a nice little crowd of I'm as big a nut as that poor old that a new

development had Fastest growing city in the just boarders."

But just then there came, from d'Almada, Jr.

arisen in the case. Mr. Leo middle" west. Yes, sirree! hundred thousand by 1930 is oured the stairs at exactly six o'clock, words, in a

One Freshly tubbed, Dundee descend, Lubove, a

had informed raucous screaming of his Worship by telephone that he slogan, Mr. Dundee Oh, here's Somewhere below & deep-toned strangely horrible that Dundee's

voice that was had received instructions to up- Mrs, Rhodes. Mrs. Rhodes, I'd gong was summoning the boarders hair rose on his scalp.

pear for the first defendant and Be to make you acquainted with

had asked him to suspend - rather unnecessary formality, newcomer to our fair city-Mr. he thought; for when he entered the Dundee, of where did you say dining room the tables were almost

tence for 48 hours.

The case was' necordingly, ad- you're from, Mr. Dundce?"

journed till this morning.

a vacant room- House-"

at the

Rhodes

"If you're to believe this letter, it's more likely to be a Rogues' House," O'Brien chuckled.

Licut, Strawn rose, knocked the ashes from his pipe into the police commisaluter's big brasy cuspidor,

and reached for his uniform cap.

"Well, Commissioner, I'll be am- bling

to headquarters. 03 over Glad

to have met you, Dundee This being Saturday, guess you won't be ready to report till Mon- day."

I may be ready to report this Lieutenant, Dundee an- evening, swered. "That is, if you and Uncle Pat are willing for me to look into this Hogarth letter. It seems to me that might as well 'protect' the old lady, as she requests, and get a good boarding house at the same time. It's a decent place, 1 suppose?"

"One of the best," Strawn ad- fasei- mitted. "Aside from its nating criminal prospects, as out- lined in that letter, the Rhode House is convenient to headquarters and the business district. One of those old mansions deserted by their owners when the business district began to spread west. Chestnut' avenue used to be Hamilton's Park avenue, in the good old days. "Now the old houses are coming down and filling stations, garages and apart- ment houses are going up in their places. if you really want to find; a good tourding house, 1 suppose) you might do worse than the Rhodes House, But. I hope you won't be too disappointed when you find that Mrs. Emma Hogarth Isf just another nut.”

"I'll try to bear up," Dundee pro- mised, laughing. Then, seriously: "But if I should think her story in--| portant, enough to pass on to you, could. I reach you to-night?"

Strawn shrugged. "Surel I seldom leave headquarters before midnight. Glad to have you drop around any time and tell me all' About Scotland Yard."

When the detective had left, a slight smile on his big, square face, Police Commissioner O'Brien tilted back in his swivel chair and regard- ed his nephew with fond smiling eyes.

"Well, boy, I think we put it over. 'Strawn's one of the finest, you know, but I had to handle him with kid gloves to keep him from getting sore for slipping a man in. to his department over his head. He likes you, all right"

"He conceals it admirably," Dun- dee laughed. "I may as well add that I like him, too!"""

John Strawn has been on the force for more than 25 years," O'Brien, went on. "He's a splendid routine detective-thoroughgoing, tireless, relentless"

"But unimaginative?" Dundee suggested, rising.

"You'd better park your imagina- tion outside Police Headquarters, Monday morning, young feller me lad," his uncle warned him. "Hold on! · I'm going to call it a day. We'll go home to lunch and break the news to your Aunt Mary that you prefer a 'prunes-and-oatmeal boarding house to her honeydew- melon-and-waffles brand of hospi- tality. Poor Mary! It's a lonely woman she'll be"

Bonnie Dundee laid an affection- ate arin about his uncle's shoulder. "Suppose you give your brogue 2 rest when you're talking to

me alone, Uncle Pat,” ha laughed. "I know it goes over swell with the cops and the voters, but-

"

I'm Mr.

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filled.

"Help! Murder! Police!" his feet, his face paper white.

The young detective sprang to

(To Be Continued.)

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