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Avenging Parrot

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1929,

blushing girl as he raised his own Donak" Bundre, nephew of Police Comminglass: "May I congratulate you, soner O'Belen. Reis a under Lieutrant Miss Paige," he said aloud, "upon John Binaws of the honilelde

being both au heiress and a-very Flamilton. While O'Brien's office, a letter

Mines by happy girl?" Mr. Emma Hogarth making for pulice pru "Thank you, Mr. Dundee!" she tection, alne her money and tite x in danger. Dundee as permiraim to take aid. "But after tonight I'm afraid cus. He renta a room at the Rhodes beard you can congratulate me only upon ing house, where Mir, Hogarth boards. being engaged to Walter-I mean Poo on the third faar, are the moussha

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for the week-end: Unlay Shepherd, walewamun to explain, in a little furry of General Rly. Signal At dianer Dundee be introduced to the other words, "Mis. Hogarth has has Goodyear Tyre and boarders; Mrjand Mrs, Sharp, Core Barker warned & me against geiting pianist in a local theatre; Walter Styles, pro prietor of a men's baberdashery; Nurma Paige,gaged to Walter. He was his pretty fances: Bert Magnus, bookkeeper favourite and heir after-after and Dowd Cora-I mean, Miss Barker-" Bunties impresed by the friendliness of She hesitated, her blue eyes im these medinary people. In bexlening in bellera

are ti-founded ploring forgiveness of the Mrs. Howarth's splutona whon

writer:

and amateur scenariu zulfike-mged_ant nondescript,

A strangely horrible ery rings out dark "Help! Murder! Pulicu!"

woman

thin,

who sat on Mr. Sharp's left.

Cora "Oh, shoot the works CHAPTER II.

Barker retorted bitterly, her heuvi- Bonnie Dundee had knocked over ly rouged mouth twisting unpleas. "Or if you're toe nitch of his chair and was halfway to the antly.

Mrs. shrinking violet, I'll put Mr. dining room doors when

well. Rhodes intercepted him, smiling Dundee wise. I might as

He'll hear the whole story before grimly.

"That was just a parrot, Mr.dark anyway. You'll think us Dundee. Mrs. Hogarth's parrot up a funny crowd, I suppose, Mr stairs.

Dusty" she called to Dnndee," she added, with a start- a thin, cldish, sullen litlle man iniingly swift change of manner. a crumpled white coat who was Her black eyes were bright. A serving. "Just run upstairs and thin, dry-skinned hand, which be see if old Mrs. Hogarth is all right trayed her age as near 40, lifted Im stire she is," she turned itself to pat a great wheel of back to Dundee, "but she made us black braids over her ear. Those dyed all promise to come running, night twin wheels of obviously or day, if we heard the parrot black hair made an exotic frame worda. She's been for her thin, passionate. restless seteam these trying to teach them to him for a face.. week, but he's stubborn sometime

Is.

"I think you are all most amaz- and pretends not to hear. Then, when you least expect it, he screams ingly friendly to a stranger," out something she hasn't even tried Dundee answered sincerely. to teach him. A queer bird, Cap'n "Oh, you won't be a stranger The smartest parrot I ever long-not unless you're like Mr. heard of."

Dowd here--" and she arched her Dundee, feeling very foolish bebrows at a slight, difficult, very rause of the excitement he had be ordinary-looking man of 85 or 40 trayed, hughed apologetically, but seated opposite her. "Mr. Dowd's lingered on the threshold of the been here a week today, but he's folding doors that led into the hall.not what Mr. Sharp would call a He had an uneasy feeling that he good mixer. But that's, neither himself should have leaped up those here nor there. I guess what stairs at that horrible cry for help, you're interested in is old Mrs. but how could he have done so Hogarth. If you're not, you ought without betraying his Identity as ajto be." detective, a secret which Mrs. Ho-Dundee was startled. Had he be garth had herself urged him toftrayed himself in some way?"Why keep?

should I be, Miss Barker?" "Dusty" Rhodes, the landlady's Cora Barker's smile was again husband, to whom Dundee had al-cynical. "Because you'll be next ready been introduced, came shuf-in line for the great hidden hoard, fling down the stairs,, a look of if I'm not a poor guesser. As disgust and sullen resentment on Norma has told you, I was our fairy god-mother's favourite child before his weak, anpleasant face.

"Sure, she's all right. Settin' up Walter Styles edged me out of the there, laughing her fool head of will. That was in May, wasn't it, 'cause Cap'n kicked up .row." he Water?"

water.

told his wife. "I shut her door and Norma's young man flushed and told her she'd have to get rid of lowered his brown eyes. "I-think that bird if she couldn't keep him so, Cora. Lord knows I didn't try to camp her, but she was looking quiet."

"Mind your own business, Dusty around for a new heir, and-" Rhodes!" Mrs. Rhodes commanded "And you got the job of dancing attendance on her?" Cora flashed sharply.

Dundee returned to his table and "As for me, I was sick of it. The took his sent in the chair which hours were too long, and the pay Tilda, chambermaid and waitress too far in the future-it ever. for the "house guests," had restored Pretty expensive, too, being her to an upright position. She was pet, wasn't it, Daisy?" placing a cup of jellied tomato The big jolly-looking girl seated bouillon on his plute at the mo- next to Cora Barker tore her dt- ment, and he smiled up into her tention reluctantly from the well- plain, stupid face. She smiled filled plate which had just been set back uncertainly, flushed, and al- before her. most overturned his glass of ice "' say it was expensive!" she chuckled good-naturedly, "You see, "Well, Dundee!" Lawrence Sharp Mr. Dundee, old Mrs. Hogarth is à boomed a hearty laugh from the miser. Got a big wad of money end of the table. "You've had a hidden away in her room some- fine introduction to our prize ex- where., Keeps the keys of her hibit! Yes, sirre! No dull mo- trunk and desk on a chain around ments in this house-".

her neck. She's fatter than I am, "Now, Lawrence!" the plump motherly-looking little woman why the way believe It or not!" and Daisy Shepherd laughed was his wife remonstrated fondly, whole-heartedly at herself. "Weighs She smiled around the table. "Isn't about 300 lbs..

I guess. Can't be a case?".

come downstairs, because she's got "Well, Dolly," her husband chuckled richly, "our new friend funny heart. I felt sorry for might as well hear about old Mrs her and spent a lot of time in her Hogarth now as later... Talking room, keeping her company. She's about cases, there's one for you mischievous-"'

a good old scout, but gossipy and Dundee. Yes, sirree! She's a char "Mischievous?" Eonnie repeated. "Sure! Loves excitement. That's Bonuic Dundee ftspelatted the reason she changes her will s his acute interest, and inquired much. When she gets tired of one casually:" "What sort of charae of us, or we get tired of her as I id, and no hard feelings on my ter, Mr. Sharp ?"

She's a dear, and I don't think part, either she picks out another it's nice of you, Mr. Sharp to favourite, and as Con says. make just a funny story out of guess you can be the fair-haired her!" protested the very prettyboy next, if the idea appeals to girl, with auburn hair and wide,

"But why?" Dundee puzzled.

acter, if there ever was one."

you."

innocent eyes the colour of dewy is admiring eyes, fixed upon wood violets.

"That, my dear Norma," Mr. Norma, advertised the fact that he Sharp Inughed. "is because could not conceive" of Mra, Ho- happen to be her favourite and garth's getting tired of her.

heiress for the moment. You'll

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sing another tune" when she cuts It was Norma's soft voice that you out of her will, as she did answered, for Daisy Shepherd had Daisy and Cora and Waltern". returned to her dinner.

That's not true!" Norma "I thought I explained," Paige flashed, her lovely eyes seek- smiled, her blush deepening under ing those of the young man who the ardour of his gaze. "Walter sat beside her. "Shall I tell them and Mrs. Hogarth had a dreadf»] now, Walter?" she asked.

quarrel, or rather, Mrs. Hogarth

"If you think it's a segret," Wni acts as if it were dreadful. Walter ter Styles laughed.

won't tell me what it was about

ly.

"Why, how could they know, but anyway, almost as soon as I when we only became engaged last came to board here on the third of night?" Norma asked ingenuous- June, Mrs. Hogarth cut Walter out of her will, and put my name, in Up with your ice tea glasses, instead. But yesterday, she told and drink a toast to the bride and me that if Walter and 1 became groom!" Mr. Sharp boomed,

engaged she'd cut me out of the "Isn't he just terrible?" Dolly will, too. But we became engaged Sharp inquired fondly, as she anyway, and to-night we're going. raised her glass obediently.' to tell her about it."

"She would get herself engaged "Foolish child!". boomed Mr. just the night before I came," Sharp, wagging a playful finger. Bonnie Dundee, groaned to himself, | "Don't tell her till you're married. but he smiled gallantly at the Maybe she'll be dead by then-"

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In the House of Commona on Oct. 30th; Mr. W. J. Brown (Soc,

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Many English Communists Just in the opinion of this House, capital punishment for civil now are being coached at Moscow, with the idea of their being subse. Crimes should be abolished."

All experience, he maintained,quently engaged in London in ono Soviet showed that capital punishment, or other of the numerous

lepartments which the Kremlin Instead of being a deterrent to

London. Price. murder was exactly the opposite.ntend to establish in

It was thoroughly bad from the Their function will be to undor community point of view, and nine the prestige" of the British debased everybody who had any Socialist Government. share in carrying it out,,

1 learn that the whole staff of Sir C. Oman (C. Oxford Univer- the future

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"of the prospectivo | quite as much in divorce cases and Soviet Ambassador has not yet]

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big" swindles.

There are murderers and mur-little real importance as the real derers," he said. This resolation Soviet representative will be an would cover not only the case of agent of the Cheka, who has

been a man, who, tempted by a nag-[hirendy

appointed. His ging wife, gives her a blow too identity is being kept a secret even much-(Laughter)but it covers from his future staff.

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that there was only one Home ion.

The names were not identified a Secretary who had ever spoken they are supposed to be fictitious. against capital punishment-Sir the whole conscience of the

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"Oh! Please don't say it Yorma begged, suddenly pale, "You know I like Mrs. Hogarth for herself, Mr. Sharp, not for what

Besides, she might leave me. couldn't bear to touch a penny she wouldn't have wanted me to have, if I deceived her-

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Bonnie Dundee could not bear che distress in her lovely face' and voice. "I confess, my curiosity is consuming me," he interrupted her lightly. "When do I get to meet our lady of mystery?".

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"Never," he added, "has there been a case within the memory of living man of an innocent person being executed in, this country."

A Socialist Member-Who is to prove that?

Mr. Hacking-it has never buen proved to the contrary.

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"I have been through the agonies of mind which must have possessed every Home Secretary in turn," said Mr. Clynes, in having to deal with these appeals in these terrible and lamentable cases. But Imagine what my posi- tion would be if the House merely recorded an opinion and left it at that."

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Mr. Brown asked whether it would not follow automatically on the passage of the motion that, the Government would introduce a Bill to give effect to it?

A Socialist Member-Oscar Norma smiled upon him. "Would Slater might have been executed..

Mr. Hacking maintained that you really like to meet her to- night? She, adores meeting new they must have something akin people. She's awfully lonely some to hanging as a punishment for times, and she's very interesting.the worst cases of murder. You might be able to get her into

Home Secretary's Duty. such an amiable, mood that she wouldn't be quite so angry with

Mr Clynes (Home Secretary) me." The soft little mouth said that it was risky, and not quivered. "hate terribly to helpful at all. to dogmatise too

Mr. Cynes replied that no action upset her, because she really is much this question. That, could be taken by the Government on the motion. Any action taken. fend of me. I could take you up however, did not mean that we can to meet her after dinner; then defer action on the matter when after azures and arguments had Walter and I could go up together the facts were known. There were been gone into would have to be when you've left her

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