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Avenging Parrot

by Anne Austin

This Has Happened,

squad of Hamilton. He

Lake.. a rust fo

police for protection of her tits and money,

mirela

favourite. Norma Intrudures Dundee to Mimi

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER. 2, 1929.

matter how mildly it was ad-

ministered,

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"I-the fact is," Henry Dowd confessed haltingly, "I'm-well; | looking for an opening. I'm a |salesman."

"It sounded like the parrot to The Modern Method Of me,” Dowd insisted, sullently,

"What time was this?".

Fighting Malaria.

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"I don't know.... 1 didn't look at my watch. As I said, I was just roused up enough to realize I'd left

Every day many germs of dis- "What Huet" Strawn onapped. Amy, light burning, and to reach un "Woll, in my time, I've sold a and turn it off. I was asleep again ease enter our bodies, but they are good many things, first and last almost instantly, I guess, and made harmless and passed off if vacuum cleaners, aluminum ware, didn't know anything else till atho fighting forces of the body are brushes, school children's encyclo-man knocked on my door and told in good condition. Rich red blood Subscribed and Pad Up pedia-"

ime to get up, that Mrs. Hogarth

had been murdered."

How long you been here---looking "House to house canvasser, eh? for an opening

"I arrived in Hamilton a week ago today," Dowd answered hum

"No, sir, I wasn't, I had my own

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and didn't think anything of it "Bonnie Dundee is a young detective un-anyway, so I turned out my light

"All right, Dowd You'll be der Lieutenant' Birawh of th homlede and went right back to sleep. I

wanted for the inquest, of course, so don't leave Hamilton to look conits at Mrs Rhodes boarding hoteas to be was hardly what you'd call real

elsewhere for work. Do you plan heat Mrs. Erama Hogarth, who writes the awake-Just roused up enough to bly. baven't yet formed a to stay on here in this house?". throwing muspicion on Emil Neyler, form-realise I'd left my light on. It connexion here."

a grip therein. If malarla is pre- AGENCIES in all the prinsipal tevens of "Why, yes. My board is paid up sent the way to permanently expelated Loans and overdrafte grunted on B. D. F. Belth, Eng. W. L. Falbenden, Bog. er boarder, Kundes

Mr. and Mrs, hangs over the head of my bed Sharp, Dalay Shepherd, saleswomen; Wal-

"And yet you weren't at all in- for this coming week," Dowd an it is by building up the blood, thus appeared becurity. Current and Fixed Deposit 4. H. Compton, Parody doe ter Styles, proprietor of a small haberdash and I just reached up and turn-terested in the story of Mrs. Ho-swered unhesitatingly. "I can't err: Nora l'aire, bia Dancee: Hers Magnused it off. That's all I heard, garth's bord, hidden in the very afford to lose the money, and since enabling it to an amateur atenario writer: Cora are air, and I didn't see anything." iheatre plane Henry Dow, a newcomer

room next to yours?" Strawn in. I didn't personally know Mrs. Ho-destroy the malarial parasites. It out of work; Tiida Brown, new hosasematā 5,

Passenrara iraralling Homeward: 67% 1000. Didn't you hear anything before terrupted. and Dusty Rhodes, worthless husband of Mrs.

garth...” Hisodes. Ila haers of Mrs," Hogarth's miser. You went to sleep Strawn

(which can be onsbed through the Parser of any link, that she la room-bound, and that who grobed,

"All right. And thanks," Strawn is because they do exactly this- changes her will ouusianity to name account of Mrs. Hogarth's several

remembering Dundee's troubles to think about--"

dismissed him, with n beluted of purify the blood, strengthen the 3 sad 0. w 21 1. N. Blommer or at any

of the Branches of the Dorporation. "Troubles 7" Strawn pounced.

blood, maka new, rich, red blood fort al cordiality.

Wm. J. WADDINGTON, The harassed man Hogarth. He chats with her only a few visitors that evening.

wont even

Aating ManAEOE) ments, being interrupted by a atrem f "In here, you callers, e forros al 11, Norma and Riyle

As Dowd left the room, Dotec-at every dose-that Dr. Williams' mean?" Dowd paler. "Being out of a job in the tive Payne entered. "Nothing in Pink Pills are famed in every "Well, I middle of the summer, and that bird's room, chief, that looks spuntry where malaria exists. heard people laughing and talk-tranger in town," he explained like a miser's board, and judging "For example, Mr. W. Fernando, Ing, and I heard the parrot talk with a little flash of spirit. ing, too. but I didn't pay any

from his belongings—what there of Arcade Building, Colombo, Cey- "By the way, Dowd, where did is of them-he's pretty hard up."lon, states:-"Two years ago attention. I was reading, and you come from?",

"O. K., Payne. Tell Boyle to suffered from malaria for several | Again the handkerchief dabbed bring in the Barker woman. And he wasn't interested anyway—”

"How well did you know Mrs. at a moist brow. There was an be sure you make a good job of months, and failed to find any cure Hengkong Offees 11, Quor's Rond. Central Hogarth?" Strawn demanded sud.ppreciable pause before Henry searching her room while she's in until I tried Dr. Williams Pink to Capital .Uulider 218,000,000

Dowd answered: "Des Moines, here" denly.

Pili. These Pills drove the Paid-up Capital .......Guilders 10,400,000- Iowa. represented "Why, I didn't know her at manufacturing concern, known as "Come in!"

There was a knock on the door. malaria out of my system and re-

(43,146,873.) all, Dowd answered. "I'd never The Housewife's Friend Corpora- "Telephone for you, sir," Mra, for which I am very grateful." met Mrs. Hogarth, and I only tion. They made up a little kit of Rhodes announced.

stored my strength and appetite, Boro Fund ................................Ouliders 40,400,000,-

down the happened to see her once, going kitchen tools, including an imple hall toward the bath-ment that could pare" potatoes and room. I didn't see her face then apples and cut them in fancy

just her back, but I knew who shapes—” it was, because I'd heard the folks downstairs describe her as well, pretty fat, sir."

the

disorder, with robbery, the

G into her room. When Dundee returns asked meticulously, 12:20 be finds Mrs. Howarth choked to death, obvious motive of the crime. Police, coroner and faxerprint expert, arrive, Strawn anda Dusty. He plations Dundee behind a pereen

plaieselothekNET

yalta And Never

In the murder room and antoinee ready to begin quinding the boarders, si af whom may be suspecta,

CHAPTER VII,

a uniformed

"Mr. Dowd. Kir," policeman announced to Lieutenant Strawn.

"Just a minute, Boyle. la Payne around?"

"Talking to Mrs. Rhodes in the

ball, sir."*

"Send him in," "Strawn ordered i curtly. "I see. Dowd in a min-

ute."

When Paynie, the detective whe "You also heard the folks had notified the boarders of Mrs.downstairs say that Mrs.. Hogarth Hagarbh's death, appeared, Strawn had a lot of money hidden in her gave him his instructionA in 4

room, didn't yon, Dowd?" Strawn low rapid voice:

asked levelly,

A

small

"Where are they located?"* "Nowhere, now," Dowd LIN- swered wearily. "The company failed, and I was out of work for several weeks. Then I came Hamilton, because I'd heard times were good here."

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"Where did you live in Des) Dowed flushed, took off his Moines?" Strawn interrupted -im- glasses again and wiped them patiently. I heard something to that effect, Dowd replied, with obvious rolue- nervously before replying: "Yes, "Alat No. -- Mondumin Ave,"

though I wasn't interested......”. tance..

Dowd?" Strawn asked urbanely, "So money doesn't interest you,

you must be quite flush your-man for a long minute through Strawn regarded the badgered self, then. By the way, what de narrowed eyes. Then, abruptly:

you do?"

"I'm going to be questioning the bordera, Payne, ah i want you to search euch room while its eupant is in here with me, I've got a blanket search warrant that will cover the ease technically. Do a thorough job waste-baskets, trunks, desks, closets, everything. Use my bunch of skeleton keys, If you find anything you cast

"You're sure you heard nothing open, let me know and we'll ad

but the squawking of the parrot, the owner to produce the key.) Dunder, watching intently from ne sounds of objects being thrown Dowit? No footsteps, no voices, The murdered woman was robbet, his hiding place, saw

Henry about?", apparently, if the murderer found Dowd's thin, commonplace face what he was looking for. She was go studdenly very pale. The hand supposed to have a pretty big which dabbed the handkerchief wad of cush hidden in this room, upon his forehend, higher than and if she did have, k's get nature had intended it to be, be Look for it.. Did she say any-clause baldness had begun to thing to you about Liberty lionths, attnek the imp, straight hair, stocks or any other kind of nego-shook visibly. Dundee dropped his been tiable paper, Dundee?" he called eyes tu his notes. He had

to the young detective stationed relish for the third degree, behind the wash basin screen.

"No, chief." She used the word

'money' several times, but didn't! mention any stocka or bonds," Dundee answered.

"All right, Payne. Look for money, and if you find any besides pelty eash, let me know, but don't. touch it. Now, tell Boyle 3 bring Dowd in."

With Mrs. Hogarth's tablet of cheap, lined writing paper on his knee and a pencil poised, Bonnie Dundee watched through one of the joininga of the three-panel; screen us Henry Dowd was usher- ed into the room.

To the diffidence which had characterized this very common. place-looking man of near middle- age, When Dundee had observed

him at the dinner table that even-1 Ing was now added a. mild, almost apologétle mixture of apprehen- Hion and excitement. He came in dubbing at his forehead with a fresh white handkerchief, and, an Strawn addressed his first ques-! tion, took off his pinee nez and be-

gan to polish the lenses nervously.

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:{“Well, Dowd, you know what's happered here to-night. That's your room next door, isn't it? Did you hear or see anything to-night that might throw light on the tragedy" Strawn naked briskly,

The pale grey eyes blinked twice, before Henry Dowd carefully ad- justed the glasses upon his nose. "No, sir," he answered. "That da, nothing to speak of"

"Then perhaps you'd better apeak of it," Strawn snapped. "Well, sir, I was asleep." "When did you to bed?" "About 10 o'clock, as usual. I'm not much on the social life, not a very good mixer." Henry Down explained earefully, and, Dundeo jotted his words down in. a hasty shorthand of his own. "I came up to my room about 9, after sitting on the front porch after supper-dinner, they call it here. I pottered around the room for awhile, then took a bath and went to bed. About 10, that was. I read a magazine 'till I fell asleep, with my light burning, and didn't wake up till some time later"

"And what woke you?" Strawn domanded, impatiently.

"It was that bird squawking, or at least, that's what it sound- ed like," Dowd answered. pains takingly, his eyes glancing "to ward the parrot

Was the bird talking7" "No, just squawking, as if it was sore about something," Dowd answered, "I've heard it a good many times, though this is tho first time I've over laid eyes on it I didn't hear anything else,

parrot," Dowd replied obstinately,

"I didn't hear a thing but the. "Sure it was the parrot?"!

"I thought so at the time. I'd heard ft squawk before,” Dowd an- swered.

"Could the noise you heard have Mrs. Hogarth trying to no stream for help?" Strawn no gested.

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