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Avenging Parrot

by Anne Austin

CHAPTER XII.

Mrs. Sharp bridled like an angry hen. "I don't know what you're "What do you mean, sir?" Mr. talking about, sir! T didn't see Lawrence Sharp asked blankly,

Norma-that is, I didn't speak to "I mean can you swear that it her was Mrs. Hogarth's voice you heard "I think you'd better tell me ex- telling Norma Paige good night, netly, what happened, Mrs. Sharp." and not the voice of the parrot?”.

"Well, but I can tell you right "I never thought of that,” Sharp admitted. "But I feel sure it was now, that no matter where Norma Mrs. Hogarth's voice, though now was, she didn't have anything to that. I think of it, it did sound a do with this terrible murder!" Mrs. little honrse and queer, as if she Sharp assured him indignantly."

did see Norma. After I finished had been crying, too--"

packing, I was awfully, hot, and decided to take a cool bath before going to the train. That was about 10 minutes after Mr. Sharp. came up"

"Lawrence Sharp, how dare you enourage this man to think dear little Norma Paige-" Mrs. Sharp began indignantly, but she inter- rupted herself, while a startled ox- pression banished her generous

anger.

Strawn and Dundee, too, from behind the screen-missod not a flicker of that new expression. And Dundee's heart sank lower, ・⠀

"The parrot known you both, of entirse, Strawn suggested. "Do you think you could conx him to Calk?"

"About 11:40?"

"Yes, I opened my door, to go to the bathroom, and I saw Norma come out of her room and start down the hall toward the bathroom. I could see she was going to take a bath, for she had her bath towel over her arm, and was wearing bed room slippers, pyjamas, and a ki- mono. I started to ask if she'd let me have my bath first, but Mr. Their reception of this sugges- Sharp had told me about Norma's tion was vastly different from Cora crying, and I thought the quicker Barker's. Sharp, swelling out his she got a nice cool bath the better chest little with Importance, she'd feel, and there was plenty of stepped up to the bird's cage, time before 1. had to leave for my reached in fearlessly and stroked train.

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"Good night, Cap'n. Good night!" Sharp continued, while Mrs. Sharp plucked nervously at his sleeve in

the rumpled feathers of the par-{ "went back into my room, and rot's hend.

Wrofe out a telegram to send to "Hello, Cap'n!" he momed heart-or Larry from the station, and

·By.

also one to a lawyer we know at "Hulio, hulla!" the bird answered the capital, and then-it was about Kulkity.

15 minutes, I guess thought Norma would be through with her bath, and I took my towel and soap and started for the bathroom again. a futile effort to make him desist. The door was closed, and I could

The parrot turned about on his hear water running. perch, but cracked one bright eye

"I thought Norinu might just be at his dead mistress's friend. "Good rinsing out the tub, and I'd call to night!" Cap'n answered, and to her to let the water run for me. So Dundee, behind the screen,

the did, but there wasn't any answer. voice seemed to be that of the mur-Since that bath is for women only, and there's only Norma and I on this floor to use it now, I tried the Ho-door. It wasn't locked. I stepped

dered woman herself,

an-

In and saw Norma's bath towel-

"Was it that voice or Mra. garth's that you'" heard swering Norma Paige?" Strawn de-she has her own, with her mene

grum on them-lying with her soap manded, with slow emphasis.

"I" Lawrence Sharp wiped his dish on the little stool. The water brow. "I can't swear which valce was running in the tub, but most it was, but I believe it was Mrs. of it was wasting, for the stopper was half out, and the tub was only Hogarth's."

about a third full

New, Mr. Sharp, did you hear or see anyone clao as you returned to your room about hulf-past 117"

No-Yes! I heard Bert Magnus's typewriter. His room is directly across the hall from mine, you know."

"Did he see Miss Paige, too?" "No, he couldn't have. His door was shut. Norma ran down the hall

"Had the towel been used?" Strawn interrupted.

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Bency danzriptian of Banking-b During these scenes the little tasted. coquette stands, a helpless witness, "No, no. It was neatly folded, terrified at the havoc she has and quite dry. I touched it to sec. created. Torn" between her de The soup was dry, too--a new cake.votion for her father and her love So I thought maybe Norma had for Michael, her heart is neverthe gone back to her room for some less with the stranger from the to her room and closed the door thing she'd forgotten, and I'd ask hills. She steels herself to face with a bang," he admitted reluc- her if I could have my bath first, her father's anger and the scorn of tantly, "just as I was closing my since it was getting later all the her world for the sake of this man own door. Her

room is next to time. I went to her room-it's next whom she loves. ours, you know. 1 didn't speak to to the bath, you know-and knock- her, or she to me. When I entered ed os her door, but she didn't an- our room, I found the wife packing, swer. although I could see through I told her about the train and the the transom that her light was on. upper berth, and wrote out a cheque I didn't know what to think, but for $100 for ball—”

then it occurred to me she might "Not for the $300 also, to pay for have gone downstairs to telephone. the car?" Strawn interrupted with though she wasn't dressed properly, lightning quickness.

| but as it was so inte and all, and

nobody much around-

"Why, no. I shall have to get the $900 from the savings bank, when it opens Monday morning," Sharp

"Then what did you do, Mrs. answered. "I don't keep that much Sharp?" Strawn asked, to stem in my checking account.”

the tide of useless words.

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"Why, I took my bath. I was "Sir! Are you intimating that going to apologize to Norma if ahe 1-11-one of Mrs. Hogarth's came and found the bathroom In closest friends for two years use, but she didn't come. But when murdered her for such a ridiculous I'd finish and rinsed the tub out, reason as to get a paltry $300 for 1 left the water running for her my son?"

ugain, and went back to my room. . Oh, yes," she caught herself Strawn grinned crookedly, "I'm]: not insinuating anything, Mr. up, "I did stop and knock on Sharp, but I'd like to see that bank Norma's door again, to tell her I'd book, if you please.... Thanks!.. left the water running, but she still Hmm! I see that you have a bal- didn't answer, I suddenly thought ance of $410.03. Destined to pay maybe she was in there crying, und the boy's tuition, I suspect?" 'I just said, “Your water's running, "My financial affairs are my own Norma dear, and went on to my sir," Sharp answered rom. 1 Intended to go back to the bathroom in a minute or two to see "Just what is your occupation, that the tub didn't run over, bat

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"I am head of one of the house saw Norma going into the bathroom: furnishings departments at Marcus. and I knew it was all right." Crane's the linoleum department," "Did you see from which direc- Sharp answered with dignity, "My tion Miss Paige came?" salary is entirely adequate to the

"Oh, no, but from her room, I needs of myself, my wife and son."

"Mrs. Hogarth was such a close suppose. She must have been in friend of yours that she would have didn't want her to marry Walter, there crying because Mrs. Hogarth admitted you at half-past 11 or even but I just saw her, opening the as late as midnight, I suppose?!!

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have admitted me, sir, If I had "No, sir....Yes, I heard Mr. knocked! But I did not do so. Magnus's typewriter, and I thought Neither did my wife. We hnd no to myself that he had a

nerve occasion to trouble Mrs. Hogarth writing so late at night, though with our son's misfortune. In fact, Mrs. Rhodes had told him he could we did not see the poor, dear lady work till 12 last Saturday night, en

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Larry"

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