1929-12-20 — Page 13

Avenging Parrot

by Anne Austin

CHAPTER XXIII:

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1929.

The story was so absurd, so tinck-needs you to stand by har now, and neyed, so badly written, even as a if you feel that way about her scenario, that Dundee pitied with "I stand by, no matter what all his heart the man who so eager they say she did." Magnus said ly awaited the verdict.

carnestly," his grey eyes blinking Ashamed of his insincerity, but rapidly behind his glasses. because those shy, enger eyes were "Poor devil Dundee gronned to pleading with him, Dundee rend himself as he made his escape. aloud, with apparent relish, the last "This is the worst of the busineas? paragraph of "More To Be Pitled" :'ve elected. I'll be speing in- And so here with the setting nocent lives wrecked all the time sun turning the window panes of the flotsam and jetsam that

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the old honestend into rull ended trial. But he's going to have TIE & HANDKERCHIEF pure gold, long hard trail Little Madge was at home again, his girl, and Cora's going to get but not alone now. No longer could off with as clean skirts as possible, the fierce temper of her grandfather or my name's not Bonnie Dundee." terrify her, for she had Big Buck This resolve buoyed him up tem- of the Lonesome Hills to protect porarily, but the new her, to shield her against every found it hard to wait with any de- atorm of life, to be the father of the groe of patience for the next new little lives which would one scone in the drama. He had ideas day make the old homestead ring of his own about searching every with happy laughter."" He laid the boarder's room for possible clues, nothing on script down upon the desk. That's but he could de a swell conclusion you have, Mag- Sunday. With his fellow-guests!

up."

at work on Monday, and with Mra, "Cora thought maybe I ought to Rhodes' connivance, he would have nus. The fans will eat have Madge and Big Buck walking a free hand. Monday, too, would hand in hand up the hill into the bring the postman, and he in turn setting sun, with apple blossoms should bring old Mrs. Hogarth's

regular monthly letter from "S" worried. What do you think? Seems to me like that's been done before"

fuel is, when I came out of the "Oh, hello, Dundee' I'm glad to other at the hospital the nurse told ses you," Bert Magnus greeted me my folks were wiring franti- his Sunday afternoon caller with cally, and I dictated an answering wire to her assured them I was surprising cordiality.

only alightly injured. I wish now "I'm afraid I'm Interrupting you 14 had the nerve to tell them the again, old man," Dundee apologized, as he took the comfortable, shabby truth later. I played the fool, boo, armchair beside Magnus desk to the motor bus company for a on compensation-signed a release "But I believe I'd never get to pay you a visit if I didn't have the paltry five hundred, when I might nervo to butt in. You're certainly have got twenty or thirty thousand an Industrious chap!".

out of them, if I'd known how com pletely my hand was ruined." "Industrious — yes!" Magnus agreed with a bitter twist of his "Can't you use it at all?" Dundee

asked, mouth. "And a fut lot it's got ma.

O, 80. The thumb is all If I hadn't been so Industrious last} night, poor Cora wouldn't be in right, and I use it to space with jail now. "I'll never forgive myself when I'm typewriting. But the fin-drifting down about them," Magnus for not meeting her after the the-gora ele useless. atre as I promised. The truth is, 1 with my left hand, or my career as bookkeeper would have been forget everything when I'm ab ended forever... By the way, sorbed in tinkering with this fool would you like to s the story I'm yarn of mine. But all the succ working on?" he asked with en

In the world wouldn't make up taļ me for causing that poor girl one) hour's stay in a dirty jail."

Paging eagerness.

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Sunday evening. Dundee strolled | down to police headquarters, en- dured a good deal of affectionate) Commissioner kidding from his uncle, Police O'Brien, learned from Strawn that nothing new had THE HONGKONG missingBARGAIN HOUSE

developed, and that Sevier was still most emphatically Dundee was discouraged. If he was right about the importance of

fine," Dundee assured menda- "I think your own conclusion le tiously, bourred his enim ed, as his elbow knocked a book off the edge of the desk. He stoopy "I wish Cora could have heard

Dundee hadderd inwardly, but to retrieve it, saw that the front hirm any that," Dundee thought, as his 'affirmative was cordial.

cover had flown back, revealing the Magnus took off his nose glasses I'm afraid my typing is rotten."yleaf, on which was inscribed the Bad penny clue, then why and polished them very hard to re- Magnus apologized ruefully. I'm "Berbert S. Magnus, Riversidens Emil Sevier a fugitive from move the moisture which had sud-copying it over, thinking perhaps the book and returned it to the

Calif, January 10,1924. e efosed Justice? denly misted the lenses. Alond he the bad typing was one reason, the desk, noting that it was a textbook livery was not until half-past nine Fortunately the fimt mail-de- remarked: "She's charged only movie company turned it down. with being a material, witness, you People are so prone to judge by ap

on scenario writing.

on Monday, and Dundee whathe, "only boarder who was watchinvi know, Magnus. I'm sure she can parances, you now Here it arrange bail the first thing tomor-is. What do you think of the file,.

for his arrival, as the stooped.| row after court opens.”

'More To Be Pitie?"

"You've been working at this grey Ale man plodded

up the .."I wish

|grame quite a while, I see," he re- Rhodes House walk, "Fine!" Dunder applauded, but marked, hoping that the pity he the money to go on her bail myself," inwardly he groaned. Was he go-felt did not show in his voice. Magnus worried, running his left ing to have to read through this hand distradeedly through his dark-bulky manuscript?

"O and on. I subscribed fori brown, oily hair. "She wouldn't)

this course in 1924, but I've just "I don't want to bore you," Mag-iately got down to serious work. have been a material witness if I apologized, but the grey eyes You see, I want to make some quick. had kept my printise to her. Did behind the oval lenses were shyly money, so I shan't be too ashamed to PROPOSAL TO MAKE HIM Á she actually see Sevier crawling leager, and Dundee could never betr go home. And-well, maybe I'll out of Mrs. Hogarth's window? to hurt anyone's feelings.

take someone with me That's the rumour about the house.

Is there I believe."

He made a pretence of skimming woman if she's held as a ma- usually much disgrace attached to through the terrible, amateurish senario, remarking, leat Magnus do you know, Dundee ?"

terial witness in a murder trial, or fast: "I'm a quick reader. Ought Dundee reassured him, extending think he was turning the pages tõo to get me a job as a reader in a pub-a hand which the other gripped plorations in the Antarctic-Re-

I wouldn't worry about that," lishing house."

ta haren 1

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you," Dandee answered truthfully.But let's try to forget the whole miser able business. We can't catch the murderer or do poor Corn Barker any good by mulling it over". How's the story coming on?" and he glanced toward. the buttered old | Lypewriter on the open roll-top desk.

"That's not the story," Magnus ́told him, glandinjt toward the

sheet of paper rolled into the 'mu-| chine. "I was tryinu -ta. frame a letter to my family in Riverside, Į California." They're Biedy to see newspaper accounts of the murder at the Rhodes House, and be wor- ried about me, Finest family a chap ever had, Dundee. 1 was a fool fo; wander, I guess, but I got the idea I'd do better absolutely on my own, not tied to a mother's apron stringa

Well, she-died less than á year after I began my travels, and ---” He coughed, then suddenly reached into the desk for an en- velope.

"Like to Her some snapshota ofi my folka?" he asked, his voice slightly husky. "This, is my kid sister, Gertude. Trudy, we call ber. I can hardly believe she's got. to be auch a big girl, She was only 13 when I left home five and a halfi years ago... Here's Dad--one of the grand old men of the fruit, in- dustry out there.... He's president of 'n Fruit Growers' Association now, and when I go home I guess I'll be content to take a job under him. Here's a picture of my older brother-known me 'Red," My funny little red moustache looks as if it had wandered from his face to mine. I know I look queer with a red moustache with this dark hair of mine, but--my mother had red hair."

He rambled on, showing more snapshots of the pleasant Spanish type of home, the "folks" in the family car, a police dog--

"I'm homesick, as the devil,” he asknowledged with a sigh, "but I've got a stubborn streak in me, I talked so big before 1. left home," and I hate to go back with empty pockets and this." He held out the crippled right hand, with a curious gesture of contempt and! self-loathing.

"Your hand was-hurt afteri you left home?" Dundee asked sym. pathetically, his eyes veering from The curled, withered fingers/-

"Yes, and I've never had the nerve to write the family just how much damage I suffered in the ncci- dont feel like half a man, cape- cially when I look at these pictures of Dad and Red. Splendid, types, aren't they 7. It happened four years ago in Florida. I was travel-] ing in a motor bus between Miami and Hialeah, on a real estate.com- pany's sightseeing tour. The bus collided with a heavy truck and was badly wrecked-turned over and the top caved in on us. Two of the passengers and the driver were killed outright. I thought I was lucky to get off with nothing worse than an injured hand-cut straight across the palm with a piece of the windshield glase,” and he exhibited the scar.

Rotten luck anyway," Dundes sympathized,

"Yes, the ligaments of the fingers were cut clear through; though I didn't realize it immediately. "Tho

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(To be Continued.)

HONOUR FOR BYRD.

REAR ADMIRAL.

New York, Dec; 19. Senator Swanson, of Virginia,į has introduced a Bill In the Senate

Admiral, in recognition of his ex- with the object of promoting Com-1 mander Byrd to the rank of Rear

awkwardly with his left. "Cora | ter's American Service,

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AND NOTHING HAPPENED!

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