The Chinese Parrot (Charlie Chan Detective Series) — page 192: what you’re looking at

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= with sad blunder back to desert. Most bitterly unwelcome here. One thing puzzles me." "Only one thing?" asked Eden. "One at present. Other puzzles put aside for moment. Louie goes on Wednesday morning, probably before black deed was done. How then does he know? Did act have echo in San Francisco? I am most sad not to have talk with him. But there are other paths to follow." "I hope so," sighed Bob Eden. "But I don't see them. This is too much for me.” "Plenty for me, too," agreed Chan. "Pretty quick I go home, lifelong yearning for travel forever quenched. Keep in mind, much better police do not find who killed Louie Wong. If they do, our fruit may be picked when not yet ripe. We should handle case. Officers of law must be encouraged off of ranch at earliest possible time, having found nothing." "Well, the constable was easy enough," smiled Eden. "All looked plenty mysterious to him," answered Chan, smiling, too. "I sympathized with him in that," Eden admitted. "But this Captain Bliss probably won't be so simple. You watch your step, Charlie, or they'll lock you up." Chan nodded. "New experiences crowd close on this mainland," he said. "Detective-Sergeant Chan a murder 192 comiicboeoe S CO