THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
"SHADOWS BY
BY THE SEA'
A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON
SYNOPSIS,
LEONARD BEFTON arrives at the seaside
realdat excited by the diappearance of the pr prietor of the Mermaid. Hotel, a man named Fyna. Mas of the goset have je awing to the scandal, Befton meets the "Boots" on the beach doing little detective work.
rest of Craverley to find the
mysterious ranger Rian_appears.
NOW GO ON WITH THE Stuky.
CHAPTER IL
brings you to those parts?".
not."
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1933.
"Yes. August 13th."
"Right. Was ho or any thing? Please lot me hear the whole story."
Léonard, briskly, "Look hero, "Yes, and I'll go on speaking to Miss Fyno, I'm keeping you from him About tennis, returned, your duties, but can you give mo Leonard. "Why should he have five minutes more and tell me fust given notice? Why should any of what happened on the day your them?"
father disappeared. A week ago, "Woll-It's not been very happy wasn't It?" permission? OE courto hara during the past fow days. I've done my beat to keep choor- Hallo, Morley," ropiled Loo-
"Good. Only I thought from ful" nard, holding out his hand. "1 heard there was a first-class ten- Mr, Morley's attitude that there "Yes, I can see that!"
"but it's not been easy, and, "Thoro isn't much to tell,” be«. is lawn at this hotel, and was might be some rule of the sort": drawn as a moth to a candle-and He spoke carelessly, but waited of course, everything's changed, gan Mies Fyne. "No, Father" now I find you here, I'm bang in with interest for her reply. It's difficult to be in a holiday wasn't ill. He was in splendid the flame How's your game? "No-that wasn't his reason, mood when policemen and de- health. He went through the day. As good as in the Cambridge she murmured, and opened the tectives are constantly comingas usual and his manner wasn't days?"!
and then I can't make thom un-any different when he said good- "It'e-or-pretty fair," ros- No. Boven was certainly a won- derstand that I want them to act night to me and wont up to his ponded Morley, "How's yours?" derful roam. It had lately been just as waual when I'm about."" room. At least-no, 1 don't
Leonard nodded, sympathetical think it was any different." "A shade on the rusty side, old occupied by a rich old gentlemen
"That means you do," common- clap. What about a knock-up
what way after tea? I can see, I'll keep
ted Leonard. "In you busy during the next few days.
night he have been a little dif- I'm just off to book my room."
"After 4oat. Yes, I'd-er-like It," murmured Morley, and looked vaguely towards Miss Fyne,
door,
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"At the Mermaid Hotel." Miza Jessica Fýne, manageroNH and (It now appeared) proprietress
and his nuuraathenic wife, whoy. "Some of them would be a bit of the Mermaid Hotel, looked up
had left in rather a hurry. Thore nervy, naturally," he observed, from her ledger and saw a pleasant
was so much space that the large "but what beats me is why 80 double bed was hardly noticed as many of them have gone."
ferent?" young man standing before her.
one entered, and one's eye was **I* don't understand that, For a moment she forgot her led-
"You're very good cross- answered Miss Fyne, examiner," she smiled, flushing a ger. It may have been because he
immediately carried to the wide either," Franch windows which opened on slowly. "It almost seems—” looked so particularly plensant; ha was certainly trying to. But You know I don't mind," she to a balcony overlooking the main Eca the moment passed, and her mind raid. "I want you to go on just grounds. The deep "blue sparkled in the western Bun. raverted speedily to facts and as usual," figures, and to the purely commer-Morley hesitated, suddenly nod. side of the wreck, a little to the cial hope that this man had come ded, called "See you later, then "ennt of the point, gleamed like a to book a room, and not merely to to Leonard, and want out into the sheet of gold, its grim story gilded grounds. Ho had been on the temporarily out of the spectator's have tea.
His first words proved that he point of giving notles, and going mind, like the hidden history of an had come with the former object, to Scarborough. The place was unhappy, girl who cheats your and in reply to his enquiry she getting on his nerves. But per-knowledge with a smile. Leonard said that she had a room, and haps, with a little hard tennis, it gave a sigh of satisfaction ns he might be worth while hanging on advanced into the room. Behind would show it to him.
for a bit. He'd rather like to see him, the girl's voice made him what Sefton would make of his turn. new American service.
"Do you know how long you will be requiring it for?" she naked, in a busincas-like voice.
"I think I ought to tell you the Miss Fyne turned, and preceded reason, before you decide," ahe Leonard Sefton sat upon an in- sane impulse to reply, "Until we her new guest up the wide, soft-sald,
"It's not necessary, because I've haye found your father," and re- carpeted staircase, Leonard no-
decided," responded marked that he was not sure. ticed many little touches about nlready
"Probably a week, at least," he the place-pretty pale blue cur- Leonard. "And, besides,I al Raid. "I suppose you can let me tains framing the windows, water-ready know the reason." She colours on the walls, a generous looked at him quickly, while he bravo ona with n een view?"
"All the rooms have sen views," hanging basket of flowers-which, went on, "Good Lord, Mies Fyno, she answered, with a little smile. he felt convinced, were not due why on earth should prople start "We are on the point, you sce. to Miss Fyne's father; and he paid leaving your hotel because of your I could let you have one of our his tribute to the straight back misfortune? I agree with your All women like ataunch little boots, whom I met beat rooms overlooking the ten-ahead of him.
ais lawn-it's just been vacated."charming things, but not all wo-on the sands just now. Nico "Sounds exactly what I'd like," men know how to gather them to-little fellow, that. He's quite an- nodded Leonard." "You're most gether, and to display them. gry with your visitors for deser. Suddenly just as they were ting you, just when you most need delightfully situated here."
reaching Room No. Sevon, Miss 'em to atny."
"Yes, I've got one good friend," Fyne asked, over her shoulder,
"How did you know the tennis-answered Miss Fyno, srailing]
faintly, lawn was a first-class one?"
She took a key, numbered "Savon," off a hook, and emerged from her little office. As she did 60, a rather glum-looking man
"I guessed it," replied Leonard. came down the wide stair-case, and approached. Leonard pos-"A hotel as good as this couldn't sessed a keen sense of observa- have a' bad tennis-lawn."
"You're making up your mind tion, which this afternoon was par- ticularly alert, and he did not quickly about the hotel," ahe said, miae the glance of apprehension as she inserted the key. with which Miss Fyne watched "That's habit of mine," he anɛ- the glum man draw near; but, all wered. "I nearly always make at once, the glumness vanished, fup my mind quickly. By the way, do we have to get your permission and a smile took its placo,
"It's Sefton, isn't it?" exclaimed to use the lawn? What is the the no longer glum one. "What arrangement here?"
"Perhaps you've got two,".ro torted Leonard, looking at her aquarely. "Can you think of any way I can help?""
She turned away for a moment, then swang back again, angry with herself for having been on the point of breaking down."
"You have helped me already,' she said. "I'm sure Mr. Morley was about to give notice when he mot you and you apoke about ten-
"It almost seems what?" hottle. "But one mustn't make the encouraged her, ng she hesitated. mistake of making things appear "As though there were some-Important when they really aren't. mean that afterwards-one thing sise."
"Well, if there is, we'll get to thinks of all sorts of little points.
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