THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1933.
"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"
A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON_FARJEON
BYNGPAIN.
"Good Lord, it's Jim" exclaimed, Leonard Hefton, visiting Graverley, Leonard. Making a chp with his cover the Hotel seaside resort excited over hands, ho called back, softly but re.. the dakppearance of the proprietar of the Merms Hotel. The story of the missing sonantly; man's digghter; Jessien · ·Pyne, Intriguen las and he decides to stay if the mystery ka keen sofred. A mysterious - stranger, › known to have vialled the hotel, and to have spoken: to a servant named Luigi, found dead at the foot of the kiln. When maalatance la
brought, however, the body is no longer there, confirmed by tracka leading from the bote Lulet denies having seen him. Later on
The boy's story.of the finding of the body le
playing a bunch, Sefton decides to visit a shipwreck across the bay.. Beryl Itxises, the
atrange cry.
"All right, Jimi Hold ont coming."
him to behave nationally at all,
I comes dahn arter it, yer soo," bubbled"Jim.
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Jim paused for breath, and Jessi ca asked, after aglance at- Leonard:
"I'm sure you did,” replied "Do you mean," Jim, that your Leonard, "but we'll talk about that book was lying down the cliff?" Intor. Now just cling on to me "Yea, miss," answered Jim. I until we reach that rope that's seen it there. And I climbs down Well done!" he said, again, hanging above us. See it? Good,arter it, but I slips, and just as I'm bondin' down to pick it up, I "Pl have that boy safe In a jiffy." Steady, now!", "
Jim was not far below. He was, They reached the rope, and slips agin, and the book goes Intor as a matter of fact, only a third Leonard tied it round the boy's the son, and golly I thort I was I'm of the way down the cliff, but body. Then, by careful stages, they goin' in arter it. But I 'Its a tree, when Leonard reached him he ascended to the top, finally asalst and mo foot gets caught, and then I starts 'ollerin'. And then Mr. found that the boy, was hanging ed over the edge by eager hands. A faint, gulp responded.
A minute went by, for the regain-Seften comes along, and-and "Mr. Sefton-be carefull" gasp-over a jutting branch at a spot ed Jessica, as Leonard began to whore the sea was almost Immedling of breath. Then Leonard that's orl." lower himself over the edge. "It ately beneath his swaylag form; turned to Jim and said:
if anything happened to you" while one foot had become wedged "It won't," he assured her. "I'va in a hole.
old chap" cried spent three holidays in Switzerland, "Hang on,
"You'll and this won't worry me. Don't Leonard, encouragingly
soon be on the top, blacking boots
of the hotel gurals, relats, on accompanying him. When on board they are started by a
Sefton also hears sounds of breathing beba alarmed." hind a locked door aboard, but says nothing to Beryl for fear of alarming ber, and takes her back to the hotal. There when he de elded to qucation Lufat gain, is discovered tries to persuade him to call in the police, but he think otherwise. While they are talking, they hear a cry from the beach.
that the Italian has disappeared. Min Fyne
CHAPTER X
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And do you still think Luigi took it??
"Yessir."
"But why should he throw it down the clift 7"
"Spite, sir. Bein' a farrenner." "I-seo. And after the epito, fright? Is that your theory"
"Well-e scones to 'ave mide 'isself scarce, ain't 'e?"
"Quite enough, too, I think," "Now tell us how you got into commented Leonard. "So your that most extraordinary positiont note-book is now in tho sea, ch?"
"Yessir," answered Jim, in de Did you fall over, Jimor what?"
"It was the note-book, sir," re-pressed tones. plied Jim... "Yessir, I tracked it." What you tracked it to the She longed to stay and watch | avain."
If Jim smiled, only the occan Baw cliff?" exclaimed, Legnard.* ha descent, feeling that the mo
"Yessir. It was like this. When ment she took her eyes off him heat, for nothing else was in front of would fall, but instead she turned his face; but it is doubtful whether I leaves yer I see, 'Looly's took it. and ran to the shed, which was only Jim did smile. He was far too That's wet It is. Looly.' 'Con 'e saw me writin' in it yesterday, about twenty yards off. Roaching uncomfortable.
A few moments later, he felt and 'e wanted to 'ave a look, but the shed, sho salzed a coll of rope from a stout hook, and returning hands groping at his foot. There Ises, 'No, Loojy, It's privit, and "The Contents of, a.Shed",
to the Illy-pond she made one end was a sudden, shooting wrench of 'o gets cross. So it was a easy fast round the trunk of a tree: pain, and then the foot was free, bet 'o'd slipped it from my pocket, At first ho could distinguish Then she hastened to the edge A strong arm encircled him. The so I goce to find Im, but 'a wan't nothing, for, the tangled tree trunks again, and looked over, her heart sea changed its position below him, nowhere, so I ses to meaclf, Orl and the bunches of stubble made sick with fear. But a little cry of and disappeared. For a second or right, Loojy, yours is size seven, so I'll 'ave yer. And I tracks 'Is confusing back patches in the fad-gladness escaped her as she saw two, Jim frankly blubbed.
But ho dospised tears. He steps from the back door and along Ing light, but soon he noticed that that Leonard was climbing down one of the black patches was sway- carefully and steadily, while the thought nothing of boys who cried, the path wot comes ere, but I loses ing to and fro, and was of human,little black patch was still swinging When he discovered, therefore, that 'em on the grass, but I eces 'em he was safe, he grinned fiercely again along another path and not vegetable, origin.
and swaying below him.
"Mr. Sefton!" she called." and pretended that the whole thing tracks 'em to the shed. But 'e ain't was immense fun. He became so there, and I comes back fere agin, "Yes?" he called back. "I've got a
rope. One end's light-headed, In fact, that Leonard and lookin' over the edge there's "Yea, I do," he replied. "Some-tled to a tree. I'm going to throw had to speak to him sharply to get my note-book." body's down there"
the other and down."
"Well done! But wait a second
Now!" Sho threw the rope, and he caught ft.
"Do you see anything?" asked Jessica's anxious volce, over his shoulder.
The cry rose again, and this time
it was unmlatakable.
"Elp" yelled the swaying black patch. "O Elp!"
"Oh, I dare say he'll soon come back again." remarked Leonard, ghtly. "Meanwhile, don't worry, Jim. My advice to you is to take it casy for a bit-you've had a bit of a shaking-and then to go on with your work."
Yessir," said Jim, and rose to his feet. He was a triflo unsteady, but he managed to draw himself up to his full height-which was not much-as he added, "I did find (Continued on Page .)
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