THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1933,
"SHADOWS BY THE
A Summer Mystery
CHAPTER XII.
"Preparations for n Jolly
Evening,"
SEA"
BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON
[to join the little party."
"You don't want the rival to go alone?" queried Leonard, with momentary doubt.
́"I đumn well do want the rivali
An hour látor, while. Leonard Sefton was sitting on the edge of to go alone," answered Napoleon, his bed, with his room in darkness, but for the honour of my name there came a soft tapping at the sake I ain't going to let him go door, and Napoleon Truclovo eater-alone. Besides, I've got a sort of od,
it Must it be dark?" queried Napoleon, his hand groping for the switch.
It la preferable dark," replied Leonard, in a low voice, and Napoleon's hand dropped, "Close the door and don't talk loudly,"
n bet on with that fool Guy, and at least I stand to make five shillings out of this. I think I'll buy a tonic with it-
"Calling? No, I didn't call.” "Sorry," said Leonard, apolo- gotically. "I must have been mis-- token.
He returned to his room, closing the door softly after him. The tall, angular figure of Napoleon Truelove was vaguely outlined against the bay window.
Come over here," whispered Leonard, and, taking Napoleon by the arm, led him to another smaller window to the loft of the bay, and "Shi Don't talk so loudly," farther away from Mr.-Griddlo's muttered Leonard, suddenly.
"Loudly? I wasn't-" "Sh!"
room.
"What happened?" asked Napo leon, "We are havin a lovely
"The old fellow answered mo
"That'd be on the farther wall," "Hear anything?" whispered murmured Napoleon. "At least, Leonard.
that's where the bed was when I slept in it."
"Oh, anything to oblige, mur- Napoleon remained silent, obodi-time!" mured Napoleon, as he oboyed. ently. What was the jolly iden, he "We're going to have a thoroughly wondered? This slience, and this from his bed," nasty, creepy time, so we might as sitting in the darkness. woll begin in style." The door was now closed, and ho bogan to feel his way forward.. "Do I sit down, or do you receive your visitors standing. I'll curtsey, if you like, and kiss your hand."
"You bet, 1.do," Napoleon whis- pered back. It's going three hundred to the minute."
"The voice was from the farther wall. So our question is was Griddle there all the time, or did
he slip over quickly while I slipped out? Did you hear anything, Truelove?”
"Hear anything else?" "Don't be an Idiot," replied
Napoleon listened. No, he heard Leonard, smiling in the darkness.nothing else. He was about to say "I tell you, old chap, I've simply so when a faint sound came from. got to be an idiot," retorted the the wall to the right of the window. "The mouse did seem just a littlo other. "It's the only way I can "What it is?" he asked, in a low busy. Look here, I say, couldn't keep my pecker up."
volec. "Cupboard door over there, we have the dear little light up? la't there?"
You know. I'd positively adoro a few seconds of jolly old illumina-
"Yet I heard you shouting in the drawing-room that you had as much courage as anyone."
Napoleon chuckled.
That's true," ke laughed. "Whatever sort of an 89 I'm making of myself up here, It's nothing to the nss I made of myself down there. Luckily, Guy began chipping me, so that gave me a lend off. I told 'em that no one had a corner in courage, and that, if It came to a pinch, we could all do our sharo. I behaved like a jealous baby, and tootled out the trashest tosh. As a mattor of fact
he paused for an instant-"I really did feel just a tiny bit jealous when you went off with Mine Haines, you know. Not that I-oh, well, chuck all that! Any- way, I swore I'd row over to the wreck to-night for twopence, and- though nobody believed me for a moment, if I did do any such silly as thing-well, there'd bo no questions asked."
"You're a brick," answered Leonard, sincerely. "I'll stand aponsor for your courage, when the time comes."
"Don't be too sweetly sure," ob served Napoleon, grimly. "The time hasn't come yet."
"But it will. And, meanwhile, I understand you've come to ask me where you can find a boat, and, learning of your inanno Intention, I insist on accompanying you?"
"That's tho plon,"
grinned Napolcon. "My courage cools some- whit, I expect, and, when it comes to the point, I'm only too glad to accept the invitation of my rival
"It isn't a cupboard door. It's a door opening into the next room."[tion!"
"Oh, Lord! I hope it's locked !"
"Of course, it's locked. But do you know who sleeps in the next room?"
"Yes. Old Griddle.”
"Are you sure?”
"Quite. I know, because I had that room myself first, and gave it up when he came,'
"Well, he's not naloep now which a man with a headache ought to be," commented Leonard. "It seems to me Mr. Griddle spends all his evenings saying he's going to bed, but never getting thero. He's been by that door for twenty minutes"
"Unless it's a mouse?" suggested Napoleon.
"It's not a moune."
"Well, p'r'ans you know mouse noises better than I do. Oh, Lord
here's an Idea! Pr'aps the old chup really is in bed, and it's some-: body clan in his room?"
This idea was arresting. Leonard considered It. Suddenly he jumped up from his bed and ran out of the room. Napoleon heard him knocking on the next door.
"Mr. Griddle?" called 'Leonard. There was no reply at first, and he called again. Then a sleepy voice. responded, in mumbling tones:
Eh? What's that?" "Did you call out just now?" asked Leonard, through the door. "Who's there? Who's that speak ing?" Mr. Griddle called back, He now seemed thoroughly awake, "I thought I heard you calling."
"Not just yet, old chap. Tell me, is there a light-house out there
"Light-house? You do jerk one's
mind about!"
"Or a light-ship?"
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"No."
"Then-look out of the window -quick! How do you account for that?"
Napoleon looked out of the win- dow, and his heart began to mis- bohave itself again. A little yellow gleam glowed, through the black noss. The next moment, it was gone,
Whow!" muttered Napoleon. that light," remarked Leonard. "That's the fourth time I've seen Tve been watching. That's why I've been altting in the dark."
"Ah," said Nopolcon, and grew very thoughtful. And you thought it might be a light-ship?"
"Shut up," returned
Napoleon. "I adore her.".
"Well, suppose she were in danger
"Good Lord! Sho's not, is she?"
"No. But supposo she seero?] Or suppose her father word in langer, or there were any service you could do har-?"
"I'd dive off the moon into on Ink-pot", Interposed Napoleon, silence, during which the little solemnly; and added, after a short yellow light blinked a fifth time through the darkness, "I say, you rather like Miss Fyne, don't you?" "Immensely," admitted. Leonard, "Go on! Why don't you say you "Ona considers all possibilities."adore hor? I do. That is-in a "Oh, yes. By all means. And as different way, you know. But look It fan't a light-ship, you think it acre, I say. What's your other comes from our blessed old wreck?" reason? You said she was only
"That's fairly obvious.”.
one. Wipe her out, and would you "The blessed old wreck you and I still go across a nasty big sea in a propose to row out to..
nasty little boat on a black, black "Yes."
night-oh, my God, Napolcon, stop it"
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"Ah," said Napóleon again, and grow even more thoughtful. "You
"I would," said Leonard: know, I'm going to tell you some- "In that case, you priceless dolt, thing, and I'd like you to make a you leave me no alternativo," pro- note of it, to stick in my obituary."nounced Napoleon. "You want mo. he went on, after a pause."I'm 4 Goodness knows why. You shall dained good sport."
have me. And to-morrow I'll bo "I agree Leonard, and Napoleon found his
to that," replied dend or five bob up." hand gripped in the darkness. "But I'll think no less of you, if you want to back out now."
"Llar!" grunted Napoleon. "And, look here, the next time you stick your folly old paw out like that, toot your hooter or something. Thanks for the intention, and all that, but you made me jump. Back What'd you do?" out? Woll, a'pose I did back out?
"I'd have to make the trip alone."
I'll see you don't die," responded "Make it half-a-crown each, and Leomird, and, moving to the door, switched on the light.
"Lord, ho does do things in a hurry," grumbled Napoleon True- love, blinking. "Where are my dark glassea 7"
Leonard turned, and regarded his companion with a frown.
"Sorry, old man," murmurod Napoleon, "but I was born with it." "Your face is all right, Truelove,"
"Oh. You'd still make the trip?"aaid Leonard, "but It's your suit I "Of course."
"Why?"
"Don't you know?”·
object to. Could you slip Into one of mine?"
"I'll slip into a Chinese kimona, "P'raps I do but I love conver-if it'll give you any pleasure, sation."
darling," answered Napoleon, "but what's wrong with my own tailor? He charged me eleven guineas."
"Your suit's too light," explained
(Continued on Pane 11.)
I'll tell you why," said Leonard, smiling. "That is, one reason why. You rather like Miss Haines, don't J'ou?"
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