THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFIL
"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"
A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON
CHALTER 'XIV.
Through the Blackness"
walk? Left or right?"
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At the gap, they paused. "Can we get round the point?" queried Leonard,
"Oh, I see. : Are you really going | wreck no longer glowod to put Jim on the scent?"
"Certainly, It'll do no harm, "I may have sweet Ideas, but re-anyway. Which way shall turning to a comfortable led at the Mermaid Hotel isn't one of them," ⚫enid Leonard Sefton. "I mean to find a boat, Truelove, if I have to search the beach the whole night through."
"Well, if you jolly well think you're going to search alone, you're Jolly well mistaken," responded Napoleon. "But look here, I say. S'poso we don't find one? Do we huld ano?"
"While we're about it, why not a couple?" smiled Leonard, "Ther we'll have one each "
"Shouldn't think it'd make. much odds. It's guess-work, anyway."
"Not entirely. I want to know which way leads us soonest to a village. If we go to the right, there's Craverley, but that's about yn miles off, isn't it? You know the geography of these parts better tann I do."
"Yes, It's a dovil of a way," answered Napoleon. "Everything's station, church, and shops," a dovil of away from horo-
"Is there any village nentor?" "How many huts make a village? There's a cluster of seven or eight
"We'd have to climb over somo jutting-out parte," replied Napol- con.The Lido's going out, but It'e
not low yet. Not a nice climb in the darkness, exactly!""
"Can't wo got to your settlement by road, then? It ought to bo caster, and we'd out the long track round."
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1933.
Eight or nino tiny black cottages PBBS, and gat his bearings. Then, nestled near the shore. Only one while Napoleon rowed, and he gave of them showed a light, a feeble, directions. The compass was yellow gloam, betekening a waxy luminous one, and he did not have origl; and as they approached to use his flush lamp to see Ite even this winked out.
Inco. But they were not Interested in Napoleon rowed steadily. He the cottages. Thereves wore decided not to think of the coming. skinned for other things, "and, all moments, but just to be satisfied at once, Leonard gave a low ox- that, so far, they had not come. clamation of picusure.
When his companfon old him to pull "Thore wa aru!" he whispered, to the right, he generally pulled to the right. Occasionally he forgot sald the world was going right! which was his right and which hie We're in luck."
A black shape grew out of the left, however, and then fresh bear- sand ahead of them. It's outlino ings had to be taken when the light "They're not ever-careful with was unmistakable. It was a small from the wreck reappeared.
"Splendid," replied Napoleon, their lights, I must say," observed "I should with a pang. "Now we're for It"Leonard, presently. and the boat, fortuhately, was not careful as the douce."
The beach was utterly deserted, have thought they'd have been as far from the edge of the water. "That's assuming they have The sands shelved more steeply guilty consciences," retorted Na- here, and the distance covered by poleon, "Portape, you know, they
they ran the bont, down to the the dead of night," the tides was less extensive. Re- haven't.""
"It isn't usual to visit a wreck in gardless of the law of possceston,
Leonard re- water, and, obedient to Leonard's minded him. Instructions, Napoleon climbed in. "By the way, I suppose you can queried Leonard, Just before pushing off Napoleon.
boat..
"Good Iden, I think I know the way. It's up the gap and then straight on instead of bearing to the right, and then we strike off somewhere to the left. Yes, I be Hovo I can hit it." and, veering away from the hotel They necended the steep path, a little way round the point." lane, made their way across the "Are they fishermen's huts, by neck of land that separated them any-chance?"
| from the north shore. - Napoleon, "Shouldn't be surprised. Yes, to his own surprise even more than now I come to think of it, I have to his companion's, identified the spotted a boat or two on that beach. correct lane that ultimately led to They're black, tarry huts. You the little fishing settlement, and know the sort of thing. If the when they reached it ho smiled Wa
world's going right with you, you triumphantly.
After a final glance round the Jagubrious chamber, they retraced their way through the narrow neck into the outer cave. There was no sign of the intruder, but for all that they walked cautiously to the cave entrance. Pearing out, they How no form and hoard no footfall. The darknoss
unpopulated saving for themselves.
"Be careful where you trend," advloed Leonard, as they left the cave and stoppeil once more on to goft Band,
What are there any, bombs about?" replied Napoleon.
"No, but there are footprints. We don't want, to obliterate the footprints of that person who followed us into the cave just now.
say, 'Oh, what a lovely smell of "Pretty good, eh?" he remarked, ozone!! but if it's not you solze patting himself on the back. your nose and cry, 'Dad fish? "" "Though, of course, all one had to "I like the sound of it" com- do was to follow the smell and traço niented Leonard. "Let's try it." it to its source."
So they turned leftwards, and "Yes, the amell's certainly retraced their way over the heavy strong," agreed Leonard, "but sand to the gap. On their right, rather think the world must be go the sea whispered gently through ing right with me at this moment. the darkness. The light from the I like it."
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"It may not be usual," agreed Napoleon "But quite nice people do it.. Have you noticed, the name of our boat is Daisy?"
"Loft!" shot out Leonard, "No, no-left"
"On the Thames," answered
"Well, when we're beyond these "Well, don't this the left-oh, no little waves, we won't notice much my mistake," said Napoleon. difference. Get the oars out."You know, that's the trouble with You're going to do the work, while rowing. You have to sit with your
navigate. Ready? Heavo-hol'
- Right!|back" to where you're going. Idiotle iden. That's why I prefer He gave a shove, jumped, and the punting. Oh-a punt, and Boul- next moment they were gliding out ter's Lock!" into the mysterious velvet.
They fell into a silence. They Distancos abil dimensions are could not see the wreck, but they |
exaggerated by night, Napoleon know they wore getting nearer was astonished very pleasantly so every minute, and superfluous con- —by the smallness of the waves versation became undesirable. Not. which had seemed so large while only might their voices be heard, ho had, vlowed their gleaming but it now became more necessary ridges from the shore. After a to concentrate on their task. The few strong strokes, they were he light bad not glowed for somn yond the breakers, and began to while, and Napoleon had been purr over an Inky smooth expanse. warned that he must keep as "By Jove!" murmured Napoleon, straight a course as was humanly "I'd be perfectly happy ff only possible. there were a moon",
"Wish the light would tune up “And If I were somebody else?" again," he murmured, once, queriod Leonard..
"Between you and me, I'm rathar "Yes, you could be improved on," glad it hasn't, Leonard whispered admitted Napoleon. All the same, back. "It may mean that whoever I'm not complaining. But look are on that wreck have moved to here, I say what about our diree-another part of the ship. Down tion ?"
below, for instance." "Yes, that's going to be our chief "Or it may mean they've spotted difficulty. You see, Truelove, we're US, and are watching us," added not starting from tho. spot I'd Napoleon, grimly. counted on. My compass rockon- Ing has gone to pot. I expect we'll have to hug the shore n bit-"
"No, we won't, exclaimed Na- poleon suddenly."There's the light again! Look
"So it is" murmured Leonard, gratefully. "That light is just go- ing to save our lives!”
He whipped out his pocket com-
"Whe's getting the sweet ideas now?" retorted' Leonard. "But of course, you may be right. We're taking chancra,”
Five minutes later, Napoleon paused in his rowing.
"I can hear something," he mut- tered,
"It's the breakers,” said Leonard.
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