THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER
"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"
A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON
CHAPTER XVII. "Meanwhile, at the Mermaid---"
A minute later Leonard and Na- poleon were leaning over the side of the wreck, hailing the occupants of the boat.
"Hallo there!", cried Leonard. "Hallo!" sang back Mr. Griddle. "Are you all right?”
"Rathor! Havin' n rippin" ime," replied Napoleon. "But brought you along?"
the boat, too."
1933.
telephone wires was unpleasantly "I know we'd find a boat there, | significant. Bo wo went.there at onco, and we "What about getting back?" took this boat because it was on suggested Marley. the edge of the water. Mr. Griddle
"I'm aure I'm ready," answered said he believed someone had lately Mr. Griddle, almost querulously. used it, but we didn't meet anybody, "But you mentioned one of the rather anxiously. His exclamation and as we didn't want to waste mysteries, MF. Sefton. Have you [icon, and looked at Leonard.
"Do you mean that your brother did not appear to fit into the con-time, we just got in and pushed found any more on your wreck?** Isn't in his room?" queried Leonard,versation. quietly,
But Leonard under-off"OPEN stood it, and followed Napoleon'a That little boat will got giddy," conimented Leonard. "It's working "By Jove-it in Daisy!" he mur- overtime. But, you know, you and Miss Haines shouldn't have
"No, he's not there, Mr. Sefton," gaze, responded Boryl. "When Miss Fyne camo to my room-after hear mured. Ing the shot, you know--I decided.hora's Daisy?" asked Beryl come
Is she a rlvnt?" De to rout up Guy first. You see, we
You're sitting in her," respond thought he could then rout up you; ed Napoleon. if necessary. But Guy wasn't
"If you mean this is a daley boat, what's thoro. So. we tried your room- I don't agree
and you weren't thore. And then
"Just the same, it la a Daley boät, Jessien we tried yours, Nappy-and you because that's her name!": retorted
weren't there."
Napoleon. "Where the deuce did you pick her up? That's the boat we rowed across, in-and the bont our lunatle went away 1".
"We heard a shot," Fyno's voice called, anxiously. "Are you are no one's hurt?"
exclaimed "There you are!" Napoleon triumphantly to Leonard. "You see, I do the right thing by instinct! Then, turning towards the boat again, he said, "No, no
one's hurt."
"I guessed I wasn't," murmured Napoleon.
I believe I was next on the list of eligibles," interposed Valentine' Morley. "By the time they'd woken
mo,
Griddle, also, so we thought we'd the nolso had roused Mr. "Beastly shame!" It was Beryl's better make up a little party and voice now. "We've brought along come along to see what the trouble auch a perfectly lovely First Aldwas. And we're still waiting to know. What was that shot? And "Do you mean to say you heard where's your boat? Round the shot from the hotel ?" asked other side?
set!"
vide.
the
"No-our boat's been takon." Leonard, as the boat drew along.answered Leonard, slowly. "We "We didn't. She did," responded found someone on board here"
"What's that?" crled Mr. Griddle Beryl, glancing at Jessien: "sharply. You found someone on people will sit by open windows board, you say?" Into at night, instead of going pro- perly to sleep, they're bound to hear unpleasant sounds. Particu larly if the wind's in the right direction. But what's happened? Do tell us! We've had an awful scare. You don't mean to any Nappy-7
.
"Eh? Oh, I do, I do," jerked Nn. polcon. "Call me names, if you like, but I did it to win five shil lings. Yes, I expect I. was fearful ass, but I swore I'd show the world what a hero I could be and get the limelight turned on me. for once!"
"But the limelight seems to be on two of you," said Jessica, looking at Leonard.
"Yes, I expect I'm only half a hero, really," returned Napoleon, "hut half a hero's better than none. didn't know where to find a bless ed boat, and I asked Sefton to help me. When we found the boat, rofused to back out, and he refused to let me come alone." He peered
"Yes. A sort of lunatic, I rec- kon. Anyway, while we were play- ing hide and seek with him, he slipped off in our boat, and left us marooned. Truelove fired into the water, to scafe him and get a little of his own back-and that's the shot you heard, Miss Fyne.”
"It's horrible exclaimed Jessica, with a shudder. "Who could it have been? I noticed a light from the wreck once, I thought, and that was one reason why I guessed where the shot came from."
"And I helped the guess, by re- Calling that idiotic bet you made with my young brother, Nappy," added Deryl. "We never thought it was serious, though. I'm sure Guy didn't. either. Couldn't belleve you'd have the madness-or courage-to do it."
the
"There's one thing I don't under- stand," observed Morley. "You say the other chap went off in your boat. But surely he had a boat of his own? Where is it?"
over head. "Is that you, Morley? "Nowhere," answered Leonard.
I rather hoped No. 4 would be Guy.
"How he got on the wreck is one
I like spot cash. Where is Guy?of the various mysteries we seem Thought he'd have joined the morry party,"
No one replied for a moment. Then Beryl answered, seriously.
"I don't know where Guy Is. Nappy, Wo-we hoped we'd find him here."
"Good Lord! murmured Nopo-
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to be up agalust.”
"Perhaps you and I aren't the only swimming enthusiasts in the neighbourhood, Mr. Sefton?" sug- gested Beryl Haines.
"My hat" cried Napoleon, sud- denly. "It's Daisy!"
"Eyes were directed towards him
ル
The eyes staring up from below grow wide in astonishment. Berz! Marley jerked his head round aud gave a little ahudder, and Valentine denly at nothing.
"We found it on the beach at Craydon," said Jessies, after a short silence.
"A little fishing community about half-a-mile from your hotel?" asked Leonard.
"Yes. Do you know It?" "Yes. That's where we found
"We've found a dead man," plied Napoleon, ingenuously. "Ho's here now.””
The Information caused some commotion down in the little boat, while Leonard, for the first time, folt really angry with Napoleon Truelove.
"We insisted," retorted Beryl, with a amila. "We wore so anxious about our two daring darlinge, We "Why blurt it out like that?" he refused to be left behind."
exclaimed. "After hearing that shot, did you The anger passed the next mo
Napoleon WAS think of telephoning to the police?"mont, however.
genuinely contrite, asked Leonard,
He looked at Jessica, and ahe looked back of him.
"I am an ase," he murmured. penitently. "But the fact is I'm
getting so hardened
"I did," she said, slowly. "It
"A dead man?" chippad "In Mr. seemed to me the best thing to do In the new circumstances."
Griddle, excitedly. "Good heavens! "I agree. Perhaps we ought-What's behind all this? Morley, I but naver, mind that now. You got think we'd better get on board.” on to them?
Mr.
"Not both of you," replied Leon- "No, we only tried to," interposed ard. "One of you must stay. In Griddle grimly.. "We the boat.. No, It's no one you know, couldn't"
Miss Fyno," he added quickly, as he caught her expression. "Don't worry."
"Why not?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "Be. cause everybody's mad to-night, Someone had cut the wires."
Again, a short silence fell upon the company. The cutting-of the
Despite his age, Mr. Griddle swung himself up to the deck, and demanded to be taken to the place (Continued on Page 5-)
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