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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1933.

"SHADOWS BY THE SEA'

Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

SYNOPSIS

Leonard Belton, visiting the sexalde resort, Over the dance of town is excitement disappearance of the proprietor of the Mermaid Bajol. The story of the man's daughter, Jessica Pyne, Intrigues; him- kad be decided to investigate. A mráterious giranger), is found dead at the foot of the cliffs soon i after bla Arvival. The boy, discoverer of the tragedy runs for smiatanen. When boʻreturom,

with Befton; the body no longer to be seen. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

CHAPTER V

"Gathering Shadows."

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"Tell me," enquired Leonard Sefton, eyeing the bowildered littlo figure at his side, "are you in the habit of scoing things?"

"'E was there," atommered the boy.

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"Right. Then, to begin with, look for our disappearing friend. 10 knew that someone was lying This is rather in your line, isn't it here, on these rocks. a little while-roading in the sand." ago."

"Yessir."

"We know that.”

"Yessir. Fice up, eyes starin'" Now, we think he was dead-"

"Right. Face up, eyes staring,

"No, we knows it alr."

Come," protested Leonard, "wo don't know that. We think it."

"I knows it," retorted Jim, solemnly, "but you can think it, if yer likes."

"How do you know it? We must be reasonable. You say his chest wasn't moving. Did you put your car to his heart?"

"No fear!" "Thon-"

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'I think," he added, slowly. "You won't tell nobody nothin sce, there are no returning foot-

When they wore-aleno, Leonard's marks corresponding with those first, remark was a question: going up.Ife had a big foot-"

"Size"ten, sir."

"Pushed over, sir," blinked Jim; soberly.

*"Yes. (If he were pushed over

...thon, perhaps

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"Has anything happened hom since I left you?

Dla you expect something to "Nothing," she replied. "Why? happen 7"

"No. But I shall keep nothing back from you, Misa Fyno-my

pon. This is really a very quoer business. The others playing tennis?”..

"Yes."

"And-know nothing?".

aro

still

"I bayon't spoken to them." "Perhaps it's just as well-for the moment. We don't want to raiso unnecessary alarma, do we? dead man who gets up and runs And, after alla story about a away again immediately after wards is a bit fantastic, isn't it?"

She nodded. "But don't you' belleve it, then?"

"Yes. I'm sure your-boy--- what's his name?"

“Jim."

"Yes-so I gather. Now, listen. If our well-dresed gent fell over the cliff, he must be alive, because In that case no one would have had any Interest in moving his body but They searched for ten minutos, himself. But, if he didn't fall over without result. The base of the the cliff-if he was pushed over fooling is that anything may hap cliffa, scarred arid rocky, lay`moln-oh?" ly in deep shadow, but some fow yards from the base the shadow onded, forming a border line be yond which the sun still warmed and dazzled the yellow beach. In Jim waited breathlessly, but his this dazzling space between tho companion did not finish the son- shadows and the sea they searched tonco. Instead, he turned towards for clues, as well as in the darker the gap, and began slowly walking spaces; but they found nothing to up ft Toy

Jim followed him. They traced reward them for their pains, and they returned at last to the spot the siza-ten footprints to the top where the missing man had lain. and a little way along the road "Blank," observed Leonard. towards the Mermaid Hotel, But "For the moment, anyhow. By the suddenly Leonard gave; an: "ex- way, did you find out anything clamation. about those foot-prints you were "Look here, my: lad!" he criod. studying when I met you this after-"I've a notion we'll track these noon?"

printa hotelwards a little later on. "Ah-I forgot them," exclaimed For here they are returning- Jim, suddenly, and brought out his thank goodness there hasn't been note-book.

any rain lately, and the roads are Leonard, nodded thoughtfully. "Hallo, you do the thing in pro- nice and dusty. See them?"

"Yessir," odded Jímka: "Very well. For the sake of por style," remarked Leonard,

to savo watching him, with amiling interest. "And look-they don't go down argument-or, rather, argument-we'll say we know ho"You're a regular Record Depart-the gap, na we know, but turn off along the top-towards those was dead. One, we know he was ment."

"I joat jota down a few things," bushes near the edge. Come along.

She hesitated. "I don't know," here. Two, we know he was dead. Threo we know he's not here." answered Jim, pleased, 'cos, if I rather think we are now following she answered. "The whole thing Leonard paused.

does yer don't, yer fergita 'em. I that poor fellow on his last four-la do bewildering, I hardly know

what, is best to do." orter've told yer before, sir, that ney!" that lead us to?"

They traced the marks till they "Let's postpone the police for thom foot-prints was 'is." "Things that scom improbable Well, that might be important," were lost in the undergrowth, a little while he suggested, after a moment's reflection. "I've an must forgive me for asking all are happening every day," went on responded Leonard. "But are we This did not end Leonard's scure idea we may get on a little faster sorts of questions. Now, I've an Leonard. "Thousands of tinies afto include this among the things we however. He continued a probable without them--and I'm sure you

course to the edge of the cliff, and day, if you counted 'em up. But know or the things we think?"

"I knows it," returned the boy. poked around for several minutes, don't want them hanging around. things that are Impossible never happen at all.. Well let's live a "They was alze ten, pointin' south, Then he gave another exclamation. There's something I haven't told and they wasn't there at 1.0 p.m. and, atooping, picked something up, you yet. Our disappearing man

came here this afternoon-" -But they was there at 3.28 p.m.-- "Wot is it, air?" asked Jim. :

"What! IIere?" crled Miss that was just afore you comes, Leonard did not reply at once. along, sir."

His fingers closed over his find, and Fyne, startled. he turned slowly towards his inter-your front-door, and he must have "Yes. I've tracked his steps to rogator.

"P'r'aps he was but now he ain't," answered Leonard. "80

"It ain't no good, sir," Interposed we're up against the supposition Jim. There's another way of that a perfectly dead man has got tellin." up and walked away."

"D'yer moan yer don't b'lcove mo, sir?" asked the boy.

"I do bellove you," responded Leonard; and all at once he patted the lad's shoulder; for, truly, Jim made a somewhat pathetic figure in his present bewilderment and fear. "I know you wouldn't tell lice":

"What'd I do that for?" "Exactly. So, you ace, I believe you. But we've got to get to the bottom of this, haven't we, so you

idea. Let's divide what we know from what we think. Shall we?"

"Yessir."

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"Let's hear it, sonny?" "By-by the eyes," murmured Jim, uncomfortably.

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"Dunno, sir," muttered Jim.

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Upon my soul, you really are a Record Department," exclaimed Leonard. "Well-and he also came along after I ald?"

"Yessir."

"I see. Before and after." "That's it, sir."

"But how do you know they were his foot-marks?"

"Easy. I compares 'om with the now 'uns 'e makes when 'e walks away from me."

"Thanks. I'm sure Jim was telling the truth. But I can't see that any special paint will be gained in trying to prove this truth to others."

"Perhaps not. But you'll tell the police?"

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"Do you want me to?"

"Our friend was well-dressed, come soon after I did. Now-who

saw him?" you say," he remarked. "Ordinary lounge suit, eh?"

"Yessir."

"Then he wouldn't have been wearing a dirty gold button-like this?*

Miss Fyne jumped up, and pres- sed a bell. "I'll soon find that out," she said; and, a few moments later, she was addressing Luigi.

No, Luigi know nothing. No And Leonard opened his hand. Oh, yes he was quite sure. There one had come that he could say. displaying a once-bright button, lavas no doubt such as are worn by seamen..

Florence the maid was next "Well done. Now we've got

"Rather close to the edge, len't sent for. She had not answered another point to start from. A it?" sold Leonard, as he slipped the bell, either. She did not know wall-dressed gent comes along this it into his pocket. "Rather close of anyone who had called. Ah- WHITE or COLOURED Stretch of sand from the north to a bush containing some recently-but there was someone. Yes, of presumably from or round that snapped twigs. Do you know, my course, Luigi had told somebody point there-Craverley Point, len't son, I'd be rather interested to the way... it?-and walks southwards. He meet the man who once were this Luigi was recalled. Ho looked does this between 1.0 and 3.28 this button."/

a little flustered when he WRS afternoon. He leaves his foot: They retraced their way to the challenged by Florence. prints, which however, aro now lane, and followed the size ton "Oh, yes, I forgot!" he exclaimed, washed away, you observe." foot-marks that went hotelwards. penitently. "It is not important,

"Yessir," agreed Jim.

They followed them right to the so I sink it is nosing. A man- "We don't know what he does on hotel, and saw them faintly written yes, he come. Si, al! He come, the beach. We would like to in the gravel that lay between the and he aska the way. I tell 'im know. We would like to know guto and the front porch. Here, Zat is all.” very much. But we do know that, Miss Fyne met them, and she look- soon after 9.28 ho turns round and ed into two very solemn faces. walks northwards again, meeting "Well?" she asked. "Is he you. Am I right?"

"Yessir."

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"We can only confecture," re- "You have your chat. His foot-plied Leonard, in a puzzled voice. marks next travel to the gap. "He's not there."

Here they are. We can trace them. "Not there?" she exclaimed, from the sea's edge, but, when they "No, Let's go into your office rench the gap ... .' He paused, and chat, Miss Fyne. And you'd and razed at the upward-climbing better get back to your work, my path. "H'm--we'll see in a minute. lad-I'm sure you've plenty to do," He went up that path there. And he added, to the boy. "Not a again we loss aight of him until he word to anyone yet, remember, comes down again-over the cliff, You're my second-in-command, and eh?" Again Leonard studied the are under orders." upward path. "Yes, over the cliff,

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"When was this?" Leonard.

"At ten time,"

demanded

"And-what kind of a man was

it?"

"Oh-leetla man. Vor small. Wiz a Icetla moustache. Not reeche. Poor.”

"I ace," said Leonard, slowly. And then shot out, "Where did he want to get to?"

Two minutes later, Leonard was again alone with Jessica Fyne.

"Anything strike you?" he asked. "It struck me that Luigi took a long while to remember where the (Continued on Page 15.)

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