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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1933.

"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"

GUTETS

A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

BYNOPUIB.

Heid Devil Cod

Yes, there was tinother sound. įstay by the stile.

Seems to have got jammed or something." He put his shoulder to it without, auccess. Then he applied, his car..

Pretty rough luck," anid Leonard." "Yos-I've thought of her, too,"

"Yes, we are. Do you know, I've thought of poor Miss Fyno several times on this swing--por- Ing over stuffy books in her little "Do you?" she bogan.

office, and and with all hör trou "Sh ho interrupted, sharply,blas on her," sa A full minute wont by Thon, abruptly, Leonard left the door, and ordered the retreat.

it's time we got back. We'll have "Nothing, doing,” he said, "and stenthy. Once uery thought and our work cut out for us, Misg heard a clock ticking, but recognis- Hainos, if we're going to keep the ed the sound immediately niter-notel rule that says visitors are waras, with a tinge of shame, as expected to be punctual at meala." her own neart. she hoped her companion did not hear it, also.

Leonard Belton, vilting Oraverley, (Soit optatops inmis rear. He The shente now grow heavy and over the staarparancs or the propriear of turned round quickly, an ound close. Au taey could hear were The child are very of himsoit staring into the eyes of their own movements, soft and esan'a daugnlet, Joster Fyne, Intresses nan azéryi Haines...

and, he activas' to sing til ind myswry nag "Sorry," sao romarked. "Simply

Desa Bored. A SAJA MESQUÍ,putanate, King'

to have vested the muses and so towva apen, coutun't help' it."

to serikas pammed kaburi, id-komaa zaoud !. ""You shouldn't have come," brought, however, the soda i no ionger toers. | reproved." The buy a story of inO'MAALDE DE MO QUAY IS confited by stacki zenung atom too nuvel.

at the foot of use anfs. than REGALAREN H

be

"Ur course, I shouldn't," she Luu sanak paving so him. Later, 99% agreed, "but don't lecture ma. playing a hunan, melion drums to wait m alipwick Blued the day. Any liated, caerandorn shouldn't have opened that

of the hole, guests, intima con pemuponymie ; uittie box that set out all tno 'world's

ALTADES OFF,

him. When on boxid they are attend by * wickedness but she did open it,

so there you are.. Discovered any, tning?"

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER VII.

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"Do you suppose we'll be lato 7" the tida's with us."

"I've no notion of the time. But

UB."

"Yes, but your promise is against

"My promise?". "What promise?"

...queried.

"Yes, but don't go quite so fast,”

She laughed. "Have you for exclaimed Beryl, "or you'll losa nie." "Where are you?" sho naked, sud-

He had tuken the lead, as before, man! Why, your promise to tell gation' so soon? Isn't that like n denly.

and now he slackened a little. me what interrupted your tonuis "Here," replied Leonard's voice Soon, a blessed space of light this alternoon-to tell me as we through the darkness. "Put out blinked bluely, above them. They reached shore. No dinner for me your hand.",

climbed up to it, and, for an ins- until I know that!" Sno oneyed, and her fingers toutant, Beryl almost became intoxi- measurably comforting.

"Oh, the sunlight--tho "Walk carefully," he next com-she cried, and breathed deeply.

**I nearly tripped. "Yes, one appreciates it after the There's been a pretty big smash shadow," nodded Leonard. "It was just here. I wish I had a flash-pretty uncomfortable down there lamp!"

wasn't it?" -Je

"It may make us lato," he smiled. "Then it'll have to make us Into,

11e shook his head, and turned ched his. The contact was 'cated. Alght the sunlight!" Mr. Sefton. I'd sooner miss three

again towards the block aperture down which he had been peering when she had interrupted him. Allmanded. was quiet below.

"Down among the Shadows."" For a few seconds Leonard Sefton mado no response. His eyes were raised, and he was staring up at the grim metal wall beneath. which they hung, Mias Haines started up, niso, and tnon slowly lowered her eyes till they reated on her companion,

Beastly place, this," commented the girl.

And we've got the sun on it," ne answered.

"Yes. Imagine it in that storm!" "Or to-night, when tho sun's Kone down."

"What are you going to do?"! sho asked, in a low voice.. "You" don't think it was the guil-I can Ata you don't."

"I'm not sure, Miss. Haines," he answered, slowly.. "I did think it was, at first. But-suppose wasn't?"

It

"Yes! Supposo it wasn't?" "Well, we can't quite leave it like this, can we?" he said. "So I'm going to climb on board. Do you mind hanging on to your chain for another ten minutes"

"I won't start pack without you, If that's what you moan," respond-1 ed the girl. "Go ahead, and act as If I wasn't hard."

"Whon, Air, Sefton,” who pleaded.

won't dare look at this wreck from my window when I go to Ded, if you talk like that."

"You won't be able to see this

wreck from your window when you go to bed," he responded. "There won't be any moon to act it by,"

"So there won't. Good thing Well-that's the next step?"

look round."

"I was going down, to have

"All right."

"I'm not Bure that It is all right. You might follow me."

"Why shouldn't I follow you?” "I suppose that means you're going to?"

"It docs."

"Very well. But . 1 make

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"Yes, they ought to make batlı- ing-costumes with pockots, she replied inanely. "Oh, my goodness

nearly tripped, too!".

A minute inter, he spoke again. warned her. It won't be exactly "Now I'm going to holler," he joyous sound, so get rendy"

a

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courues..

There's

our

bay. we're swinging too much to the eit."

They spoke little during the rest of the journey, and thoy reached They crossed to the ship's side, their bay in less time than the out- the girl now taking the lead, and vard journey had occupied them. dipped down co more into the The little strip of yellow sand was auoyant, rofreshing sea. As they ow completely covered, and they ntered the wafor, it touched them had to make their landing stage pling fingers, bringing back happy wverywhore with its joyous, rip-rock. When they had clambered thoughts to their minds and the freely-flowing currents, of life. However the alidows may grip us, the sunlight is even more compel ling, for no shadow on the earth can finally extinguish it.

"Holler away," she answered. He shouted. It was not a joyous sound. His voice echood along un- acon passages and round unknown angles, and came back upon them from a dozen different points. "Isn't this wotiderful?" exclaim "Hallo!" he shouted ngain.ed the girl, as they drew away from a{"Anybody about?”

the rocks and giruck out for the shore

"Thanks," he said, although he know that this was not possible. All the same, Miss Haines's sensible stipulation, Miss Hainca. From attitude reloved him somewhat, the moment we begin to descend for it allowed him a little latitude, into this nasty hole, you're under

He gripped the chaln firmly and gave it a sudden tug, to test it. ordera. Will you promise that?""

It held. Then he began to heave trouble, you can give me my euo, if himself up, while the girl, athletic herself, watched him with admiro-you like." tion. Three hoaves, and he had raised himself to a position from which he could clotch a broken rail. The rest was etsy.

"Hallo!" came faintly, from the distance. "Anybody about?"

He shouted a third time. Then, on the point of turning-for there was a limit to time as well as to human capacity—his hand suddenly came against a door-handle,

a

"What is it?" asked Beryl, "Nothing," he answered. "Just

door?

jack-in-the-box will fly out."

"I expect, when you spin it, a

"Well, if it does, we'll hit it on

again," he retorted, and she giggled. "Yes, captain.. If there's anythe head and make it By back

She recalled having giggled just As they descended out of the like that once at a mystery play them, and they became conscious of made a joke about a corpse, sunlight, a sudden coldness asaniled when one of the characters had

the inadequacy of their apparel for "We needn't worry about protracted investigations of this jack-in-the-box," said Leonard, a kind. Despite herself, Boryl second later. "The door won't shivered Ittle, and wondered open." at her temerity. But two can

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Dead ships are gruesome at the best of times, and this was not the best of times. After clambering to his feet, Leonard stared

"I won't pretend I'm disappoin- about him with a strange, compelling sen cross a bull-field where, one would ted," replied Beryl.

sation of depression. He could not recall ever having seen a more dreary, a more ghostly sight. The ship, lis funnels broken, Ite docks tern and scarred, its verv augie an Insult to human law and order, was naked of all that one could pos sibly desire. It abounded in vacant spaces, meaningless flooring, pur- poseless ways, and bridges that led io nowhere. It resembled n splin- tered bono from which overy scrap of meat had bean picked and every drain of nourishing juice extracted. In ons deep hole water lay, dank and green, unnaturally still, presid ed over by _some_evil_god_of im mobility that crouched here secret. ly amid the gracious movement of the sea. An iron railing, wrenched from some other part of the ship, poked impudently down a panion-way, like a sword in an ill- fitting scabbard. There were boards which noong trod, port- holes through which no one looked. Leonard Sefton had a stout heart, but he could not repress a shudder at this spectacle of desolation.

com-

"God! It must have been a atorm!" he muttered.

And yet, avon while he thought of the atorm and tried to visualise its nocturnal fury, an odd sense puzzled him. Did this storm that had arisen in a night expinin all ho saw?

But he did not wasto valuable moments in fruitless conjecture. Aftor his first brlof, swift survey, ho climbed towards the enbin quar- ters, and listened. He listened for

sound that was like the cry of a gull. He heard no sounds how- ever, save the lapping of the water against the ship's sides and the breaking of the waves among the shallows....

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Here we have a demonstration of the "Synstophers", as seen at the

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"And aren't wo lucky to be able to enjoy it?" replied. Leonard.

upon it, n voice hailed them from above..

"You've only got ten minutes !" "Hurry up!" called the volce, "All right, brother mine" sang back Beryl, and then turned, to Leonard with a smile. "It'll have to be only eight minutes, I'm afraid. Now, then tell me!"

"Right;" responded Leonard. "Jim-the boots of our hotel came upon a dead man at the foot (Continued on Page 2)

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