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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"

A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

SYNOPSIS..

Leonard Setten, laitian Urverler, di covers the Hotel seaside resort, "exelied on the appearance of the ́proprietor of the Mermaid Hotel The story of the missing man's daughter, Jennica Fyne, Intrigues him and he decider to stay tiil, the mystery.hu been solved. A matriona alenner, known to have visited the-botel, and to have spoken 10 6 MITEN) named Elgly, is found dead

As the foot of the cliffs. When stance brought, bowers, the body is no longer thers, confirmed by tracks leading from the hotel La deni Baving so him. Later on,

The boy's story of the Anding of the body la

playing a bunch, Baften decidas to visit K shipwreck across the bay, Beryl Haloes, one i

of the hotel guests, faslela, en mooorspanying bime When on board they are started by

strange cry,

Betton also bears sounds of breathing, bu hind a locked door aboard, but says nothing Lo Bery for fear of alarming ber, and Enkom ber back to the hotel. There when he de elded to question Luizi sein, it is discovered tries to permade hint to call in the police but he thinks otherwise. While they falking, they hear a cry from the beach,

that the Italian has disappeared. Miss Type

CHAPTER X

"The Contents of a Shed". At first he could.distinguleh nothing, for the tangled tree trunks and the bunches of stubble made confusing back patches in the fad- ing light, but soon he noticed that one of the black patches was sway. Ing to and fro, and was of human, not vegetable, origin.

"Do you see anything?" asked Jessica's anxious voice, over his shoulder.

"Yes, I do," he replied. "Some

body's down there"

The cry ruse again, and this time

it was unmistakable.

Elp!" yelled the swaying black patch. "Oi! 'Elp!".

"Good Lord, It's Jim!" exclaimed, Leonard, Making a cup with his hands, he called back, softly but re sonantly;

"All right, Jim! Hold ont coming."

I'm

FRIDAY

OCTOBER

him to behave rationally at all.

"I comes dahn arter it, yer see,, bubbled Jim dia," replied

"I'm sure you

Jim paused for breath, and Josel- ca naked, after a glance at Leonard:

"Do you mean, Jim, that your Leonard, "but we'll talk about that book was lying down the cliff?” Intor. Now just cling on to me "Yes, miss," answered Jim. “I' until we reach that rope that's secs it there. And I climbs down "Well done!" he said, again. hanging above us. Soo It? Good.arter it, but I slips, and just as I'm bondin' down to pick it up, I "I'll have that boy safe in a jiffy." Steady, now!"

Jim was not far below. He was, They reached the rope, and slips agin, and the book goes intor as a matter of fact, only a third Leonard tied it round the boy's the sea, and golly I thort I was of the way down the cliff, but body. Then, by careful stages, they goin' in arter it. But I its a tree, when Leonard reached him he ascended to the top, inally assist and me foot gets caught, and then found that the boy was hanging ed over the edge by cager hands. I starts 'ollerin'. And then Mr. A minute went by, for the regain Soften comes along, and—and "Mr. Sefton-be carefult" gasp-over a jutting branch at a spot ed Jessica, as Leonard began to where the sea was almost immedi-ing of breath. Then Leonard that's ori." lower himself over the edge. "If ately boneath his awaying form, turned to Jim and said:

if anything happened to you while one foot had become wedged "Now tell us how you get into that most extraordinary position! in a hole.:

"Hang on, old chap" cried Did you fall over, Jimor what?"

"You'll "It was the note-book, sir," repressed tonca. Leonard, encouragingly. soon be on the top, blacking boots plied Jim, "Yesair, I tracked it." "What you tracked it to the again."

cliff" exclaimed Leonard.

A faint gulp responded.

"It won't," he assured her. "I've spent three holidays in Switzerland, and this won't worry me. Don't bo akármel”

She longed to stay and watch

If Jim smiled, only the ocean saw the descent, feeling that the mo ment she took her oyes off him het, for nothing else was in front of would fall, but instead she turned his face; but it is doubtful whether and ran to the shed, which was only Jim did smile. He was far too about twenty yards off. Reaching uncomfortable.

I

"Yessir. It was like this. When leaves yer I see, "Looly's took it 'e saw mo writin' in It yesterday, That's wet it is. Loojy.' 'Ces the shed, she Bolzed a coll of rope A few moments later, he folt and 'e wanted to 'ave a look, but from a stout hook, and returning hands groping at his foot. There I ses, 'No, Loojy, it's privit, and to the lily pond she made one end was a sidden, shooting wrench of 'o gets cross. So it was a casy fast round the Trunk of a tree, pain, and then the foot was free. bot 'e'd slipped it from my pocket, Then sho hastened to the edge A strong arm encircled him. The so I goes to find 'im, but 'e wan't again, and looked over, her heart son changed its position below him, nowhere, so I ses to meself, "Orl sick with fear. But a little ery of and disappeared. For a second or right, Looly, yours is size seven, so I'll 'ave yer. And I tracks is gladness escaped her as she saw two, Jim frankly blubbed.

But he despiced tears. He steps from the back door and along that Leonard was climbing down carefully and steadily, while the thought nothing of boys who cried. the path wot comes 'ere, but I loses little black patch was still swinging When he discovered, therefore, that 'em on the grass, but I scca 'em he was safe, he grinned fiercely again along another path and and swaying below him.

and pretended that the whole thing tracks 'em to the shed. But 'e ain't was immense fun. He become so there, and I comes back 'ore agin, light-headed, in fact, that Leonard and lookin' over the edge there's had to speak to him sharply to get my note-book."

"Mr. Sefton!" she called. "Yes?" he called back. "I've got a rope. Ono end's tied to a tree. I'm going to throw

the other end down."

"Well done! But wait a second

Now!" She threw the

rope, nid he caught it.

"Quito enough, too, I think,”. commented Leonard. "So your nota book is now in the son, eh?" "Yessir," answered Jim, in de-

"And-do you still think Luigi took it?"

*"Yessir.".

"But why should be throw it down the cliff?"

"Spite, eir. Bein' a furrenner.” "I sec. And after tho spite, fright? Is that your theory

Well-o seems to 'ave mide 'issolf scarce, ain't e?"

"Ob; I dare say he'll soon come back again," remarked Leonard, lightly. "Meanwhile, don't worry, Jim, My advice to you is to take it easy for a bit-you've had a bit of a shaking and then to go on with your work."

"Yessir," said Jim, and rose to his feet. He was a trifle unsteady, but he managed to draw himself up to his full height which was not much-as he added, "I did find (Continued on Page 10.)

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