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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1933.

"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"

A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

CHAPTER XIII.

"Yes, I sea It. You'd think it was a pretty bunch of flowers, the way you talk. And, by the way, don't forgot what I told you about giving me warning when you bike me from one thing to another." you'll got used to it.".

"Sorry," said Leonard, "but

"I expect so.. I shall get to love

it?"

course, it might. And we'll have With that momentary glimpac to hunt for it. I haven't much | tantalising their minds, they awalt- hope, but. AM

ed further developments. Thoro He stopped speaking abruptly, was a long pause. The footsteps and switched out his light. were resumed, their soft plop now "Damn," thought Napoleon, changing to a more gritty, "metal" "And I was just beginning to seelle trend as heavy boats met the happy again!"

hardor substance of the cavo's They listened. Faint footsteps floor. sounded outside the cave. There

"Ah, that's true," agreed Napo- Icon, struggling to introduce the "Concerning a Cave"

requisito note of depression into

Three strides, and allenco foll Unless you are in a sentimental

nie too-blithe voice, mood, benches are not nice things

"Nor. In the fact that the owner were slow, quiet, and stealthy. As again. The intruder was evidently on pitch dark nights. You know

has taken the boat as natural as the steps drow nearer, pausing standing just inside the cave that behind you is a cliff, which

a few Napoleon seriously considered the in daylight is full of cheerful

you suggest," went on Leonard. every now and then for

moments and then resuming, Leon- profect of yelling "Boo," because" colour, and that before you la a

it's a bit dark for a journey, isn't ard put his hand on his companion's no situation could arise, he re- sen, which in daylight sparkles joy-

shoulder and drew him back intoflected, which could be more try- ously, but when the

"In fact, I'm not only wondering an angio of the cave. At first, Ing than the present one. Any gun has do- parted and the moon hins not taken it, and I'll refuse to spend any more what you and I are going to do Napoleon gently resisted. The an- change must be for the better. its place, behind you and before nights at home. Well, there's one without that boat, Truelove said gle of the cave did not appeal to But he resisted the temptation, and you and on all sides of you are thing about that light. It'll help Leonard. "I'm wondering just as him any more than the outside of in about a minute, the footsteps roat black spaces filled with un-us to locate our ship. How on earth much what the owner of the boat the cavo. But his realatance yield-sounded again. This time, how- comfortable possibilities.

did you reckon to make the ship is doing with it."

ed precipitately when a shadowy over, they grow softer instead of Dark benches may not perhaps otherwise? Throw the dice and

figure suddenly made a blot on the louder; and, bofore long, they appeal to all people in precisely this guisa?"

dimness which vaguely differon-censed altogether. way, but this was the way in which

tlated the space at the entrance "Good rid—”, began, Napoleon, the beach at Craverley appealed to

from the more opoque blackness of and stopped in obedience to a gen Napoleon Truclove when he and

the cave's interior walls.

tle punch. Leonard Sefton desconded to it. The blackened-out cliffs, instead

"Hooray, muttered Napoleon, of having occasional caves dotted disappointedly. "Then we won't about at pleasant intervals, became be able to miss it." full of caves, and in enchTM cavern

They were walking now towards lurked some disturbing thing. Yet, the cave in which Leonard had dis- if one turned to face the potential covered the boat, it was one of danger, as self-protective instinct the first caves he had searched, and inclined ono. to do, the sen came was one of the few he had come slipping mysteriously behind one, upon large enough to servo na boat- bearing its flotsam and jetsam of house. They plodded across the unreasoned and unreasonable fore-and for a couple of minutes,

“I, also, may be an ass, but I'm not a silly ass," responded Leonard. "I've taken my bearings-and I've got a compass.”.

bodinga. But the forebodings, in Leonard flashing his light on the Napoleon's case, could not, strictly base of the cliffs at intervals while. be called unreasonable for as he they walked, and he was just be-. stood for 'n moment and watched Kinning to wonder whether he had the sheets of softly gliding white made a mistake and passed the sweeping towards him and away cave, when he saw ita black open- from him-right on him one in-ing a little way abend. stant, receding far from him the "Ah, there it fa," he exclaimed. next, flouting perspective he knew "Queer how distance always con- that in a vory fow, minutes he would fuses one at night." be riding across those waves to- warda a dead ship. he could not see, an a mission the outcome of which he could not fathom.

"Don't see your boat," answered Napoleon. "Pretty snugly" tucked away, isn't it?"

Leonard did not answer immedi "Damned dark, lan't it?" he ately. Walking up to the cave en- murmured. Where's our little trance, he directed the ray of his. pleneure steamer, and how are we Onsh-lump towards the interior. going to find it?"

"The boat's not there," he said. "Somebody's taken it,"

n fow

"The boat's beached in a large- sized enve,"

answered Leonard. There was silence for "It's a little way along the cliff to moments, while the two men con- our right. 1 catne upon it while Isidered the position. One of the was searching for that disappear-men, at least, found some fragment ing corpse."

of consolation in their disappoint-

"And got permission to use it,ment.

Just when you liked?"

"After all, it's not so surprisin","

"No. I'm not asking permission observed this one, as he followed from anybody this trip. Come the other into the cave. "If the along, we'd better be moving. boat had been ours, we would have Hallo-see it?"

had a right to kick up a shinly. The owner's just taken his blessed

"Eh? See what?" jerked 'Napo- leon, twisting his head round gal-boat away, that's all." vanically.

"It's not all," replied Leonard, shortly. "It leaves us without a

"The light. Over thoro." Napoleon stared, rather grum-] boat.

"I wouldn't worry, old chop," answered Napoleon. "He's pro- bably havin' a lovely time—just as we were going to. But look here, I sny-why shouldn't he have just moved the boat?"

"You mean it might be. on an other part of the beach? Yea, of

Leonard did not have to pull Napoleon into the angle thon. Napoleon now pushed to get thoro.

"Oh-you mean he may be wait.

(Continued on Page 12.)

Dr. Dollfus, the Austrian Chancellor, who was wounded when shot at in the Vienna Parliament. House spent his birthday convalescing in bed, and this ploture shows him receiving a bouquet from a Boy Scout. (Planet Naws).

THE STORKS'S SECRET EXPLORED-In order to find out the routes' taken by the young storks on thele flight from Germany to the winter quartors in 'Africa numerous young storks have been captured in or der to be released from different places. “Our picture shows young storks being relansed ready for their jour

ney. (Prassens Illustrations*Bureau).

Jimmy, the five year old pigmy hippo at the London Zoo likes nothing so much as his daily biscuit which he taken from the lip of he helper, when a fan waske old Jimmy was reared on 'a bộttle. -Thla photo shows him rasaiving his biscuit, ((Riznał Nows),

THE HEAD OF GEORGE WASHINGTON,The carving of 'George Washington's head on a rock in Mount Rushmore Park in South Dakota is now nearly completed. Gatson Borglum, the Danish American achiptor is in charge of the work. (Prenons Mistrations Bureau).

Rudolf Dertil, the man who attempted to assassinate Dr. Dollfuss, "zoon" þers' walking, between two detostivas"after":"being bross-

examined in the Vienna prison courtyard. (Planet) Nowa);

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