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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1933.

"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"

A Summer Mystery BY JEFFERSON FARJEON

CHAPTER XX.

Enter Mr. Root!

disappear?"

Interested in this wrock, aron't "Exactly. If we know why, we you? And you know a good deal might know where. For no reason don't you? Well, for that matter, at all, ho vanishes. Then wo find a so do I know a good denf. You'vn. murdered man-assumed to be mur-been watched protty closely, and dered, that is. Why? The Lody thero's just one thing for you to do. disappears. Why? It's taken to and one thing only, and that's to And why wasn't it thought neces-the wreck. Why? There's a make clean breast of ‹il." You'vo. not got very far-your-sary to notify the polico?"

quvor man on board. Why? And ***A clean breast of what?"... self, have you?” asked Levänrd, Leonard explained his reasons, Luigi's behaviour why?"?

"And the cutting of the telephone killed that fellow on the beach this. "Bah! I know it was you who wondering how the inspector would

To bis re-wires," added Leonard. take his explanation.

lof, the inspector took it well.

after."

That's as may be. I may talk presently or not. But I never give my confidence to anyone until I'vo sized him up, and I don't do that all in sixty seconds."

Leonard smiled, and discovered himself liking this odd man,

"Very well-I'll do the talking first," he auld, no he sat down in the chair to which the Inspector waved, "and I hope you'll size me up favourably enough to do some talking, too. I've got some pretty good information to exchange," he added.

I'm not saying you were right," ha observed. "In fact, you weren't. But, In your pince, I might have neted the same way—"

"I'm not sure that I should have acted the same way," interposed Leonard, suddenly deciding to introduce a personal note, "If i had realised the sort of man you were."

"Yes, but there's no 'why' about that," interposed the inspector. "They wanted to delay the report to the police."

"Then we'll substituta a 'who' for the why'".auggested Leonard. "Who wanted to delay the report to the polica?",

The inspector's reply was rather startling.

"You did." ba said:" Leonard smiled.

"Yes, I know I did.7 ha admitted, "but you're not suggesting I cut the telephone wires, are you?"

afternoon. That's the story I want from you, Mr. Softon."-

There was a short silence. "I say," said Leonard, quietly, "are you pulling my leg 1"

Abruptly, the inspector's manner changed

"Shouldn't wonder," he grinned. "But it comes off sometimes. Now I'm really aura of you, and we'll get back where we were. What about Mr. Griddle for the man who cut those telophone wires?"

Leonard took out his handker chlof and wiped his forehead. ·

Deboctive-Inspector Root WBA under no delusions about his capabilities, What's the good of trying to size up. other fellows," he asked, unless you can also size up yourself?" So he refused to be Heve that he possessed the ability to attain his ambition of one day becoming the Big Noise at Scotland Yard, while he also refused to Ignore the few definite virtues he possessed. He was a tilor, and be know he wasn'triar. Some of his

"No compliments, please," sald worst mistakes had come from

Root; and then asked, inconsist trying too hard. He was also

ently. "Well, and what sort of a original. This, again, had more "No, to give, not to exchange," person do you now realise I am?" than once proved his undoing-for corrected Root, also smiling. "I The sort of person whose intinet

"You must give me à fow seconds whatever we may think of the work on tho voluntary principle. is to help, and not to binder orthodox methods of the police and In this Mermaid case, now, I'm There are both sorts, you know,

to recover," he murmured. When the detective force, It is usually the after helping that unfortunate "Ah," remarked the inspector,

you've been accused of a murder, beat method in the long run, and the young Indy and If you're after considering the diagnoals, and rub

it takes quite five."

"Well, they've gone, while you'vo detective with originality must be the same, why, we'll get along fine. bing his HUSU. "Well, perhaps an inspired genius if he is to obtain and we needn't discuss bargains. that's not so bad." Then he, too, deep game. Mr. Safton, but I'm a been talking about them," said

adopted the personal note. #bit deep mysalf-ometimes. Now Root. "Griddle could have better results than those obtained Shoot." by the average official mind.

"Right. Here's a ball, first go. want to get on, and you can't get suppose you tell me your story all those wires, if he'd boon in a mond "Root was no genius. Still, he clung Did you know that a murdered man on in my profession unless you do aver again—and the real one. this to." to originality. Being a trier, he had been found at the foot of the help. Suppose you tell me your tried to be a genius, and he hoped gap acar Cravorley Point this whole story? Afterwards, I dare. Mr. Root's visitor began to grow that one day his originality would afternoon?"

Bay I'll tell you a bit of mine. Be angry; na concise as you can, because it

"I don't understand what you're bear good fruit.

looks to me as if we've got some talking about," he began, but work to do. But don't leave any stoppar na the inspector jumped to thing out. Shoot again.”

"Don't understand me?" ho cried: While the inspector made copious

But his greatest nasct, the assot which had gained him the modest recognition that was his, was his assiduousness. He took his coat off to everything, and worked like I nigger. None of his failurea had ever been attributable to lack of effort.

Root looked at his visitor hard, decided that he was truthful, and, clasping his big. hands over his desk, bent forward.

"No, I'm not suggesting that you did, Mr. Safton," replied, the inspea tor, "for the simple reason that I know you did." While Leonard stared at him, he continued, "It's n

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"I'm inclined to think he did cut those wires," agreed Leonard.

"If ho. did, he's a wrong 'un," went on the inspector. "And the waiter, we know, is a wrong 'un. What's their game? Is it one game-or two? If it's ono game, then something vary big and very unhealthy is going on at the Mer- That Guy Haines. maid Hotel,

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"This is getting interesting," he said. "Go on. No, I didn't know." notes, Leonard Sefton related the "Oh, I expect you understand me "He was lying there for about main incidents of the past twelve right enough-and you'll under ten minutes. The only person who hours and was not interrupted stand mo botter before you're many now would he be in it?" naw him was the boots at the hotel, | once. At the conclusion of the bar-

minutes older! You're mighty When I went down to have a look. rative, Root studied the notes for the body had gone."

"Really? Now, this is getting even more interesting!" exclaimed Root, sitting up straight. "I didn't know that decompostion reduced one to dust so quickly!"

Thus it happened that, when Leonard Softon, after a three-miles walk, knocked up the little police station at Craverley, he not only found Detective-Inspector foot ut home, but immediately enlisted his intercat. As a matter of fact, the inspector was pondering over what "The body now lles on the wreck he described as the Mermaid My-off the point atery when his visitor arrived. "I beg your pardon," Interposed "Got something to tell me about the inspector, his oyes beginning to that disappearing Mr. Fyne, eh?" bulge, "but I hope I'm not going to he exclaimed, whon Leonard had be, disappointed in you." briefly Indicated bla mission. "I'm telling you plain facts." "Well, I can give you all the time you want. This is the stuff I'm

"Then I'll do my best to believe them. When was the body found?

nearly five minutes, weighing them up, considering their relative valus, and striving to formulate some clear, coherent picture out of them.

"Motive-that's our trouble," he burst out, all at once. "Get your motive, and details fall into place. But here we've got a pack of in- cidents, without any apparent reason for any of 'em. Too many incident enough for three or four cases. And they all end with the query, "Why?"

"And the first query is," answer. ed Leonard, "why did Mr. Fyne

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