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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, ‍1933,

"SHADOWS BY THE SEA"

A Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

CHAPTER XXV

"The Cottage by the River" For a few seconds they stared At the black spot where once a light had glimmered. Then Napolcon turned to his companion and said; "Hadn't you better finish your atory, old chap-and in double quick time? You've brought me here, but you've not told me why even yot. Have we got to storm the Jolly old cottage or what!"

"I don't know what we ought to do," muttered Guy. "But I'll tell you the position-or, at least, what the position was when 7 left it- and then we can decida.".

"Only a very vagus one. A bit of an outline, you know, of his head.

"What sort of an outline?" "Oh, I don't know. He seemed to be wearing a sort of merchant servios cap or something

They crept a little closor, and now the voicon grew more distinct The window of the room in which the speakers were standing was avidently open» eračk. ・・ **I know it wasnt anything!"

wina,"imgl would have been a toss-up, and growled a deep voice. Just the Angelly she would have "Ay, mobbe you're right," came utvugat tuued twu out again—anu another voice, also deep and gruff. you dayan Inca ve been on the wind's getting up and that'll

sigut it was a suit of tree-suit us, I'm toinking, orased stair, with me the only How?" demanded the first voice.

one tout stuva tor mw and order. “It'll moan a rough trip-ond I A merchant service cap?" lot wasn't one to one, it was torce ain't a good Bailor. terposed Napoleon, and groaned to one, and I decided to bunk sor "But it'll denuen sound, Joe," sefily. “Oh, my God! This is getap on my way used in the second voice. And that ting almost too lovely to hear"

"What do you mean?. Do you know the fellow?"

"Not yet. And I don't want to. Well, proceed. This gentle, amla- Ule, blue-oyed scaman stood at the door?"

Goodness khowa now tung i spent chasing aim, or what he was up to. Then we bumped into you-and bore we are."

"Here wo are," agreed Napoleon. Though where we soon gau be le quito another matter. I suppose we'd better go on, an? It's two to three now, instead of one to three. Ur, if one of the thres has been

what we want; lan't it?”

a

"Yes, thara'll be the hell of a sound," grunted the speaker ad- dressed is Joc., "I'm sure you're right about this oven yet, skipper."

thres discovered in the morning, blown to bits,I suppose there'll be a few, fragments. jast--is "it likely the police will look any far- ther for the ramponsible party for awhile, at any rate.” -

There was a silence. Then Joe growled, savagely,

"It's a hell of a business. I've always kept out of this sort of thing before, and I didn't bargain for Nor did I bargain that Nycroft would come poking his nose into it," retorted the skippor." "That's what queered the pitch. He was getting too Inquisitive. He'd have wanted his slice."

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"And he could have had it for me."

"Well, he couldn't, for mat It "Oh, for God's sakz, you're not would have been too big a silce! "And then bo went in again, and

going to begin that all over again, You don't know Nycroft. He'd "Have you some way of getting us hauled up | addressed as skipper. the quarrol recommenced. I did

are you?" exclaitand: the speaker have grabbed the lot, and found for the other matter. He's a devil "I wish Softon, were here," re-hear a sentence or two then. Noth-

"Can't say I have--thanks to or rather, wat." The spenkor plied Napoleon. "Ho can work ing I could plece together, though. murdered, as is very probable, it'll got a better plan

chuckled suddenly and sardonical- these things out, but I'm no more Ono of 'om ahouted, "I tell you, it's be two asior, rather, two against your darned bungung

"Shut up! We're both in this. y. "And now, Jos-I wouldn't good at thom than you are. What got to end to-night-wo've got to two and a hatenet. Come wong,

Guy, let's get it over. I don't and we've got to stand by each wonder if Nycroft doesn't get sad- te the position?" All at onez ha, Bottle the thing before sunrise.""

The sun will rise in about an suppose wo could ever hold up our other. The one thing that won't dled with all the blame. It's really seized Guy's arm, and pulled him!

heads if we turned tall now and help us is another quarrel. Any rather pretty, when you think of towards a bush "If they've put hour, muttered Napoleon. out their light to try and get al "And then another thing I hoard I've got to hold up my hand. We way, it's a chance, and we've got it. No-it wasn't at all-a-bad look at us he whispered, "we'd was, 'You've bungled It! That was must go and stop the bloodshed to take it. It will divert suspicion idza, Nycroft falling over the cliff.” "Oh, woll, that's done. It's these better not give 'em a chance." Janother voice. You've bungled It. even if it's only our own."

Cautiously they left the pleasant from us for a bit, anyhow, till we "They couldn't see all this dia- Even If wo'do, what are we going

native is to wait till things are dis "All right, Joe. We'll let 'om tance," returned Guy. "Still, you're to do with I lost the rest of it, conccaimant of the bush, and fol-in clear off. And the only alter others I'm worrying about now." right-wo've got to be careful, but I thought I heard the wordlowed the track to the river bank covered and to hold but our wrists stay, ch. And when Fyne and

Mirroneau return to their sanso When that lunatic chap reached upstairs. Thon this mad fellow The cottage stood on the further for the hand-ridle.

"It may come to that," observed and tell their stories to the polico, the cottage, he didn't go in, but crept up to the front-door and tried bank, and the river barely more

Joe, grimly.

it'll be all bright and shining for crouched down outside. So I crou- it, but it was locked. He seemed than a creek, was traversed by a

"But it may not retorted the you and me, eh?" There was an- ched, down, too. There were volcca quite demented. Instead of re-emall bridge. They felt distinctly insido. I couldn't hear what they turning, he cropt en round the unhappy as they crapt over the other. To hell with your gloom other short silence, and a shadow saldI wasn't close enough. But place, as though ho were looking bridge, but evidently they had not inces! D'you suppose I couldn't appeared on the blind, as though ว been ozon, and a tow moments later have been gloomy myself all this one of the speakers had made a the other fellow seemed to hear for something."

they found themselves outside a time, and given it up"

movement. "You're a fool to start bits here and there, for overy now "And you cropt after him?"

thinking at the eleventh hour, Joc. "I wish to God you had!" and then he muttered, and shook "I did. He poked about, and at low hedge that enclosed the cottage his fist, and did all the melodrama last entered a sort of barn or out-grounds. Through a gap in the "Bah! Wishing's no good. There are times when one mustn't nedge, they saw a dark guro crou didn't, so there's an end of it. The think. Let's got upstairs now and tic stuff. Then the voices grow building."

ching. Its outline was faint, but louder, and a fine old quarrel scomed

unmistakable. So was the outline Prize was too big. Damn it all, see how things are going. This to be developing. The madman got

of something which the figure held you went into this with your eyes delay's been a confounded nuisance, open, didn't you? You were going and we daren't delay any longer." excited, too, and once gave an ex-bush-

In his hand.

Then the voices ceased, the clamation of rage. I tell you, It

"He's got some patience," whis- to get your share. And-who

knows His voice grow eager. shadow disappeared from the blind, was most uncanny-"

and the apenkore ovidently left the pered Guy. "Shall w3 pounce upon "We may be lucky, levon yet!" him?"

"No, not for a minute," Napo

room. leon whispered back, as lois voicca rose from the cottage, and the light

"And you followed him in?" "No, thankal I waited under a "latory repeats itself!" "Shut up interrupting. I waited No need to confine it to the past till he came out, and-and when he tensa," murmured Napoleon. came out The speaker shud- "The volces stopped as soon as dered alightly. when he came the madman exclaimed, and yes, out he was carrying a hatchet," I'd forgotten that the light was

"Good Lord," grunted Napoleon.

put out suddenly, just as it is now. "And-or-do you suppose he's suddenly reappeared again. "I'd I dare any they peeped out of the still wandering about with the hat-like to hear a bit of that conversa- tion going on in there before we window, but both the mad chap and chot?"

"Don't ask me! It was clear he interrupt it.' 1 squeezed ourselves away so they couldn't spot us. And then some-wanted to get Inaldo with the hat- one came to the front door, and chet." looked out."

"Then it was clear you should

"Did you get a view of him?" have stopped him." asked Napoleon.

"Not a bit. Firstly, the result

wall raised his hatchet, and shook The figure crouching under the

It,

"You know, you don't give me

"Nycroft is on board, and so is any credit," continued the skipper. Mirronneau." The figure under the wall again quivered. "And in a couple of minutes, Fyno will be aa quiet as they are-and we'll have him on board. When they're all

Napoleon and Guy turned to each other.

"Fyne-he's in there!" whis pered Guy.

"God. what dovila!" muttored Napoleon.

"What shall we do? Rush the place?”

"No-walt. I've an idea our

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