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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

"SHADOWS BY THE SEA'

Summer Mystery BY J. JEFFERSON FARJEON

CHAPTER XXVII.

"Inside the Coltage." "Hirronneau" murmured Napo Icon "He's outside again. Don't strike that match, Guy f”

"Why not?" hiapered Guy,, un.. onally. "We've got to see

Fyns's here somewhere,”-

wide with amazement, which quick-j beastly lonely place, old chap. Bit ly changed to horror. Turning, no nerve racking, eh, staying here with alved tack through the room aroma-a fellow in that condition-and which ho had come, and that was p'r'aps those beasts coming back the last they saw of him.

again. I don't much care to think

you staying here--"

out through the window.

loss figure.

"Fyna!" he gasped.

THURSDAYK

NOVEMBER 16, 1993.

Tho' wind moaned dismally, and heated a ketile of water and made ittio white gleams spoke oz troubled some tea. He took a cup into the waters. With satisfaction Napo-naul and held it to Mr. F'yne's lips, leon noticed that, towards tirs east, out there was no response or move-i a faint Lingo of greyness now lay men, and he did not know how to upon the horizon. It was very | Juministor it, or even whether it Zaint, but it bore its message none would be wise to try and force it the less. The dark night would down. He drank it himself, thore- soon be over, and the cold grey hour fore, instead. of dawn was at hand. ̧

The minutes crawled by Ho Suddenly Napoleon shivered, performed one gruesome taak effec- turned, and re-entered the cottage. tively. He managed to lift Mir. But they heard him scrambling jo nd I don't much cara to think/fio closed and bolted the door, nhd Fyne from the floor to a sofa in then went into the little sitting the sitting room. Even this did "Oh my God!" murmured Napo- of you staying "nore,” retortod room through the window of which not disturb the drugged man's dizon saintly, "I think I was born Napoleon, Go back and report to they and effected their original en stupor, and he lay on the sofa in-

to scare that chap"

| your beautiful sister, and then rɔ- "Yes, I know," Napole n whisper. An exclamation from Guy drew turn with a doctor and a thousand co. The window was still wide ort. like a log. Napoleon sat on a et back, "but et's do a bit of his attention to the wall. Propped policemen. If you hurry. I expect operi, and now Napoleon closed it. chair by his side and watched him. More minutes crawled by.. Tha thinkin' first. What's going to be up against it was a silent, motion-] { can hold out. I'll barriendo thef to not only closed it, but locked inbours of the past hours began to

place know the password."

and won't let anybody in who and pulled the blind down.

"To declare that I'm happy would tell of him. Perhaps the ton, too, be absurd," ho, reflected. "I willing for noises, and the form on the had its effect., He stopped Haton- The discovery of Mr. Fyne was The password being?" not unexpected, yat It proved to be "Waterloo," sald Napoleon. No, examine the other windows.""

soia grow vaguo and dim and dis- Taking the lamp from the hall, tant. Now it was here, now it was one of the most unnerving of all no I lost that. Make it Baryl." the experiences through which

"And you expect to win that?" he toured the whole of the lower gone. At one moment it was vital, Napoleon Truelove had passed: smiled Guy. "Well, if I can give floor, and ascertained that the win at the next meaningless. Napoleon Here was the man who had been you a leg up towards that victory,dows and the door were as they Truelove was growing droway missing for a week, and who had I'm all for it."

should be, Then he went over the He slept. Not very peaceably. filled their minds ceaselessly during "God bless you," beamed Napo-upper floor in the same way, on• | A girl's faço tantalized him. Every "It's quite true that Mirronneau" all that period. When last they leon. "May I.call you brother?" during immediate unpleasantndan time he tried to son the face, some hasn't any grudge against us had seen him, he had been genial Guy had not underrated the un- for the sake of future security figure stood between-a pollesman, admited Napoleon, in a low voler, energy is any of them. Now, he Bespite his outward levity, Napo- onco nearly jumping out of his skin mason captain, an Inquisitive old lunatic. And, then, we're his mind, all the same. He's in a relined, like a mummy, against a icon did not feel in the least joyful at sight of his own reflection in a there was a throbbing in his head. dangerous mood-half-crazy with dingy cottage wall-alive, they bo- as he cautiously opened the front mirror; but when the tour was That was dud; he decided, to his dope and emotion-ind, don't for- llevad, but showing no outward sign door and as Guy even more cauti- over, and he was back in the lower fall in the wood, when he had struck Throb-throb, own. You and I represent law and tragic figure during the past seven scrunched under Guy's feet with was repaid for his terrors, for now throb-throb. Yes, of course. It was get, he's got some gams on of his of it. What had happened to this ously walked out of it. The gravel hall again, he told himself that he the tree slump.

Through what had he disconcerting loudness, but no sign no one could enter the cottago the tree-trunk. But soon this prder, after all, so he's not likely days? to throw his arms round us and passed before reaching this pitiable came that it was heard by other without giving him warning. theory grow unsatisfactory, Ho.

condition?

In the kitchen, he found a small tried to hold on to it. It sild away. "I don't think I'll mind what sort

oil-stove. He also found tea and a Ho sat bolt upright, with a start. of punishment is dealt out to those Napoleon watched his companion tin half-filled with preserved milk.: Through the cold groyneas of the tea dawn came the muffled throbbing of two fellows," muttered Napoleon, go, and then stared out across the Partly because the fden of us he bent down beside the imsen into which, just on his right, seemed good to him, and partly be a motor-boat, mobile figure. "Pretty first-class the littla river ran..

cause he wanted an occupation, he blackguards, aren't they 7"

that Frenchman's attitude, if he hears us or sees, our Hght?"

"Oh, yca-thero's that to con- sider," muttered Guy. "But he's got no grudge against us, has ho?" Napoleon laid his hand on Guy's shoulder and withdrow lilm from the direction of the front door where they could converse a little more freely.

kled us!".

"I've got an idea,” replied Guy. "Let's light up and move about the placo. Ha't think it's Fyne, and skedaddle,"

"Why would he skedaddle?** "Suppose you were waiting out sido a cottage with a doped man inside, and nobody else and sud denly the dopad man started making a nolae. Wouldn't you think it ghost, or something, and sked

addio?"

"By Jove, they are," answered Guy. "I say you don't think he's dead, do you?"

"No, he's not dead--his heart's beating," said Napoleon, applying his ear. "Do you know anything "I might," agreed Napoleon, about First Aid, Guy?" smiling grimly. "In fact, if some.

"No" "Nor do I. What dolts we are, one had not given mo hope of a Higher Life, I'm sure I would! ah? I shall learn, after this, I But although Mirronneau has no haven't the ghost of a notion what hope of a Higher Life, he's gone we ought to do with him." He too far down towards the Lower raised his voice, and called, "Hallo! Life to do the depondable, coward- Mr. Fyne! Hallo!"

ly thing. And bealdes, Guy, do we want Mirronneau to skedaddle?"

"Don't wa7"

"Well, I'm not sure. You know, -"this game sort of gets hold of one, There's lots of policemen abroad to-night. It would be rather love-

flicker of an eyelld. Guy struck There was no response, not the

another match, and, discovering a small lamp on a bracket, lit it. The feeble Hght hardly added to the galety of the pince.

"What had we better do?" asked ly, wouldn't it, if we could keep Guy, helpicasty. "Shall I rummage Afrionneau here until they came about and try and make a cup of

along and spotted him. I'm sorry

for the chap, and all that, but, hang

it all, one must be respectable!"

ten 7"

"Not a bad notion," replied Napo

n

leon. "But a tot of whisky might

"Then all I can say is you're be more useful. Those brutes are respectable idiot," retorted Guy."sure to have had some.

"And you needn't think I'm going But all they found was an empty

to

stay here in the dark any bottle.

longer. Why, dumn it, man, Fyne's

"Of course, the first thing wo

lying around here somewhere ought to do is to get back to the perhaps within two inches of us" hotel and tell Misa Fyne that we've That's true," nodded Napoleon. found her father," exclaimed Guy. "Yea of course we must do some suddenly. thing." He thought hard. "Should wo parley with the enemy, do you

think?"

"He's more likely to parley with his batchet!"

"Yes, and also tell your slator that we've found you," added Napo leon. "But can we leave him?"

He pointed to the figure against | the wall, and Guy shook his head..

"Don't sea how "Sweet notion. But look here, I

we can," he say, there's two of us. What about frowned. "Heaven knows what that little dissertation on bravery might happen here during our ab we had last night? If two English-sence. Those fellows may coma men are afraid of ong Frenchman back--"

and one hatchet, they'd better not “And wo don't know how far old make any more, five ahilling bete" Frenchy has fled," Interposed Napo "Oh, you'vo won your five leon, grimly. "While I'm here, all shillings, old chap, I'll grant that," I've got to do is to show him my murmured Guy. "Only Good Lord mug, and off he bounces hey presto.

someone's moving!"

But, I go, ho may return and "My hat," muttered Napoleon. get funny. Oh, damn! Xavo we

hors till Soft stops were coming towards got to stay them. "Fyno" thought Napohon. fetched?"

wo're

But Fyne, was lying somewhere "One of us could go," proposed doped. At least, he ought to be; Guy.

after all, they had not seen him yet. "Which one enquired Napoleon. They might be wrong. Forhaps "I don't mind. We could toas for thole was someone clee-someone it. You see, we ought to get a not doped. Perhaps they had doctor, too. Poor old Fyno may drawn conclualons too hastily. The come round all by himself, but it's steps drow closer, and suddenly a bit of a risk to count on." Napoleon blurted out:

"Yes, you've got some brains, "Match!"

Guy, after all," nodded Napoleon. There was a scratch and a splut-"One of us has got to sally forth Lor. The next moment, Napoleon Are you game?" found Mirronneau's burning, eyes

Guy looked at bla companion upon him.

doubtfully,

Napoleon had an odd sensation “Yes, I'm game," he answered. that all this had happened years "But-won't the chap who stays before. As a matter of fact, it had here have the nastizat job?" practically happened only. a fow "Neither of the jobs is exactly hours before. As Mirronnenusprightly," observed Nanolcon. stared at Napoleon, his oyes grow. They're not. But, this is

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(To be Continued)

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