The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [32]
h n
i g
g the
h be
b ggar
a ha
h d
drop
o p
p e
p d.
. It ha
h d bo
b u
o n
u ced und
n er
e the
h
wor
o kbe
b nch.
h
. Jupe
p sa
s w
w a li
l t
i tle
l pl
p a
l st
s ic
i
bo
b x
o wit
i h
h so
s m
o e pe
p rfor
o atio
i n
o s
s in
i on
o e
side.
“How
o in
i tere
r st
s in
i g,” he
h s
a
s id
i .
He sa
s id
i
d it
i alo
l u
o d,
, an
a d as
s if
i
f in
i
resp
s o
p n
o se
s to
t
o the
h rem
e ark,
, the
h
e ir
i on
o
gril
i l
l w
l or
o k to
o the
h si
s d
i e
e of
o
f the
h pr
p in
i tin
i g
pr
p ess
s
s sw
s ung op
o e
p n.
. Pete pu
p t hi
h s
i
s he
h ad
d
ou
o t of
o
f Tunn
n el
l Two.
o
“Wha
h t’s
s the
h matt
t er?” sa
s id
i Pete.
. “Did
i you
o y
ell
l ?
l ”
“We ha
h d a vis
i i
s t
i or
o ,” sa
s id Jupe
p .
. He got
o to
o hi
h s
i
s knees an
a d
n
d c
r
c a
r w
a l
w e
l d
e
d t
o
t
o t
h
t e
h
e w
o
w r
o k
r b
k e
b n
e c
n h
c
h t
o
t
o
retrie
i ve the
h
e li
l t
i tle
l bo
b x
o . He he
h ld
l it
i
t up
p fo
f r
o in
i spe
p ctio
i n
o .
. “Unle
l ss
s
s I’m
m mi
m s
i t
s a
t k
a e
k n
e ,
n
, th
t i
h s
i
s is
i
s a
a
li
l s
i t
s enin
i g de
d vic
i e,” he
h sa
s id
i .
. “It’s
s a tin
i y mic
i ro
r p
o h
p o
h n
o e,
, usuall
l y
l call
l e
l d
d a bu
b g.
. I’ve seen
pi
p c
i tures
s of
o
f the
h m.
. The
h bl
b i
l n
i d be
b ggar was
s he
h re,
, and he
h su
s re did
i n’t
t ac
a t
c
t bl
b i
l n
i d
n .
d
. I
I th
t i
h n
i k
n
k he
h
was
s tryin
i g
g to
t
o wir
i e the
h w
or
o ksh
s o
h p
o
p for
o so
s u
o nd.”
“The
h be
b ggar?” Pete to
t o
o k
o the
h tin
i y devic
i e
c fr
f om
o Jupe
p and pe
p ered
e
d at it
i .
. “W-why
wou
o ld
l he
h want to
o bu
b g us?
s And ho
h w
o did
i he
h fi
f nd us?
s ” Pe
P t
e e
t
e lo
l o
o k
o e
k d
e
d ar
a ou
o n
u d
n
d as
a
s if
i
f th
t e
h
e sc
s a
c r
a -
fa
f ced man
a m
ig
i ht
h be
b st
s a
t ndin
i g
g rig
i ht
h be
b hi
h n
i d
d hi
h m
i .
. “Creepy!” he said.
Jupe
p sa
s t
t dow
o n in
i
n the
h ch
c a
h ir
i near th
t e
h wor
o kbe
b nch.
h
. He too
o k
o the
h li
l s
i t
s en
e in
i g de
d vic
i e
e fr
f om
o
Pete and
n pr
p is
i e
s d it
i op
o e
p n wit
i h
h a pe
p nknif
i e
f .
. “It’s
s reall
l y
l a min
i ia
i ture br
b oa
o dcast
s in
i g un
u it
i ,” he
said. “It pi
p c
i ks
s up
p so
s u
o nds
s and
n se
s n
e ds
s the
h m a short distance—up
u
p to
t
o a
a qu
q a
u r
a t
r e
t r
e
r mi
m l
i e
l
e or
o
r so
s .
.
Usu
s all
l y
l a bu
b g br
b oa
o dcast
s s
s to
o a voi
o ce-activ
i at
a ed
e tape
p recor
o der tha
h t’s
s hi
h d
i d
d e
d n
e
n so
s m
o e
m w
e h
w e
h r
e e
r
e
nearby
b .
. Wit
i h
h a bu
b g an
a d a re
r cor
o der,
, the
h be
b g
e gar cou
o ld
l eavesd
s rop
o
p on
o the
h con
o v
n ersa
s tio
i n
o s
s
takin
i g pl
p a
l ce
c he
h re in
i
n the
h wor
o ksh
s o
h p
o .”
“Are you
o su
s re the
h bu
b g is
i n
s ’t wo
w r
o kin
i g rig
i ht
h now
o ?” Pe
P t
e e
t
e sa
s i
a d
i .
d
. “It could be
br
b oa
o dcast
s in
i g
n every
y wor
o d you
o ’re sa
s y
a in
i g!”
Wit
i h
h the
h tip
i
p of
o
f hi
h s
i
s knif
i e
f ,
, Jupe
p rem
e ov
o ed se
s ve
v ral
l tin
i y
y co
c m
o po
p n
o ents
s fr
f om
o the
h unit
i .
The
h n he
h sn
s a
n pp
p e
p d the
h
e p
l
p a
l st
s ic
i bo
b x
o sh
s u
h t.
“The
h re!” he
h sa
s id
i .
He sa
s t thi
h n
i k
n in
i g fo
f r
o almos
o t
s a min
i ute,
, the
h n lo
l o
o k
o ed up
p at Pete.
. “Ho
H w
o
w lo
l n
o g
n
g ag
a o
o di
d d
i
you
o ent
n er t
h
t e
h sa
s lv
l age y
ard?”
“Oh,
h
, maybe
b twen
e ty
y min