The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [42]
h re ab
a o
b u
o t.
Shr
h uggin
i g,
, Jupe
p whe
h ele
l d hi
h s
i
s bi
b c
i ycle
l
e
acros
o s
s
s the
h hi
h g
i hw
h ay.
. He bu
b mpe
p d dow
o n ov
o er
r
the
h roc
o ks
s to the
h be
b ach
h and fo
f u
o nd Bob
o ’s bike
lo
l c
o ked to
o a pi
p l
i i
l n
i g under the
h pi
p e
i r.
. Jupe
p
lo
l c
o ked hi
h s
i
s ow
o n bi
b k
i e next to
o it
i ,
, the
h n lo
l o
o k
o ed
d
up
p and do
d w
o n the
h be
b ach.
h
. He sa
s w su
s rf
fi
f s
i h
s e
h rmen,
, and chi
h l
i d
l ren
e pl
p a
l yin
i g wit
i h
h a dog,
bu
b t no
o Bo
B b
o .
b
. Ca
C rrying hi
h s
i
s cam
a era,
, he
h
cli
l m
i be
b d ba
b ck up
p to
o the
h Denic
i ol
o a
l pa
p rkin
i g
lo
l t
o .
. The
h re was
s no
o one arou
o nd.
. The
h n he
h
sp
s o
p t
o ted the
h
e st
s atio
i n
o wag
a on
o in
i the
h carpo
p r
o t of
o
the
h grey-sh
s i
h n
i gle
l d ho
h u
o se
s near
r the
h pi
p e
i r.
.
Som
o eon
o e wa
w s
s ho
h m
o e at t
he
h Den
e ic
i ol
o a
l s’.
Jupe
p cros
o s
s e
s d ov
o er to th
t e
h ho
h u
o se
s .
. He did
i
d
not
o ha
h ve
e to
o rin
i g the
h
e be
b ll
l .
l
. The
h doo
o r
o op
o e
p ned
and ol
o d
l
d Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l st
s oo
o d
o the
h re.
. She
h
lo
l o
o k
o ed at hi
h m
i pi
p e
i rcin
i gly
l .
“Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l ,
, ha
h ve you
o se
s e
e n my
fr
f ie
i nd?” sa
s id
i Jupi
p t
i e
t r.
“You
o r fr
f ie
i nd
n ?”
“He was
s he
h re thi
h s
i
s mor
o nin
i g and you
o
u
talk
l ed
d to
o hi
h m
i the
h n,” Jupe tol
o d
l he
h r.
. “You
ha
h d a d
ream
a abo
b u
o t hi
h m
i .”
“Ah!
h ” sa
s id
i Mrs.
s
. Denic
i o
c l
o a
l .
. “So
o tha
h t bo
b y
o — th
t e
h
e sm
s a
m l
a l
l
l on
o e
n
e wi
w t
i h
t
h gl
g a
l s
a s
s e
s s
e — he is a
fr
f ie
i nd of
o
f yours.
s
. I thi
h n
i k so
s m
o eho
h w
o tha
h t I knew thi
h s
i .
s ” Sh
S e
h
e fr
f o
r w
o n
w e
n d
e
d at
a
t Ju
J p
u i
p t
i e
t r
e
r in
i
n a
a se
s v
e e
v r
e e
r
manner,
, bu
b t
u Jupe
p
e guess
s e
s d tha
h t
a sh
s e
h was
s n
ot
o re
r all
l y
l angry.
“Have you
o se
s en my fr
f iend si
s n
i ce th
t i
h s
i
s mor
o nin
i g?” ask
s ed Jupe
p .
. “Hi
H s
i
s bi
b c
i y
c c
y l
c e
l
e is
i
s und
n e
d r
e
r
the
h pi
p e
i r,
, bu
b t he
h is
i n
s ’t he
h re.
. Co
C u
o ld
l he
h ha
h ve gon
o e ou
o t in
i th
t e
h bo
b a
o t? Wou
o ld
l you
o r da
d ught
h er-
in-la
l w ha
h ve
e taken
e hi
h m
i f
o
f r
o a bo
b a
o t rid
i e?”
Old
l Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l sh
s o
h o
o k
o he
h r head.
. “Ernie went wi
w t
i h
t
h Ei
E l
i e
l e
e n
e
n on
o
n th
t e
h
e Ma
M r
a i
r a
i ,
a ” she
said. “I sa
s w
w the
h m go.
o
. T
he
h re is
i
s no
o on
o e wit
i h
h th
t e
h m.”
“I won
o der
r w
he
h re Bob
o
b c
ou
o ld
l ha
h ve
e g
on
o e,” Jupe
p sa
s id
i ,
, alm
l o
m s
o t
s to
o hi
h m
i se
s lf
l .
f
“I do
o not
o
t kn
k ow
o ,” sa
s id
i Mrs.
s
. Denic
i o
c l
o a
l .
. She
h st
s ep
e p
p e
p d ba
b ck and op
o e
p ne
n d
d the
h doo
o r
o wid
i e.
“But I thi
h n
i k
n so
s m
o ethi
h n
i g ba
b d is
i
s goi
o n
i g to
o ha
h pp
p e
p n.
. I dream
a ed it
i ,
, and
n
d I am afr
f aid
i .
. I thi
h n
i k
you
o must
s
t te
t ll
l
l me abo
b u
o t
u you
o a
nd
d yo
y u
o r fr
f ie
i nd.
. P
le
l ase
s com
o e in
i .”
The
h ol
o d
l la
l dy so
s u
o nded
e
d li
l k
i e the
h voi
o c
i e of
o
f doo
o m.
. Fo
F r
o the
h fi
f r
i st
s tim
i e Jupe
p won
o der
e ed if
i
f
Bob
o
b cou
o ld
l b
e
b in
i da
d nger
e .
**
Mil
i e
l s
s away
y in
i Oxnard
r ,
d
, Bob