The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [43]
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n and St
S or
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Co
C m
o pa
p ny.
. It was
s on
o a ba
b rren lo
l t
o on
o Alb
l e
b rt Roa
o d.
. Bob
o
b sa
s w a hi
h g
i h
h cha
h in
i -link fence, a
win
i dow
o le
l ss
s
s cement
n -bl
b o
l c
o k bu
b il
i d
l in
i g
n ,
, and a
a fe
f w
e grim
i e-sp
s a
p t
a t
t e
t r
e e
r d
e
d wh
w i
h t
i e
t
e mo
m v
o i
v n
i g
n
g va
v n
a s
n .
s
. Th
T e
h
e
driv
i eway th
t a
h t le
l d awa
w y fr
f om
o the
h gate wa
w s
s rutted
e and
n po
p c
o ked wit
i h
t
h pu
p ddle
l s,
s
, and the
h
e
gate wa
w s
s pa
p d
a lo
l c
o ked sh
s u
h t.
The
h re was
s no
o on
o e in
i si
s g
i ht
h .
. Bob
o
b started
e to
o cir
i cle
l the
h pr
p op
o e
p rty.
. He sa
s w weeds
s and
br
b ok
o en crates
s and cru
r m
u pl
p e
l d pa
p pe
p rs
s arou
o nd
d the
h bl
b a
l nk-wa
w l
a l
l e
l d
e
d bu
b i
u l
i d
l i
d n
i g
n .
g
. At
A
t th
t e
h
e ba
b c
a k
c ,
,
pa
p rked vans
n
s pr
p evented
e hi
h m
i fr
f om se
s ein
i g the
h rear of
o
f the
h bu
b il
i d
l in
i g,
, bu
b t he
h cou
o ld
l he
h ar
voi
o c
i es
s fr
f om
o so
s m
o ewhe
h re in
i si
s d
i e t
he
h
e yard.
Bob
o
b st
s oo
o d
o st
s il
i l
l
l and li
l s
i t
s ened
e .
. The
h con
o versa
s tio
i n
o con
o tin
i ue
u d,
, bu
b t Bob
o
b cou
o ld
l n’t make
ou
o t the
h
e wor
o ds.
s
. He not
o ic
i ed tha
h t
t on
o e of
o
f the
h
e va
v ns
s was
s pa
p r
a ked alo
l n
o gsi
s d
i e the
h
e fe
f nc
n e he
h re.
.
He lo
l o
o k
o ed le
l ft
f and rig
i h
g t
h ,
, the
h n too
o k
o a deep
p br
b eath.
h
. Putt
t in
i g hi
h s
i
s toe
o in
i to
o a li
l n
i k in
i the
fe
f nce,
, he
h cli
l m
i be
b d to
o the
h top
o
p and
n sc
s rambl
b e
l d on
o to
o t
he
h roo
o f
o
f of
o
f the
h mov
o in
i g van
a .
Bob
o
b la
l y st
s il
i l
l
l fo
f r
o a se
s cond an
a d cau
a g
u ht
h hi
h s
i
s br
b eath.
h
. He was
s not
o as
s athl
h e
l t
e ic
i as
s Pete,
, bu
b t
he
h ha
h d don
o e
n it
i !
! He was
a
s sa
s fe
f ly
l in
i si
s d
i e the
h ya
y rd.
d
. He got
o to
o hi
h s
i
s ha
h nds
s and knee
e s
s an
a d crept
p
fo
f r
o ward.
“It ain
i ’t
t gon
o na d
ry in
i ti
t m
i e,” sa
s id
i a
voi
o c
i e tha
h t
a
t was
s qu
q it
i e
t n
ear n
ow
o .
“Who
h
o cares?
s ” sa
s id
i a
a se
s c
e on
o d voi
o c
i e.
. “We can take it dry or
o not.”
Anot
o he
h r van
a was
s ba
b ck
c ed up
p clo
l s
o e
s to
o the on
o e Bob
o
b was
s on
o .
. He st
s oo
o d
o up.
p
. His
i
s
sn
s eakered fe
f et made no
n
o so
s u
o nd as
s he
h st
s epp
p e
p d acros
o s
s
s the
h small
l
l sp
s a
p ce to
o the
h se
s cond van.
.
He crou
o che
h d again
i ,
, an
a d again
i cre
r pt
p fo
f r
o ward.
d
. The
h n he
h was
s lo
l o
o k
o in
i g dow
o n in
i to
t
o a cle
l ar
area whe
h re
e two
o men wit
i h
h the
h ir
i ba
b cks
s to
o hi
h m
i were st
s ar
a in
i g
g at
a
t a
a gl
g e
l a
e m
a i
m n
i g
n
g wh
w i
h t
i e
t
e tr
t u
r c
u k
c .
k
.
Bob
o
b im
i medi
d a
i tely
l fl
f a
l tt
t en
e ed hi
h m
i se
s lf
l
f on
o the
h
e van’s
s roo
o f
o
f and r
ais
i e
s d hi
h s
i
s he
h ad t
o
o watc
t h
c .
h
“It’s
s ok
o ay,
, Harry,” sa
s id
i on
o e of
o
f the
h men.
. It wa
w s
s Strauss
s .
s
. He st
s oo
o d
o wi
w t
i h
h hi
h s
i
s ha
h nds
s on
o
hi
h s
i
s hi
h p
i s
p
s and hi
h s
i
s he
h ad
d c
oc
o ked to
o on
o e si
s d
i e.
. “You do nice work.”
The
h man named Harry
r made a
a
wor
o dle
l ss
s
s sou
o nd.
. He ha
h d a can
n of
o
pa
p in
i