The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [47]
o d.
. In the
h
e m
eantim
i e,
, J
upe
p wou
o ld
l
d wait
i fo
f r
o t
he
h se
s con
o d
d roo
o m
o -mate.
The
h min
i utes
s tic
i ked
d by
b ,
, and
d Jupe
p watc
t he
h d the
h gull
l s
l
s dip
i
p and
d so
s a
o r ov
o er the
h be
b ach.
h
.
Whe
h n he
h lo
l o
o k
o ed to
o th
t e
h le
l ft
f he
h cou
o ld
l se
s e Denic
i ol
o a
l ’s
s dr
d i
r v
i e
v w
e a
w y
a .
y
. No
N w
o
w an
a d
n
d th
t e
h n
e
n a
a ca
c r
a
r
turned
e in
i th
t e
h re,
, and no
n w
o and the
h n
e on
o e pu
p ll
l e
l d ou
o t again
i .
n
. The
h Denic
i ol
o a
l ho
h u
o se
s bl
b o
l c
o ked
Jupe’s
s vie
i w of
o
f the
h of
o f
f i
f ce,
, bu
b t he
h guess
s e
s d Ei
E l
i e
l en Denic
i ol
o a
l was
s in
i si
s d
i e it
i .
. Pos
o si
s b
i l
b y Er
E nie
i
was
s he
h lp
l i
p n
i g he
h r.
Jupe
p lo
l o
o k
o ed away an
a d
d su
s rveyed th
t e
h be
b ach
h to
t
o the
h rig
i ht
h .
. Surf
f fi
f s
i h
s e
h rmen were th
t e
h re,
bu
b sy
s wit
i h
h th
t e
h ir
i li
l n
i es,
s
, and a man
a
n was
s sl
s o
l w
o ly
l
y makin
i g hi
h s
i
s way alo
l n
o g the
h be
b a
e ch
c
h wit
i h
h a
metal
l dete
t ctor
o .
. Surfe
f rs
s wait
i ed fo
f r
o waves
s fa
f r ou
o t in
i the
h wa
w ter.
. Cl
C o
l u
o ds
s were bu
b il
i d
l in
i g up
p
on
o the
h ho
h r
o iz
i o
z n
o ,
, and the
h win
i d was
s col
o d
l er.
. The
h day ha
h d
a st
s arted
e cle
l ar
r and be
b a
e utif
i u
f l,
l
, bu
b t
it
i wou
o ld
l e
nd
n in
i ra
r in
i .
Er
E nie
i ’s
s room-mate cam
a e ou
o t of
o the
h ho
h u
o se
s acros
o s
s
s the roa
o d and st
s arted dow
o n
tow
o ards
s the
h
e pi
p e
i r.
Jupe
p gla
l nce
c d
e at hi
h s
i
s wat
a c
t h.
h
. It was
s al
a m
l os
o t
s thr
h ee now
o .
. Bob
o
b ha
h d tol
o d
l Pet
e e tha
h t
a bo
b t
o h
h of
Ernie’s
s roo
o m-mates
s we
w re on
o ha
h n
a d
n thi
h s
i
s mor
o ni
n n
i g.
. Whe
h re w
as
s the
h t
hi
h r
i d man
n now
o ?
w
Jupe
p lo
l o
o k
o ed tow
o ards
s the
h Denic
i ol
o a
l ho
h u
o se
s .
. Ea
E rli
l e
i r he
h ha
h d se
s en a
a st
s atio
i n
o wagon
o
parked in
i th
t e
h carpo
p r
o t be
b si
s d
i e the
h ho
h u
o se
s .
. Now he
h su
s dd
d e
d nly
l not
o ic
i ed
e tha
h t
t it
i wa
w s
s gon
o e.
Whe
h n ha
h d
d it
i be
b en
e mo
m v
o ed? He
e ha
h d not
o
t se
s e
e n an
a yon
o e
e driv
i e
e it
i aw
a ay.
. He
e ha
h d be
b en
e
n
hy
h pn
p ot
o iz
i e
z d—lu
l ll
l e
l d by
b t
he
h win
i d
n an
a d
n the
h
e gull
l s
l
s a
nd t
he
h so
s u
o n
u d of
o
f the
h
e su
s rf.
f
Jupe
p got
o up
p and st
s arted to
o walk
l dow
o n the
h hi
h g
i hw
h ay. Whe
h n he
h was
s op
o po
p si
s t
i e
e
Denic
i ol
o a
l ’s
s driv
i eway,
, Ju
J pe
p sa
s w tha
h t Ei
E l
i e
l en Denic
i ol
o a
l was
s not
o in
i the
h of
o f
f i
f c
i e near the
h pi
p e
i r.
Er
E nie
i was
s th
t e
h re,
, si
s t
i tin
i g
n in
i Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l ’s
s cha
h ir
i wit
i h
h hi
h s
i
s fe
f et up
p on
o he
h r desk
s .
. He was
sm
s ok
o in
i g,
, leanin
i g ba
b ck
c and la
l ugh
g i
h n
i g easi
s l
i y
l . His room-ma
m t
a e
t
e sa
s t
a
t cr
c o
r s
o s
s -legged on the
desk
s ,
, and he
h se
s emed
d to
o be
b tell
l i
l n
i g a st
s or
o y to
o Er
E nie
i .
. His
i
s fa
f ce wa
w s
s anim
i ated
e and he
h
talk
l ed st
s ead
a il
i y
l ,
, hi
h s
i
s ha
h nds
s makin
i g
g mot
o io
i n
o s
s in
i
n the
h air
i .
Whe
h re was
s Ei
E l
i e
l en Den
e ic
i ol
o a
l ? Was
a
s sh
s e
h in
i the
h
e ho
h u
o se
s wit
i h
t
h he
h r mot
o he