The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [60]
c a
h ir
i went
t ov
o er on
o it
i s
s si
s d
i e.
“Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l ?” call
l e
l d Jupe
p .
. “Are
r you
o all
l
l rig
i h
g t
h ?”
“If
f it
i ’s me you
o sp
s e
p ak to,
o
, I ha
h ve been be
b tter,” sa
s id
i the
h ol
o d
l la
l dy.
. “Eileen, where are
you?”
“On t
he
h fl
f o
l o
o r
o ,” sa
s id
i Ei
E l
i e
l en.
“The
h po
p l
o i
l c
i e ha
h ve got
o to
t
o com
o e!” said
i Jupe
p .
. “Mr.
. Bon
o est
s ell
l
l must
s ha
h ve reache
h d the
h m
m
by
b now
o .
. Bob
o ,
b
, are you
o o
k
o ay? Pete?”
“Okay,” gas
a p
s e
p d Bob
o .
b
“I’m he
h re,” sa
s id
i Pet
e e.
The
h y wait
i ed
e ,
, li
l s
i t
s enin
i g
g again
i .
. Jupe
p he
h ard wat
a e
t r runn
n in
i g — a
a so
s u
o n
u d
n
d nearer than the
rain
i tha
h t dru
r mmed on
o
n the
h roo
o f
o .
. He la
l y on
o hi
h s
i
s si
s d
i e, hi
h s
s arms
s achi
h ng whe
h re the
h y were
tie
i d to
o the
h
e cha
h ir
i .
. He fe
f lt
l wetn
t ess
s
s and
d sm
s ell
l e
l d a mu
m dd
d y,
, che
h mic
i a
c l
l so
s r
o t of
o
f sm
s ell
l .
l
. He
pu
p zz
z l
z e
l d abo
b u
o t it
i fo
f r
o a
a m
om
o ent,
, the
h n clo
l s
o e
s d hi
h s
i
s eyes
s in
i t
er
e ror
o and d
es
e p
s a
p ir
i .
The
h sw
s im
i min
i g po
p o
o l
o
l was
s be
b gin
i nin
i g to
o br
b eak up!
p
! It was
s the
h water fr
f o
r m
o the
h po
p o
o l
l tha
h t
was
s runnin
i g dow
o n th
t r
h ou
o gh
h the
h roo
o m
o . If the
h po
p o
o l
o
l reall
l y
l went,
t
, ton
o s
s of
o
f water—
tho
h u
o sa
s nds
s a
nd t
ho
h u
o sa
s n
a ds
s of
o
f gall
l o
l n
o s
s of
o
f water — wou
o ld
l co
c m
o e sw
s eepi
p n
i g dow
o n
n on
o the
h m.
“Hey,
, whe
h re
r ’s
s all
l
l the
h wa
w ter com
o in
i g
n fr
f om
o ?” Pete d
emand
n e
d d in
i
n the
h d
a
d rkness
s .
s
Ei
E l
i e
l en Deni
n c
i ol
o a
l ha
h d rea
e li
l z
i e
z d the
h t
r
t uth
h too
o .
o
. Sh
S e
h be
b gan t
o
o sh
s o
h u
o t fo
f r
o he
h lp
l .
p
Sudde
d nly
l t
h
t e
h re was
s an
a
n answ
s erin
i g
g s
h
s o
h u
o t fr
f om
o the
h trea
e che
h r
e ou
o s,
s
, sl
s i
l p
i p
p e
p ry hi
h l
i l
l
l ou
o tsi
s d
i e.
“Over he
h re!” yell
l e
l d so
s m
o eon
o e.
. “The
h y’re over here!”
Som
o eon
o e tri
r e
i d to
o op
o e
p n
n the
h d
oo
o r
o ,
, bu
b t it
i
t was
s ja
j m
a med.
The
h re was
s anot
o he
h r ho
h r
o rid
i lu
l rch,
h
, and the
h win
i dow
o tha
h t
a fa
f ced the
h po
p o
o l
o
l sh
s a
h ttered
d and
n
d
fe
f ll
l
l in
i to
o the roo
o m
o . The
h n the
h re was
s so
s m
o e lig
i ht
h .
. Two
o men were on
o the
h hi
h l
i l
l s
l id
i e wit
i h
tor
o che
h s.
s
. The
h re was
s mor
o e sh
s o
h u
o tin
i g,
g
, and mor
o e water po
p u
o rin
i g thr
h ou
o gh
h t
he
h roo
o m
o .
“Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l !” Jupe
p y
ell
l e
l d.
. “Get
e Mrs.
s
. Deni
n c
i ol
o a
l !”
A hi
h g
i hw
h ay pa
p trol
o m
l an came thr
h ou
o g
u h
h the
h win
i d
n ow
o ,
, fo
f l
o l
l o
l w
o ed by
b a fi
f r
i em
e an.
. Whe
h n the
h
fi
f r
i eman sa
s w
a the
h bo
b y
o s
s a
nd t
he
h wom
o en tie
i d
e t
o
o cha
h ir
i s,
s
, he
h sa
s id
i ,
, “Wh
W a
h t
a
t t
h
t e
h …”
Tha
h t was
s all
l
l tha
h t was
s sa
s id
i .
. The
h two
o men ha
h d ol
o d
l Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l ou
o t in
i a twin
i kli
l n
i g,
,
st
s il
i l
l
l bo
b u
o nd to
o he
h r cha
h ir
i and pr
p ayin
i g
n lo
l u
o dly
l as
s sh
s e
h went.
. Mor
o e men arriv
i ed an
a d
d Ei
E l
i e
l en
was
s carrie
i d
d ou
o t,
, and th
t e
h n the
h bo
b y
o s.
s
. In se
s con
o