The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [64]
.
Hector
o Seb
e a
b st
s ia
i n was
a
s wait
i in
i g fo
f r
o the
h m ou
o tsi
s d
i e the
h ol
o d
l rest
s aura
r nt call
l e
l d Ch
C a
h rli
l e
i ’s
Pla
l ce.
. Insi
s d
i e,
, in the
h hu
h ge roo
o m tha
h t lo
l o
o ked ou
o t tow
o ards
s the
h oc
o ean,
, the
h sm
s il
i i
l n
i g
Vie
i tname
m se
s
e named
e Don
o was
s se
s t
e tin
i g
n ou
o t a
a fe
f ast
s on
o t
he
h gla
l s
a s
s -to
t p
o p
p e
p d
e
d t
a
t b
a l
b e
l .
e
“All
l -Americ
i an fa
f vou
o rit
i es
s fo
f r
o all
l -
Americ
i an
n
cha
h mps
p !
s ”
annou
o nc
n ed
d
Don. “Mr.
. Goo
o b
o e
b r pe
p anut
u -butter-
marsh
s m
h all
l o
l w-fl
f u
l ff
f
f sa
s ndwic
i h. Super
-Juic
i y fr
f an
a kfu
f rters
s
fo
f r
o tast
s e
e
of
o
yest
s erday
a wit
i h
h all
l -meat goo
o d
o ne
n ss
s .
s
Burger on
o Sunsh
s i
h n
i e Bran bu
b n
u and
d
Pic
i ky Pic
i kle
l Tast
s e-Tre
r at reli
l s
i h
s .
h ”
Don
o
grin
i ned
br
b oa
o dly
l
and
d
ba
b cked ou
o t
t of
o
f the
h room,
, bo
b w
o in
i g as
s
he
h went
n .
Mr.
. Seba
b st
s ia
i n si
s g
i he
h d.
. “I thi
h n
i k if
i
f
Don
o were
e tu
t rned lo
l o
o s
o e
s in
i a
a mark
r et
tha
h t ha
h d no
n
o advertis
i e
s d
e br
b ands,
s
, he
h
wou
o ld
l be
b co
c m
o pl
p e
l tely
l pa
p raly
l se
s d.
. He
H wou
o ld
l n’t be able to bu
b y a thing.”
“Ev
E erythi
h n
i g
n lo
l o
o k
o s
s very goo
o d
o ,” sa
s id
i Bob
o
b po
p l
o i
l t
i ely
l .
Mr.
. Seba
b st
s ia
i n sc
s ow
o le
l d.
. “Do
o you
o mean tha
h t you
o cou
o l
u d
l eat a pe
p a
e nut bu
b tte
t r
r and
marsh
s m
h all
l o
l w fl
f u
l ff
f
f sa
s ndw
d ic
i h?
h ” he
h de
d manded
e .
“Well
l ,
l ” sa
s id
i Bob
o ,
b
, “I’m not
o su
s re
r a
bo
b u
o t the
h
e sa
s ndwic
i h,
h
, bu
b t I
I li
l k
i e fr
f an
a kfu
f rters.
s ”
“And ha
h mb
m u
b rgers,
s ” said
i Pete.
. “And we get
e Pic
i ky Pic
i kle
l reli
l s
i h
s
h all
l
l the
h tim
i e at
home.”
“The
h n he
h lp
l
p you
o rse
s lv
l es,
s ” sa
s id
i Mr.
. S
eba
b st
s ia
i n.
The
h fr
f ankfu
f rters
s an
a d
d ha
h mbu
b rger
e s
s qu
q ic
i kly
l dis
i a
s pp
p e
p ared,
, bu
b t the
h
e pl
p a
l te wit
i h
t
h the
h
pe
p anut bu
b t
u t
t er and mar
a sh
s m
h all
l o
l w
o fl
f u
l ff
f
f sa
s ndwic
i he
h s
s was
s left
f untou
o ch
c e
h d.
. Pete lo
l o
o k
o ed at
the
h m in
i a
do
d u
o bt
b fu
f l
l way
a .
“Maybe
b we
w sh
s o
h u
o ld
l eat so
s m
o e of
o
f tho
h s
o e
s ,” he said. “Do
D n
o
n se
s e
e m
e s
m
s so
s … so proud of
them.”
“Soo
o n
o er or
o la
l ter,
, Don
o
n ha
h s
s to
o fa
f ce reali
l t
i y,” said Mr. Sebastian. “It won’t hurt him
to
o know
o tha
h t Americ
i an
a s
s aren’t nou
o ris
i h
s e
h d entir
i ely
l by
b pe
p anut bu
b t
u ter,
r
, carbo
b n
o ated drin
i ks,
s
and H
os
o t
s ess
s
s Twin
i kie
i s.
s
“Now
o abo
b u
o t the
h sc
s ar-fa
f ced man
a
n and
d the
h
e wa
w ll
l e
l t — I’m
m cu
c r
u i
r o
i u
o s
u .
s
. I’ve talked with
Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l se
s veral
l tim
i es,
s
, bu
b t sh
s e
h ha
h s
s a te
t mpe
p r to
o match
h tha
h t
a
t red ha
h ir
i .
. Whe
h n sh
s e
h
thi
h n
i ks
s abo
b u
o t
u Er
E nie
i Vil
i l
l a
l lo
l b
o o
b s
o
s and hi
h s
i
s fr
f ie
i nds,
s
, sh
s e
h gets
s too
o
o mad to
o tal
a k
l .
. She
h sp
s l
p u
l tters.
s
. I
thi
h n
i k sh
s e
h fe
f e
e ls
l
s pe
p rso
s n
o all
l y
l depr
p iv
i ed.”
“Because
s
e th
t e
h fi
f s
i h
s i
h n
i g bo
b a
o t sa
s nk?” ask
s ed Pete.
“No. Because the police won’t let her get her hands on Ernie and do something