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Th e Ii o I d e n Sands Riddle

3y Alexander Campbell

OIAYIII VIII PETER FEELS UNIAI!

"Sir John Con?"

Th, summer's vjgloe was aollie and “u modulated My name h DQ- wlve-Inspecwr QtlB/yie." His eye; Hugely grey t0 match his hair, nndered inquirinzly round the mp that linilered in Carr's lit- ‘ room. lnliiun. rry wintrude. I have in

iew ourcly $117413 questions

gllykolittheﬂn i: the bodyotg mm called Monte on the beach m];

in . “i? Jhlin nodded. His composure

matched the nolioemanﬂs. "come in. Inspector." he invited. "Mr dauazliter. Lucy. Mr. ‘Ilerenoe parry; ai Mr. Peter Crosby." Quayle nodded solemniv at each mm a5 sii- John waved a hand. "No doubt the veoble you wish to

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As he iay dying in hospital, an R.A.F. air gunner wrote fhis ieifer io his mother

Pan“. s1 I _ the bodv. They ll tell vou that Mr. Monte was unknown to my oi ill ma, as another zuest in the hotel, Dyan want Mr. Crosby and myaol! w leava vou alone?’

"mat w0n'_ be necessary." aid Quayle. His smile was iriendly. ~thout drcoplnl Hm‘ oi his auth- nriiv. "as I said. these are merely routine inquiries. i-le took out and gowly corned and smoothed 0n his nice a small notebook. “Now. Mr.

Pam»-

Quayie had the knack 0d’ asking the rizht nuestioms, and Terence‘: answers were buslnewlike to the " mint. liiouizh he omitted nothing, Peter watched him in aura . , liitherto he had only known this elegant young man to drawl and an- aear ialntlv am . This was a new side to him, Paiadoxically. the jeal- ousv he had always ielt oi Parry uicunted hiszher. The man. ms well ubelnz handsome and obviously rich. was no fool. . . .

Terence told how he and Lucv had been stroilinsz alonx the beach. how they had sizhted Monte. how he had - remembered that he owed Monte a bﬂlllid. and how he had approached him. to be horriﬁed to discover that. the man was dead.

“Good enouizh." said Quayle. and nutawav his notebook. He rose.

"You sav that none o! you knew Monte excent as another eat? That seems to be the izenera ans- wer. Aonarentlv the man had no irlmds. l-le seems to have been a mysterious sort of person. According to Oricn. the hotel manner. he ar- nwd here out oi the blue before the reason had properly beirun. installed liimselt in_a suite. and has been hm ever since.

"I suonose none o! you has any- tliiiiz to add to that? Oh well. I didn’t exosct voil would have. By the m. you arerrt staﬂmz in the hotel. IN you. Mr. Crosby? I didn't see your name in the list o! meats."

Peter reflected grimly that thil policeman was a fast worker.

ll: answered: "No. As a matter oi not.‘ I'm just on the Doint o! mov-

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have caused raised eyebrows in tne especially granied by Mrs, Harrison and me

duliest nerson: but Quayle. who nust know Marathon. its hotels. ind their social a-raduations. like the haclcot his hand. remained im-

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‘Well. thaws really all-and ever l0 manv thanks for your patience ind heln." Goodbye. 0h. and by the wisxnone oi’ you be leaving Marathon lust yet. I take it? ihercfll be the inquest. you know. You nyiust have to izive iormal evi-

nee. l-lis deoariure left a. little embar- rassed silence in its wake. Quaylew l"! words. thouizh apparently in- nocuous, had been n. very de to liutruction to them. Peter noted with dlsllliu‘ that it had wpparently men addressed to him. too. though “had had nothlna to do with tne _ (“Gilli or the body. and on the sur- Pthatzciedixiothinz to link him with _;' H151" he had no time ior iurmer ‘illillilht-“Slr John briskly broke the ; lence. Peter. you‘d better hop “ﬂoss to vour hotel and see to the inner or vour stuii."

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€ sure had not had a chance for t alone with Lucy. and he had

gtgdaredy to meet her eyes since h I h o f uve given i eir n or us. a

For nll we have und are, for all our

hiﬂlfégllryi; Lucy anneal-ed at his side.

‘lllli”*lé"iaii ‘ii freedoms’ sake, weidnre not lei their

'l..‘§:g?t"tc talk to you."

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london "Daily Mirror. "

l’! r reﬂected um this Ilfl. whom mg‘ VMW quite certain he loved. “M Marv like her lather. as mm and with imllited. determln Mm 6V2“: blue eyes. nay he realmgidess would helv him M ‘i Q96! it mean?" he repent- ‘lﬂlj; why-Lucy. itmeanl Just Wine imovauis. "1 have. ln 1m. He Mk la ortune.‘ ' “mom g arm. Id meant to tell on“ “rm is business about Mr. reliance Ami“ - and I didn't have med so-sudd t e whole thin: hav- ly b, enly that I can soar-oe- nric t» w» mm - tell me now." ahe oom- "PW com ii h t into 110.000." nu rem. 1 miceiiiililillyhs wmder ' ii it were lui-md out dam the whole thin: 511mm,“ "who an elaborate hoax? Ii Manon re were no such ﬁrm m. o; J \_ ‘m! 130M161’. stockbrok-

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