ADVENTURES OF THE CHUMS

Taranaki Daily News, 26 October 1935, Page 19 (Supplement)

ADVENTURES OF THE CHUMS

Last week we saw Richard racing down to tell Gwen, Ted ana F 1 y’ he had discovered about the mystery which surrounded the island and, particu larly, the man whom they had found in charge when they arrived. “I’ve got some most mysterious news to tell you, he said. "Good gracious! You frighten me," said Polly. t "Come to a quiet place, and I’ll tell you all about it, said Richard.

The chums found a secluded little spot, and there Richard proceeded -o ,el! .?TatS •’ he saM M out 'of sight. I began to feel that I had made a mistake, but at last I saw some thing which made me sure I had not. “What was that?" asked Polly. « anr i bv the “I saw him searching the Professor’s room,” replied Richard, and by the quiet way he went on I’m sure he is up to no good.

Once Richard had decided definitely that the man had some secret he made up his mind that he would leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of it. So where the man went Richard followed. He discovered that the man was: very fond of.''going to a certain part of the island and gazing out to sea through* field-glasses. “I wonder,” queried Richard to himself, “why he does that?

• You may think from this picture that Richard was caught spying -by the man, but actually he allowed himself to be caught; for he wished to discover whether the man would be annoyed to see him there. "If he is,” thought Richard, “I shall know there is something underhand going on. The man certainly was annoyed. “Hi! What do you want there?” he cried angrily. ■’ Richard pretended he had lost his way. -

That night, like most people who have something on their minds, was absolutely unable to sleep. He lay, tossing and turning, and thinking of the man and the mystery which surrounded the .island. Suddenly he heard a door open and close, and someone treading carefully nn the ground outside the window. , , “Goodness!” thought Richard, sitting up immediately. “Who can be about at this hour of the night?”

Vhh can imagine that Richard lost no time in putting on his dressing gown 6?rtta?out S He was just in time to see the man going through the door in tT;^stoSSde ° U The man Carried a huge hag and a parcel, and seemed very something,” said Richard, and furtively he followed, keeping well in the shadows.