Farjeon: Mystery on the Moor

Mist and mystery, and not a little romance— Some instinct took Dennis Shale from the fireside of his holiday inn out on to the moors, against his own better judgment and the advice of his landlord. Perhaps it was just the knowledge that Angela Weston was out there alone, snapping her fingers at the lowering clouds. His instinct was indeed a good one, for the girl needed help badly just then. She lay with a broken ankle, unable to move, and not likely to be found in the thickening mist. Dennis succeeded in getting her to the shelter of a barn, and then went in search of a house he had caught a momentary glimpse of through the grey. He reached the gate only to be met by an old man with a revolver—a lunatic or a criminal, or perhaps merely an eccentric—Dennis could not say. But the old man’s bark was decidedly worse than his bite, and he agreed that Miss Weston be brought to his home till assistance could be found. Dennis returned to the barn—but Angela was gone! About Mystery on the Moor was published in 1930.