Shem's Demise
Every autumn an old reprobate, tramp and scrounger, mysteriously known as Shem, drifts into the village of Long Gaisford. Kenny, a young boy, likes Shem. It''s not his fault that the well-meant tip he gives Shem should lead to disaster.
The local Detective-Superintendent of Police is within weeks of retirement; to him the demise of Shem revealed clearly as ''foul play'', is very bad news, especial...
Every autumn an old reprobate, tramp and scrounger, mysteriously known as Shem, drifts into the village of Long Gaisford. Kenny, a young boy, likes Shem. It''s not his fault that the well-meant tip he gives Shem should lead to disaster.
The local Detective-Superintendent of Police is within weeks of retirement; to him the demise of Shem revealed clearly as ''foul play'', is very bad news, especial...
