THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1934.
The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY
DEGIN. HERE TODAY
PARLITO, * handsome 17-yearold youth, works at the palatial Ports, home of mil Jonaire JIM FIELD,
alightly velled contempt and assur ance, as well as his good looks, In- terested her. He had rather put
**How?"
by KATHARINE HAVILAND-TAYLOR
matter u to Field.
"Oh. I knew that or I think about this turning her face toward the opent thing, the bounder! The only gen- did: Allco-" Therese called, He'll advise you. He knows every-
Teta to-night."
placo is that Pablite boy."
The son of titled Engliadman and a werf Jeff down and that pleased her too, think I live alone. If they over doorway. "I'll have the green tat-tleman within 10 miles of this
vant girl, Pabilite knows huthing of his parents. When 8 years old he ran away from ANGELA, the heartless oil crone in whose cars he wag, ball, Blues then he has lived with NORBIS NOYES, a mysteriou individual
days.
ESTELLE. KYTI A
who has seen better site and their daughter. Fablitu sert Zatelle and sinust at once fails the Florida home. daughter he is planning a masquerade party
in love with her. Be hears Plaki - tell hi
*th her bonour.
A motor, boat stop at the land where
Noves and Pablito ilva and Noyes sets man he krew years before in the hole terrified because he is sure the man
Ja
recognised him lao.
CHAPTER VI
From outside Noyes heard the sound of a balky motor and then Pablito speaking of seaweed and the best course back. Evidently Pablito knew Jeffries; evidently Jeffries was at Field's comp.
"The servants will gabble. They Marcia Troadway had been hearing hear anything that makes them: a number of things that afternoon | think I ison't I'll know about 11.” that had been bitter to listen to. "He might go to the police."
Yeara boforo she had laughed rather sneuringly at "young empfind out about that. They'll be in "I'll go down to Bantum's to ties, she had succumbed to it. Now, been there if they're notified."" tion." Then, in her middle thir-
to Bantum's to ask whether you're realizing that she had been a fool (and looking at the man in the end of the boat as she realized this), she knew she must learn to laughi all over again at "young emotion." It would not be easy,
Marcia, in spite of all her money, felt that she had had "rather a raw deal."
"And now shall we start home, Jeff?" she asked. She added, drawing, "I am rather bored with you, I'm afraid-
He
Pablito watched them off. The job of repairing the engine had seen the couple flaunting their look aomo time. To Noyes itfair at the canip and noticed the. scored an hour. Pablito reckoned indifference of Therese Jeffries, it as a half hour when Jeffries held who was Jeffries' wife—an indiffer- out to him a silver dollar.
ence Pablito, fell was caused by pride.
The youth fished In his pocket. "I got 60 cents an hour at Mr. Field's camp," he said. "I've only worked for you half an hour.
"Nonsense." Jeffries answered. "I prefer to be paid. for what I Thank you just the same." do. Pablito gave a turn to the engine and it hummed. "She'll run now," he said pointedly,
Noyes was stili cowering in the
shadow when Pablito entered the nhack. "Have they gone"? whispered.
"He knew me—"
he
Pablito turned abruptly from the stove where he had been trying to Jeffrics closed it off almost vio-rescue the bacon. iently.
"Your attitude is somewhat different here from at the camp.' he commented acidly.
"I am not arranging Mr. Fickl's awings now," Pablito answered.
The tall, hard-faced young woman who sat at the end of the bont was staring fixedly at Pablito. His a combination
Manger,
"That fellow-knew me," Noyes went all.
"Is he at the camp?"
"Yes." "He could have me sent to prison -or worse-if he told of having seen me,"
Pablito set the coffee pot on the table." find out whether he of only tells ho sald,
"How will you do it without let- ting Bantum know I'm here 7"
Bantum talks,"
"Well, it was Noyes who mur-
looking for him. And that boy dered her; that's all. It was 20 years ago and the police are still you think is so good-looking-Pab lito, isn't he?-lives with Noyes."
"I fall to
sure."
see why that fact
"You don't see 7
Look here-i I don't report this it makes me a criminal for siding Noyes in his evasion."
"I thank you, my dear. You une always charming.
"Is he, the son of this Noyes?” "I suppose so." "Illegitimate?"
"Must be. His wife never di- vorced him: She was a Callender.” "Really? The Charleston Callen-
: "Yes," now. Ted, will you get out? Since my dressing no longer Interests
"Odd I do remember the affair,
you I hardly Bee--"
"I manage. You know how should heighten one's blood pres-ders" "Yes, but "You clear out this evening," Pablito Interrupted. "Then if any place deserted.
here they'll find the
Go as I can-just as soon as I know swamp and I'll meet you as soon things are all right."
Noyes nodded.
one comes
over to tho
4
stated evenly, "but you have been cross, Theresa?"
"You are a criminal," Therese "Do you always have to be so mado so by indulging your own in- He left her and she heard the elinations and not from shielding slam of the door opening to his A little later Pablito said anxi- janyone else!"
room. Alice, with the green taffeta Dusly. "you're not eating." He bad) not eaten much himacii.
He spoke then quickly, and heat-xewn over her arm, found her mis- edly and as he spoke she struggled her eyes closed and a frown be- tress relaxed on the chaise longus, "I guess I'm not hungry." Noyes up from her half-prostrate poal-tween her brows. Alles would have tion. “I wouldn't mind your pen something to tell the servants at chant for other women so much,' Jeffries did speak of seeing ahe broke la, "if you didn't always she laid out the fragile garments. dlanet that night, she reflected, as Noyes. He lounged into his wife's come back in such a bad mood. She had always known that Pablito boudoir and dropped by a window get very bored by that, Ted—”. looking out at the gen. "ind an
"My God!" odd experience this afternoon," he began without further Introduction,
answered.
•
Treadway 7" she asked in a chilly "You were flahing with Marcia
tone.
"Yen-hauled into I."
"Pour persecuted lamb!" Therese yawned and stiffted her position. The boredom she had tried to ex- press in a synthetic yawn was not in her eyes; she watched him nar rowly.
"The experience?" she prompted at length and as casually as she could.
"Well," he began, "we ran toward Key West after we'd shed and
A maid appeared and Therese looked up. She, sald quickly. "It's only Alice. Go on."
Alice disappeared into the and joining room to assemble hér mis- tresses evening chrysalis,
Therese heard her husband speaking of fishing and engine trouble and a small island and then of someone he enlled "Norris Noyes." "And I swear I saw him," he ended with some excitement.
"What of it?" she questioned with languor that was not as- sumed.
"My Lord, don't you remember *hat case?"
"No."
"The Noyes-Martell case?" "No."
"But you knew Josle Martell!" ""An actresa, wasn't she?"-
"Yes. Well, did you or did you not know that she was murdered?"
"If you don't know what to dol
WILH
"half a gentleman" anyway and now she could prove it. (To be Continued.)
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