THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHL TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1934.
The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY
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PADLITO, handwine 17-7mralt youth. works at the palmtimi Florida home of million.
JIM FIELD.
The sun of itled Englishmen and a servant girl, Pablito kouws nothing of his parente. When 8 years old he ran away
ANDELA, the hearifess old crune In
Field's not goin' to count nis "Scotch," Pablito anawered. He friends. The help will all be hang-drained his glass,
responding.
KATHARINE
HAVILAND TAYLOR
and tell Norris there was nothing to worry about. -------
pictures on calendars. Her portmore loudly. "How are they goin' "No, there's no others that I know, night he would hurry to the swamp face was round and her features to get you? You turn up, one of of. What'ull you have?" were regular. Her dark, abundant 20 or 50 women In Spanish rigs. hair was curied too thickly; thero was mascara matted on her lashes and too much colour on her checka. She sat on a log with her short, thick hands clasped around her knees and because of this Noyes the Florida hone knew she was a stranger. An in-up. It's so damned simple It's Pablitz sees Fatele and almost at once faiminte noquaintance with swamps En Joy with ber a guest at the Field does not invite one to sit upon
from Adown left fince then he he. The with NORRIS NOYES, & mysterious
Individual who has seen better days.
Plaid's estranged wite and their daughter, ESTELLE, rive at
TED JEFFRIES,
home stage his mat at the lend where logs. Pabille and Nayes live and recognises Nupes. Lalor he tulh his with Nores i wanted” by police for murder years bators and that he is going to report it.
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In the small, musty, B-lit shop! he found but two costumes and, since one would have made him a clown, Pablito selected the one that would make him a torendor.
In' around the edges of the place.pleasantly to its contents by a hopin' to see what's goin' on. If warmth which spread slowly over anyone ketches you dofii' It you him. Setting the glass down, he can say you're powderin-fixin' realized how deeply he had been stirred by the thought of lunger crime! And the same with me. for Norris,
"Wrap it up in a hurry, will That Jeffrice fellow is going as
you?" he asked almost feverishly. a Toreador and we're not so much
"Another?" Bantum questioned."1 haven't much time different in build. We won't stay until they unmark and-"
"No. One's enough for me." He went to the swamp in a mo
tor-driven bont which he had to Bantum considered saying some- quit where the water was knee- She broke in with some potulant, thing Jocular about Pablito's fos-deep. Noyes canoe had edged in low-voiced objection. Then, as tor-father's manner of drinking further. Pablito trad the soft they-forgot caution and began to and then thought better of it. Pab-water-bottom as lightly as he could, quarrel loudly, Noyes crept away to had a punch that was like the a wary ear cocked for the rough Fortunately Pablito never went kick of an irate mule and two sound of an alligator who moves to the camp at night, Noyes re-things, never failed to arouse him. ponderously but swiftly. He had One was any disparaging mention been at the camp before the ser- growth that brings the eariness of to-morrow night. How often I told flected. Othorwise he might be. Smith and the other was ill vants' dinner and everything there
treatment of a child.
Pabilia selle Hayes to hide in the waing and promises to meet him there that night.
CHAPTER VII
The swamp was a place of low growing trees from which hung Florida mons-the gray, ghostly
a moonless, wind-haunted night in- to the brightest of noons. Some times there were fugitives there and always there were snakes.
Noyen shivered, pushing in among the trees with a blunt prowed canoe. The feared the place but to-night a stronger fear made It Ranctuary.
No one could track, him here. He knew the swamp as few knew it and a canoe left no acent for dogs. Perhaps even now at Bantum's they were watching for him. He re membered, with a cold clutch as his heart, having snubbed Jeffries for telling, at a club they both fre- quented, not too pleasant story of a woman they both knew. He wondered whether Jeffries remem- bered.
A man, short and stocky and also dark, stopped into the clearing from a spot that was opposite Noyes.
"Where you been?" the girl asked petulantly.
"I thought I heard aumpla." "I wish to God we could get out hore.
Look here, girl, we'll be moving you that anyway? I ain't so stuck on the place myself but do you hear me bawling about it?"
"No but we can't all be like you, darling."
"Shut up."
planned if Noyes could not in some suspected of the theft that was
way through Pablito forestall the plan's maturing.
Something stirred in the under- growth to slither over the ground For a moment they were quiet; and slip without sound into a pool the man standing and looking of stagnant water. Noyes forgot down at the small fire, the girl's that which he heard, to remember eyes, too, held by it. She broke only his waiting. Perhaps now, at the
allence. "I don't like them this very instant, Pablito at Ban- Spanish riga anyways," she said. tum's was hearing the fact that a search was on for Norris Noyes.
"Sny, what's. the matter with you?" the m asked roughly. Haven't I tole you about 40 of Field's gang has picked on 'em
"That don't make me like 'em no better."
"It makes it safe." "I don't like it."
"My God, Lottie! Don't get one "Even if he does I don't regret | of your nervous streaks," the man It," Noyes said to himself.
petitioned. "You know what they
Bantum did not know of any- one being looked for except a girl called Lottie who had escaped" from a reformatory on Indder she had made of two sheets, her night gown and the matron's best apron.,
Lottle's carver, Bantum said, as he leaned across the bar had been
Presently he discovered that do to me before a Job. If you keep deep in the swamp some one had your head there's no reason why something flerce." She had stolen lit a fire. A faint glow from it we shouldn't clean up enough to to an extent that would have land- came through the dense under-put us on easy street. Look hereed any man in Sing Sing for brush and the curtains of seeming--I've studied all the sides of it!
ly dend, yet ever-growing mess. And what could be easier-?" Noyes would see who hud B the Bre after he had tied and hidden his canoe. It would be just as well to know who else was here and it would also help to put in the time. Pablito was always thorough, and that meant he would be slow. Soves nerves were at such a slaic that inaction was torture.
"You're talking pretty loud, Beau
"Well, who's to hear me?" he answered angrily but he lowered his voice and Noyes could hear no more than an isolated word Di
two, rising harsh and clear from the rough whisper.
tell you Honest
He had made his way very cau- "Oh, all right!" she said at tiously within 50 feet of the fire.length and loudly, "but hidden by the thick brush, when I don't want go up again! he halted. From where he stood, to God. I'd rather die!" when the moving ir stirred the drooping leaves, he could are a girl who was pretty in the fashion of
"My God, who's anyin' you're goin' to go up?" he answered, far- getting caution and speaking even
long poriod. But the jurors were mon and Lottie had cried piteously
she looked at them and she hnd been sent to the reformatory. which evidently did not suit her fancy as a home for even the short time she was to serve.
curling lashes and gray eyes. And She had dark, hair, dimples,
there was a big reward out for the man or woman who found her.
"Here's her picture," said Ban- tum as he handed Pablito a printed bulletin.
"Any other rewards out?" Pab- lito questioned. "I need money." "We all do." Bantum answered.
had been an calm as it was in the mornings when the servante sat waiting calls for black coffee.
Out in the open Pablito drow a deep breath. It was all right! Aftor he had stopped for one short second in a shop where he coulltain, rent a costume for the following
No one there, Pablto felt cer-
had heard anything.
(To be Continued.)
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