THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1934.
The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY
DEGIN HERE TO-DAY
VALLITO, a hard on youth, become fuzillys when he flees from Flotis to Cube with BEAU and LOTTIE, two thieves, follow Inga manerade party at the home of rich JIM PIELU. Ben has killed TED JEFFRIES, one of Held's slegte, and stolen the Jeffries pontis. Pablite does not know this, or that He himself a scouerd of the crime. Its be Bollaves incorrectly) that blow from his for has hiled a man and that this fact axles him forever from ESTELLE FIELD whom he bree
And who loves hias,, NORRIS NOYTA, who befriended Pablito as child. Be also is fugitive, wanted for a crime year
before.
KANCIA TREADWAY knows Pablito is in nocent but fears scandal if she tells the truth. She goes in Havana, hoping to find l'ablito
there.
Meanwhile 810 AUBREY, Ulled English- man and l'abillo's father, begins a acurch for his son.
pro many in all my life! They're men.
swell, aren't they?"
"I don't mean
KATHARINE
TAYLOR
There wore
oak
"La Mirasol, Senor," the, driver and a tiled flour. Pablito had wandered to the repeated. The car leaned toward toothpicks in a blue glass near
doorway leading A moment lator alia went on, wide
into the Pablito as he get one foot on the the register
on the yellow And do you notice the way the narrow street. He turned sudden-stop but righted itself when he desk. A vase in which Havana's were off, sweet DUACS wero mercilessly Lottie aniffedly and moved to Benu's side. "I'm was Inside, Then they earth smells?"
The car sped through the streets crowded stood close to
truy s deeply, and Pablito, following her going out for a while," he said.
"Are you dead aure about that?" with that speed which always Ink-spattering pens. On the wall example, found the turmoil of his
amazes and terrifies newcomers to lack of the desk with a flamboy spirit to be a little quieted. Cuba, Beau asked menacingly, he thought, was a wonderful land. Yes. You can't stop me and Havana, taking sharp corners on antly-coloured chrome of the Vir- How Estelle would love all this! It will go hard with you if you two wheels, bearing down menacin and Child with an advertising ingly upon other cars and then poster near by. Between these. Pablito, thinking this, drew away try from Lottie. She sat hurt and
is that so? Say, you stopping abruptly just as collisionfastened to the wall by pins that chilled. But with time, she de- needn't get so ugly."
Reemed inevitable. Once atopped, had grown rusty, were unclaimed to be ugly, but it seemed to throb impatiently until letters. Some of them had been
to clear.
there 10 years; others only eight. cided, she could win him. She
the way was
four or two, would work for that and nothing I'm going to go where I please."
"Try to give us the slip," Beau
The walls that so often Корне Benu then and threatened, and you'll wish you She turned to
Pablito waited. The proprietor shoulder. hadn't. Soo? And we can do it. abruptly from the narrow streets laid her head on his
know had a look of age and of utter was occupied with the cutting of Beau slipped an arm around her, too! Me and Lottle, we
Rolidity. Once Pablito saw a girl his finger nails. "Senor, but a patted her upper arm and yawned, how,"
Pablito nodded shortly and turn-leaning over a grilled iron balus-short moment," he said. Pablito
trade and below her a man, his waited longer. widely.
ed toward the door.
head lifted. Snatches of Bong Then the man moved toward Outside Havana was breathing came to him, sweet in themselves less quickly than it did by day. A but with sweetness increased by him and Pablito, in a voice that trembled in spite of his best in- breeze from the water fluttered the soft blackness of the night, by tentions, described Norris Noves. hend Beau engaged rooms for the trio those awnings that had not been that marvellous stage setting which The proprietor shook his An unusually severe jolt prent La Florida, a hotel in the old raised at nightfall and groups of ts Havana and by the city's per solemnly and called his daughter, from vented T immediate
came running of Havana, young Cubans stood here and there vasive feeling of light-hearted, Marin, who
the kitchen. She heard the tale Then Pedro turned, smiling and and crowded section
facing the narrow and famous on the narrow pavement, swinging thrillingly romantic happiness.
"If one were even half happy and shook her head also. No, they letting the car take its coure street of small shops that is known canes or leaning on them, staring If nothing happened to the Interior of the vehicle, Pedro said, if theys Obispo. Lottle went to her lazily and awaiting "the adven-it would charm." Pablito thought had seen no such gentleman. And God knew them to be apênking room at once and Beau, seemingly ture."
the truth. wholly at ease and only casually interested, settled
CHAPTER XVII
The ancient automobile moved
Sho'd get Pablito, Lottle vowed forward in a manner suggesting
again, her head on Bean's shoul- the gait of a startled jack-rabbit.
"How long will it take to reachder. She closed her eyes then to Havana Pablito asked Pedro, ay an intense prayer. the driver.
did
answer.
I not hit anything and God being willing, they should reach Invana In four hours or less.
into
Rent, looking more frightened than at any time before, groaned aloud and petitioned heaven for help. He did not know what Pedro had said. He only knew this was one helluva ride."
Lottie, sitting between Beau and Pablito, slipped her hand Pablito's. He let it rest there. The more he saw of the girl the more he pitied her. Moreover he was lonely. At length her hand dropped to his shoulder, bouncing up again at every jolt in the road. Pablito slipped his arm around her shoulders.
"You're one of us now," she told him.
"I guess I am." he ngrend mis erably.
"Honey, look at the stars," Lot- le sald suddenly: "I never seen
in
Cars Herc
talking of "the vacuum cleaner or thick-trunked, big-leafed vine.effect and where the salt water got those whom she saw. No, no!
game.
heavily. Large, handsome motor
La Mirasol proved to be a tawdry followed ramshackle ones. A deep,
They had had few American leather-covered chair in the lobby and there above heaped atones or hostelry near the docks where to look over the situation.
molded concrete Pablite, walking, houses and buildings thinned to guests that season. Maria had an never for- much less picturesque excellent memory and Two Amorleans sat near him, saw the foliage of some tropic tree present
not imagined that They rolled their thickHe had
any erept into the night air. leaving itThey had seen no such gentleman. Pablito fold the chauffeur l'abilto forgot eaution and asked to the states could damp. cigars from one side of their land ku close
the mouths to the other and they seem so far from it, so entrancing to wait for him and went into the for Noyes by name. Again
heads shook. Marin opened the vlees rose offensively loud. ly foreign and so pulaing with a place.
He found himself in a big room thirk register, displaying its grimy Nong of Fich's friends, Bleau wholly Latin gaiety. But the soft-
stucco wall
(Continued on Page 10.) realized as he had before, were news of the air, the laughter he with a high ceiling, at all
and the inviting glances likely to come here. They heard would choose hotels where the from deep brown eyes only mocked poorest food in Havana is served him. condescendingly and at the largest prices, Yes, he and Lottie and Parque Central and here signalled Pablito were safe! Comfortable the driver of an automobile that and free from anxiety, he let his he judged to lie for hire. The mind wander. He imagined Lot-automobile had lace curtains at tie could in less than 10 minutes its windows, lace on the backs of remove from the vacuum cleaner the acats and vase holding shiesmen their gold cigar chiters arazingly red paper flowers.
"La Mirasol," Pablito ordered. and Eghters. He smiled a little,
He reached the edgo
his eyes on the unsuspecting sales-stępping in.
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