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THE
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MONDAY, APRIL
16, 1934.
The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY
CHAPTER XXIII
always had fair trials,
KATHARINE
HAVILAND-TAYLOR
tioned, after his nod which ad-with the gay tourists who were; at Bantum's.
brag of bargains One unusually cool May nightmitted he knew that Lestor was going home to
in lacca and fans or of their luch Within a month Marela Tread-they sat before a fire in the draw-married. way boarded a boat for New York,
at gambling. having found Rie "rather stupid.ng room of Marcia's home. She
Anid, leaning forward,
J, Back in New York, she took u Tony-even if everyone thought a residence in the brown stone house man guilty, they wouldn't execute. that had been left her by an aunt him immediately, would tnswered. the same aunt who had left Marcia
"That depends,”
Hee my
As Noyca studied the two men Sir Aubrey was saying to his cum panion, "First of all, of course, we must find this Angela."
The
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u legacy so large that it was herald-] "Law is, to some extent, a matter nephow charming, isn't it?-was inga whom he called Bill was not Christian to speak ill of
ed in newspaper headlines.
Usually when she returned home Marcin decided frotfully that she must have the place "redone" and usually somo young decorator
of geography, There are places. where men take the law into their own hands. Sometimes lynchings, you know-
we have
She grew pale and ahrank back whore company she found, for a in her chair, hor hands, tightly Lime, amusing got the commission.
But on this home-coming Mar- gripping the arms.
clu had no such interests. Her Then she managed to hide her friends murmured that she was not perturbation. "What would you looking well and this stirred up do", she asked, "If you know a man the old story about. Ted Jeffries.to bo innocent but could not tell That affair, sald some of her sup how or why you know it?" posed friends, had "gone pretty far."
you
"I'd forget about it," he an swered casually,
Marcia gave a short, mirthless Marcia knew what was being
It sounded BO 18y but Asid and who was saying it but laugh. this knowledge did not matter as she knew it was far from easy.
The two It was impossible. once it would have..
"Tony," she said thon, with a things that mattered were her foel- ing of guilt, which was increasing change of tone, "that reminds me Instead of diminishing, and her of something else I wanted to ask about. 1 I want to locate a boy Fear for Pablito's safety.
During fitful periods of sleep of 18-or perhaps a year or two know how to she dreamed that a band of mask-older-and I don't
I want to keep the ed men were hanging Pablito and go about it. that she, screaming the fact of life matter secret."
Tony thought. of Marcia's Innocence, was struggling to reach the group while her lenden feet brother who had died in an asy- refused to move. She woke always lum to which, by the most vicious from this dream (which varied forms of vice, he had paid bik little in its repetition) bathed in grim entrance fee. cold sweat and trembling
"You know Lester was married"?
WNB
She began to thaw toward #she asked on sudden inspiration. young attorney who, with aundry Sho could pretend Pablito other men, had for a long while Lester's eon! Where Lester's wife added to her arrogance by u veiled was, she did not know, but she courtship of hor fortune. And assumed she could silence her on while she was with him she sound- the subject if she hail to,
"Do you know what country the ed him out about the treatment' of criminals and about whether they boy is liable to be in?" Tony ques
"Bantum's?" Angela's former neighbour repeated. Alas, Bantum "Cuba or South America. I rather think South America."
had gone to his rest oras some "Well," he said, "If you took
eald-his punishment. He had not been too good but then, the old the matter to the pallco
crone added hastily, who was? It "But I don't want to do that," she interrupted. "You
"That will be easy, the dead nor was it lucky. Pious- "he promleed.
ly she crossed herself.. caught thieving and sent to a re-enough."
Sir Aubrey drew a sigh of re "It will take some work, to formatory. lle escaped. Now I want to find him and give him an llef. He began to think of intro track this down," Billings ad- ducing Pablito nt Lower Girungsmitted to Sir Aubrey as they sat other chance."
"Ah-I boe. Well, doboctivon The boys resemblance of the fam a hotel lounge that was airless " she agreed, not lly might be mariced. Sir Aubres and hot. "It can't all be done in "I suppose Out with his re-longed to consult with Billing a day," he added as ho flicked the
happily. formatory record, is that safer about this, because the fact might seher from his cigar. Ho frowned
If he Wouldn't the detectives be working cause some dealty. Ah, with the pollon?"
could only arrange to introduce he spoke.
he "Doisbtless net," Sir Aubroy "Not if your case makes them the boy an his/ison-the soa. keep away from the police. With had always wanted--without hurt agreed. sufficient money, Marcia, almost ing anyonel Perhaps, in time, a
way would be found. When anv anything is possible."
"I have always thought.so, but one wanted something enough, S
Aubrey belleved, their wants were lately
She foll into a revery then and answered.
He opened his mouth to speak, thought of Pablito, the boy whose eyes had "onchanted" her. If she then thought better of it and fun could only find him he would be bled for his monocle which had utterly dopendent on her. She dropped to dangle on his tan, dou- was obscesed by this thought and ble-broasted waistcoat. Then ho of making him into a man of the inserted the monocle in the proper world. She would be very good to zono and murmured, "Charming hm; very, very good to him! weather! Quite refreshing, you
"I've spoken to you twice." know, after that ghastly heat!" said Tony.
"Oh, really 7 abe murmured with a lift of line arched brows, and n return to her old, languid insolence.
Ar
Noyes nodded, abstractedly. think," he said, "Pablito may have returned to our island."
•
'"I'll have to find the name of the man who undificially adopted the boy and where he is, if he's still
Billings alive. However," tone became brisk, "we still have hope t
(To de Continued.)
OBITUARY.
PIONEER OF MARGARINE INDUSTRY DEAD
London, Apr, 15,
The death of Jacob Van den Bergh has occurred.-Our On Correspondent.
It was the next day that they found Angela sunnlag herself on the church steps. She heard their errand through an Interpreter and The priest who had given the for few moments was silen shelter of his humble home to Then she agreed, with a gaan, that Norris Noyes salvaged enough she had the boy and that he was pennies from his poor box to send as a son to her.
Dying at the age of 86 after a Noyes to Key West. "You
At the moment, however, he
life packed with industry and com- He was working else running into the jaws of death. was absent. my friend," he warned.
where; she did not know exactly mercial enterprise, Jacob Van den "where. She, rose painfully, and Bergh, pioneer of the margarine product and father of twenty stlilly from, the steps, repeating children, was a sorry man. her story with many unnecessary
He was sorry because five years words and
unnecessary gestures. "She's lying," oald Billings previously ho had made what he he watched her narrowly. "Either always avarred afterwards was the He "Let me know how things go she wants to hide the boy front biggest mistake in his life. with
the priest petitioned. us or she decan't know where be had retired at the age of 80. A "And," he added, "you have min I'm going to find out about man should never retire from work,
this!"
he said. and was himself as pro- Prayers
"A few hours later Billings did portionately unhappy as he hnd And out about it. He learned from hitherto been busy. a woman who had been Angela's neighbour, but not her friend, that Angeln had abused the boy fright- fully and that years before he hud ran away. God in his merey alone knew wheret
"That is possible," the priest agreed.
"I must find him."
Deceased was twice married. His eldest son, Albert, is managing Director and Chairman of Van den Bergh's, and a Director of Unilever, Ltd., and other members of the
So Moyes started for Key West On the boat on which he trav elled Noyes noticed an Englishman whose monacle kept poppling from his eye to dangle on his waist coat. With him was a man whe appeared to b an American. They sat, throughout the entire day, talking cagerly or sunk into It was said that the boy had family have been and are amarlat- a ailence that was presccupied, keen "seen upon one of the Koysed with prominent business in- They seeme to contrast oddly in company with a man who drank terests in London.
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