THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPII. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934.
The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY
CHAPTER XLV
Marela loft Pablito in a mood that was a mixture a relief and the utmost bitterness. All these years he had been suffering for a crime he had not committed.. Suffering loneliness and hopeless ness and the loss of the one girl in the world he loved. All then
"Of course I do, Lottie," he saldness. dully, "I'm a lucky chap and I
know it."
"You'll never know how I love You, Pablo. Never!"
me,
KATHARING HAYILAND-TAYLOR
underthings of orchid, peach and when with him. An airy "My "What's wrong?" the okler man sapphire chiffon. Collecting this dear," was one of her favourites. asked.
finery, she came as close to hap-It sounded old as she leaned for- “If's" nothing that can be piness ns she had been since ward to say. "Honest to God, my changed," Pablito assured him. "I Pablito had asked her to marry dear
"You're awfully good to wouldn't even bother you about it him. Sometimes, in the nights Noyes pitied the girl deeply but but you know I've always told you Lottic woke with tears on her was distracted at the thought of Lottie."
"Good? Kiss me, honey. Oh everything For a moment he cheeks. Pablito was not happy, her becoming Pablito's wife.
pressed the letter in his pocket, she know. Well, she vowed in her not like that!"
What If he should drop his arms then abruptly his hand dropped. bravest mood, she'd make him no, and say, "I can't go through with He had no right to press that letter But at other times she realized aho "What's the matter, honey boy?", Lotile! I can't!" What would nor feel a shaken and ecstatic did not know how to make him
happen then? He had not known warmth as he touched it. He must happy. she would be so demanding for write. Estelle and tell her he was
year-
Lottle como into
the room.
she demanded carressingiv.
"Nothing."
that.
be so hard.
She wont to La Merced a good
He said one morning after Lettic had lost her temper and thrown a
up of ten at the fast disappearing servant, "Pabilto, you can't marry that girl!""
"But I'm golug to," Pablito said
"You look it! Beau's gone-"demonstrations of affection. He engaged to be married. To write doni those days. The church apgrimly, "I owe her a lot," he add- had not known that pretence could her that after she had told him pealed to her and warmed her a more gently, "and she cares for Pablito looked up quickly, at
she loved him as much as she little as the struggled to be near me. Besides, I've already asked could love anyone)
that embracing, comforting Some- "Decided ho needed a change of
"A man named Billings sent a one who was apoken of ho caslly her. The thing's done." uir," Lottle added lightly.
"Things can be undone." "Did you listen to what we were
note to you." Noyes said, "but I and often as "God." forgot it. I left it on the bureau And here among the women who saying he demanded. She an
propped before the glass but I was a nonchalant, easy, wwered with
No excited" "Sure."
"I wasn't going to give Beau away," Pablito sald, frowning.
"Oh, he know that," she an- wered, "but that woman who was here might any time. See 7"
"Yes, I see--"
',
Estelle wrote Pablito that eve- ing. She had to send the letter by post because there was no chauffeur now to carry messages, She wrote:
"Dear Pablito: It is good to write your real name without fear. Marcin has told my father and me what she has told you, too. I am so glad for you. I have not for long while been so gind about any thing. He pulled himself up wearity and
"I want to see you and wonder moved toward the doorway open-whether you will want to come to ing on the balcony. Everything i nee me. his life had come too late. If since we have met but, remember- It has been a long time. Marcia Treadway bad told the ing our hours together as I have truth a few years earlier nothing in the world could have kept him so keenly since being here, I feel that-o I don't know. I can't from marrying Estelle. Now--
express it. "Let's go over and see what they're doin' on
the house this afternoon," Lottle suggested. "If you like," he agreed, "Say, if you don't want go, just say so Nobody's going to make
you to (1."
just a
"I want to all right.. I'm little tired. I guess,"
"Do you love me, Pablo? Love me a little bit, uh?
"I've asked you to marry me Lottle."
Her fate clouded).
hurt you horribly, I know. Perhaps If I had been stronger would have seen some way to nvold doing that. But I want to tell you now that I love you as much as I can ever love anyone and I will to-Estelle." marry you if you still want me
Pablito rerend the note slowly, his eyes blurred by the dizziness that had awept over him as he read it the first time. Then the ser- vant appeareil at the top of the stairs and behind her Pablite saw
"I know I'm not very demonNorris Noyes! strative," he admitted. Sorry."
"I'm For a moment Noves paused; then he moved forward with a "You ain't much good at pre-weak, groping "Pahifto!" lendin," she said harshly. But he thought he was a little better at pretending than she knew.
"Be a little patient with me, will you, Lottle? he asked, not quite steadily,
But even her love for him could not teach her patience. Soon Lot- tie was crying and he was obliged
Pablito clung to Noyes', hande. The two made the small meaning- less comments people make when emotions are loo great to be ex- pressed by words. lito anid, "I have never needed you At length Pub
so inuch as now—“
And even Noyes, in his humble-
to comfort her and pretend someness, could believe that. Pablito
more.
"You do love me, don't you?" she said, mopping her eyes and click- ing back the last of her sobs.
was thin. His eyes were tired and
his lips were set to that grim line which tells of a vast determina-
"We'll get it when we get your things," Pablito said. He put an arm around Noyes, stooped shoul- dera and for a short moment forgot that things had a way of coming to him too late,
There was no answer to that. knelt with devout eyes on the altar Presently Noyes went on, "I've Lottie would sometimes pray ar- heard that you cared for Jim dently in her own manner; God, Field's daughter."
I haven't gone so very straight "I still do," Pablito let himself hut, honest, I promise you if you'll say.
"Then you're not being fair to Just give me this chance
her to Lettie"
She liked Noyes and called him a "good old scout," but his eyes, no they rested on her, were too Lottie was assembling her trous-frankly appraising for her comfort, scau-gaudy frocks and fragile She
affected little mannerisms
"I'm sorry." Pablito shook his head. "I can't talk about it. Ba- sides, it's all settled.”
(To Be Continued.) ·
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