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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1934.

The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY

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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

He walked slowly through the Pablito, a handsome 17-year-old youth, worker trees toward the alde entrance, at the palatial home of millionaire turning now and again with the

FIELD, When Field's daugbler, ESTELLE arriere he falls in love with her almost as ungry hope of one more glimpse of her. Then, unrewarded, he left Eden. Outside in the midst of a little group he saw a man with bitterly set ilpa and a child with one check gaghed. There were tears on that chook and on the other, too.

Pablito known nothing of his parenia... Utled Engilabman and a servant gizi. As a child he ran away, from ANGSLA, the beat leus uld drone in whose care he was left Alne then he has lived with NORRE NOYER, Wanted by iglice for a murder year before.

*TED JEFFRIES, » quert at the Field or aces Nozes and recognises him. Noyes Seve to the swamp where he overhears a man and

alsh

#iri planning to rob the Field home during

party the followin Pabilia de Noyes money to go to itavats and promless to meet him there later.

Pablito, diroleed toreadof, row to the masquerade to talk to Estelle Thers to

- tender, youthful love scene between them.

CHAPTER XI

One of the servants, sent to look for Estello, found her with a tall young man in the costume of torcador. Mr. Field, the servant reported, had been hunting for his daughter and wished to see her.

Estelle answered that she would come immediately and the servant again?" she

turned to go.

Will I део you naked Pablito, rising.

"I'll have to go before they un-

mask," he told her,

She gave him a small gold heart she had found in a hollow orange that bad been tossed to her earlier that evening by n magician guarding a particularly fruitful tree.

"Do you say such nice things to everyone an you have said to me?"

she asked falteringly, "I've never said then before and I won't again--until I can say them to you."

"I want you to come back." "You don't know how much want to!"

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Fablito stopped. With a rush he saw Angela once more and the darkness of the hut. Fear and Pain gripped him. The man turned and gave a short order to the child who skulked after him in the manner of a dog used to kicks. Pablito followed, overcome with anger and forgetful of his strength. The child set up a low wail. The man turned and struck her across the head with a stick.

"Stop!" Pablito ordered loudly, thickly. The man struck again.

The rest happened swiftly There was a flash of motion as Pablito sprang forward. A mo- mant later he looked down at his feet into even that were widely and is in the moonlight. He stopped, laid his hand on pronae-stiffened shirt and over heart that was still. He stood erect again, gasping, and looked both ways. The child had scampered away.

"

"

Don't

"No."

KATHARINE

„TAYLOR

"All right. But give us away and we'll send you up for life...

"I won't give you away," Pablito promised.

(To Be Continued).

TRAIN WRECKED

He heard himself answer, "Yes." (you want? I'm soft, about kids man went on, "Not in your line,

"Well, get busy or go overboard." myself, stranger. I know how you huh?" the heavy voice said next. "You felt. But you need a medal for can take your choice. I mean what what you did not stripes. I say and I'm armed--and you're you know they'd send you, up for not. See?"

life or maybe swing you? You're There was a glint of light on pretty young for that. All your the short revolver that was turned life, as you might say, aheads you." Pablito looked down at his on him. Pablito maved, sick and unsteady from the blow he still twisting hunds but did not answer. Suddenly the other men laughed felt, toward the engine. Suddenly he knew the boat way Field's fastest harshly. "Bay, Lottie," he said, gahdamndest? motor boat, the "Silver Dart," in "ain't this the which he had taken Field and hle Beggin' a guy to save his own life!"

She nodded slowly! riding so often. daughter

He tinkered

with

ith the engine

Pablito shifted. He had sudden. which his captor had choked. At ly remembered Noyen. Noyes need Ipat, after fow uncertainly ed him, would probably starve with spaced chokes and pults, it came to out him. And Noyes, hiding from iffe. Pablito turned to find the re-something or sonicone as he, volver still levelled on him,

Pablito, must now hide, was waiting "We got some talkin' to du," for him in Cuba. Hablito folt the sold the other man. "Head for smart of tears in his eyes and Cuba and go there a hellin', see? growing cramp in his throat. We'll talk as we move. And if you want to try any funny tricks on me, just try 'em-"

The girl Interrupted, "Aw, take that run offa him. It ain't no enay to talk, Beau, with a gun trained on you. Besides he ain't armed." She looked at Pablito as she stopped speaking.

"Where'd you put your loot?" the man demanded of Pablito.

"What do you mean?" "Say, none of that! The voice became rougher. The eyes rowed and the lips set in a twisted

nar-

Some one was coming, a short, stocky man wearing the costume, of a toreador. This newcomer sneer. "Look here, stranger," the j paused and his shadow fell across man went on, leaning forward, “you the road in the sliver of the moon and me and my little pard here all light. "What's up?" he asked. know you pulled off a cold killin' to-

"I guess I've killed him-"

night.

I can send you up it 1 Pablito answered.

wantn. I can make you turn this boat around and head for Key Went and then I can turn you over to the police."

"Try some water on him before you decide," the torendor advised. "Is there any water around here?" He wondered why she lingered,

Pablito plunged through the fuco raised. And because the sight fringe of fir trees and the nigh of that face was so tempting he said followed. Look here" he be- quickly, a little unsteadily, "I supgan loudly. pose we shall have to go back now Pabilito half turned. He knew to your party."

he had been hit before he lost conaciousness,

She agreed equally unsteadily. "Yes, I suppose wa must—”

But he d kiss her hands ascoin. one after the other, and then left ber. Soon the guests would remove

their masks.

He watched her disappear, Clumsily, for one of usually skilful hands, he tied the small heart in the corner of a handkerchief and thrust it in his belt. Doing this, he discovered that his dagger was

gone.

He remembered a short, stocky man also in toreador costume who and brushed against him as he threaded his way through the crowd Beside Estelle. Perhaps the Lostling had dislodged the dagger with the keen blade. Pablito thought it did not matter much although he would have liked to have it and keep it, remembering that Estelle had heki-it-in-her- hands. He would rather kiss those hands than any other woman's lips.

When he became aware of life

again he looked up rather dazedly at a sky twinkling with trillions of stars. Then he became aware of the rocking of a bont.

A girl was bending over him, A moment later she sat back, erect. still looking down at him. "He's coming to. Benu," the girl said.

"Can you run a boat?" Pablito heard a harsh, heavy volce asking.

"Go ahead."

"Watcha mean? Gettin' funny, nin't you?"

"I meant to give myself up," "Like hell you did! Say, looka here whatja lay him out for any way?"

Pablito explained with. fair steadiness as his lips grew dry and his nostrils pinched on the acrid scent of the salt water.

com-

The man listened to Pablito's tale and then laughed suddenly, "You're a queer bozo," he mented sneeringly. "Kill a man who'd oughta been killed before he was born and then you're willin' to do time for it! Is that what

The man was speaking now more carelessly. "You keep galet about our gettin off and we'll say See?" nothin' about meetin' you.

Yes." "Decided to live after all, have

you?"

"Yes,"

"You can work with us. We're goin' to comb the big hotels in Cubi

Pabilto did not answer and the

BANDITS KILL TWO

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Harbin, Apr. 1. Bandits have torn up a section of Chinese Eastern Railway track and wrecked an eastbound freight train thirty miles west of Kuling, according to reports received to-

day.

The band, lying in Ambush, fired on the train after it was wrecked. and finally overpowered, disarmed and took prisoner the military guards.

Two of the guards wore killed the in the fight which followed crash, who they attempted to drive off the bandits by returning and thoir Are. Many guarde bandits were wounded.

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