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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPHE

WEDNESDAY, APRIL

∙1934.

The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY

DELIN HERE TO-DAY –

PAULITO, a handsome youth, works at the palatial Plucida home of millionaire J1M FIELD. When Field's daughter, THTELLE

merizes Pablito Fafla in love with her,

Pabille knows nothing of his penting

titled Enalkahman and a servant girl, Hẹ makes his home with NORIUS NOYES, wanted for a murder years ago. Noyes fines when a guest of Field's, seen -ħlim and re- cognizes him. Pablito, drewed me a toren.

dor, kore son masquerade at Flaid's home to wer Intelle. Thera ke x Jender love scene be tween them).

The same night Pablito strikes a man he fine seen mistreating a child. He thinks the Ta dead, BFA and LOTTIE

* Eleven, pes this. The next thing Pabl|to knows he is in a motor boat with theto two. tienu has a gten and tella Palliin to head the boat for Cuba.

CHAPTER XIII

The sea was calm and Field had reason for his pride in the "Silver Dart." Soon Pablito saw what the man and girl beside him could not see an indent of water cupped between fagged rocks and leading upward to a deserted stretch of beach. Beyond the yellow sand was a deep green tangle of trople Jungle.

The

led to a small Improvised mast his broad scarlet sush,

"How are you going to get back?" Beau askeil.

"Swim and wade! guess." "Ain't there sharks around liere?"

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not my rout!"

the spot

the power on. They could not gu¡ At last he sat Lottle down on the

The cover of trees and dense much farther, he knew, but he beach, wiping his dripping brow wanted to be well out of the water | with n`shirt sleeve.

undergrowth protected them. On in which sharks might be swimm- Thanks for the buggy ride."

the beach Pablito saw fat lizards before he began to pilot the he heard and, looking down at her.

blinking their beady for four crew ashore.

managed to give her a wan smile,

eyes in the sun and a spider Inches across with red Again the boat struck a rock, "Hike for cover, kid," Beau or-

suppose to but what are we In the wood Pablito. pulled this time squarely under the prowdered. Rather stiffly and after a

undergrowth away from and so sharply that it vibrated warm glance at Pablito the girl going to do about. it 7" from the shock. Aguin Benu made her way up the precipitous "Say, you got your nerve!” that was high and dry and after benting It hard with his water- swore loudly; again Lottie made no beach toward the tangle of green. sound but her hands gripped one j Again 'Pablito and Beau waded. Pablito turned on a low speed soaked Ineket tok Lottie she another until her knuckles were pulled by underttiw and betrayed then and nosed the boat through might sit down. white.

rocks once more. When he by the changing levels of the sea the bed. At Inat they reached the was in the open at least he stopped rocking boat and found more to exhaust the gasolene and sense dificulties. How to get it into his direction. Then he started the the open was their problem. The craft, stepped quickly to the prow wash of the waves threatened to and leaped into the churning water. When he could think of any bring it back to cover."

thing except the struggle with the churning water and rocks he felt Beau's hand.

Pablito saw a natural channel ahead as he stepped out the time. If he could make it he could get within 100 feet of shore. Slowly, and carefully he posed the boat through an opening as Beau screeched high and shrill that he couldn't make It. Then Pablito turned off the engine to sit back. "All change at Manhattan June tion," Lottie said,

Beau stoud swearing which was bis way of showing that he was balked. Pablito, eyes on the boat, considered.

"All right!" Benu gasped, He "I'll take her out," he said at had swum out to meet Pablito, "We'll get you to shore and send length, put on a low power and "It's not much farther," he said the boat out, Beau said, eyes on hand her toward Key West. Ia moment later. Then Pablito, Lottle. Pablito rolled up his flared run out enough gasolene so that with a turn, found the uneven sen trousers, litting them in order to alte'll go only 10 or 15 miles, bed. At last they were wading. pull them high on his thighs. Then If she washea back it isn't driven and pulled and twisted by

the water, but making boadway. Then he stepped Into the water.kely it will be to this shore."

"Hell!" said Benu admiringly, Lottle, despite Beau's order, She smiled as she held out her arms carry you," he said to Lottle,

“We can string up a signal, stood on the beach, waiting for and he lifted her over the edge of Pablito went on, "that will; look them.

As if we had been calling for Honest to Gawd she said as the boat.

"Oh, baby!" she

He crawled into the boat they joined her, weak and heavy murmured help." "Turn it over and hope to Codecstatically as her arms tightened as he spoke. Working quickly, he with water, "Honest to Gawd that it'll drift to sen," Beau answered,round his neck. "That there Sir "It's a damn shame," the girl Walter Raleigh musta took lesson .muttered. "It's a swell bout !""

water was growing ahallow and the going was perilous, Pablito knew. Lottie and Beau quarrelled mildly, unaware of the danger. l'ablito turned the speed low. Loitie was saying, "What the hell are we goin' to do with this here Leviathan7"

"It wouldn't be so swell to br caught in it." Beau told her.

The boat scraped a rock and pined for a second, far tilted to one side. Lottle's eyes grew frightened but she made no sound; Heau swore; Pablito turned off the engine, stepped out on the rock, pushed the boat off and leaped Ick into it.

Once more he turned

"I'll

from you!"

It was a difficult fent, getting Lottie to land. She was heavy and the way was perilous. The rocks were slippery and the sands, wash. ed by the tide, were shifting and deceiving. The sun bent

down

fiercely and Beau swore as he fol Jowed. Once he fell and once Pablito slipped but he did not fail.

Bean settled to soliloquize wist- fully about his need for cigaretes, food and a shave. The water had paated his garments to him and Pablito saw that a lumpy bag hung on his chest, fastened with a cord about his neck.

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"We can't got going until it'a dark" said Beau. No one awered. He stretched out and soon was sound asleep, Lottie edged closer to Pablito. "You're a good sport," she said and her voice was almost soft.

"

The afternoon wore on and the heat of the sun began to diminish. One of those breezes which, strong or mild, seems to keep the undying foliage of Cuba constantly a-fluttor crept into the wood. Lottie, who had slept, stirred, sat up, stretched and rubbed her eyes. Pablito, who (Continued on Page 10.)

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