THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 11,
· 1934.
The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY
BEGIN HERE TODAY
PAULITO, & handsome youth, becomes fugitive when he flew from Pieride to Cuba with BEAU and LOTTIE, two thieves, foiluw Ing reang berade party at the home of rich JIM FIELD, has killed TED JEPR ons of Field's 'ruesis, and stolen the Jeffries peris. Tabita does not know this, or that he accused the critne. He believes incurrecti7) hat a blow from his hat has this feet exfies him forever from EXTELLE FIELD whom he In Havana he hopes to meet NOns NOTI, who befriended Pablito na chila. Nores a fogidre, wanted for crime years before.
lover and who loves him
MARCIA TREADWAY knows Pablo innocent but fears scandal if she tells the truth. Strom to Havana, hoping to find ..Pablity there
Meanwhile Hill AUDREY, titled English man and Pablito's father, brains a watch for
his son.
CHAPTER XIX
Sir. Aubrey's agent discovered the name of the ship's doctor on the bent on which Mary Marringe gave birth to her son. The doctor was
teeming with the excitement of "Lo, Kid," Beau answered and, ly, almost sadly, “It's God's truth, holiday. Shrill sounds crept up lounging against the door, added, That boy's the first decent guy I
the carnival. I ever met." into l'abito's room, matching the "We're goin' to
To which Beau replied with his shrill colours which somehow never heard as night where I can rent Hults and I'm goin' around to get seeni isharmonious in Cuba.
Beat, in the next room, stretch-em after breakfast. We'll have customary, harmlessly heiligerent,
the chow sent up here. Better "Oh, is that so7" ed and yawned. He liked this not make too many public appear- place and he and Lottie should be able to do a nice lot of "cleaning ances till I know how things are up." he thought.
A hollday crowd Benu was always easy to "pick." was quite sure that he was going to enjoy himself,
werd
8ce7"*
"YCK"
"Whatja want for breakfast?" "Coffee."
"Is that all?" Mixes."
He lay thinking of this and of how satisfactorily events
"I'm goin' to look out for you, working out. The night before Lottle had come to his room, closed kid. Honest to God, you can trust the door behind her and demanded, your ol' friend, Beau." "Watcha plannin' to do with him, "Can I?" Beau? Come clean. If you do
"Say!" The other stood erect. him dirty. I warn you I'll fix you!"Listen, I done in more'n one man
Her сусн were for givin' me a slur like that!" Understand?"
Pablito went on tying his tie threatening and broodingly fixed
Ho had answered
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Beau liked the situation. If the kid would only fall for Lottie there would be peace in the camp. Meantime Beny would have to do considerable hinting to Pablito of his danger and thus keep him aware of the fact that he must dance to any tune Beau cared to play. Pablito would be
were
KATHARINE
HAYILAND-TAYLOR
to leave the newspaper around bo kid had been even dumber. Beau fore be had looked at it but the folded the sheets with the first page inside, lit a cigarette and then- hamning-made his way to his
own room.
"Pretty nice," he muttered when he was along there, reading of the escape of Pablito Smith, wanted for the murder of Theodore Jeffries and for the theft of the famous Jeffries' .pearls,
Beau had hoped the newspaper report would read like this, but of course he hadn't been sure. "Beau thought, if ha handled right." He had courage. The boat in which Smith had es A youth with leas courage would caped had been found, ho rend. have been knuckling under to Benu, Then followed conjecture, bullt on placating him and all too eager to the fact that the murderer might boat as a hoax. Measures were be- hear his assurance of protection. have escaped, leaving the empty The three assembled in Pabing taken to cover every possible tablo set before an open window. report concluded. the venders of serpentine streamers The high. Tilting half-sung celes of and confetti rose to them, mixed with the grind of motor brakes and shrill, excited voices.
now on a ship aniling from Phila- on him, her jaw set, vasively but and Beau's anger cooked quickly. lito's roam to eat breakfast from aj avenue of escape, the delphin for Naples and Genon and the ship happened, nt, the time, to with some measure of truth. He He realized that fighting among be lying in the Delaware. There- knew Pablito's value and intended themselves would be disastrous.
"I won't say no more about that fore Sir Aubrey and Billings, his to make use of it. Pablito had an agent, journeyed to Philadelphia honest look that should help in dis- now," he conded, aggrievedly, "but to the docks where, after con posing of stolen goods without some day you'll be sorry for those
Beau felt that words. Honest to God you will." siderable waiting, they met the doe-arousing suspicion. tor.
He remembered perfectly, he said, with a wide wave of hands and a lift of the shoulders. The girl had been fearfully ill. had done his best, and God was witness of this, but-
in
He
"Girl or hoy 7" Sir Aubrey put
"A boy. A fine boy."
Sir Aubrey drew a deep breath. For a second his cheeks had whitesed; then they became more florid than usuni
he had a firm hold on Pablito. He had seen him "knock off" the man who had beaten the child.
Pablito made no answer.
newspaper
"Is that so?" Beau questioned softly. He leaned from a window, the wind. Pablito must not see that newspaper, to be urged by his to the perpaper blow far in
After he had gulped down a conscience into confessing what he A few moments later Lottie substantial breakfast Beau picked knew of that night and of the three tried to open Beau's door, found up the newspaper he had ordered who had escaped together. No. Having Pablito must not see it. And now anthe waiter to bring.
glanced casually at the headlines, Benu and Lottle were free as the it locked and hanged
at air and Pablito was quick, sly look grily.
he turned
lever in Benu'a 'power. "Ain't you delicate?" she in-
Pablito. He really did like Pablito. He
ed her. Then, her voice changing liked him so much that he wishedquired scathingly as Beau adrailt-
said, "Is he up?"
"I ain't goin' to do him dirty," Beau assured Lottic. "I kinda like him," be added sheepishly.
on it
he had not had to use Pablito's to a tone of hushed anxiety, she knife to kill Jeffries. "But any body woulds done it." he told him- self over and over in self-defence.
"Morning," he said shortly.
Beau laughed. Lottie said slow.
"Kinda go for him, dont' you, Angel Eyes? Beau asked, his Beau heard a noise In the next hard fuce softening in a grin.
"Go for him?" ahe echoed, smil The ship's doctor reminisced room and slid from his bed to
been open the door between the rooms.ing uncertainly. Then she added vaguely. The baby
with him!" adopted by two Cuban or South Pablito, having bathed. was get-honestly, "You bly hob, I'm in love American girls. He did not re- ting into his amazing blue suit. member their names. The captain might, because he had taken the responsibility in letting them take the baby without any legal inter- ference. The captain had been troubled by this responsibility, he thought. No, the doctor could not remember anything more about the young ladies who had adopted the baby, except that they had much money and they had travelled with an aunt, or cousin.
Billings wrote down the
RAM!
of the ship's captain. The doctor did not know where the captain was now. "Perhaps with God,"
he suggested cheerfully.
the
Alarm flashed in Sir Aubrey's
for eyes. "We will hope best," said Billings heavily.
Pablito woke next morning to find sunlight on the highly polished tile floor of his room and a languid, caressing warmth in the air. For a moment he studied the tinted plaster walls. Then he remember- ed where he was and that he did not know where Noyes was.
"I've got to find him" Pablito thought. Noyes was sure to teed him and the thought of Noyes' misery eclipsed his own.
Already the narrow streets were
It had been dumb, Beau realized,,
more
(To Be Continued).
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