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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1934.

The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY

CHAPTER XXIII

by KATHARINE

AND-TAYLOR

tloned, after his had which ad- with the gay tourlats who were at Bantum's. mitted he knew that Lester was going home to brag of bargains

in luces and fans or of their ind at gambling.

always had fair trials,

One unusually cool May night Within a month Marcia Tread- they sat before a fire in the draw-married. way boarded a boat for New York, ing room of Marcia's home. She having found Rie "rather stupid."said, leaning forward, “Tell me, Back in New York, she took up Tony-oven if everyone thought a residence in the brown stone house that had been left her by an aunt man gullty they wouldn't

immediately, That depends." he

Would the ite the same aunt who had left Marela

*

answered.

་

"Bantum's?" Angela's formor neighbour repeated. Alas, Bantum had gone to his rest oras some sald-hla punishment. He had not been too good but then, the old crono added hastily, who was? It was not Christian to speak Ill of tho dead nor was it lucky. Plots ly aho crossed herself.

"It will take Bome work

to ade

i

"I'll have to find the name of the man who unofficially adopted the boy and where he is, if he'a still alive. However," Billings" tene became brisk, "we still have hope!"

(To be Continued.)

"Cuba or South America. rather think South America." As Noyes atudied the two men "Well," he said, "if you took Sir Aubrey was saying to his con the matter to the police

panion, First of all, of course, we "But I don't want to do that," must find this Angelo."

"You, sce

my she interrupted.

The man whom he called Bill a legacy so large that it was herald-"Law is, to some extent, a matter nephew charming, isn't it?was inga agread. That will be easy ed in newspaper headlines.

of geography. There are places caught thleving and sent to a re-enough," he promised..

Sir Aubrey drow a sigh of ro Now, I Usually when she returned home where men take the law into their formato him and give him an- lef. He began to think of intro track this down," Billings Marcla decided fretfully that alio

find we have want to own hands. Sometimes

ducing have the place "redone" and lynchings, you know— must

decorator

oth Ahl seo. Well, detectives" de Pablito at Lower Gittings mitted to Sir Aubrey as they sot unually Some young

She grew pale and chrank back whose company she found, for

tightly

suppose so she agreed; not ly might be yaarked. Sir Aubrey in a hotel lounge that was airless time, amusing got the commission. her chair, her hands

quite happily. But, with his re- longed to hault with Billings and hot. "It can't, all be done in But on this home-coming Mar- gripping the arms.

formatory record, is that safe? about this, because the fact might a day," he added as he flicked the cla had no such interests. Her Then she managed to hide her. Wouldn't the detectives be working cause some difficulty, Ah, if he ashes from his cigar. He frowned friends murmured that she was not perturbation. "What would you with the pollee?"

could only arrange to introduces he spoke.

"Doubtless not,” Sir Aubrey looking well and this stirred upo”, she asked. “If you know a man "Not If your case makes them the boy as his son-the son he the old story about Ted Jeffries.to be innocent but could not tell keep away from the police. With had always wanted-without hurt agreed. That affair, said some of her aun-how or why you know it?"

sufficient money, Marcin, almost ing anyonel Perhaps, in time, a posed friends, had "gone pretty,

way would be found. When an "I'd forget about it," he ananything la

possible." for."

swered casually.

"I have always thought so, but one wanted something enough, Sit Aubrey believed, their wants were Marcia knew what was being Marcia gave a short, mirthless lately

answered.. She fell into a revery then and sald and who was saying it but laugh. It sounded 80 easy but

thought of Pablito, the boy whose He opened his mouth to speak, this knowledge did not matter as she knew it was far from easy.

eyes had enchanted" her. If she then thought better of it and fun- ance it would have. The two It was impossible, things that mattered were her fool- "Tony," she said then, with a coukl only find him he would be bled for his monocle which had ing of guilt, which was increasing change of tone, "that reminds me utterly dependent on her. She dropped to dangle on his ton, dou Then he of diminishing, and her of something want to locate

else I wanted to nak was obeccses, by this thought and ble-breasted waistcoat. Instead

boy

of making him into a man of the Inserted the monocle in the proper you about. fear for Pablito's safety,

world. She would be very good to zono and murmured, "Charming During tfal periods of sleep of 18-or perhaps a year or two

him

weather! Quite refreshing, rou vory, very good to him! she dreamed that a band of mask-older-and I don't know how to

"I've spoken to you twice." know, after that ghastly heat!" ed men were hanging Pablito and go about it. I want to keep the

said Tony. that ahe, screaming the fact of his matter secret."

It was the next day that they Murcia'a "Oh, really ? she murmured with Tony innocence, was struggling to reach

lift of fine arched brows and a found Angela sunning. herself on the group while her leaden feet brother who had died in an asy refused to move. She woke always tum to which, by the most vicious return to her old, languid insolence. the church steps. She heard their errand through an interpreter and varled forms of he had paid his from this dream (which

vice,

The priest who had given the for a few moments wan silent little in its repetition) bathed in grin entro Lester was married" shelter of his humble home

entrance fee.

to Then she agreed, with a goan, that cold sweat and trembling.

She began to thaw toward ashe asked as sudden inspiration. Norris Noyes salvaged enough she had the boy and that he was Correspondent,

pennies from his poor box to send as a son to her.

Dying 50-thefaya_of-fi-after 4 young attorney who, with sundry She could pretend Pablito was

B At the moment, however, he other men, had for a long while Lestor's son! Where Lester's wife Noyes to Key West. "You

not know, but she running into the jaws of death. was absent. He was working clse-life packed with industry and com- mercial enterprise, Jacob Van den added to her arrogance by a veiled was, she did

my friend," he warned.

where: she did not know exactly Bergh, ploseer of the margarine courtship of her. fortune. And assumed aho could silence her on

Noyes nodded, abstractedly. "where. She rose painfully and while slic was with him she sound-the subject if she had to.

"Do you know what country the think," he said, "Pablito may have stilly from the steps, repeating product, and father of twenty ed him out about the treatment of

her story with many unnecessary criminals and about whether they boy is liable to be in?" Tony ques-returned to our island."

He was sorry because five years "That is possible," the priest words and unnecessary gestures. agreed.

"Sho's lying," said Billings previously he had made what he "I must find him.”

he watched her narrowly, Either always avarred afterwards was the

to hide the boy front biggest mistake in his life. "Let me know how things go she wante with you." the priest petitioned. us or she doesn't know where he had retired at the age of 80. A "And," he added, "you have my is. I'm going to find out about man should never retire from work,

this!"

he said. and was himself us pro- prayer

portionately unhappy as he hitherto been buay.

thought

of

A

So Noyes started for Key West A few hours later Billings did On the bont on which he trav-find out about it. He learned from elled Noyes noticed an Englishman a woman who had been Angela's whose momnele kept pouring from neighbour, but not hor friend. that his eye to dangle on his waist Angela had used the boy fright- coat. With him was a man who fully and that years before he had appeared to be £111 American. run away, God in his mercy atone They sat, throughout the entire knew where t

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