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THE: HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1934.

The ROMANTIC RUNAWAY

CHAPTER XXXV · ·

Pablito, returning from town that afternoon, raised his eyes from the dusty road to see an Eng glishnian who appeared to be wan- dering aimlessly.

"Are you looking for the gym- nalum?" he asked. ·.

"No, I'm waiting for a friend who fa doing a bit of sparring. Are you (the Englishman eyed the young man intently) Juanito? I mean Senor Junnito'

"I'm Juanito," Pablito answered. Ho liked the appearance of this stranger. He had never seen any ono quite like him before at the gymnastum. Nevertheless he, was rather aurprised to hear himself adding, "Would you care to come. to my rooms to wait for your friend? I'd be glad to have you-" "Thank you, Sir Aubrey an swered, "You're most kind."

"I live over that shop," Pablito explained with a wave of his hand."

Together they crossed the road and went up, the long atairway. At the top Sir Aubrey looked about.

"Snug place you have here," he sald approvingly.

"A little bare," Pablito answered. "Ah, well, a man's castle. I hear you go in a bit för boxing?"

"A bit," Pablito answered, smil- ing. Then he asked, "WI you have a drink?"

Sir Aubrey murmured. "Ah, thanks awfully! That would be good, you know!"

Pablito rang a small hand bell and slovenly criada appeared.! "What is it?" Pablita naked Str Aubrey.

"Eh? What?" the other ques- tioned.

""1 mean what'il you have?" Pab- lite translated,

"Oh, I sec. A whiskey nud soda?" "I'll have one with you." Pablito agreed. "It will be a rare dis- sipation for me. I take a drink only about once a year. Have to go slow to keep in training, you know."

"Oh, quitet"

Pablito felt suddenly warmed for the first time since he had received Estelle's note. The lank, lean Eng- Hahman's eyes were fixed on the youth unmovingly. They were frankly, almost pitiably affectionate eyes. Pablito was conscions of a strange feeling that most people have known at one time or another feeling that makes it seem as if, living, we have stepped into an unreal dream.

"Hang It" he thought. "What's come over me?" To the stranger he said. "Is this your first trip to Cuba"?

"No. I've been here once before," "Like it here?"

"No. To be frank, I don't like it much. Have you ever been in England 7"

"No," Pablito answered.

"Ah, you must come! You must cone" The criada appeared as Sir Aubrey was epeaking, bring ing glasses. a syphon and a squat, brown bottle on tarnished tray.

She set the tray on the table and, lay his arm across Pablito's broad disappeared from the room, There shoulders. Instead he must sit and syphon and Pablito tendered Sir-if God was kind-some day- was the bubbling spurt from the alp his drink. Some day, however,

Aubrey his drink. He was sur prised to note that the older man's hand shook. He had thought him to be in good shape,"

Glans in hand, Pablito motioned Sir Aubrey to a chair and then sat down himself. Sir Aubrey be gan to apenk of England-the hedges, the lanes, the order and quiet. He spoke of houses which Frew more beautiful as they were lived la year after year; of great trees; of all that was to him most beautiful in the land of his fathers, the only land where he could do more than exist.

"I think I'd like it," Pablito said as Sir Aubrey's voice dropped nway. "Some times it seems to me that all my life I've been hunting a sort of permanence which is al- ways just out of rench. I haven't had much to go on-"

Ife saw Sir Aubrey's eyes fill and was surprised and embarrassed by the sight.

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"Refreshing," he said as he fin- shed the whisky and soda. "No ond refreshing. Thanks awfully. You enjoy living here?"

"Oh, I guess so," Pablito an- swered slowly. He added with more energy in his tone, I like. Cuba."

You know, I'm keenly interested in Cuban houses".

ment?" Pablito offered,

Want to look over this apart-

"Oh, I say, thats no and kind of you-if you don't mind!”

This is my sleeping room," Sir Aubrey paused at the doorway. Pablito said a few minutes later.

A little later he and Pablito stood at the door of the gymnas lum to meet the perspiring and anguish-eyed Billings. Seeing Bill- ings, Pablito smlied for the first time since the ache had settled in his heart the night before.

"Your friend doesn't seem too happy," he said: Str Aubrey guf- fawed loudly, Later us he and Billings were about to leave Sir Aubrey clung to Pablito's hand.

"I hope you'll come again," Pub- ito said, a trifle ill at case,

"As friends," Billings promised after a groan.

'As friends!"

"You

must come whenever you're over there to visit me at my place at Lower Girtinga," Sir Aubrey anid with a shaken cager- fle set his glass on the tray again because the increased tremb ling of his hand did not permit him to hold it steadily. This boy Was his son! This splendidly strong, tal youth with the steady.separation and as certain elementa As atoms spring together after oven look. He wanted intensely to in chemical laboratories can not be

A hydroplane landing on the "step- ping stone" of the German steamer Westphalia" the intermediary Atlan- tic station for the German airway to

South America.

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Madame Doumergue, formior school-mistress, who recently marri ad the present Premior when he retired from the office of President, shown contributing during a charity

drive in Paris.

kopt apart, go human groups seem destined to inter-weayo.

KATHARINE

HAVILAND-TAYLOR

the Field yacht. His mother, toothless old croné, told him about was holding Carlito's son it as they sat in hor kitchen. She In her

arnis:

Jim Field auggested to Murcia Treadway that she become a mem- ber of a group he was inviting for n yacht cruise. I've got to get "Already," she said, relief mak- Estelle away," he said with a deep-Ing her tone bright,. "they are well ening of the worried line that was at seal" now almost permanently etched be Aween his coarse, heavy eyebrows. "I've got to divert her."

"She has rather a one-track mind, I'm afraid," Marcin stated.

"Udon't know, She's

young

"Yes, but determined."

wall, sho'll have to get over it. She'll have to How about 悲 Marcia, will you come?"

"I haven't anything else to do," she answered, thereby decepting the invitation.

"I'm going to take young Alec Davids," Field went on. "I hope, I hope very much that he and Estelle will make a match of it."

"So you're beginning that?" she questioned with a lazy smile.

"Well, help it along where you can." he entreated."You can de that much, can't you 7"

Olt, I suppose so," she agreed. Carlito, another human atom of the group of which Jim Field was the centre. heard of the sailing of

Mrs. Mary Allen, chief of the Women's, Auxiliary Polles in London. photographed during a recent vialt

to Barlin.

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"Dat he will come back" said Carlito who had sworn vongeance with all the hot fury of, which a Latin is capable.

"AM my son the old woman murmured sadly. Carlito mado no answer. Again in his mind he was stooping over his young wife who had lain in the dust. Again he was calling her futilely, again feeling her growing coldness within his

Arms.

"Seo the child!" said Carlito's. mother. "Ife is to be a strong boy who will give you mucл piness."

Carlito looked absently at lifs son who, with Field, had killed her. He would go to Field when the man was alone. He would torture him a little while and then-

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Carlito smiled and his mother, seeing the smile, was heartened: "Ah," she said, lifting the baby. "there is much in the world-even for the sorriest of us-to make the ift of the Hips,"

"Yes," Carlito agreed. "Ench of us has his dream

(To Be Continued).

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The flags of the new "Manchukuo" Empire. Top is the flag of the Em peror, and below the "War flag"..

Bernt Evanas, the Norwaglan skat. Jug, expert, who recently won the

warld speed championship

Helsingfors.

A sight to delight an airman's

nye,

look Lockheed-Electrs,

with a cruising speed of 190 mp.h.

shortly to be placed in service for Northwestern Airways in the

United States.

Enrico Caruso, Janz. son of the

'world-famous tenor, who is sáld to

be nearly se proficient as hĩa father..

Signor Mussolini and Generai Julius Gemboss (Hungary) who recently signed a co-ordination. pact with Dr. Dollfuss, which in still to be'atudied by. European chanvalírice,

The police officers at Cannes have taught Esperanto, and the fact is now being advertised

The world's highest university has just been completed in Pittsburg, at

La cost of $20,060,808.

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1 A crustacean with a flat fish in-

aldo it. Shoe that should be popular in Ireland.

"Riot rule" (anng.).

10 What the burglar made himself

when alarmned.

12 Ineffective advice to an over-

worked scene-shifter.

14 Indian town.

16 A striking success,

19 Shoot at nothing and, get

vegetable.

19 The inhabitants of this certainly

need a housewarming.

22 Where heads are lost.

23 This maid would be colloquially

small if beheaded.

26 After '15 across this lady sug-

guests a summons.

28 One cannot, deny that this lady

would be plensing if heartless, A foot-hended helper.

32 They do this in mineral water

factories.

33 One who is once a law-breaker, and according to the nilsogynist twice a fool.

34 Foreign coin with foreign food ... In it.

35 Not a friendly feelor,

Down

1 A line to follow but ours is in

aldo...

2 But for one arildo this Irish

county is shipshape.

3 The mark of a good carriage.. 4. Our remote ancestors might have

ndo noto.of this,

6 The giver cannot enjoy this

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Rocial function. Usually a nasty faco in 4 down.

8 This may save one from em-

Larking on many flights.

11. To run this in not considered n

good grounding in navigation, 13 Chance.

17 A gang of note-producers.. 18 of the path, like the walter's

friend,

20 A certain European. 21-"Large tin" (anag.).

24 Royal Jettors that turned wrath.

26 Half man, and wholly irrespon

27 A figure of honour.

30 Part of the body,

31 Take the hand off this missile.

and the handle remains..

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