The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08

 out 10 zee tho stranger. While bo. Ing thus inspected Marcia rang tho bell,
 IouIo pcorod down tho stairs through tho grIllcd gate nt tho newcomer. "Watcha want?" sho Inquired Hul.oEly.
 ito."
 "Whnt for?"
 "That, my child, is hardly your nffair," Marcia answered eoolly. ,"ig he inY" Subduing this hmnzIng creature would hnv0 be0n simple enough for Marcia If they had been on tho snmo lovel. Looking up mndo it moro difficult.
 Lottlo appraised tho visitor as frankly ns had tho grocer and his clerks. "iIo ain't hore," she snld too loudly, for Pabllto honrd her answer and appeared behind her.
 "No2" Marcia quostIonucd, smii. ing. She drew back tho grlllod gate which Lottio had clicked opon from above Ut the y0uch Of tho boil, Marcia stopped from the glare of tho sunlight and began Co mount tho stairs.
 Pablito recognized her and lost color. LottIo's lips set In tho sheer Hho always summoned nB q cover for fright. She did not like thlB, She had q definite feeling that something was wrong, Marcia, now on tho level with Lottlo and pabllto, spoke quickly You may not remember me, Pnb- IILO.' ,Aho began, "bllt-~-" "I remember you very vol Mss TrondWny," ho answered honestly. "Will you sit downY "Thank you. want to speak to you alone, plensG."
 q think you'll nnd 1t moro com. fortnblo by the doorway" Pnblito suggested. IIo hnd always hnd that courteous mnnnor, Marcia remcrn- borod ns sho sat down. sho Bnw him glance appeallngly at tho girl who stood, sullcn and obstinate, horo oyos narrowed and hor head n little dropped,
 Hottie, # you don't mind--" ho began gently.
 Bworcd In a shrlll voice. "Sho can't como here and wipo her foot on moV
 lie shook his head and suddenly tho girl was scarlet and silent. "If you don't mind, L0ttio," ho said again and moro gently. "Oh, all right" sho said, mov- ing toward doorway with opalos- cont glass panes, A moment later | tho paDes were threatened ab Bho slammed tho door noisily. | Pabllto faced Marcia Trcadwhy then, Iio settled in a chair that was sufficiently close to horB for q | loW-volced talk, and waited. AS he waited ho saw that something wnA making 1t difficult for her to speak.
 If you don't mind Ili smoke" she murmured. odd, isn't 1t, hoy smoke clears the mind as t clogs ono's lungS2"
 "WlIi you have one of Y'' PabIito rose ns he spoke and brought small humidor which ho held open before her.
 "English!" she commented.
 "Ycs, learned to like them from an English friend of mine, You may not care for them. hope you are well, Miss Tread way?" He could not, for tho life of him, imagine what had brought her. :, "pm quite well, tnhnk you, Marcia answered. "But--to explain my ylsit---" Speaking was even less easy for her now, he saw. Ho waited patiently. Her cigaret, hardly lighted, had gone out. Ecrv- ously she crushed it in fl tray and took another. He struck a match and held 1t for her. | His assurance made the matter oil the more difficult. She thought suddenly, "He could not possibly have committed such q crime! How could they have accused him of it?"
 Then she said, "I have been try ing for years to find you. Oh, don't be afraidi You have nothing what ever to fear from me. It's rather the other way"
 Faltcringly but bravely she told her story. Half way through the narrative he broke In to say, !"But the old man was beating the chiId--W
 "He testified that you were not alone. He said there were two other people with you; man and a giri--"