The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
 pAnLlTO, a handsome youth accused of a murder he dld not commit, escapes from Key West to Havana with two thieves, REAL and LOTTIE. MARCIA TREADWAY, who could prove Pahlito innocent, fears scandal and remains silent.
 ln Havana Pablito, under the name of "JuanitO" becomes celc. bratcd as a boxer and hc and Beau open a gymnasium.
 Pablito lovcs ESTELLE FIELD, daughter of rich JIM FIELD. and she loves him. They meet and plan to marry, hut Field takes t.stcllc On a yachting cruise. Two years later, believing tahlito lost t0 her, she becomes engaged to ALEC DAVIDS.
 SIR AUBREY, a titled Eng. llshman and PablltO's father. has hccn carrying on search for him, employing BILLINGS, New York detective.
 Relieving i.stellc faithless, Pabllt0 spends Months in aimlcss travel and then returns to Ha. yana. He asks L0ttie to marry him.
 Meanwhile Field has lost his fortune, navlds breaks hls en. gagcment tO E.stcllc and she and her father decide to return tO Havana. Marcia Trcadway, learn tug Pablito Is in Cuba, impul- sivcty joins them to clear puhlitO of the murder charge.
 CHAPTER XLllI
 Billings, the detective. sat at his desk reading for a second time the cablegram that had just been de- livered, For weeks and months ht had been trying to untangle the puzzle behind the theft of the Jeff ries' pearls. And at every turn he had been halted.
 The cable from Havana, sent by swarthy Cuban co-worker. read Clasp Sold by Girl Called Lou Following Trail"
 Billings studied these words frowninE. He had hoped Beau himself might turn in that clasp Half an hour later a second cable arrived. Billings read. Lou is Beau's Wife"
 Of course, Billings realized Beau's story would be one of dc. ceived innocence. He would in. sist that. in selling pearls occa, slonally. he was merely acting fol a friend. Beau's past record would not help him, but neither would | convict him of the Jeffries rob bery and murder.
 Billings sighed deeply as h, itemized the scant bits of informa ton gathered with so much perse voring effort.
 The old man whom Pabzlito ha' knocked unconscious had testifie, that there had been another ma, besides Pablito on the scene. Norri Moves, whom Billings had sough out to question the day after hi I arrival in New York, had said anx iously that he had heard a mal and girl talking in the swamp planning some manner of thievery Then Moves had risen. tremblinf and talking rather incoherentIy O Cuba where Billings had said h would find Pablito.
 "only one soul in all the worl speaks my tongue. Moves ha said. "Pablito is the only one wh understands me-" Tears flooded tn mans eyes. "T have been s lonely he confessed "So yer lonely! I must find Pablito!"
 There was the murmuring of tn pair whom Moves had heard plot ting fin the swamp and there wa the testimony of the old man wh said Pablito had not been alone These were the only bits of evi dence Billings had to sustantiat his theories of the crime. An they were far from convincin | proof.
 A few years before Sir Aubre had instructed Billings to tell Pah | Tito the truth and ask the yout 10 go into hiding at Lower Giri ings. Billings had arrived at tn gymnasium only 10 learn that Pal Ito had departed for parts un | known. All Havana was aware tha fhe boxers romance with JiI Fields daughter was at an en' Gossips voiced numerous exDlana tions Of the affair but none of thes explanations came anywhere nes the truth.
 "Oh. damn" Billings said Ioudil surveying the total of his wOrI The dIetstion of his next letter Sir Aubrey was q slow and painfi ordeal.
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 On the day after PablIto ha asked Lotfie to become his brid he bought a sizabIs plot Of lant That done. he sought an architef and told him the sort of house h wanted. As they discussed if breeze from ths sea swept over in Maiecon. 6uffeIing she papers Q the architects table.
 T want billiard room" Pat Ito said. "and flat roof where can have fl garden under the stars
 "AII quite simple. Yes"
 And fl big patio. of course"
 "Of q eertalnfy!'
 And" Pabllf0 henitated 4 mo menf. then continued. "sDacioH quarters for my wife
 The arehIleei snifftd romaDc' "Ah--" he mufInur'd. "Ah. yel Of course" Then he smiled das zilnRiy at Pahlito sbOm he ror -ldefed very ssml.ei voting mn for one sho ~ar 70 irpUn i0 be e0,n on brisiex. sOtrf