The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-28
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Cuba with BEAU and LofrlE
Beau has Killed man and stol
en- a famous string of pearls. Pab
Ito does not know this or that h;
himself has been accused of the
crime which took place at th'
Florida home of wealthy jim
FIELD. Pablito loves Field
daughter ESTELLE, and she love
him. ARCIA TREADWA>
knows Pablito is innocent bu
fears scandal if she tells this. She
goes to Havana, hoping to fine
Pablito there.
In Havana Pablito tries to fine
! NORRIS MOVES who befriendec
him as a child but his efforts fail
/ Beau, impressed by Pablito''
natural ability as boxer, decides
to arrange some matches for him
calling him "JUANITO."
Meanwhile SIR AUBREY, q
titled Englishman and Pablico''
father, begins search for his son
BILLINGS, his agent, locates AN
CELIA, the old woman in whose
care Pablito was left. She says
Pablito is away working.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
Angela hobbled back to hel
shack and packed her belongings
There was scarcely more to dc
than to slip a bottle of gin in the
front of her dress. This done. she
hobbled forth again. She would 20
to the swamp for a little while,
| she decided. She did not wish to
encounter the inquisitive strang-
ers again. Picturcsquely she ours
ed them. If their coming should
disturb the monthly remittance
from Cuba for caring for Pablito
what would become Of her?
She wept, whining vituperation
and curses as she went.
At the edge Of the swamp she
pulled her sagging skirts high and
waded cautiously, a wary eye out
for alligators and water mecca
sins. Again on land, she followed
what was called the "Slave's
! Way" because years before many
slaves had followed this route,
seeking freedom.
When she stepped into the first
clearing she jumped so that a
twinge Of rheumatism made her
vince. Someone else had sought
the shelter of the swamp-a man.
Good day, mother" he said
easily. He, too, looked startled. He
hoped she had not noticed this but
she had seen it and smiled shyly.
at is a good day for a picnic, "
she said slowly.
"Will you share my meal?" he
asked. She nodded as she sat down
on a hummock not far from him.
Then she studied him. Soon
when she felt it to be wise-she
would return to Key West and tell
the authorities that a man was
hiding in the swamp in a spot to
which she could direct them. She
would do this, providing she could
benefit by it. The probability of
her benefiting she would make
sure of before she spoke.
"You seek the solitude?" she
asked blandly.
The man stirred, looking anx-
icusly toward the shadows. 81 am
hunting Orchids" he answered.
."Ah" she thought, with an in
ward leer. $50 you're hunting
orchids! Already you look as if
the dogs had chased you 100
miles,"
He spoke a stiff variety of
Spanish and she concluded that he
was northerner who had long
been in hiding.
Good grant that you find your
orchids" she murmured, her
blood-shot eyes fixed upon him.
She was certain now. The man
was hiding from something OF
some one. And she would have her
reward.
Above them the trees grew un-
usually high for swamp ground,
making an impenetrable green
black roof. Now and again a leaf
stirred gently but usually quiet
prevailed.
sit is warm day, stranger. and
you have HURRIED" she said with
a thick pretense of concern.
yes" he admitted.
He took from his pocket then a
gray handkerchief that Pablito
had once kept white for him. With
it he mopped . his +. brow ?
Pablito sent a messenger, q
Cuban youth, to the small is.
land but the messenger could FIND
no trace Of Noyes. Storms had
left sand thick and gritty upon
everything within the shack, the
Cuban boy testified, and the place
looked as though it had been de,
serted for months.
"Nadie alliw he repeated with
a lift of the shoulders and out
flung hands. "'Nadiew Nobody
there, nobodyw)
"And you went into the swamp
Pablito asked, his hard muscles
strained and tense as he Leaned
forward over the bare-topped ia
BILE.
The boy hesitated a moment
Then he spoke. He had gore in
to the swamp, he treasured hi
I vet he had gone into the swamp