The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-30
SYNOPSIS

ran away from ANGELA, the
 heartless old cr0ne in whose care . he was left. Since then he has lived with NORRIS NOYES,
 wanted by police for murder
 years before.
 TED JEFFRIES, a guest at
 the Field home, sees Moves and
 recognizes him. Moves fees to
 the swamp wher he aOverhears q man and girl planning to rob
 the Field home during a mas-
 Queradc party the following night. Pablito gives Moves money to go to Havana and promises to
 meet him there later.
 Pablito, disguised as Q torea- ! dor, goes to the masquerade to
 talk to Estellc. There is a tender,
 youthful love scene between
 them.
 CHAPTER XXI
 One of the servants, sent to look for Estelle, found her with a tall young man in the costume of toreador. MT Field, the servant reported, had been hunting for his daughter, and wished to see her.
 Estelle answered that she would come immediately and the serv- ant turned to go.
 g"Will see you again?" she asked Pablito, rising.
 "I'll have to go before they un- { mask" he told her.
 She gave him small gold heart she had found in hollow orange that had been tossed to her earlier that evening by a norfiolIIa rlV fruitful tree.
 DO you say such nice things to everyone as you have said to me?" she asked falteringly.
 i've never said them before and I won't again-until I can say them to you"
 T want you to come back"
 You don't know how much l want to!"
 He wondered why she fingered, face raised. And because the sight of that face was so tempting he said quickly, little unstead- fly, q suppose we shall have to go back now to your party"
 She agreed equally unsteadily. "Yes, suppose we must"
 But he did kiss her hands again, one after the other, and then left her. Soon the guests would remove their masks.
 He watched her disappear. Clumsily, for one of usually skillful hands, he tied the small heart in the corner of a handker- chief and thrust it in his belt. Doing this, he discovered that his dagger was gone.
 He remembered short, stocky maia also in toreador costume who had brushed against him as he threaded his wc..' through the cro wd beside Estelle. Perhaps the jos.ling had dislodged the dagger with the kceE blade. Pablito thought 1t did not matter much although he would have liked to have 1t and keep it, remembering that Estelle had held it in her hands. He would rather kiss those hands than any other woman's lip3.
 Ea walked slowly through the fir trees toward the side entrance, turning now and again with the hungry hope of one more glimpse of her. Then, unrewarded, he left Edan. Outside in the midst Of a little group he saw a man with bitterly set lips and a child with one chek gashed. There were tears on that chek and on the other, too.
 Pablito stopped. With a rush he saw Angela once more and the darkness of the hut. Fear and pain gripped him. The man turned and gave a short order to the child who skuiked after him in the manner of d dog used to kicks. Pablito followed, overcome with anger and forgetful of his strength.
 The child set up a low vail. The man turned and struck her across the head with a stick.
 "Stop!" Pabl.to ordered loud ly, thickly. The man struck again.
 The rest happened swiftly. There was FGasi. of motion as Pablito sprang forward. A mo- ment later he looked down at his feet into eyes that were widely open and glassy in the moonlight. He stopped, laid his hand on a grease -stiffeneG shirt and over a heart that WAS still. He stood erect again, gasping, and looked both ways. The child had scam- pered away.
 Some one was coming, a short, stocky man wearing the costume of a toreador. This newcomer paused and his shadow fell across the road in the silver of the moon- light. "What's up?" he asked.
 "I guess I've killed him" Pablito answered.
 Try some water on him before you decide" the todeador ad- vised. "Is there any water around here?"
 Pablito plunged through the fringe of fir trees and the man followed. Look here" he be- gan loudly.
 Pablito half turned. He knew he had been hi. before he lost consciousness.
 When he became aware of life again he looked up rather dazedly at sky twinkling with trillions of stars. Then he be- came aware of the rocking of a boat.
 A girl was bending over him. A moment later she sat back, erect, rtill looking down at him. Hes coming to, Beau" the girl said.
 Can you run a boat?" Pablito heard harsh heavy voice ask ing. He heard himself answer, Yes"
 Well, get busy or go overboard,' ' the heavy voice said next. You can take your choice. I mean what I say and I'm armed - and you're not. See?"
 There was glint of light on the short revolver that was turned on him. Pablito moved. sick and unsteady from the blow he still felt. toward the engine.