The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-17
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EABLIrO, handsome youth, DFQomeg Q fugitive when, due 10 ciECnmetances beyond his c0n- lFDi, he fees from Key West, to Havana with BEAU and LOTs TIE, two thieves.
 Beau has killed O man and stolen Q famous string of pearls Nt tho Florida home of wealthy JIM FIELD. Pabiifo does not &DOw this or that he himself Is @ccused Of the crime. PabIito loves Fields daughter. ES- TELLE, and she loves him. MARCIA TREADWAY knows Eabiito fs innocent hut fears scandal tf she tells this.
 Tn Havana Pablito tries to find NORRIS NOYES who befriended him as Q child but his efforts fall
 Beau, impressed by PablitO's natural ability as Q boxer, ar- Eanges several profitable matches
 SIR AUBREY, a titled English man and Pablito's father, begins . search for his son.
 Marcia Treadway receives an invitation to visit the Fields fin Havana.
 CHAPTER xxvI
 Pablito, known now as Juanito, was harder both in muscle and zn viewpoint, leaner and slightly taller. He had learned in the last three years that entertaining va cationing millionaires was a job that never ended. once he had let himself get a little soft and had ben knocked out. The memory of that incident stayed with him. Be- cause of it he vigorously avoided wine. women, late hours and other dissipations-both mild and other wise.
 The memory of that knockout was charted for him, also. in an uneven scar high on one cheek bone and echoing the slant of his eye. In the same encounter he had received several body blows that had troubled him for some time.
 Beau and Pablito had opened an establishment of their own on the outskirts of Havana beyond the Cristobal Colon Cemetery where jaded men could come for exer- else and baths to bring back at least a hint of youthful vigor. Beau "kept 'em movin'" Lottie served them bouillon and dry bis cults, and a rubber" did his work after they had been bathed, salted and had felt the force of a jet of ice water on their flesh. This busi- nes, as Beau said, paid damned good" It was smart venture in q land where tourists are often over-indulgent and later regret it.
 The gymnasium was housed in a gIaringly white building that had been altered to make it suitable, There rheumy-eyed men of fiabby flesh wheezed loudly as, with eyes intent and checks puffed out, they pummeled one another, ripped, fell and executed footwork that made even Pab}ito smile. Later they would lie down, panting. only to be ordered to their baths by Beau, whose pitiless tongue could lash like a whip.
 The same vague aura that takes men away from suave metropolitan clubs to a growing, bulldog chinned trainer, made wealthy travellers desert luxurious hotels to go to Pablito's place. There they were pulled and ordered about, told in language that sometim es encompassed Elizabethan terms what they were and were not to do. Later they would emerge, pink of skin, refreshed and resolved to be more temperate.
 Pablito, too, was a drawing card. He was an unsmiling, hard-eyed young Greek god who sometimes 1oked at them with scorn that was not even faintly yelled. Men who felt this Scorn were likely later to speak of him in an ap- parently casual tone but always a little awe crept into their voices
 Pablito fought occasionally and always for good purse. He still kept before him the dream of some day finding Moves and of go- ing away with him to some quiet, peaceful retreat. Beau evinccd great scorn, concealing secret envy. for Pablito's ability to hold on to his money. You're sure goin' to be wealthy old miser!" he sneered often.
 The thought that any of them should ever be apprehended for the murder at Fields Camp was troub- ling Beau less and les. He had grown small moustache that changed his appearance surpris- fngIy. Lottie's hair had taken or an amazing shade of red and hei eyebrows were plucked in q way that altered her expression. Pab Tito had changed, too, having grown taller and more slender. Int scar on his cheek also gave hin a different look. He was, more over. known to allH avana as { favorite with the rich tourists Yes, Pablito was secure. Big Flelt himself couldn't touch him." Beat thought, "so long as he knock out his man."
 You keep in shape!" he warned Pablito. If you don't we'll al have to pay fo rit."
 Have you noticed me going ou on any wild parties?"
 'No. But. just the same, yoi xuafeh vnur afanp