The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-30

The above illustrated set of
toilet ware is representative of this
trend, for it is a replica of the
you stop this incoming. That Field
danes engaged to a guy named
Davids--"
Pablito sat back, eyes unbeliev-
ing.
IL seen it in a New York news
paper" Beau confded.
Did you-save the paper?"
Yes, it's in the bureau drawer
there. The topu one. Under them
socks. Well, maybe it's in the
other drawer. oh, my God, you
amt looked! Try the next one."-
Pablito found the newspaper and
sat down to read. 1t was there,
just as Beau had said. Beneath
portrait of Estelle, little
smeared in the printing but all
too clear, he read: Society has
been expecting the news for some
time. Mr. Alec Davids who has
been cruising with Mr. and Miss
Field on Mr. Fields yacht"
Pablito found he could not read
it quickly. He had to go back to
the beginning and start over again.
The words arranged themselves
crafty. But at length he had fin
ished the entire, rather wordy par
agraph underneath the portrait.
He stood then, trembling and
clutching the newspaper. He
stared down at Estelle's picture,
then abruptly left the room.
Beau called after him to say
something about the man named
Billings who had called that day.
Billings had said he must see Pab-
Ito about matter that was I'M
portant.
Later, though not much later.
up to see Pablito once more be-
fore him. Pablito was wearing
suit that had been made for trav-
cling and not for q Cuban evening.
Gimme a cigaret-" Beau Or
dered. Pabiito gave him the pack
age. AS he stopped with a lighted
match burning blue beneath his
palms he said slowly, I'm leav-
ing, Beau"
"Where you goin' ?"
II don't know"
what about your letters?"
"There won't be any letters you
need to forward. There1l be none
that matter" Pablito smiled as he
spoke. 1t was smile that Beau
didn't exactly like.
my Cod" he thought, "the kid
is hit!"
Look here, Kid" he protested,
chat Billings was here again to-
day. He said he's got to see you.
Seemed to be all bet UP about
something. Came all the way from
New York to Sc you, he said. You
can't go without"
Billings was probably selling
something, Pablito decided slowly
and heavily. He remembered that
Billings looked like salesman
the sort who always come all the
lway from some very distant point
to sell some one thing to one par
ticular man.
Tell him / never buy oil stock"
he answered. Then he thought of
Sir Aubrey and the fact that Sir
Aubrey had been Billings friend.
But the Englishman could have
written anything he cared to tell
him. Pablito decided surely.
Honest. 1 think you're maxim
u PVioAotCNs AioN
a kind of eelin' when he come that
somethin' real important was up.
He sort of looked that way. When
III you be back, Kid?"
II don't know"
"Well-so long. Well miss you"
Pablito went down the stairs and
out under the blackness and the
twinkling fires that make the
Cuban sky. He had not said
goodby to Lottie. His lips were
no longer Estelle's but he would
not touch them - even casually
to any other woman's lips. He
could not do that yet.
"Oh, Cod! he whispered
harshly, although his God was far
from him. This was more hideous
than the awakening from any
dream he had ever known.
Estelle did not see the an
nouncement Of her engagement
in the New York newspaper --bui
she and her father returned there
and the big stone town house was
once more opened. There she be-
cam acquainted with the news
through the congratulations of her
friends. She denied the truth of
the. engagement ardently Too
ardently, 1t was murmured with
smiles.
"But it really isn't true!"
Estelle repeated. The year that
had passed. since she had left
Cubas had wrought unpleasant
changes. She was less certain now
that even Pablito could measure
up to the standards she had once
believed were his. She could not,
with the new wisdom she had ac-
qufred, believe that anyone could
be as good as she had supposed
him to be. She was less certain
about everything, in fact. except
the misery with which she must
be surrounded while she lived with
her father.
Occasionally she realized that
her only escape lay IN marriage.
AS she thought of this she also
realized that Alec Davids WAS kind
Very firmly she believed this.
my dear he asked often "how
much longer must ! watch you