The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-02

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E&HKXTO, n handsome youth,
o1Hea . fugitive who nhc fees
0W Mey West 90 Havana with
.HAU and AO1TfE, two thieves.
E&olL<o has been accused Of q
uEuNE ne did not commit. MAR
&tAM Xz1EAnWAY who could
HNA ami remains silent.
RmbIi1n A IN love with N,s.
XF'KixaE FIELD, daughter OF rich
&NM NxELD. In Havana, under
41e name "Juanito". he becomes
EZIobEafed as . boxer ana he and
0eNu open . gymnasium.
4Aks AUBREY, n titled Eng.
1i4hmlmn and PmbiitO's father, be.
HtM4 q search for his SON. EN-.
N2oylng BILLINGS, New York
N0tDctivo. Billings, convinced
InbIft0 II Sir Aubrey's son and
innocent of tho charge against
MIN, sets 90 work to prove this.
Three PEARS pass and PablitO
secs EstelI0 again. They meet
pucRetly until her father takes
M9r away ON yacht cruise.
When Pablito reads an unbound.
"a report that Estclle n engaged
20 ALEC DAVlDS he leaves lIa.
xnnn. Months later, believing
Enbiit0 lost 60 her, Estelle does
agree 60 marry Dnvids.
Newspapers report the death.
bed confession or MRS NORRIS
MOVES that she and not her
husband, killed JOSIE MAR.
CHAPTER xxx
fhblIto read the news OF Es-
teile Fields engagement to Alec
DnvidS, the son OF Mrs J. Turner
Dnvids Of New York, Paris and
newport. az he sat on n bench in
abe sunshine OF Nice. The news
paper mentioned the fact that the
engagement had been rumored
some time before and wehn Pabllto
saw the word, ''rumor", his heart
paused q beat.
Then he folded the Paris Herald
carefully and neatly and laid II
beside him on the bench. A much
SouEed woman with heavily dark
ened brows and lashes passed by,
sending him n glance of invitation.
1fo looked through her, seeing her
not at all, and she moved on with
q hardening OF an already hard
face and little shrug OF the
shoulders.
The woman had seen the hand.
some young man with tho blond
hair and blue eyes before and had
tried in her usually successful
way, to capture him. Always be-
fore he had looked away from her,
embarrassed. To-day he was hard,
Well, the woman thought, fortu-
nately the sea Ia full OF fish. New
,erthelesg she remembered the
young mans face. forgetting for q
<ime 70 make her careful, skillful
Estimate OF the male occupants OF
eho benches.
Presently Pablito arose and
walked toward the hotel ut
which he was stopping. Hc was
Woaried OF carefully planned
llower beds made up of cannas ana
low growing foliage OF red and
IEreen tripod leaves; wearied OF
I4he endless fieur do lis made by
Ear9oners who saw no beauty In
the casual arrangement Of flowers;
rHearted. too, OF the equally arti-
Iucinl men and women who came
20 this world, seeking that which
#hey saw a. "pleasure."
He would 20 back to Cuba, Pab-
DO decided, TO the bleak apart
lnent over grocery store. There
x least the sounds and the smells
would be genuine.
In New York Mr. ]. smithson
Billings cleared his throat. He was
1intating n letter and what no had
10 say was, II can find no trace
4g him" He knew he must say
81 bpt the words did not come
Easily. Billings moved In his
Ewivel chair, picked up O pencil
a nd Ia h.
aid boldly, determinediy, II can
Ind no trace OF him"
/ Tho stenographer made pot
hooks on q pad OF soft, gray paper.
7llings went on quickly now.
5hall I 20 on with it?' he added
$omething you let drop when we
$pSk met made mo think that per-
H4pg you wished 70 drop the
/ x3alblito, in his hotel room.
Int 20 stand by the elabo-
&kely draped window from which
70 could see the simmer OF blue
e4kar through the palms.
He was stricken by the realiza-
Ion that the FIRST announcement
~ Estelle's engagement had been
dzlly q rumor and also by the feel
MK tnHt no FHlkHts VGEHhpSg III
one manner have forestalled the
discrimination Of that earlier hint.
Lie was certain that Alec Davids
k-whoever he might be--could not
love Estelie so wholly as he him
elf did. Equally certain was he
xcaak he and Estelle belonged to-
IKefher In q way that was as rare
- Il was beautiful.
snake him good to her." he en-
treated that some one-or some.
Ifhing toward which men grope
8xhen clouds are heavy and low.
+ He had been running In a futile
.&lfort to keep ahead OF pain for
lneveral years now, he realized-a
Ipain that was now actually though
81 had been only rumor before.
who was IL who had said. "Most
Ixroubles are built OF apprehen-
ialon?" Well, II didn't matter who
had said It. There was really moth
1ng that mattered since Pablito
Iknew that his heart-break was no
8onger built OF apprehension but
Was real; that-perhaps-he had
IIost a chance OF somehow setting
lsnatters right.
Bitterness welled In him. Some
txnan--his father-had caused him
To be born of shame and into pain.
IAngeia had put scars upon his
body which. creeping into his soul
Eand memory. had made him a
{murderer. Being a murderer, he
mad lost the right to claim the one
fE1rl in the world he loved. That
Ewas the picture OF his life. II only
Ne could meet that father who had
|&orsaken himi What he would do
- i'm!
But all that was getting him mo-
t&vhere. The words on the printed
fMGwspaper page danced before
EEhblito's eyes "a rumor OF the en-