The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28

that Carl" as Mrs. Greve called her,
was ordered from the Grand Hotel
| When she received the notice to leave
| the hotel she burst into tears Mrs.
Greye continued. and turning to me she
said: Hazel, l shall kill myself some
day; the world seems TO be against me. -
! That was the last time l ever saw
her. She left Cincinnati at once. She
told me that she was going to open a
manicure parlor III indianapolis. l am
sorry that she killed herself. 1t was so
| unnecessary. If she had notified her
friends here she could have obtained the
assistance she needed. ! shall send some
nice flowers. and my friends shall do like
wise. 1t would be too bad to have the
| obsequies appear weird and devoid Of
flowers simply because Carl killed her
self as she did -
Carlotta Steffens did go to indianapolis.
where she associated herself with Miss
Graham of New York. and they opened
| what they called toilet paror'' in one
of the most prominent buildings in the
! city. They advertised themselves as
Steffens & Graham. Masseuses and Man
tourists"
She lived very retired life at first
making a distinct effort 10 avoid meeting
PEOPLE, and particularly men. in social
way. But her extraordinary beauty made
! ii impossible for her 10 remain in seclu-
sion. People raved there as they have
everywhere she has appeared, over the
! loveliness of her face and her finely
moulded figure. Her hair then was
glossy black, and she had a delicate olive
complexion. relieved by the reddest lips
and illumined By wonderful dark eyes.
Before she ever heard of Robert Hem
I ingway, Carlotta Stefens went to see the
scores. This particular person who delv-
: cd into the future was a palnist and in
nowise remarkable. She was one of the
/ thousands who go about the country
but she forttold truth
! Carlotta was accompanied by friend
fer whom the seers prophesied cheerful
future with the usual light gentleman
and dark lady in conjunction and the
escape from the impending evil. But
when she came to look at the hand of
Carlo the Beautiful she studied it long
and shook her head. She told some COM
monplace things and then paused. Car
lotta urged her TO go on. The manner
and tone of the palmist changed.
4 do not care to tell you what l read
in your palm. she said-and there are
many whom the conversation was repeat
ed in addition to the young woman who
overheard tit do not care to tell you
because it may be possible that l may be
mistaken and you would be needlessly
alarmed
Il am not afraid, laughed Carlotta,
''go on. It's such fun to have a fortune
that isn't all pleasant.
1T is very terrible" said the palmist.
seriously. Il want to warn you that
something deadful is going to happen to
you.
Please tell me everything, insisted the
girl with cheerful eagerness.
The pamist again studied her hand and
egain shook her head ominousy. Finally
she uttered tie direful prophecy OF
death.
The firm of Steffens & Graham was
beginning to prosper i'm indianapolis when
Junior member decided that she would
return to New York and the senior men,
Der confded to some of her acquaintance
that she was going to marry Robert Hem
irgway. The excitement resulting from
this announcement the friends forget all
about the prophecy of the fortune teller
although Carlotta Steffens said that he
made his home in San Francisco during
the winter. She declared that she had
met Hemingway i'm Covington. Ky, where
she passed her childhood
II is true that Hemingways family did
come from Covington, but she had not
In fat
bad moved TO Muncie. IND. where he as
scciated himself with his brother who
made fortune in the manufacture of
glass.
Carotta Steffens did not make the an
nouncement that she was going to be
married until the day she left Indianapo-
lis. She went to Chicago. Not long after
ward some of her friends heard afterward
that she was married and had started on
Il honeymoon.
Shortly after Carlotta Steffens left In
dianapolis Robert Hemingway appeared
in san Francisco with very beautiful
young woman whom he introduced as his
wife. Hemingway is known in San Fran
cisco as a horseman. He owned two
race horses and devoted most of his time
TO trying to win money from the book
makers. He is twenty-five years old and
he says his health was shattered in the
Spanish-American war by a bayopet
wound Hemingway declered that he was
a non-coumissioned officer in the Fifth
Cavalry and that he was also with the
Eleventh Infantry. He served IN Cuba
and Porto Rico.
For time the couple lived in 4 hotel
and then they moved 10 the fashion /
able Knickerbocker apartment house. 1
where lived Conway r Hemingway. Rob /
ert Hemingway : brother. and his wife.
Conway and his wife Rose, accepted +
Mrs Robert Hemingway and apparently l
they lived together very comfortably. I
Carlotta had beautiful clothes and she 4
went To the races every DAY There /
We're scores of men TO admire her. Tor I
she da=ed people in san Francisco, whore /
there are many beautiful women and I
more dazzling ones. Her black hair had ,
become a rich shade OF auburn and 50
skilfully was the change affected that 4
none suspected that the color was not /.
natural
No one knows what the inner life of /
Robert Hemingway and carlo the Beau I
tsfur' was like He has told many stor- /
ies. but he has insisted in all OF them /
that they never had serious quarrel /
and that he had never the slightest idea /
that she was unhappy enough 10 kill her
self Far more convincing are the words 4
In that last eloquent letter OF hers:
When YOU told ne thar you did not I
care 10 talk with me / just ionged to kiss /
~, tb-ov- my arms ahoflr v-our neck bur