Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

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transplanted Latins, she Is very
shivery person. She answers that she
can not; her brothers business lies In
New York. and she would be unhappy
away from him. Once, Rosalie LIE
Strange suggests a hospital; where.
r$on Miss Estrilla weeps and begs to
remain. Go she will not, though Ros-
allie once discovers Estrilla arguing the
question with her In his perfect Eng
ish with it's pleasant Spanish roll.
The time came when Rosalie LIE
Grange determined to visit Inspector
MCGEE; she wished to unload some
theories of her own concerning the
Hanska case. Such visits must be
made. with all due precaution Of
secrecy. She chose an evening when,
as happened seldom nowadays, nearly
all the boarders had engagements else
where. Mr., Murphy and Mr.. Dayne
had invited the girls to the theater;
Mr.. North was to dine with man who
might give him Job AS a step pre-
liminary to her diplomacies, she tele-
phoned to MCGEE and made with him
an appointment far from the office.
Then she approached Betsy-Barbara.
ITS asking a lot Of you, my deal"
she said, but I've been so busy get
tin this place shook together that
= No - tnI O.
fairs. I've a cousin in town an jest
haven't had time to pay her any atten-
ton. It's been simply scandalous the
way rye neglected her. Miss Estrilla
is kind Of nervous tonight, an hate
to leave her alone until her brother
James comes-anyhow he misses some
evenings. Just sit by her-an If he
shows up you don't have to be even
that. Goodness knows, wish I'd got
her a nurse at the start instead Of try.
i'm to boss the thing myself"
Betsy-Barbara accepted the new re-
sponsibility.
'I'd love it, she said almost cheer
fully. Constance Is going to try to
get some slep tonight, and I'll put her
to bed right after dinner. And I've
been dying to meet Miss Estrilla."
Miss Estrilla's appearance appealed
at once to Betsy arbara's quick SYM
pathies. Her eyes were shaded; furth-
er she wore heavy colored glasses. She
was rather tall and slender woman,
Betsy-Barbara decided. Her face, bold
in the bony structure, seemed hawk
like with the wasting of illness. There
was kind Of exquisite shyness. about
hnv which h1nn6nl vnrFnnf1Vy with n
punctilious Spanish courtesy She was
Spanish in manner alone. however.
She spoke English without a trace of
her brothers. amusing roll.
Betsy Barbara, when the ice was
broken, chartered girl-fashion on the
events OF the. day in the boarding
house, avoiding always the subject OF
the tragedy which had drawn them
together. Miss Estdlla, though she
listened with interest, did not avail
herself Of openings to respond with
chatter OF her own. Betsy-Barbara
was running down, when she be-
thought herself Of q new resource
i've brought up the evening paper"
she said, wouldn't you like to have
me read It to you? There's splendid
clopement in high life."
|. Il should like 1t very much, y replied
Miss Eetrilla, after q pause at which
Betsy-Barbara wondered.
I'm just crazy about the New York
papers" resumed Betsy-Barbara, as
she perched herself on a table to get
the dim point OF light. "The Arabian
Nights things that happen In this
town will drive me crazy yet. Wait
just minute. l must see II they've
found the Hollister baby. I'm nearly
dead over her!"
Curiosity satisfied, Betsy-Barbara
read the headlines and rendered in
full the stories which Miss Estrilla in
dicated She was absorbed in the &C.
count of splendid burglary, when q
knock sounded 1t the door And
Estrilla entered.
a AS he recognized her with bow Of
inimitable attention and courtesy. as
he crossed the room and tenderly
kissed his sister, Betsy-Barbara had,
somehow, the feeling that she was
meeting stranger. For the first time
at any rate, she expressed him to her
self. Handsome" was her first men
tai comment. That marked against
him in her books. She distrusted the
handsome male. A man, according to
Betsy Barbara's perfectly clean-cut set
of opinions, should be like bull-terrier
ugly, little rough and awkward,
faithful, kind. But nice in spite OF
It," was her second thought. She
formulated another thing about him IN
the minute while she watched. His
quality was-caressing that was the
word. The glances Of his eye, the at
titude Of his body, the gestures Of his
hands, all reminded one Of love-tap.
Betsy-Barbara took in other details
as he faced about and addressed her.
He was small-but she had always
noticed that obvious fact. Looking at
the figure on the bed, one would have
called the sister the taller Of the two.
He was nevertheless perfectly formed.
He had a plume of black hair which
glimmred in the gaslight with dusky
reflection of Betsy-Barbara's native
gold-and-satin turban.
IT have been taking care Of your