South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-19
Continued From Thursday
CHAPTER NJ.
Crying 1t Out.

Trying III Out.
There was something the matter
with Betsy Barbara. Even before she
spoke, Resale recognized that.
IN AFRAID Constance is going to
pieces said Betsy Barbara, relieving
ner mind at once. She worries ne 10
death. She will go TO the Tombs.
" hen she leaves there. shes like
r2ck-Mr. >Wade is perfectly bully.
and he seems to inspire her with has
own confidence. But the moment she
gets back here, she just willis Here
5etsy- Barbara herself seemed TO
break; the tears came. and with them
a little hard burst of laughter The
experienced ROSalie took her to her
own room, wheeled her TO the couch,
banked her comfortably with pillows.
Now cry it out, my dear" she
said. And BetsyBarbara cried it
out.
Rosalie herself spilled a few tears,
so that she ceased for a time her ca
ressing monosyllables for fear of the
unsteadineSS in her own voice.
Il ought not TO let myself go like
this, said Betsy Barbara when the
storm was over, I'm as ashamed as L
can be. AT least, | never let Constance
see how / feel. But sometimes when
I'm alone"
L know, dear, l know" said Rosa
smelllngS salts, toilet water, all the re-
storatives OF the feminine pharma-
copoeia, there's two kinds of people
IN. this world, dearie-the posts and
the rails. You an l are posts. But
there's times when a person would
like 10 quit and be rebuilt an sag
down an be a rail. Now let me put
this on your face, dearie, an you'll
come TO dinner as fresh as ever" She
bathed Betsy BarbaTa's face with
long motherly strokes
But it's such a dreadfully long time
20 wait sObbed Betsy Barbara, her
eyes giving signs of a clearing show
er, that ! scarcely dare look ahead.
And when ! think of the trial and the
awful strain on Constance"
IF there ever is a trial" replied
Rosalie. why. he hasn't even been
indicted yet. You don't understand
the game or you'd know how much
that means. They don't dare indict
him with the little tiny bit of evidence
they've got. It's long. but the longer
the night the brighter the day, | say
An just when it seems YOU haven't a
drop of strength left, is the very time
you get strength from somewhere.
I've got my own ideas about where it
come trom-but there. That's relig-
ion, an We amt talkin' religion. OF
course, you're gOin' to let me help
you. w ME ENOSdlle SPOKE size ndu
mechanically handed Betsy Barbara
the atOmizer. Mechanically, Betsy
Barbara took 1t and sprayed NeT pear
~ throat with toilet water Mechan-
ically again Rosalie gave her a
square Of chamois, white With face
powder. Mechanically. Betsy Barbara
passed it over cheeks and nose.
Thank yOu-but you have helped
a great deal already" said Betsy
Barbara, emerging from these minis
trations a delicious, white-faced little
clown. Il don't know what ever
should have done without YOU" she
added as she busted off the superflu-
Gus powder with little dashing touch
es of her hands.
"Oh, that's nothin' I'm a horse for
troubles-other peoples. RI
haven't chick or child or husband or
relation, which is why L never lug
round any serious worries Of my own.
But I've found enough an to spare of
this Hanska murder case. If muir
derers only knew" she added, dimp-
ling. how much they put out per-
sons way Of life, they'd count ten
first and never do it,"
Betsy Barbara, smoothing her
brows and brushing powder out Of
her lashes with her finger-tips,
smiled at this pleasantly, grim
though it was.
Il didn't know, she SAID, that
the case greatly bothered any one
here except Constance and me-or
not since Mr.. North was released at
any rate"
well, wish that was all" began
Rosalie. She paused here for sec
ond. her body frozen TO "A pose. So
she always paused upon the birth of
a new idea. Had she known of this
habit she would have practiced to
control it; for she had studied, dur
ing thirty years Of trafficking with
mans emotional expression, to let no
external sign betray her real
thought-unless she wished 10 be-
tray that thought. But this was such
an infinitesimal trick of manner that
none, not even her shrewd-eyed fell
lows of her old craft, had ever dis
covered il. We, however, who be-
hold and study Rosalie BeGrange from
the standpoint OF the divine. may OBJ
serve il and make comment. As we
tread the maZes Of her diplOmacies, IL
will be a guide to our feet.
Mainly" resumed Resale after
this little significant pause, its this
Miss Estrilla The whole affair has
got dreadfluly on her nerves. she be-
ing sick as she iS-all run down"
AT mention of that name, Betsy
Barbara looked up suddenly. Some
harder emotion. Rosalie observed,
seemed to pierce the thinning clod
of her grief
"Yes?" said Barbar-Betsy Her
tone was non-committal.
The shock got on her nerves. She
was away up on the top floor that
night, hearin' everything and seem