Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-11
Bv WILL IRWIN
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hara axcent Constance and me-or
not since Mr.. North was releaseu a.
any rate"
"Well. | wish that was all, began
Rosalie. She paused here for a sec
ond. her body frozen to pose. DO
she always paused upon the birth
of a new idea. Had she known OF
this habit she would have practlsea
to control it; for she had studleas
during thirty years of trafflcKlhs
with mans emotional expression 10
let no external sign betray
her real thought-unless she
wished to betray that Thoughts
but this was such an infinitesl-
NAL trick of manner that none.
not even her shrewd-eyed fellows OF
her old craft, had ever discovered II.
We, however, who behold and stuny
Rosalie LIE Grange from the stand
point of the divine, may observe 1t
and make comment AS we tread the
mazes of her diplomaeies, it will be a
guide to our feet
Mainly" resumed Resale after
this little significant pause, "its this
Miss Estrilla. The whole affair has
got dreadfully 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, Resale observed,
seemed to pierce the thinning cloud OF
her grief.
"Yes?" said Betsy Barbara. Her
tone was non committal.
1.-THE shock got on her nerves. She
was away upon the top floor that
night, hearin' everything and SEEM
nothing at all That always makes 1t
worse. She wouldn't even read the
papers afterward, an / never men,
ton the case to her-nor do You,
dearie. / soon found out that she's
like yau an rne-she's the kind to
worry about other peoples troubles.
An its queer, but one little thing
bothers her whole lot. She heard
about Mr.. North comm home drunk.
ans she's afraid that he'll go bad
with liquor thinkin' about his arrest
Tell me-" she AIDED, SUDDENLY shifting
the line of attack, "he has really cut
out liquor an got busy, hasn't hep"
Rosalie, reading Betsy Barbara's
mind by the process of observing ex-
pressions and making swift de-
auctions thereon, perceived that
Betsy-Barbara was about to say,
what affair is it of yonrs?" She per-
ceived also that the better part of
Betsy-Barbara, the part which i'm
PEELED her to her philanthropies of
service, had put down that vixenish
reply.
YES" said Betsy-Barbara, II think
he won't drink any more. He's too
busy with his agency"
"How's it going?" asked Rosalie.
Splendid, 1 hear" replied Betsy
Barbara. He's getting promises of
some very good business already"
Rosalie resumed her best motherly
expression.
Now. I'm just as sure as can be-"
she said, that you were the person
who made him do 1t. When 1 first
thought over the case of that young
man, / saw what he needed. An he's
got it, all right! Guess you can count
on him. When man really has the
habit, he's gone. But when he hasn't,
all he needs is something more In
teresting to do"
I think So" replied Betsy Barbara,
relieved that RosaIie seemed to be
prying no further into her relations
with Tommy North.
I'm sure. Well. gettin' back to
Miss Estrilla. She showed today in
a little talk with me that Mr.. North
was on her mind. / notice you don't
go up there much. But if you could
stop in once or twice just like you
used to, an about the second time
let it out natural about Mr.. Norths
takin' a brace an goin to work, 1t
would be a blessing to her. OF course
it must be led up to-an' you mustn't
say anythin' about the murder. she
just can't stand that"
Betsy Barbara did not show the
enthusiasm which Rosalie expected.
She hesitated. This was genuinely
puzzling. Rosalies memory, playing
like lightning over this turn in girl
psychology, called up a set of facts
which she had hitherto observed
without correlation. OF late, though
Senior Estrilla by no means neglected
his sister his visits to the parlor had
become more regular. Twice she had
seen him talking to Betsy-Barbara
in the hall, 1t was Rosalie's impress
sion that he had waited there to find
al opening for tete-a-tete.
z is it Mr.. Estrilla, and not Tommy
North, that she's. doin' this maneu-
verin' to cover up?" she asked her.
self mentally
All this had passed with the swift
ness of thought-when thought
travels the electric wires of such a
mind as Rosalies. But now Betsy
Barbara was speaking;
THE reason | haven't been there,
Mrs. LeGrange, is, frankly, because
of Mr.. Estrilla He's so-so-so--
l guess I mean. OF
course, l don't take him seriously,
and yet he does look at me so and
pays me such extraordinary compli-
ments! l don't know exactly how to
handle that kind of man." she ended
with a little nervous laugh.
Rosalie waited.