South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-30
Continued from Yesterday

When she went abroad, she faced
batteries of clicking camera shutters.
Her photograph, together with impress
sionist drawings more or less accurate,
blazoned the front page of every aft
ernoon extra. Parenthetically, let me
mention TO to Miss Harding these pic
lures formed the most thrilling fea-
ture of the whole affair. On the day
after the inquest, an afternoon yellow,
being short of news and imagination,
made an extra of the Three Beauti-
full Women in the Hanska Case.
They were Constance, Betsy Barbara
and Miss Katherine Harding Pub
licly. Miss Harding affected to be in
jured in all her finer feelings; secretly,
she bought ten copies. AS for Law
renee Wade, his breeding, his athletic
career. his personal comeliness-but
Lawrence Wade will enter in his
proper place.
The newspapers were not the only
extra irritation. Mrs. Hanskas mail
grew until the postman approached
the lie Grange boarding house look
ing like Christmas and departed look
ing like Monday morning. Clipping
bureaus, private-detective agencies.
young men who wanted to be detec-
tives, unknown but cordial friends
their letters came by DOZENS by
SNoItSs ny nuluIeuS. lll-ptlltu nOlcS
from Mills hotels limited at mysteri-
Gus knowledge. A man wrote from
a sanatorium in New Jersey to say
that he himself committed the muir
der because Captain HanSka had as
sisted Napoleon and Mary Queen Of
Scots to poster the authors astral
body. There were two offers to star
in vaudeville, three TO pose for NOV
ing pictures and proposals enough TO
,Ir&1 II
er the first day, Constance never saw
these letters. Betsy-Barbara, her
consider and amanuensis, read them
and destroyed them unanswered.
She discussed them with Rosalie
alone.
on the morning after the inquest,
Constance quietly took her place at
the common table in the dining-room.
The rest of the boarders stilled their
tongues for embarrassment. And not
only embarrassment; undoubtedly
there was prejudice. Rosalie, presid-
ing at the head of the table, did not
make the mistake of trying to lull
this feeling Immediately. She let
matters take their course for two
meals. At the third. she tactfully
drew Constance into an argument over
the distance TO Paris. That served
for an opening. Little by little the
sweetness of Constance, as exploited
by Rosalie lie Grange, made its own
way. What had been a kind OF hor-
ror Of a woman in her situation, be-
came pity and sympathy.
AS for Betsy Barbara, that spright-
ly young person was popular from
the first She took hold Of the Han
ska-Wade case as though its settle
ment devOlved upon her alone.
Within three days she had interview
ed every one in the house. from Mrs.
Moore to Miss Estrilla. and had form
ed a half-dozen theories. all proving
the innocence OF Lawrence Wade. II
mattered not that Rosalie, already
her cOnfidant. shattered all these bub-
bles. Betty Barbara would simply in
terview her witness again. and blow
another. Constance was her daily and
hourly care.
She's bearing it." said Betsy Bar
bara. reporting TO Resale lie Grange.
''as l expected she would. Med
be crying on everybody's shoulder.
She does her crying alone-but> it's
telling on her. AS for him-he's
splendid. Just bully! That's the only
way 10 put IL"
I leave TO the newspapers the Off
cial events-"tne developments" OF
that week. Indeed. they reported
few essentials which we do not al
ready know. The inquest was over;
the body OF Captain Hanska had trav-
eled the road OF flesh TO the crema
tory; Lawrence Wade was held in the
Tombs without bail. 10 await action of
the grand jury. The evidence against
him was circumstantial but strong.
He had proposed marriage TO Mrs.
Hanska. Both he and his attorney
tried 10 keep that out when Con-
stance went on the stand; they lost,