Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-04

story laid aside. The week has been
equally quiet at tho select boarding
house maintained BY Resale LIE
G1nge-a quiet overlain with gloom
and yet illuminated with human SYM
pathy and even gaiety.
Out Of the shadows twinkle two
staEs-Bstsy-Bazbara and Tommy
North. Resale In Jest, and Professor
Nou IN earnest, call Betsy-BarbarA
the little household fairy" Engaged
though she 10 In tragic guardianship.
she II also young and sprightly and .
village girl fresh to tho wonder Of
New York. Rosalie IL tho quiet force.
but Betsy.Barbara tho visible focus,
which draws MSm all together. She
asks counsel Of Min Harding and Miss
Jones on her autumn clothes. In her
spare moments sho sews industriously
With Resale 10 Grange dropping
meantime those 4 oonhdsnces witch
dow at sswing-bess. Tho orphan Of .
country clergyman and . schoolmis-
trsss, she has It her fnsertips all the
arts Of play. Whenever the household
stayS In Of nights, she, gathers them
together over hearts or bridge; when
cards grow stale. she is capable Of
getting contagious fun out Of charades
or AnAgramA Il
Moro and more the boarders take to
staying at home. Thts charming life
domestic II . novelty in New York. it
seems; they revel in the fad. Mr.. Es-
trilla has developed . way Of joining
them after his evening visits to his
sister: and no brings such . spirit of
Latin gaiety that they quit their for
NAL games, and take always to music
and conversation when he enters. Ro-
safe especially delights in him. He
has . quick turn OF the tongue which
matches her own: and they fence with
good-natured repartee. Whenever Els
trilla enters the room his eyes travel
to Betsy.Barbara and they two play
In Q boy-and.girl spirit very charming
and amusing-to every one but Tom
my North. All speak we'll of Estri1la.
II guess he's q regular man all right,
II he is a wop," says even Tommy.
Miss Estrilla alone never joins the
group downstairs. Though her eyes
are better, though she can bear some
light, she shows state Of debility puz-
cling to her physician and alarming to
her watcher and attendant. Rosalis LIE
Grange. The doctor advises her to re-
turn to a warmer climate before the
New York winter sets in-like all
transplanted Latins, she Is q very
shivery person. She answers that she
cannot; her brothers. business lies in
New York, and she would b unhappy
away from him.
The time came when Resale Le
McGee; she wished to unload some
theories Of her own concerning the
Hanska case. Such visits must be
made with all due precaution Of De
crecy. She chose an evening when, a.
happened seldom nowadays, nearly Ill
the boarders had engagements else
whore. A step preliminary to hel
diplomacies, she tolephoned to MCGEE
and made With him IN appointmsnt fal
from the ofica Then she approached
Bstsy-Barbara.
TITS asking lot OF you. my dear.
she said. but rye been 20 busy settin
this place shook together that
haven't had time to mind my own Il
fairs. I've . cousin In town an 1ssl
haven't had time 70 pay her aay at
tsntion. Miss Dstrllla 10 kind Ct neev
Gus tonight, an I hate 10 leave he,
alone unt1 her bFothsf comes-sny
how. hs misses so0s evenings. Just
ut By hsr-an' II he shows up yov
DON'T have to d. even that"
BOtsy.BaIbaIA a0oopkod the nsv 70.
sDonsihtNty.
ia love II" she aaid almost cheer
fully. Constance 10 going to try "a
get some sleep tonight, and nj put hef
to bed Y3gAt after d1ansg. And I'vs
bssa dying 10 meet Mis- Hstriiia."
Riss Hstrilia's APPEARANCE appealed
ut once % Bsksy-Daxbaxa's Qutck sym,
pathlss. Her Vss weeo shaAod;
fue4hs9 shs vose heavy oolcsoA siass'
q. She vas q. Sa&hse tai end slsnAss
wman, Bstsy-oarbara decided. Thsfs
was kind Of exquisite shynees about
! which blended peEfectly With z