The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-11-01

euonn YOU can see now make IL
pay"
Mrs. Moore Topped. what will be-
come OF mel she walled.
Now. Mrs. Moore" said Rosalie.
with the high rent they charged you
for the old place. there was no future
for you. You were bound 10 fail. I've
got a better way. I'm 70 busy. n I'm
goin' to be buster. You see this house
well. IL amt my only interest. An
Jest at present I'm rushed to death.
Goodness knows. standin' OF reporters
the way I've had to do this last week,
Is one woman's job. I've got to hire a
ho~usekeeper to look after things an
tend front door an help out with the
cleaning. How would you like that?
Over there. you were carryin' the
whole thing an workin' for your board
Here, you'll git thirty-nve u month, an
Ill do the w%orryin'."
"Oh. Mrs. lie Grangel" walled Mrs
Moore; and this time the moving emo
ton was gratitude.
SO. al the end OF n mighty anxious
and perturbing week. the old Moore
household settled down on Rosalie
lie Grange. shook itself together again,
and returned 10 the dull routine OF It's
days.
The two new boarders-they were
longest naturally in settling to the
routine. Indeed. two or three days
passed before the others grew accli.
mated TO their thrilling and somewhat
~perturbing presence. But Constance
and Betsy-Barbara behaved through a
soul.racking week in such manner as
to secur Rosalie's growing affections
and to win the respect of the rest.
On the morning after the inquest.
Constance quietly took her place at
the common table in the dining room.
The rest or the boarders stllled their
tongues for embarrassment. And not
only embarrassment; undoubtedly
there was prejudice. Rosalie, pre-
siding al the head OF the table, did
not make the mistake OF trying to lull
this feeling Immediately. She let mat
tiers take their course for two meals.
At the third, she tactfully drew Con.
stance into an argument over the dis.
lance TO Paris. That served for an
opening. Little by little. the sweet.
ness or Constance. as exploited by
Rosalie lie Grange, made it's own way.
What had been a kind OF horror OF a
woman In her situation, became pity
and sympathy.
AS for Betsy-Barbara, that s~prightly
young person was popular from the
first. She took hold OF the Hanska.
Wade case as though it's settlement
deyolved upon her alone. Within three
days she had interviewed every one
I'm the house. from Mrs. Moore TO
Miss Estrilla, and had formed a half.
dozen theories, all proving the limo.
cence OF Lawrence Wade. II matter
ed not that Resale, already her con.
fidant, shattered all these bubbles.
B~etsy-Barbsra would simply interview
her witness again. and blow another.
Constance was her daily and hourly
care.
| leave to the newspapers the OF.
fetal eyents-"the developments OF
that week. Indeed, they reported few
essentials which we do not already
know. The inquest was over; the body
OF Captain Hanska had travelled the
road OF flesh to the crematory; Law
renee Wade wal held in the Tombs
without bail, to await action OF the
Grand Jury. The evidence against
him was clrcumstantial but strong. He
had proposed marriage to Mrs. Han
ska. Both he and his attorney tried
TO keep hat out when Constance went
on the stand; they lost, and she told
the fact with a simplicity which filled
columns and columns OF space next
morning. She insisted that he never
mentioned marriage after she told
him her story. Lawrence Wade. nat
urally, wanted a divorce. Captain Han
ska had refused. There was the mo-
tive. perfect, comprehensive. Wade
and Hanska had met twice before and
quarreled both times. On the night
OF the tragedy, Lawrence Wade, car
rying a handbag, had gone TO Captain
Hanska's room at about ten o'clock.
The bag contained, among other
things, two knives.
Lawrence Wade admitted this; and
admitted also that he had left all the
debris which Uttered Captain Han.
ska's table. THAT was part OF my
Grand" he said. He had gone from
Mrs. Moore's TO the Curfew Club. had
found from the desk clerk that there
was a N o'clock train to Boston. had
t~elephoned for a berth. had taken the
train. had been arrested in Boston
while engaging passage for Liverpool.
At half past two. Captain Hanska had
been found dead-stabbed I'm the heart
with a clean thrust by one OF the very
knives which Wade admitted bringing
from Arden. The Coroner's physician
testified that Hanska had been dead
an hour. and probably longer. Tae
knife Travelled an upward course. he
must have been stabbed standing. II
80. the thrust came from the front"