The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-17
CHAPTER Ill.
"a Do Give and Deaueath"

W men ahtA bhFFbN tA4iFu TINT
evening. Hazel told him simply that
abe had left Harrington & Bush.
without entering into any oxplAna
tion except tho general one that
she had found II impossible 10 get
on with Mr. Bush In her new 10
sition. And Jack. belng more con.
cerned with her than with her work.
gave the matter scaut considerE.
tinn.
This was on Friday.
Sunday she spent with Jack Bar
row. They parted. as was their
custom. at the door. II was still
early In the evening 30. and at
Hszers entrance the iandiady
greeted her with . startling bit Of
news.
''Evcnin'. Miss Weir. Ave you
card about Mr.. Bush. pore gentle
mani" Mrs. Stout was very Eng
iish.
"Mr. Buah7 No. VIVA, abou,
himy'
"'E was 'ur, shockin' bad this
a~ft'noon. Mrs. Stout related.
out 'orsehaek ridin'. and II 'orse
ran away with I'm. and fell on I'm.
The pore man liant expected TO live.
Is backs broke. they say"
Miss Weir voiced pcrfunctory
sympathy. a. was expected OF her.
seeing that she was An smploye Of
the ffrm--or had been lately.
The merit days. papers contained
xkt ~ 10 nHa
Hazel felt . sense OF relief. He
was powerlcss to annoy or pcrse-
cute her. and she could not &C.
cape the conviction that he would
have attempted both had he
lived.
She had row been Idle u mat.
ter OF days Nearly three months
were yet 20 elapso before her
wedding.
It. seemed scarcely worth while
TO iSok for another position But
the monotony OF idleness irked
her. During that day she gath.
cred together the different Gran.
villc papers. and went carefully
over tho want" columns. And
in the morning she sailed forth.
Her quest ended with the first
place she sought Before 10 O'Clock
Miss Hazel Weir was entered on
the payroll Of furniture manufac.
turing house.
Three days went by. Hazel at.
tended a concert with Jack the
evening OF the day Mr.. Andrew
Bush received ostsntAtious burial
At 10 tho next morning she was
called to the telephone.
THAT you. Hazclf"
She recognized the voice. Jack
Barrow's
Surely. Doesn't It sound like
met"
Have you seen the morning pa
persg''
NO. What"
Look EN- over. Particularly the
Gazette"
The harsh rattle OF receiver
slammed back on it's hook without
even a goodbye" from him struck
| her like slap I'm tho face. She
hung up slowly. and went back TO
her work. The resentful note in
his voice grated on her and mysti-
fled her.
The 10 to / intermission gave her
opportunity TO hurry up the street
and buy Gazette. Then. instead
OF going home to her luncheon. she
entered the nearest restaurant She
wanted chance to read. more
than food. She did not unfold
the paper until she was seated.
A column heading on the front
page caught her eve. The caption
ran: Andrew Bush Leaves Money
to Stenographer." And under IL
the subhead; Wealthy Manufao-
turer Makes Peculiar Request to
Miss Hazel Weir"
The story ran a full column. and
had 10 do with the contents OF the
will. made public following his In.
terment. There was great deal
Of matter nnent the principal ben
eficiarles. But that which formed
the basis OF the heading was a
codicil appended to the will a few
hours before his death, in which he
did give and bequeath to Hazel
Weir. until lately In my employ.
the sum Of $1,000 10 repnration for
any wrong | may have done her"
Tho Gazette had copied that por-
| tion verbatim, and used II as peg
upon which to hang some adroitly
worded speculation as TO what man
ner OF wrong Mr.. Andrew Bush
could have done Miss Hazel Weir.
Mr.. Bush was a widower OF ten
years standing He had no CHI.
dren. There was plenty OF room
In his life for romance. And
wealthy business men who wrong
pretty stenographers are not such
an unfamiliar type.
Hazel stared at tho sheet. aud
her face burned. She could under
stand now why Jack Barrow had
hung up his receiver with a slam.
| CHAPTER ".
| An Explanation Demanded
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