The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-22
CHAPTER XIV.
Tho Dronc Of the Bee Hive

tnk up rom tho funnel OF the stan
ley ID. as Dlll wagstan piloted
Hazel from tho grimy Bella Coda
hotel 10 tho wharf.
There aren't many passengers"
he told her. They're mostly can.
merry men. But you'il have the cap
tain's VITO 20 chaperon you. She
happens TO be making the trip"
When they were aboard and the
cabin boy had shown them TO what
was dlEnlfied by tho name OF state.
room. Bill drew long envelope
from his pocket.
Here" he said. is a little
money. hope you won't lot any
foolish pride STAND in tho way OF
using II freely. II came easy 10
me. Seeing that deprived you OF
access 10 your own money and all
your personal belongings. you are
entitled 10 this any way you look
az H. And want 10 throw In a
biz OF Eratuitous adyice-in case
you should conclude 10 20 back TO
tho Meadows. They probably
looked high and low for you. But
there In no chance for them TO
learn where you actually did get
10 unless you yourself tell them.
The most plausible explanation
and n you 10 there you must mako
some erpianation--would be for
you TO say that you got lost
which In trus enough-and that
you eventually fell IN with a party
OF Indians. and later on connected
up with a party Of white people
who were travelling eastward.
That you wintercd with them. and
they put you on steamer and
sent you 10 Vancouver when spring
opened.
That. I guess. IL an he con.
cluded slowly. only wish"-he
caught her by the shoulders and
shook her gently sure do wish
II could have been different. little
person. Maybe youli have a kind.
iier feeling for this big old North
when you get back into your cities
and towns. with their smoke and
smells and business sharks, where
its everybody for himself and the
devil take the hlndmost Oh. yes
when you get TO Vancouver 10 20
the Ladysmith. It's n nice. quiet
hotel in tho West End. Any hack
driver knows the place.
/ lie dropped his hands. and
looked steadily ut her for q few
seconds. steadily and long'ngiy.
"Goodbyi" he said abruptly
and walked out and down the
gangpiank that was already being
cast loose. and away up the wharf
without backward gianca
Hazel sat down on tho berth.
Presently shc opened tho envelope
he had left IN her hand. There
was q thick fold OF bills. her ticket.
and both were wrapped in a sheet
OF paper penciiei with dots and
crooked lines. She laid II aside and
counted tho money.
"Heavensi" she whispered. Il
wish he hadn't given ne 30 much.
didn't need All that
For Roaring Bill had tucked .
dozen 500 notes In the envelope.
And. curiously enough. she was no,
been less generous. She sat long
time with the money In her lap.
thinking. Then she took up the
map. recognizing II a. the sheet OF
paper Bill had worked over 80 long
their last night at the cabin.
II made the North more clenr--a
great deal more olear--to her. for
he had marked Cariboo Meadows.
the location OF HIS cabin. and Bella
Coda. and drawn dotted limos 10
indicate the way he had taken her
in and brought her out Tho Fra.
ser and It's tributaries. some OF
tho crossings that she remembered
were sketched I'm. tho mountains
and tho lakes by which HIS trail
had wound.
II wonder n that's challenge
TO my vindictive disposition T.
she murmured Il told him 80
often that I'd make him sweat for
his treachery II ever | got a chance.
All. we'll
| She pu, away the money and
tho map.
The Stanley ID. bore down
Bentick Arm and on through
Burke Channel to the troubled
waters OF Queen Charlotte Sound.
After that she plowed south be-
tween Vancouver Island and the
rugged foreahores where tina Coast
Range dips to tho sea. and, upon
the evening OF the third day. she
swept across harbor speckled
with shipping from all tho seven
seas to her berth Ht the dock.
SO Hazel came again 10 a city
a city that roared and beloved all
its manifold noises In her ears,
long grown accustomed to vast
and brooding silence. Mindful OF
Bits parting word. she took hack
to the Ladysmith.
/ And even tho the hotel was re
moved from the business heart OF
tho city, the rumble OF tho city's
herculean labors reached her far
into the night. But at last she fell
asleep, and dawn OF clear spring
day awakened her.
She ate her breakfast, and set
forth on a shopping tour. To such
advantage did she put two OF the
! 800 bills that by noon her immedi.
ate activity was at an end, and she
had time TO think OF her next move.
Somehow she must find n means
to return the unused portion OF the
to her-enormous sum Roaring
Bill had placed I'm her hands. She
must make her own living. The
question that troubled her was:
How. and whereof
She had her trade at her finger
ends. and the storled office build.
lngs OF Vancouver assured her that
any efficient stenographer could
find work.
But she made no application for
employment. For on the corner OF
Hastings and Seymour. as she gath.
! cred her gkirt I'm her hand IN orosa