Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-12-28
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"Just a minute" he said.
Presently he wheeled from the de-
I and regarded her With Gisconcertin
frauHness--as if he were appraieln
her, point by point, So to speak.
: ,Aiy-ah--dictation 10 You yestcrta.'
was in the nature OF q try-ouf Ms
| Weir he finally volunteered. Mis-
| Morrison has asked to be transfer
! % our Midland branch Mr..
recommended YOU The work vii ~.
| be hard but I must have someonr
! pendahe and discreet ard careful
avoid errors. ! think you will man
! il very nicely If vou-ah-have no
| iec1.sn 10 giving up the more gene
! work Of the Office for iris. The sail
! viii be considerably more
"lf you consider that ny work
he salts Jetory," Miss Weir hegaH
"f don't think there's any doubt or
| that score. You have Il good record In
| The Office he interrupted smilingly
New let Us gel 10 work and clean W
fhis correspondence.
| Thus her new duties began. There
WAS an air Of quiet in the private of
| Zee. greater luxury Of appointment.
which suited Miss Hazel Weir 70 6
bicety. The work was no moe dir
! cult than she had been accustomed 70
| coing--a trifle less in volume. AMI
more exacting in attention to detail
| and necessarily more confidential 70.
2.r Andrew Bush Ind his finger tip
ca the pusing heart Of big business
The size e the check which Haze
received in her weekly envelope va.
increased far beyond her expectations
Nelly Morrison had drawn twenty dol
Lars a week. Miss Hazel Weir drew
tventH-fve-a substantial increase
oFer what She had received in the ship
ping department With that extra
money there were plenty of little
things she could get for the, home she
aad lack Barrow he'd planned
Things moved along in routine chan
tells Tor two months or more before
/ Hazel became actively aware that
subtle change was growing manifest il
the ordinary manner Of Mr.. Andrew
TuSh. She shrugged her shoulders 81
the idea At first But she was WON
IN; moreover. a woman OF intelligence
her percepdve faculties naturally
Keen
The first symptom was flowers, daIn-
- bouquets Of which began 10 appear
N his desk. Coincidsnt with this, NJ
EeSh evinced an inclination to DRIFT
/ i7so talk en subjects nowiSe related
- business Hazel accepted the trlh-
re is her sex reluctantly. giving him
IL encouragement 70 overstep the no
na bounds Of cordially. She was an
s1lutely sure Of herself and of her love
for lack Barrow. Furthermore. Mr.
andrew Bush though well preserved,
MS drawing close to ffty-anG she was
f9enty-tvo. That In itSe}f reassured
Der.
Thus the third month Of her tenure
5r.lfed by. and beyond the telltsn
eIanceS aforesaid, Mr. Bush remaiF i
tentatively friendly and nothing m
iszsi spent her Sundays as she
Si.enl them for year past-with
Farrow: sometimes rambling afoe
.la e0un ~ or in the park, sonnet
#aaulsins i'll tie luxury Of a hired
gl-E For n drivo.
But 3fr Bush took her breath away
" time and in q manner totally un-
expected He finished debating
/ batch Of letters one afternoon and sat
PIPING on his desk with pencil Fa-
:, waited a second or two, expecting
aeH to continue, her eyes on her note.
md al The uUbroken silence she loo
Jaa 70 fnd him staring fxedly at her.
There was no mistaking the expires.
,i5u EN- his face Hazel flushed and
51~ank hack involuntarily. She had
L red to avoid that. II could not be
a y,hins but unpleasant
SIN bad small chance To indulge in
! reflection. Tor at her FIRST self-eonsciou<
aove he reached swiftly and caught
har hand.
Hazel he said biuntly, will you
garry meg"
Miss Weir gasped. Coming without
warains. II damfoundea her. And
Vl.ic her first natural impulse was
/ o. answer q blunt No" she was iluS-
tered and 50 TOOK refuge behind
Snow of dignity.
Nj Bush She protested, and tried
+ T. release Aer hand.
But Nh Bu>h had no intratinn ~
allowing her tn a. that.
"rm IL deadly earnest. he SAID.
eIve loved You ever since that Snf-
eav saw you In the park feeding
taa swans. / want you TO be my wiz
y,I yoag"
"Iai awfuuv ey" Hazel stani-
urred. Shc -, asst the least bit
t-irhterea. "Hy you're" TIL
t1,-c that VAS uqpermOSt IN her mind.
and what she came near saying, vas:
You're I'D enouSa IL he ny father
and beside him there Instantly flashed
3 vision # jack Barrow. OF course Il
was ahsurd--eren though she appre-
gatad me bono Bur SIZE did rot in
i-h the sentence that way. i don't
OH its simply iiapeSsible couldn't
=. u alz Of Slch 4 thing
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