The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER |.
Which Introduces a Lady and Two
Gentlemen.

Miss Hazel Weir, on weekdays wa
merely q unit In the Office Of llnrrIng
ton & Bush, implement manufacturers
Neither in personality nor In garl
would a casual glance have dllfcrentl
atcd her from the other female units
occupied at various desks. A business
Office is no place for woman TO pa
rnde her personal charms The meas
ure Of her worth there Is simply thu
measure of her efficiency at her ma
chine or ledgers. So that IL any mem
ber of the firm had been asked wha
sort Of girl Miss Hazel Weir nigh
be-. he would probably have replied
and with utmost truth-that Miss Well
was capable stenographer
But when Saturday evening released
Miss Hazel Weir from the plain brick
Office building, she became, until she
donncd her working clothes at I n. IN
Monday morning, quite different sort
of person. In other words she
chucked the plain shirtwaist and the
plain skirt into the discard. got into
such dress as normal girl of
twenty-two delights to put on, and de-
voted half an hour or so to doing"
he. hair. Miss Weir then became an
entity Mt which feg persons Of either
sex failed to take a second glance.
Upon a certain Saturday night Miss
Weir came home from IN informal
little party escorted by young man.
They stopped at the front gate.
'Tll be here at ten sharp said he.
"And you get good beauty sleep
tonight, Hazel. That confounded of
fee hate to think of You drudging
away at it. wish we were ready
to"
"Oh bother the Office" she replied
lightly. Anyway, l don't mind. It
doesn't tire me. | will be ready at
ten this time. Good night, dear"
Good night, Hazie," he whispered.
''Hcre's kiss to dream on"
Miss Weir broke away from him
llaughngly, ran along the path, and
up The steps, kissed her finger tips to
the lingering figure by the gate and
went In.
Bed" she soliloqulzed, sis the place
for me right quickly II I'm going to be
up and dressed and have that lunch
ready by ten o'clock. | wish | weren't
such q sleepyhead-Or else that |
weren't pore wurrkin' gurl.' ,
AT which last concelt she laughed
SOFTLY Because, for Il pore wurrkin'
gurl,' Miss Weir was fairly well con-
tent with her lot She had no one de-
pendent on her-u state of affairs
which, II It occasionally leads to lone
Illness, has It's compensations. Her
salary as n stenographer amply COW
cred her living expenses, and even per-
mittcd her to put by few dollars
monthly. She had grown up in Gran.
vile. She had her own circle of
friends. So that she was comfortable
even happy, in the present-and Jack
Barrow proposed TO settle the prob
lem Of her future; with youths op-
timism they two considered 1t already
settled. Six months more, and there
was TO be a wedding, thrce-weeks'
honeymoon, and final settling down
IN little cottage on the West side;
everybody in Granville who amounted
to anything lived on the West side.
Then she would have nothing to do
but make the home nest CoZy, while
Jack kept pace with real-estate busl-
ness that was growing beyond his most
sangu,ne expectations.
She kissed her finger tips to him
again across the rooftops all grimed
with Il winters SCOT. and within iir-
teen minutes Miss Weir was sound
asleep
She gave the lie, for once, to the say.
Ing that woman is never ready at the
appointed time, by being on the steps
n full ten minutes before Jack Barrow
appeared. They walked to the corner
and caught a car, and in the span of
half an hour got Off at Granville park.
The city fathers, hampered in days
gone by with lack Of municipal funds,
had left the Northumberland square
of the park pretty much as nature
made Il; that is to say, there was no
ornate parking, no attempt at land
scape gardening Granville park was
a, bit of the old ontario woodland, and
as such afforded n pleasant place to
loaf in the summer months.
when Jack Barrow and Hazel had
finished their lunch under the trees,
In company with little group Of their
ncquaintances, Hazel gathered scraps
of bread and cake into paper bag.
Barrow whispered to her: Lets 90
down and feed the swans. I'd just as
soon be away from the crowd
She nodded assent, and they depart
ed hastily lest some Of the others
should volunteer their company. 1t
took but short time to reach the
pond. They found Il log close to the
waters edge, and. taking seat there
tossed morsels TO the birds and chat
4errd to each other.
sLook." she said suddenly; heres
one Of my esteemed employers, II you
Diease. You'll notice that he's walking