Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-05
CHAPTER xlv-contlnued.


"Tf money meant that we would be
compelled to lead the sort of exist
ence most Of these people do" he re-
torted, "Td take measures to be broke
as o as possible"
you're awful 7" Hazel commented.
Fill snorted again.
tomorrow, you advise our hostess
that we're travelling" he Instructed.
"When we come back We'll make head
quarters at a hotel until we locate a
place of our own-if you are sure you
want to winter here"
Her mind was quite made up to
spend the winter there, and she frank
~ said so-provided he had no other
choice. They had to winter some
where.
"Oh, yes, I suppose so. All right;
Wen winter here" Bill acquiesced.
"That's settled"
And, as was his habit when he had
come to a similar conclusion, he re-
fused to talk further on that subject
hut fell to specializing idly on New
York. In which he was presently
aided and abetted by Hazel, who had
never invaded Manhattan, nor, for that
matter. any Of the big Atlantic cities.
New York. she was constrained TO
admit. rather overwhelmed her. she
traversed Broadway and other world
known arteries. and felt a trife dubi-
Gus amid the unceasing rush. Bill
piloted her to famous cafes, ana 10
equally famous theaters. She MADE
sundry purchases in magnificent shops.
The huge conglomeration of sights
and sounds made an un%forgettable i'm
preston upon her. She sensed keenly
the colossal magnitude of 1t all. But
she felt n distinct wave Of relief when
they were Granville bound once more.
In n week they were settled com
fortably in n domicile Of their own
five rooms in an up-to-dnte apartment
house. And since the social demands
on Mrs. william Wagstaff's time grew
npace. n capable maid and n cook were
added 10 the Wagstaff establishment.
Thus she was relieved of the onus OF
h0uscwork. Her time was wholly her
own. at her disposal or Bits, as
she elected.
But by lmpcrceptible degrees they
came to take diverse roads In the swirl
Of life which had caught them up.
There we're 50 many little woman af-
fairs where a man was s~uperfiuous.
There were others which Bill fatty re-
fused 10 attend. "Hen parties" he
dubbed them. More and more he re-
manned at home with his books.
Sometimes Hazel caught herself
wondering II they were getting as
much out Of the holiday as they should
have gotten, as they had planned to
get when they we're struggling through
that interminable winter. She was.
But not Bill. If she ventured to give
a tea, he fed the house as If from the
plague. He made acquaihtances of his
own. men from God only knew where,
individuals who occasionally filed the
dainty apartment with malodorous to-
bacco fumes, and who would cheer
fully sit up all night discoursing ear
nestly on any subject under the sun.
But so long as Bill found Granville
habltable she did not mind.
she wished %ferventIy that Bill would
take up some business that would keep
him In touch with civilization. He had
the capital, she considered, and there
was no question Of his ability. Her
faith in his power to encompass what
ever he set about was strong. Other
men, less gifted, had acquired wealth,
power, even a measure Of fame, from
b less auspicious beginning. Why not
her
But she could never quite bring her
self to put II in so many words to Bill.
The cycle of weeks brought them to
January. They had dropped into some
thing of a routine in their daily lives.