The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-03-08

kindly on teaching as means or i've
lihOod. And stenOgraphers seemed to
be in demand. Wherefore. she rea-
soned that wages would be high. with
the list In her purse, she went down on
IIastlngs-which runs like huge ar
terry through the heart of the city,
with lesser streets crossing and dlverg-
ing.
But she made no application for en-
ployment. For on the corner of Has
tings and Seymour, as she gathered
her skirt In her hands to cross the
street. someone caught her by the arm
and cried:
"Well, fOrevermore If II isn't Hazel
Wpirr
And she turned to find herself facing
Lorraine Marsha Granville school
chum-and Loraine's mother. Back OF
them, with wide and startled eyes,
loomed Jack Barrow.
He pressed forward while the two
women overwhelmed Hazel with a
flood of exclamatiOns and questions,
and extended his hand. Hazel accept
ed the overture. She had long since
gotten over her resentment against
him. She was furthermore amazed to
! find that she could meet his eye and
take his hand without a single flutter
of her pulse. Ii seemed strange, but
she was glad Of il.
| They stood few minutes on the
corner; then Mrs. Marsh proposed that
they go to the hotel, where they could
! talk at their leisure and in comfort.
Lorraine and her mother took the lead.
Barrow naturally fell into step with
Hazel.
"Tve been wearing sackcl0th and
ashes Hazel" he said humbly. "Short-
ly after you left, somebody on one of
the papers ferreted out the truth of
that Bush affair, and the vindictive old
hounds reasons for that compromising
legacy were set forth. Bush appears
to have kept II diary--and kept 1t post
ed up TO the day of his dcc th-poured
out all his feelings on paper, and re-
peatedly asserted that he would win
you or ruin you. And it seems that
that night, after you refused to come
to him when he was hurt. he called in
his lawyer and made that codicil-and
spent the rest of the time till he died
gloating over the chances OF 1t be-
smirching your character"
"Tve grown rather Indifferent about
it," Hazel replied impersOnally. But
he succeeded rather easily. Even you,
who should have known me better,
were ready to believe the very worst"
"Tve paid for It," Barrow pleaded.
"You don't know how I've hated myself
for being such n cad. But 1t taught
me a lesson-if you'll not hold a
grudge against me. I've wondered and
worried about you, disappearing the
way you did. Where have you been,
and how have you been getting onl
You surely look WELL" He bent an
admiring glance on her.
"Oh, I've been every place. and
can't complain about not getting on"
she answered carelessly.
For the life of her, she could not
help making comparisons between the
man beside her and another who she
guessed would by now be bearing up
the crest of the divide that overlooked
the green and peaceful vista of forest
: and lake, with the Babine range lying
I purple beyond. She wondered If Roar
4 ing BIZ Wagstaff would ever, under
' any circumstances, have looked on her
, with the scornful, angry distrtst that
Barrow had once betrayed. Barrow's
. attitude was that Of little boy who
a had broken some plaything In fit OF
0 anger and was now woefuliy trying tC
{ put the pieces together again. II
I amused her. Indeed. II afforded her q
q distinctly un-Christian satisfaction
i since she was not by nature of meel
e or forgivlng spirit.
n Hazel visited with the three OF then
4 In the hotel parlor for matter Of tw,
& hours, went to luncheon with them
Il and at luncheon Lorraine Marsl
q brought up the subject of her comm,
d home to Granville with them. TIL
l. Bush incident was discussed and dis
l. missed. On the question of returning
II Hazel was noncommittal.
d "Of course you'll comet We won
e hear Of leaving you behind. So yo
y can consider that settled" Lorain
q Marsh declared ut last. "We're goin
day after tomorrow. So Is Mr.. Bar
N row."
]. Jack walked with her out to tn
d Ladysmith. and, among other thing,
T. told her how he happened to be In tn
< coast city.