Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-01-18
CHAPTER u.



When Jack Barrow called again,
which happened to be that very eve
ming, Hazel told him simply that she
had left Harrington & Bush, without
entering into any explanation except
the general one, that she had found it
impossible to get on with Mr.. Bush In
her new position. And Jack, being
more concerned with her than with her
work, gave the matter scant considera-
ton.
This was on a Friday. The next
forenoon Hazel went downtown. When
she returned, little before eleven, the
maid Of all work was putting the last
touches to her room. The girl pointed
20 an oblong package on a chair.
"That came for you n little while
ago. Miss Weir" she said. "Mr. Bush's
carriage brought It."
mfr. Bush's carriage !" Hazel echoed.
"Yes'm. Regular swell turnout, with
n footman in brown livery. My, you
could see the girls peeking all along
the square when 1t stopped at our
door. It quite flustered the missus."
The girl fingered n second, curiosity
writ large on her countenance. Plainly
she wished to discover what Miss Ha-
zel Weir would be getting in a package
that was delivered in so aristocratic
n manner. But Hazel was in no mood
TO crafty anyone's curiosity. She was
angry at the presumption of Mr. An.
drew Bush. II was an excellent way
Of subjecting her to remark.
She drew or her gloves. and, laying
aside her hat picked up a newspaper
and begnn to read. The girl, with nc
excuse for lingering, reluctantly gath
cred up her broom and dus!pSn, and
departed. When she was gone. ant
not till then, Miss Weir investigated
the parcel.
Roses-two dozen long-stemmed Ii
Frances-flled the room with theil
delicate odor when she removed the
pasteboard cover. And set edgewist
among the stems she found his card
Miss Weir turned up her small nose
"I wonder If he sends these as {
sort of peace offering?" she snorted
"I wonder II few hours of reflection
has made him realize just how exceed
lngly cnddlsh he acted2 Well, Mr.
Bush. I'll return your unwelcome gif
though they are beautiful flowers.
And she did forthwith, squanderini
40 cents on a messenger boy to delive
them to Mr.. Bush at his office. Sh
wished him to labor under no misaI
prehenslon as to her attitude.
The next day-Sunday-she spen
with Jack Barrow on a visit to hi
cousin in a nearby town. They parted
as was their custom, at the door.
was still early in the evening-eight
thirty, or thereabOuts-and Hazel wen
into the parlor on the first floor. Mr.
Stout and one Of her boarders 50
there chatting, and at Hazel's entranC
the landady greeted her with a sta
tling bit of news:
"Evenin', Miss Weir. Ave you ear
about Mr.. Bush, pore gentleman
Mrs. Stout was very English.
"Mr. Bush2 No. What about him
"'E was 'urt shockin bad this awft
noon" Mrs. Stout related. "Out 'ors
back ridin', and is 'orse ran ava
with I'm, and fell on i'm. Fell all of
cap, they say. Terrible-terribl'
The pore man isn't expected to liv
Is backs broke, they say. Wat
pityl Shockln' accident, indeed"
Miss Weir voiced perfunctory syr
pathy. as was expected of her, seeir
that she was an employee of the firm.
or had been lately. But close upc
that she escaped to her own rool
She did not relish sitting there di
cussing Mr.. Andrew Bush.
Nevertheless she kept thinking
him long after she went to bed. s.
was not at all vlndletive, and his mi
fortune, the fact-if the report we
true-that he was facing his en-
stirred her pity.
The report of his injury was verifi
in the morning papers. BY evening
had pretty well passed out of Haze
mind. She had more pleasant CO
Germs. Jack Barrow dropped in abo
six-thirty to ask IL she wanted to
with him to a concert during the wee
They we're sitting in the parlor,
n front window, chattering to ca
other but not so engrossed that tn