The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-26
CHAPTER XVII

as it was weighing anchor. She had no /
regrets now, and ne doubts distressed
her mind or obscured her Judgment She
would find the man whom she loved, ]
wherever he might be. She would marry |
him and then defy the world. When |
ever she thought Of him (and she thought
cf little else), a beneficcnt warmth per |
vaded her being, and glimpses of deliri- |
Gus happiness flashed past hervision, re-
minding her Of those swift, strange,
radiantly emerald glimpses of eternity
which as child She had seen in tho
dawn 1t was as if heaven had broken
through the sky inadvertently, and she
strained her ears 10 catch the chant Of
the angel choir.
The passage across the North sea was
trying, as it always is, but she had the
second cabin all TO herself, and the
stewardess was kind and efficient In
Hull. where she arrived after voyage
of nearly two days, she tarried only a
few hours, but hastened on to Southamp
ton. where she narrowly missed the
Hamburg steamer She had
then barely money enough 70 buy a.
steerage passage TO New York. She new
er knew that if she had come but min
ute later she would have been prevented
from sailing by the police, who had just
received telegram from Bergen request
! ing her detention.
10 the young girl who had always
| spent her life in "a peaceful home where
order aud cleanliness reigned, tho noise,
| the filth and the bad air Of the steerago
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| the entire day and often much OF the
night on deck, and only descended into
| the i'll smelling purgatory when the
weather absolutely compelled her She
perceived that she was regarded with
curiosity by her fellow passengers and
the officers Of the ship but as long as
she volunteered no condolences no one
ventured TO- oquostion her. That force Of
personality which had given her COM
! manding position at home sufliced also
here 30 protect her from impartinence
or molestation. Her manner, though it
forbade familiarity, was 10y no means
repellent There was on the contrary,
in her behavior toward her poorer fellow
passengers that kindly aiIability and
consideration which always mark the
perfect lady She had a suspicion that
romances were being spun about her
The interest which her beauty and her
silent self sufiiciency aroused in certain
) masculine hearts required stern meas
ures TO be repressed. She was, indeed,
subject to some annoyances, excusablc
only on the plea Of excessive admira.
tion, and she took them placidly and
with a cool self possession which dis
couraged further advances A callow
Dane, with downy mustdche who re-
fused TO be discouraged, had to be blunt
" snubbed He had been presenting
her with gallantry and vapid remarks
about the weather and She had at frs
shown him f0rbearance on account OF
his youth because she knew that the
steerage Yas not governed by the eti
, quette Of the filst cabin. But when one
evening he planted himself at her side
in spite Of the chilly reception she &C
corded him and observed. ITS rathe
D late, isn't it?' she could not resist thu
temptation 70 reply, yves, tco late fo
little dogs to be ont of their kennels
During tho first week in March th
steamer arrived in New York after
passage of ! / days Bartholdi's Liberty
with her diadem of electric light, raise'
her huge torch above the river fog, an'
the eager immigrants climbed into tn
rigging and stood gazing with eye
ablaze with hope at the vast expanse O
roofs from which here and there dom
or tower loomed up against the noe
turnal blue Hulda, dreading the terror
Of the steerage by night moro than b.
day, sat on tho top Of a pile Of trunk
: awaiting the morning, and her hear
: swelled with JOY at the thought tina
y now her hardships were at an end an
! her reunion with her lover was close a
hand Now and then her head droope
= from WEAKNESS, and in spite Of the nois
about her she fell asleep When sh
). awoke, she was stiff in every joint an
,, she found it for awhile impossible {
?. move. She presently discovered, who
p she had succeeded in adjusting her min
Z, TO the situation, that some charitabl
= person had thrown a tarpaulin over hC
10 prevent her from catching cold. Whe
finally she had regained the use of he
- limbs and crawled OUT from under h'
covering, she perceived that the steam'
/. had Just been boarded by Tie quarantiI
g officers, who perfunctorily glanced 1
NJ the emigants as they passed in sing
file before them The ship was glidin
slowly up toward the pier, and Huld
was among the first TO be transferred
the ting which was TO take the eteeral
so passengers 70 Castle Garden. She coul
m. then no longer stave OFF the solution
the problem which had caused her muC
harassment during the voyage She hl
but So in her possession, and Chicag
rs she had recently learned, was near
Az /, 900 miles distant from New York
ie, this extremity she resolved to seek q
advice Of the Norwegian consul and q
certained by inquiry at tho bureau
=, information in tho great immigra
ei- depot that his Office was not far ava
: But, for all that, she shrank from Il
task Of finding it. twas with sinkiI
ets heart and "A chill sense Of loneliness th
is she emerged from the gate Of Cast
. Garden and stood staring at the huI
buildings opposite. Four or five steame
had arrived the night before. The b.
VI terry park was swarming with German
MS Bohemians, Poles aud Italians, aud
= babel of alien tongues struggled a.
wrestled in the morning air The weat
en- was clear, with a touch Of shive
- rawness which somehow stole into
ror verv marrow Of your bones A certa