The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

than wary George would have done. IN
| structions as to the way OF a man with q
! maid had not been included In the compre-
hensive schedule OF Morella's education.
They were within twenty minutes of the
! halfway hut ON the edge Of the first snow
field. wnen suddenly. without any sort OF
warning, the storm burst upon them. There
Is no kind Of compromise about Swiss rain.
Thew were wet through in five minutes. This
wind blew Morella's Tapping waterproof
circular behind her like rafting wings. oz-
sie had nothing but a dapper covert coat
that was purely and fairly
streamed with water. Mike O'Ferrol. ~
the trimmest Of dreadnought CATERS andra
big cape, was. however. perfectly sheltered
Old Sas.bach ywore behind his beard. 1t
was q weary business. and to add TO Morei-
las sorrows. she felt q sudden. sharp painin
her foot. DICTATED stockings are capital
things. no doubt, but no protection against
badly inserted Swiss nails. The MattberS
bootmaker had played her false She SUI
fered In silence. though OFerrol was al
most tender In his assiduities ana express
s!ons Of regret that she should have yielded
to his persuasion to come
When they reached the hut. which was
small. stuny and dirty. II was already
clearing. The peals Of thunder that had
been nearly incessant rolled away at In
creasing intervals. The blue. Jagged light
ming that had terrified Ozzie and caused
Fritz to cross himself continually. was no
longer half so vivid. The storm was over.
and the dawn was breaking away across
the snow. Then came the discovery that
the matches had all got wet and that they
could not light a fire. Also that. by some
oversight. the brandy had been forgotten
So they were doomed to cold within ana
without. The best thing We can do Is to
get home and 20 to bed" said Ozzis with
unwonted decision. Morella had wrestled
With her boot and had found her heel was
bleeding from the nail that had worked
through. OFerrol managed to knock down
the point with his knife But OF course
it Is out Of the question for you to go on.
wet as you are. OF course We will 90 back
at once. now that IL has stopped raining.
You must not expose yourself further"
Morella thought complacently Of the easy
downward path SO very favorable to con-
~versation. and in the depth Of her inner
consciousness lay a wish that Ozzie had
never come. and an opinion that he locked
like a shivering, drowned rat.
Mike held a low-yoiced coiloQuy with old
Saasbach which appeared to amuse that
battered veteran Then he said in that
pleasant voice Of his:
MY holidays are nearly over. and the
weather looks settled enough now the storm
has rolled away. The snow is in good or
der, too. so / think after all I may as well
try the new route. Fritz will sec you both
safely down. and I shall hope to ind you
none the worse. Au revoir!"
Morella was too electrified to find words
She let O'Ferrol and the guides go out into
the cold gray light without any sort Of re-
joinder. That after all this fuss he should
leave her! It was really too rude. too hope
lessly unchivalrous. And that Ozzie Sopstock
should see It'll Ozxie who had doubtless
been suffering the panss Of despised love
while they climbed through the darkness
Humiliation and anger did battle. and an
ger triumphed.
The sun came up above the rose-nushed
SHOWS in unimg1nable Jewel splendors.
Fritz sang loudly and 1oyfuily ~ Mofella
limped along down the pathway b had
mounted SO elate and gay.
Ozzie had taken q thorough chill and feE
miserably III. But he was not wholly sad
as he splashed through the thick mud. Miss
Slater had treated him abominably. He
would very soon show her that he (Sop-
stock) was not the man to Be trtdsd with
OFerrol was not such . bad chap. and he
had scored her on pretty effectively. After
all. she was q good aga too. and her an
kles were awful
People at the Edelweiss noticed tina even
ing hat neither Of the srstwhile insepara-
bles were at dinner.
But presently . guide brought In . much
moro interesting piece OF new2 The Irish
gentleman. with old 6aasbach and Han
Brugstock. had got up the Schwenckhorn
by . new route: also that they had gone
over the Mast..an Pas: Into Italy.
Morella saw some luggage labeled Ca
denabbia" In the post ONCE . few days
later. but not before Ozxie 6op0tock was
down by the lake teaching the prettiest
American girl In the Thunsrhof how to play
tennisL She has been greater than ever
since on all questions relating to woman"
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