The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

energetic countryman. Two heads were
better than one, and he was forced to
admit to himself that he rather liked the
idea of company in the undertaking. Not
that he expected to encounter any par
ticular difficulty, but that he saw
strange loneliness ahead. Therefore he
welcomed his friend's avowed intention to
accompany him to Edelweiss as a relief
instead of an annoyance. Until late in
the night they discussed the coming trip,
Anguish finally startling him with ques-
ton, just as he was stretching himself
preparatory to the, walk to his hotel.
What are you going to do with her
after you find her. Gren, old MANI"
Grenfalls brow puckered and he brought
himself up with d jerk, puzzled uncer-
tainty expressing itself in his posture as
we'll as in his face.
III think about that after I have
found her." he replied.
Think you'll marry herr" persisted the
other.
How do I know" exclaimed the wo-
man hunter, savagely.
on of course you don't know-how
could you?" apologized Anguish. "Maybe
she won't have you-maybe she is mar
fled-aH sorts of contingencies, you know
But, If you'll pardon my inquisitiveness,
- like to ask why you are making this
wild goose chase half around the world?
Just to have another look at her?"
You asked me if 1 thought" Here
he stopped.
take it for granted, then, that you'd
hke 10: Wen, I'm glad that I've got
something definite on which to base oner
ations. The one object of our endeavors
from now on. is to exchange Guggens-
locker for Lorry-certainly no robbery. A
charity, | should say. Good night See
you in the morning."
Ihe next morning the two friends took
a cab to several railway stations and in
quired about Graustark and Edelweiss.
She was stringing you, old man." said
anguish after they hao turned away
from the third station. He spoke com
miseratingly, as he really felt sorry.
mol! exclaimed Lorry. ''She told mo
the truth. There is Graustark and Sine
lives there. I'll stake. my life on those
eyes of hers
Are you sure she said it was in En-
rope?" asked Harry, looking UP and down
the street as fl he would not have been
surprised to see her in Pc ris In his hea
ne believed that she and her precious rela-
tives had deceived old Gren. Perhaps
their home was in Paris, and nowhere
else. But for Lorry's postiveness he
would nave laughed heartily at the others
simple credulity or branded him a dolt.
the victim of some merry actress whin
Still, he was forced to admit, he was not
In position to see matters as they ap-
peared and was charitable enough 70
bide his time and to humor the faith that
was leading them from place to place in
the effort to find land that they knew
nothing about. Lorry seemed so sure. so
positive, that he was loath to see his
dream dispelled, his ideal shattered There
was certainly no Graustark; neither had
the Guggenslockers sailed on the Will
helm, all apparent evidence to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Lorry had been
in a delirium and had imagined he saw
her on the ship. If there. why was not
her name in the list? But that problem
tortured the sanguine searcher himself.
At last. in despair, after a fruitless
search of two days, Lorry was willing to
submit. With the perverseness common
to half-defeated fighters, Anguish at once
protested, forgetting that he had sought
to dissuade his friend the day before.
We'll go to the library of Paris and
take look through the books and maps"
he said. "Or. better still, let us go to
the postoffice. There! Why have we not
thought of that? What there is of Grau-
Nark they'll know in the postal service. >"
Together they visited the chief post
Office, where, after being directed to yari-
GUS deputies and clerks, they at length
found the department in which the infor-
nation was obtainable. Inside of five
minutes they were in possession of facts
that vindicated Miss Guggenslocker, lifted
Lorry to the seventh heaven, and put Mr..
Anguish into an agony of impatience
Graustark was small principality away
off to the east and Edelweiss was a city
of some seventy-fve thousand inhabit-
ants. according to the postal guidebook.
The Americans could learn no more
there, so they went to Baedecker's office.
Here they found a great map, and, after a
diligent and almost microscopic search.
succeeded in discovering the principality
of Graustark. Then they looked at each
other in dismay.
Its a devil of a distance to that little
red blot on the map unused Lorry, pull