The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-16

is in love and in doubt has no patience
with the pr0saic wretch who can sleep
so audibly.
After a hasty breakfast in New York
be t%elephoned to the steamship COM
pany's pier and asked the time of sail
ing for the Kaiser Wilhelm. On being
IL formed that the ship was TO east of
at her usual hour. lie s~traightway call
ed a cab and was soon bowling along
toward the busy waterway. Directly
he sat bolt upright. rigid and startled
to find himself more awakened to the
realization Of his absurd action. Again
ii entered his infatuated head that he
was performing the verlest %schOolboy
trick in rushing to a steamship pier in
the hope of catching a final and at best
unsatisfactory glimpse Of a young wo-
man who had appealed to his sensitive
admiration. \ loyesick boy could be
excused for such a display of imbecil-
ity, but a mana man of the world!
Never,
The Idle of chasing down to the
waters edge 10 see that girl is enough
to make you ashamed of yourself for
life. Grenfall Lorry." he a~postrophized.
Its worse than any lovesick fool
ever dreamed Of doing. | am blush
ing. I'll he bound. The idiocy. the
rank idioey OF the thing, And suppose
she Should see me staring at her out
there on the pier? What would she
CIiIk OF me: i'll not go another foot.
| won't be a fool
He was excited and self conscious
and thoroughly ashamed of the trip
into which his impetuous alteration
had driven him. Just as he was tug
ging at the door i'll the effort to open it
that he might order the driver to take
bin back TO the hotel a sly tempter
whispered something in his ear. His
fancy was caught. and he listened:
why not 20 down TO the pier and
look over the passenger list just to see
if she has been booked safely? That
would be perfectly proper and sensi-
bic, and. besides, it will be a satisfac-
ton to know that she gets off all right.
Certainly. There's nothing foolish in
that. ''' Especially as | am right on
the way there. And as | have
come so far there's no sense in
going back without seeing whether
she has secured passage. / can
find out in a minute and then go home.
" There won't be anything wrong
In that. And then may get a glimpse
of her before the ship leaves the pier.
She must not see me, of course. New
er! She'd laugh at me. How I'd hate
to see her laughing at mer' Then,
sinking back again with a smile OF
justification on his face. he muttered:
I'VE won't turn back; well 90 right
ahead. Wen be a kind of a fool. but
not so foolish as to allow her to see us
and recognize US as one"
Before long they arrived at the
wharf. and he hurried to the Office
near by. The clerk permitted him to
look over the list First he ran
through the first class passengers and
was surprised to find that there was
no such name as G~uggenslocker In the
list Then be went over the second
class. but still no Guggenslocker.
Hasn't Mr.. GuggenslOcker taken
passageF be demanded. unwilling 10
believe his eyes.
Not on the Kaiser Wilhelm mr.
Then. by George. they'll ulss tie
boat! Lorry exclaimed ~Mzybe they'll
be here in a few Minutes
They can't get anything but steer
age now. sir. Everything eEs@ u gone~
Are you sire hey haven't taken
passageT asked tie bew1dersa Loxy
weakly.
you q Sc for yozz@lf~ answered
the young maj carly
Lorry vas again Il q pezpsrzroA
this time The result @ E vsgu1 grow
ing suspiciO1 that Ez1 fsrcs5s itself n
to his mind Gradually n came To
the conclusion that sbe lad foosed an.
had lied to him. Sic ID nor lateEd
to sail or the Wilhelm al an II was
all very clear to him now-thst sfranze
uess in her manner. those odd occasion
al smiles. What was she-au adveu-
turess? That sweet faced girl q little
ordinary coquette. a liar? He turned
cold with the thought.
The Changing of bells broke upon his
ears, and he knew that the great ship
was about to depart. Mechanics lily.
disconsolately. he walked out and paced
the broad. crowded wharf. All was
excitement. There were the rush or
PEOPLE, the shouts, the cheers, the pun
ing of tugs, the churning of water, and
the Kaiser Wilhelm was off on its long
voyage. Half heartedly. miserably
and in a dazed condition he found a
place in the front row along the rail.
There were tears In his eyes, tears of
anger, shame and modification. She
had played with him.
Gloomily his disappointed eyes swept
along the rail of the big steamer, half
interested in spite of themselves. Twice
they passed a certain point on the for
ward deck. unconscious of a force tnat
was attracting them In that direction
The third time he allowed them to set
tie for an instant en- the group of faces
and figures and then stray off to other
parts of the ship. Some strange power
drew them again to the forward deck,
n this time he was startled into an
intent stare. Could he believe those