The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-16

not say anything unjust without ask
ing my forgiveness, and when you do
that you more than pay the debt. 1t is
worth a great deal to me to hear you
say that you w something to- me, for
1 am only too glad to be your creditor.
If there is II debt, you shall never pay
1t. 1t is too pleasant an account to
be settled with you're welcome II
you insist that you owe much to me, l
shall refuse to cancel the debt and al
low it to draw interest forever"
"What n financicr!" she cried. "That
Jest was worthy of a courtier's deepest
nattcry. Let me say nat 1 am proud
TO owe my gratitude to you. You will
not permit it to grow less"
"That was either irony or the pretti-
est speech n woman evcr ute he
said warmly. 81 also am curlcS, 'bout
something. You were reading over my
shoulder in the observation car
81 WAS not!' she exclaimed indlg-
nautly. GLOW did you know that!'
she Inconsistency went on.
you forgot the mirror In the oppo-
silc side OF the car"
"Ach! Now / am offendedI'
with a poor old mirror? For shame!
Yet, i'm the name of our American glass
industry, | ask your forgiveness. 1t
shall rot happen again. You will adj
NIT that you were trying to read over
my shoulder. Thanks for that immuta-
bic nod. Wcll, l am curious to know
what you were so eager to read"
"Gincc YOU presume to believe the
,, i.n, t,,,tN. ~ ,A~ II ,rtll tNll ~,
There was Il dispatch oh the first page
that Interested me deeply"
II believe | thought as much at the
time. Oh, confound this road!" For
half Il mile or more the road had been
fairly level, but, as the ejaculation in
dicutcs. a rough place had boen reach
cd. lie was flung back in the corner
violently, his head coming in contact
with n sharp projection Of some kind.
The pain was almost unbcarable, but 1t
was cascd by the fact that she had in
voluntarily thrown her arm n, ,ss his
chest, her hand grasping his shoulder
spaSmodically.
ooh, we shall be killed." she half
shrickcd. Can you not stop him? This
is Observation-Disclosures"
"Pray be calm! 1 was to blame, for
l had become careless. He Is earning
his money; that's all. 1t was not stip-
ulntcd in the contract hat he was to
consider the comfort of his passen-
gers" Grcnfall could feel himself turn
pale as something warm began to trio
kle down his neck. "Now, tell me
which dispatch it was. l read all Of
them"
"You did, OF what interest could
they have been?" o.
Curiosity does not recognize rea-
SON."
"You read every one Of them2"
"Assurcdly."
guess which interested me the most.
You Americans delight In puzzles, l
am told"
"Now, Int is unfair"
$50 1T ia. Did you read the dispatch
from Constantinoplef" Her arm fell
to her side suddenly as If she had just
realized its position.
"The one that told Of the French am.
bassador's visit to the sultan?"
Concerning the small matter Of a
loan of some milllons-yes. Well, that
was Of interest to me inasmuch as the
loan, if made, will affect my country"
"Will you tell me what country you
are from?"
AZ am from Graustark."
ayes; but I don't remember where
that is"
as it possible hat your American
schools do not teach geography? Ours
tell us where the United States Is To-
cated.''
81 confess Ignorance"
"Thcn | shall insist that you study n
map. Graustark is small, but I am as
proud of it as you are Of this great
broad country that reaches from ocean
to ocean. / can scarcely wait until ]
again see iii dear crags and valleys,
our rivers and evcr blue skies, our
plains and our towns. I wonder IL you
worship your country as 1 love mine"
"From the tenor Of your remarks j
judge that you have been away from
home for a long time" he volunteered.
eve have seen something OF Asia,
Australia, Mexico and the United
States since we left Edelweiss six
months ago. Now we are going home
homer She uttered the word so Low.
ingly, so loneingly. so tenderly, that he
cnvicd the homeland.
There was n long break In the con.
v%ersation, both evidently wrapped In
thought which could not be disturbed
by the whirl of the coach. He was
wondering how he could give her up
now that she had been tossed into his
keeping so strangely. She was asking
herself over and over again how sc
thrilling an adventure would end.
They were sore and fatlgued with
the strain OH nerve and flesh. 1t was
an experience never to be forgotten
this romantic race over the wild noun
tain road, the result still In doubt. Ter
minutes ago-strangers; now-friends
Mt least, neither knowing the other.
"Surely we must be almost Mt the
end of this awful ride" she moaned,
yielding completely to the long sup.
pressed alarm. every bone In my
body aches. What shall we do IL they
have not held the train?"
"Send for an undertaken" he replied
grimly, seeing policy In Jest. They
wore now ascending an incline, bump
ing over powders, hurting through
~treacherous ruts and water washed
holes, rolling, swinging. jerking, crash
ing. "You have been brave all along.
Don't give up now. 1t is almost over.
You'll soon be with your friends"