Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-14

jaunty sailor hat sat where the never
to be forgotten cap had perched. The
change was slight, but it was sufficient
to throw him into the most feverish
state Of uncertainty. An insane desire
to shout command to this strange
young woman came over him.
The ship was slowly opening a gap
between herself and the wharf, and he
knew that in few moments recogni-
ton would be impossible. Just as he
was losing hope and was ready to groan
with despair the face beneath the sail
or hat was turned squarely in his d.
rection. A glaze obscured his eyes; a
numbness attacked his brain. 1t was
Miss Guggenslocker!
| A pair of big glasses was leveled Mt
him for second and then lowered. He
plainly saw the smile on her face and
the futtering cambria in her hand. He
waved his hat and then shis handker-
chief, obtaining from her vigorous and
unrestrained signs OF, appreciation. Her
face was wreathed in smiles as she
leaned far over the rail, the picture of
animated pleasure.
Making sure that her uncle and aunt
We're not visible, he boldly placed his
fingers to his lips and waited kiss
out over the water.
"Now she'll crush mew he cried to
himself, regretting the rash act and
praying that she had not observed it.
Her handkerchief ceased fiutterng in
an instant. and. with sinking heart. he
realized that she had observed. There
was moment Of indecision on the
part Of the fair one going out to sea,
and then the little finger tips Of both
hands went to her lips and his kiss
came back to him.
While he was still waving his hand
kerchief, debating savagely and joy
4 ously the wisdom of the act, she be-
came part of the distant color scheme
The blue figure faded and blended into
/ the general tone and could no longer
be distinguished. She was gone, but
/ she had tossed him kiss from lips
that he should always see
! Uppermost in his bewildered mind
was the question, Why is she not in
the passenger list? Acting on sud-
den impulse, he again sought out the
clerk in charge and made most thor
ough inspection. There was no Gug-
| genslocker among the names. AS last
( resort he asked:
'They could not have sailed under
m assumed name, could ileyy'
II can't say as to that. Where are
they going?"
"Graustark.'
But the young man shoot; his head
slowly Lorry's shaking in unconscious
accord.
care You sure that 70. saw the
young lady on ho;i,d?"
| well. ratherw exclaimed Lorry ON
pbatically.
| Il was going to say there are lot
OF Italian and German singers on the
ship, and you might have been mistak-
IN. But since you are SO positive it
seems very strange that your friends
nre not on the list.s'
/ So I.orry went away discouraged and
with vague fear that she might have
been prlma donna whose real name
was Guggepslocker, but whose stage
name was something more euphonious.
He instantly put away the thought
and the fear. She was certainly not an
opera singer-imposslble! He drove
back to his hotel and made prepare
lions for his return to Washington.
Glancing casually over the register, he
came to the name that had been haunt
Ing him Guggenslockcr! There were
the nsmes. "Caspar Guggenslocker and
four Graustark." Without hesitation
he began to question the clerk.
They sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm
to-day" sud that worthy. "rhat's all
I know about them. They came yes
terday and left today
| Mr.. Grenfall Lorry returned to Wash
/ ington as In a dream-a fairy dream.
The air of mystery that had grown
from the first was now an impenetra-
Bile wall, the top of which his curios-
! ity could lot scale. Even his fancy,
| his imagination, served him not. There
was but one point on which ne was
satisfied-he was in love. His own con-
1 dition was no mystery.
4 Through the long hot summer he
worked and worried and wondered
he must know all about her! But
| how?
The early months Of autumn found
/ him pale and tired and Indifferent alike
TO work and plfy. He found no pleas
ure in the society that had known him
1 as lion. The doctor told him he was
approa ching nervous prostration. His
mothers anxious eyes could no longer
be denied, so he realized grimly that
| there was but one course left open to
him. He suggested 1T to the Doctor, to
his mother and to his uncle, and they
agreed with him. 1t involved Europe.
Having fully decided again to cross
the sea, his spirits revived He became
more cheerful took an interest IN things
that were going on, and by the time the
Kaiser Wilhelm sailed in September
was the picture of health and life.
He was off for Edelweiss = to the
strange Miss Guggenslocker who had
thrown him kiss from the deck that
sailing day.
Ito be continued.)