Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-28

the flower that grows there. An vo,
need, my boy, is a manager. I'll d.
the arranging, and your little act vii
be the plucklng."
Easier said than done"
"Shc threw kiss to you, didn't She !?
certainly, but confound it, that wa
because she never expected TO see m,
again"
Same reason why you threw kis
TO her. I suppose"
81 know why; wasn't accountable
well, II she did it any more wit
tngly than you did she is accounta bic
and I'd hunt her up and demand an ex
planation."
Iorry laughed at his apparent forvor
but was glad that he had confided il
his energetic countryman. Two heads
were better than one. and he was fore
cd to admit to himself that he rotho
liked the idea of company in the under
taking; not that he expected to encoun
Ter any particular dlillcUljy. but that
nc saw a strange loneliness ahead:
therefore he welcomed his friend :
nvowed intention to accompany him to
Edclwciss as n relief instead of an an
noyancc. Until late in the night they
discussed the coming trip. Anguish
finally startling him with question
Just as he was stretching himself pre-
paratory to the walk to his hotel.
what are you going to do with her
nffpr find hnr did
Grenfalfs brow puckcred, aud he
brought himself up with Jerk. puz.
lied uncertainty expressing itself in his
posture as weH as in his face.
"lll think about that after I have
found her" he replied.
Think you'll marry herr" persisted
the other.
How do know 2" exclaimed the wo-
man hunter savagely.
ION, of course you don't know. How
could you: apologized Anguish MAY.
be she won't have you; maybe she ia
married all sorts of contingencies. Won
know. But, if you'll pardon my inOtIis.
ltiv"ness. I'd like to ask why you are
making this wild goose chase half
around the world just to have another
look ut herr"
You asked Inc If thought Here
he stopped.
II take it for granted, then. that
you'd like to. Sell. I'm glad that I've
got something definite on which to base
operations. The one object Of our en-.
beavers from now on is to exchange
t'uggenSlocker for Lorry -certainly no
robbery; charity, should say. Good
night; see you in the morning"
The next morning the two friends
took cab to several railway stations
and inquired about Graustark and
"She was stringing you, old man"
said Anguish after they had turned
away from the third station. He spoke
as he really felt sor-
ry.
mo-" exclaimed Lorry "She told
me the truth. There is n Graustark,
and she lives there. I'll stake my life
on those cas- of hers"
Are you sure she said il was in Eu-
ropeE asked Harry, looking I'D and
down the street as if he would not
have been surprised TO see her in
Paris. In his heart he believed that
She and her precious relatives had de-
ceived old Gren. Perhaps their home
was IN Paris and nowhere else. But
for lQrry's pCvtiyeness he would have
laughed heartily at the others simple
treduIity or branded him Il dolt the
victim of some merry actress within.
sun he was forced to admit he WAS
not ia a position to see matters rs
they appeared and was charitable
Enough TO bldg his time and to humor
he faith that was leading them from
place to place III the effort to find
and that they knew nothing about.
I.orry seemed so sure. so positive. that
lie was loath to see his dream dis
Ielled his ideal shattered. There was
certainly no Graustark. Neither had
he Guggenslockers sailed on the VIII
lclm, all apparent evidence To the con-
rary Notwithstanding. Lorry had
been in a delirium and had imagined
le saw her on the ship. IL there, why
vas not her name in the list? But
hat problem tortured the sanguine
earcher himself
At last, in despair, after a fruitloss
earch Of two days I.orry was willing
o submit. With the perverseuess CON-
non to half hearted fighters Anguish
It once protested, forgetting that he
lad sought 10 dissuade his friend the
lay before.
We'll go to the library of Paris and
axe a look through the books aud
maps" he said. "Or. better still, let
Is 60 to the poStotlice. There. Why
ave we not thought Of thatl What
here is of GrauStark they'll know in
he postal service"
Together they visited the chief post
flee. where, after being directed TO
arious deputies and clerks. they at
nngth found the department in which
he information was ohtainahle. In /
idc of five minutes they were in pos.
eSsion of facts that vindicatcd Miss
lifted Lorry to the sew
nth heaven and put Mr., Anguish into .
II agony of Impotence. Graustark
vas small principality away off to
he east, and Edelwess was n city of
ONE 10000 inhabitants. according TO
he postal guidcbook.
The Americans could learn no more
here, so they went to Baedecker's Of
ce. Here they found IA great map. and,
fter IA diligent and almost microscopic
earch. succeedod in discovering the