Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-13

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pany's pier and asked the time Of sail
ing for the Kaiser Wilhelm. On being
informed that the ship was to cast of
at her usual hour, he straightway call
ed O. 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
It entered his infatuated head that he
was performing the veriest schoolboy
trick in rushing to a steamship pier In
the hope of catching final and at best
unsatisfactory glimpse Of young wo-
man who had appealed to his sensitive
admiration. A lovesick boy could be
excused for such display Of tmbec1l-
ity, but q mana man Of the world!
Never!
"The idea Of chasing down to the
waters edge to see that girl Is enough
to make you ashamed Of yourself for
life, Grenfall Lorry." he apostrophized.
"Its worse than any lovesick fool
ever dreamed Of doing. am blush
ing. I'll be bound. The idiocy, the
rank idiocy of the thing! And suppose
she should see me staring at her out
there OH the pier? What would she
think of me? I'll not go another foot!
won't be 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 in the effort to open 1t
that he might order the driver to take
him back to the hotel sly tempter
whispered something in his ear. His
fancy was caught, and he listened:
"Why not so 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-
BILE, and. besides, it will be 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 I have
come so far there's no sense IN
going back without seeing whether
she has secured passage. =" can
find out in u minute and then 60 home.
- There won't be anything wrong
In that. And then may get 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 me" Then,
sinking back again with a smile Of
justification on his face, he muttered:
"We won't turn back; We'll 60 right
ahead. Well be. kind Of 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 Guggenslocker in the
list. Then he went over the second
class. but still no Guggenslocker.
Hasn't Mr.. Guggenslocker taken
passage?" he demanded. unwilling to
believe his eyes.
Not OH the Kaiser Wilhelm, sir"
"Then. by George, they'll miss the
boat" Lorry exclaimed. Maybe they'll
be here in a few minutes"
They can't get anything but steer
age now, sir. Everything else is gone"
"Are you sure they haven't taken
passageT" asked the bewildered Lorry
weakly.
"You can see for yourself" answered
the young man curtly.
Lorry was again in perspiration,
this time the result Of vague, grow
ing suspicion that had forced itself in
to his mind. Gradually he came to
the conclusion that she had fooled him.
had lied to him. She did not intend
to sail on the Wilhelm at all. 1t was
all very clear to him now-that strange.
ness in her manner, those odd occasion
| al smiles. What was she-an adven-
turess? That sweet faced girl little
ordinary coquette, 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. Mechanically,
disconsolately. he walked out and paced
the broad. crowded wharf. All was
excitement. There were the rush Of
people, the shouts, the cheers, the puff
ing Of tugs, the churning Of water, and
the Kaiser Wilhelm was Off on its long
voyage. Half heartedly, miserably
| and in q dazed condition he found q
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 st"Imer, half
interested in spite Of themselves. Twice
they passed q certain point OH the for
ward deck. unconscious of force that
was attracting them in that direction.
The third time he allowed them to set
tie for an Instant cn 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.
and this time he was startled into an
intent stare. Could he believe those
eyes? Surely that was her figure at
the rail-there between the two young
women who were waving their hand.
kerchiefs so frantically. His heart be
gan to jump up and down, wildly,
doubtingly. impatiently. Why could
not that face be turned toward the
wharf as the others were? There was