The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-23
He could not feel happy If She did not

He could not feel happy IL she did not
respect the pain"
".NEd encourage it," supplemented
Lorry dryly. eff you do not remind me
occasionally that l am hurt, Miss Gug-
gensluekcr, | am liable to forget it."
To himself lie added, "I1l never learn
how To say ii in one BREATH"
'If | were not so soon to part from
you. | slouiu be your physician, and,
like all physicians, prolong your all
mcnt Unfortunately" she said prcttlly.
TO my deepest satisfaction" he said
warmly, not lightly. There was moth
ing further from his mind than servile
nattrry. as his rejoindcr might imply.
ALAS" he went on, 1--WE no one
meet than we part. May 1 ask when
you are to sally
On Thursday" replied Mr.. Guggen-
slockcr.
"On the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse"
added Ills niece, n faraway look COM
ing into her eyes.
we arc to stop off one day, to-
morrow, in Washington said Aunt
Yvonnc, and the jump that Lorry's
heart gave vas SO mighty that he was
afraid they could see 1t I'm his face.
MY uncle has some business to
transact i'm your city, Mr.. Lorry. We
arc TO spend tomorrow there and
Wednesday in New York. Then we
sail. Ach, how l long for Thursday"
His heart sank like lead to the depths
from which it had sprung. 1t required
10 effort on his part to see that he was
o1Npn I'm hic inf,ittnttnn rNh,rcdop
was more to her than his existence.
She could forget him and think Of
Thursday, and wlicn she thought Of
Thursday, the future, he was but a
thing of the past, not wen Of the pres
emf.
"Havc you always lived in Washing
ton, Mr.. Lorry?" asked Mrs. Guggen-
slockcr.
"All my life he replied, wishing at
that moment that lie was homeless and
free to choose for himself.
You Americans live in one city and
then in another" she said. "Now, in
our country generation after genera
ton lives and dies in one town. We
are not migratory"
"Ir. Lorry has offended us by not
ibS MhCIC SIbuStuIh 10 ioCutCo
OH the map" cried the young lady, and
lie could see the fash of resentment In
her eyes.
"Why, my dear sir, Graustark is in"-
began Uncle Caspar, but she checked
him instantly.
"Uncle Caspar, you are not to tell
him. l have recommended that he
study geography and discover for him
self. He should be ashamed OF his ig-
%uorancc."
He was not ashamed. but he mental
~ vowed that before he was a day old
er he would find Graustark on the map
and would stock his negligent brain
Will, all that history and the encyclo-
pcdin had TO say OF the unknown land.
Her uncle laughed, and, to Lorry's dis.
appointment, obcyed the young lady's
command. f..
"Shall | study the map Of Europe,
Asia or African asked he, and they
laughed.
study the map of the world" said
Miss Guggcnslockcr proudly.
"Edclwciss is the capitalT"
"Ycs, our home city, the queen of the
| crags," cried she. "You should see
Edclweiss, Mr. Lorry. 1t Is of the
mountain, the plain and the sky. There
are homes in the valley, homes on the
mountain side and homes in the
clouds"
"And yours? From what you say 1t
must be above the clouds-in heaven"
1--WE are farthest from the clouds, for
we live In the green valley, shaded by
the white topped mountains. We may,
In Edelweiss, have what climate We
will. Doctors do not send us OH long