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

| LhC tItllu was lCttuy pun Jul WHICH,
he reached the station, and it was o,
by hard run that he caught the la
platform, painting, but happy. il
twenty-four hours before she had left
Washington, and it was right here that
she had smiled and said she would
expect him to come to Edelweiss. He
had had no time to secure berth in
the sleeper, but was fortunately able
to get one after taking the train. Gren-
fall went to sleep feeling both disap-
pointed and disguised = disappointed
because of his submission to sentiment,
disguised because of the man who oc-
cupied the next section. A man who
Is in love and in doubt has no patience
with the prosaic wretch who can sleep
SO audibly.
After hasty breakfast in New York
he telephoned to the steamship COM
| pany's pier and asked the time of sail
ing for the Kaiser Wilhelm. On being
informed that the ship was to cast off
at her usual hour, he straightway call
ed q cab and was soon bowling along
toward the busy waterway. Directly
he sat bolt upright, rigd 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 q 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 imbecil-
| ity, but 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
cts worse than any lovesick fool
ever dreamed Of doing. l 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 on the pier? What would she
think of me? I'll not go another foot.
won't be foolr
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 it
that he might order the driver to take
him back to the ho.el sly tempter
whispered something in his ear. His
fancy was caught, and he listened:
why not go 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 of all right.
Certainly! There's nothing foolish in
that. Especially as am right on
the way there. . And as have
come so far there's no sense in
going back without seeing whether
she has secured passage g = can.
find out in minute and then go home.
There won't be anything wrong
in that. And then may get a 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 n smile Of
justification on his face, he muttered:
| I'VE won't turn back; we'll go right
ahead. Wen be kind of a 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 on the Kaiser Wilhelm, SIR.
"Then. by George, they'll miss the
boat" Lorry exclaimed. Maybe they'll
be here in few minutes"
"They can't get anything but steer
age now, sir. Everything else is gone.'
Are you ssure they haven't taken
passage?" asked the bewildered Lorry
| weakly
You can see for YOURSELF" answered
the young man CURLY.
| 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 We're 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 Eeartedly, miserably
and in a dazed condition he found a
place in the front row along the rail.
There were tears in his eyes, tears of
anger, shame and modification. She