Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-21
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liked the idea of company in the under
taking; not that he expected to encoun-
ter any particular difficulty, but that
he saw strange loneliness ahead;
therefore he welcomed his friends
ayowed intention to accompany him to
Edelweiss as q relief instead Of an an
noyance. Until late in the night they
discussed the coming trip, Anguish
| finally startling him with a question
just as he was stretching himself pre-
| paratory to the walk to his hotel.
what are YOU going to do with her
after you find her, Gren, old man?"
Grenfall's brow puckered, and he
brought himself up with jerk, puz-
zled uncertainty expressing itself in his
posture as well as in his face.
IN think about that after 1 have
i found her." he replied.
..'Think you'll marry her?' persisted
the other.
How do know?" exclaimed the wo.
man hunter savagely.
"Oh, of course you don't know. How
could you?" apologized Anguish. "May-
be she won't have you; maybe she is
married-all sorts of contingencies, you
know. But, if you'll pardon my inquis-
itveness, I'd like to ask why you are
making this wild goose capse half
around the world-iust to have another
look at her:'
You asked me if thought Here
he stopped.
Il take it for granted, then, that
you'd like to. Well, I'm glad that I've
got something definite on which to base
operations. The one object of our en-
deavors from now on is to exchange
Guggenslocker for Lorry-certainly no
robbery; charity, l should say. Good
night; see you in the morning., ~.
The next. morning the two friends
took a cab to several railway stations
and. inquired about sGraustark and
Edelweiss., e,,.,s,s .r,.g, IN
"She was stringing YOU, old man.
said Anguish after they had turned
away from the third station He spoke
commiseratingly, as he really felt sor-
~.
Mop exclaimed Lorry. "She told
me the truth. There is a Graustark
and she lives there. I'll stake my life
on those eyes of hers
Are you sure she said it was in Eu-
rope?' asked Harry, looking up, 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
cefyed old Gren. Perhaps their home
was in Paris and nowhere else But
for Lorry's posltiveness he would have
laughed heartily at the others simple
credulity or branded him a dolt, the
victim of some merry actress whim.
Still he was forced to admit he was
not III a position to see matters as
they appeared and was charitable
enough to. bide his time and to humor
the faith that was leading them from
pace to. place in the effort to find q.
land that they knew nothing about,
Lorry seemed so : ire, SO positive, that
he. was loath to see his dream dis
PEELED, his ideal shattered. There was
certainly no Graustark. Neither had,
the Guggenslockers sailed on the Will
helm, all apparent evidence to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Lorry had
been in delirium and had imagined
he saw her on the ship. If there, why
was not her name in the list? But
that problem tortured the sanguine
searcher himself.
At last, in despair, after a fruitless
search of two days Lorry was willing
to submit. With the perverseness COM
mon to half hearted fighters Anguish
at once protested, forgetting that he
had sought to dissuade his friend the
day before.
well go to the library of Paris and
take a look through the books and
maps" he said "Or, better still, let
us go to the postofice. There! Why
have we not thought of that? What
there is of Graustark they'll know in
the postal service"
Together they visited the chief post
office, where, after being directed to
various deputies and clerks, they at
length found the department in which
the information was obtainable. In
side of FIVE minutes they were in pos
session of facts that yindicated Miss
Guggenslocker, lifted Lorry to the sew
enth heaven and put Mr.. Anguish into
an agony Of Impotence. Graustark
was small principally away off to
the east, and Edelweiss was city Of
some $4,000 Inhabitants, according to
the postal guidebook.
The Americans could learn no more
there, so they went to Baedecker's Of
fee. Here they found great map, and,
after diligent and almost microscopic
search, succeeded in discovering the
principally Of Graustark. Then they
looked at each other in dismay.
IT'S a devil Of q distance to that lit
tie red blot on the map" unused Lorry,
pulling his nose refectively. What an
outlandish place for girl like her tc
live in" he continued. "And that sweet
faced old lady and noble Uncle Cas-
par! Ye gods, one would think bar
barians existed there and not such peo-
pie as the Guggenslockers, refined, cul-
dvated, smart, rich! I'm more inter
ested than ever in the place."
$50 am 1! I'm willing and ready to
make the trip, old man If YOU are still