Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-21

I'm not sure. To hear de- Edelweiss
people talk you'd tink dey licked de
daylights out of dc other slobs, but
somehow l got next to de fact dat dem
other fellows captured de city an went
after a slashin' big war indemnity.
don't know much bout it, an maybe
I'm clear off, but tinll de Graustark
army was t'rashed Everything is pros
porous now, dough, an you'd never
know dere'd been war. It's de most
peaceable town ever saw"
did you ever hear of the Guggen-
slockers?' asked the irrepressible An
guish, and Lorry felt like kicking him.
"In Edelweiss? Never did. Friends
Of yours?"
"Aequaintances," interposed Lorry
hastily, frowning at Anguish.
"You won't have any trouble flndin'
'em If dere anybody at all" said Sticky
easily. de hotel people ought to be
able to tell you all bout EN-"
"By the way, what is the best hotel
there?" asked Anguish.
"Dere's de Burnowentz, one block
north of de depot" The travellers look
ed at one another and smiled, Sticky
observing the action. "Oh," he said
pleasantly, "dere's swell joint up
town called de Regengetz It's too steep
fer me, but maybe you gents can stand
it. If you'll hang around de depot fer
q little while after we get in I'll steer
you up dere."
well nuke it worth your while,
Sticky" said Lorry.
Never mind dat now. Americans
ought to stick together, no matter
where dey are. Well have a drink
an ats all, just to show we're fellow
countrymen."
"We'll have several drinks, and we'll
eat and drink tonight at the swell
joint you talk about" said Anguish.
"We may drink dere, but I'll not eat
dere. Dey wouldn't let railroad guard
inside de feedin' pen. Why, nothin'
but royal guys eat dere when dey're
downtown shoppin' or exposin' dem
selves to public gaze"
True to his word, when they reached
Edelweiss late that afternoon Sticky,
their friend OF uncertain origin, hur-
riedly finished his work and joined the
travellers in the station. Lorry and
Anguish We're deeply interested in all
they saw-the strange people, the queer
buildings. the odd costumes and the
air of antiquity that prevailed. Once
upon the narrow, clean street they saw
that Edelweiss was truly city of the
mountain side. They had expected
something wonderful, but We're not
prepared fol- what they found. The
city actually ran up into the clouds.
There was something SO grand, so I'M
probable, so unusual in the spectacle
confronting them, that they stared
like children, aghast and stupefied.
Each had the startling impression that
a great human dotted mountain was
falling over upon his head 1t was
impossible to subdue the sensation of
dizziness that the toppling town in
spired. D1oa rs
II know how YOU. feel" observed
Sticky, laughings Il was Just de same
at first. Tomorrow you walk little
ways up de side Of de mountain an
you'll see how much of de city dere is
on level ground down here. Dem build
ms up dere amt more'n one-fftieth
part Of de town. Dey're mostly sum-
mer homes. 1t gets hot as blazes down
here in de valley in Gle middle of de
summer, an de rich ones move up de
mountain" 4@
"How in thunder do people get up to
those houses" demanded Anguish.
Mules" answered Sticky specifcal-
~. Say! See dat little old Teller
comm on horseback, wild de white uni
form? Well, OATS de chief of police,
an de fellers behind him are police
guards. Ats old Dangloss himself.
He's peach, dey say"
A short, grizzly faced man, attired in
a white uniform with red trimmings,
followed by three men similarly
CARRIED, rode by, going in the direction
Of the station. Dangloss, as Sticky had
called him, was quite small in stature,
rather stout, gray bearded and eagle
nosed. His face was keen and red and
not at all the kind to invite familiarity
AS he passed them the railroad guard
Of American citizenship touched his
cap, and the two travellers bowed,
whereupon the chief of police gave
them a most profound salutation, fair
ly sweeping his saddle skirts with his
white cap.
"Polite old codger," observed An
guish.
"His company manners. Just let him
get you in de sweat box if you t'ink
he's polite"
Ever been there?"
''Well," little confusedly, 81 pasted
a Graustark baggage smasher down in
de yards two weeks ago, an dey had
me up. / proved de Teller insulted a
lady, an old Dangloss let me off, say
in I'd ought to have q medal. Desc
guys are great on gallantry when la
dies is concerned. If 1t hadn't been fer
dat, I'd be in de lookup now. An, say,
you ought to see de lookup! It's tow
er, wild dungeons an all dat sort Of
ting. A man couldn't no more get out
N he could fly up to de monastery.
Dey're great on law an order here too.
De princess has issued strictest kind of
rules, an everybody has to live up to
| 'em like as if Gey was real frosnel