Ottumwa semi-weekly courier., 1903-06-16
CHAPTER t.
MN.anENTALL LoREY sEEksuI uIpvENruR1
"A AZ R. GRENFALL Lo.aRY board
i,EW ed the eastbound express at
~ Denver with all the air Of a

Denver with all the air of
martyr. He harh Travelled
pretty much all over the world, and he
Mns not without resources, but the
prospect Of $500 mile jo urney alone
filed him with dismay. 1she country
he knew; the scenery had long since
lost its attractions for him. And so it
was that he gloomily mbtioned the
porter to his boxes and mounted the
steps with weariness.
AS it happened, Mr.. Gr,.mfall Lorry
did not have dull moment after the
train started. He stumbled d on q figure
that leaned toward the WI indow in the
dark passageway., With n luctant civil
. dty he apologized. A lady s TODD up to let
him pass, and for an instaI 1t in the half
light their eyes met, and tkat is why
the miles rushed by with incredible
speed.
Mr.. Lorry had been da Nwdiing away
the months in Mexico and California.
For years he had felt, together with
many other people, that b sea voyage
was the essential beginu ing Of every
Journey. He had starte i'd round the
world soon after leaving Cambridge;
The had fished through Norway and
hunted In India, and sh 2t everything
from grouse on the Scot tish moors to
the rapids above Assou nm. He had
run in and out Of COUNTLESS towns and
countries on the coast Of South Amer
lea. He had done Ru ssia and the
Rhone valley and Britain and Damas-
Gus. He had seen theul all, but not
until then did it occur to Ilnim that there
might be something of interest nearer
! home. True, he had Thought of joining
some Englishmen on a hunting tour in
the Rockies, but that had fallen
through. When the idea Of Mexico
did occur to him, he s;ave orders to
pack his things, purcha sed intermina-
BILE green tickets, dined unusually well
lat his club and was off in no time to
the unknown west.
There was a theory in his family
that it would have ba.en a decenter
thing for him to stop running about
and settle down to Work. But his
thoughtful father had given him a
wealthy mother, and as, earning a liv-
ing was not necessity he failed to
Bee why 1t was a duty, "Wo is be-
roming to some men, Tx. once declared,
like whiskers or red tiles, but 1t does
not follow that all men can stand it."
After that the family found him .'hope-
tess," and the argument dropped.
He was just under thirty years, as
good looking as most man, with no one
dependent upon him ,and an income
that had withstood beth the Maison
Doree and a dahabeaih on the Nile.
He newer tired Of seeing things and
peoples and places. "1Ghere's game to
be found anywhere" he. said. "only it's
sometimes out of season. II l had my
way and millions II should run a
would come to me. AS it is, I'm poor,
and so have to go all over the world
After them"
This agreeable theory of life had
worked well. He was d little bored at
hines, not because he had seen too
1uch, but because there were not more
hings left to see. He had managed
somehow to keep his enthusiasms
Through everything, and they made
}ife worth living. He felt, too, GER
Gain elation, like spirited horse, ct
turning toward home, but Washington
bad not much to offer him, and the
}hrill did not last. His big bag and
his haasbox, pasted over with foolish
aabels from continental hotels, were
piled in the corner of his compartment,
and he settled back in his seat with a
Snla a Of
presence in the next room of very
smart appearing young woman was
prominent in his consciousness. 1t gave
him an ureasiness which was the be-
ginning of delight. He had seen her
for only second in the passageway,
but that second had made him hold
himself little straighter. why is
IT." he wondered, that some girls
make you stand like a footman the mo-
ment you see them?" Grenfall had
been in love too many times to think of
marriage HIS habit of mind was still
general, and he classified women broad
". At the same time he had a feeling
that In this Case generalities did not
apply we'll. There was something about
the girl that made him hesitate at la
beling her "CEnss A or B or D." What
1T was herdid not know, but unaccount-
ably she filed him with an affected
formality. He felt like bowling to her
with q grand air and much dignity.
And yet he realized that his successes
had come from confidence.
At luncheon he saw her in the din
ing car. EIer companions were elderly
persons. pr'ssums5 bly, her parents. They
talked mostly in French, occasionally
using German word or phrase. The
old gentleman was stately and austere,
with an air of Difference to the young
woman which .Grenfall did not under
stand. His appearance was very strik-
ing, his face pale and heavily lined,
mustache and imperial gray, the eye
brows large and bushy and the jaw
and chin square and firm. The white
haired lady carried Aer head high with
unmistakable gentility. They were all
dressed in travelling suits which sug-
Rested something foreign. but not Wen