The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-17

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Il know why; l wasn't accountable
"Well, if she did it any more wit
tingly than you did she is accountable
and I'd hunt her up and demand an ex
planation."
Lorry laughed at his apparent fervoE
but was glad that he had confded il
lis energetic countryman. Two head
rere better than one, and he was fore
Vi to admit to himself that he rathe
liked the idea Of company in the under
! liking; not that he expected to encoun
ter any particular difficulty, but that
he saw a strange loneliness ahead;
therefore he welcomed his friends
ayowed intention to accompany him to
Edelweiss as relief instead of an an
noyance. Until late in the night they
discussed the coming trip, Anguish
| finally startling him with q question
just as he was stretching himself pre-
paratory to the walk to his hotel.
"Iyhat are you going to do with he1
after you find her, Gren, Old man"
Grenfalls brow puckered, and he
brought himself up with jerk, Duz
zled uncertainty expressing itself in his
posture as well as in his face.
'I'll think about that after have
found her." he replied.
Think You'll marry her." persisted
the other
"uow do l know" exclaimed the wo.
man hunter savagely.
"Oh, Of course you don't know. How
could you:" apologized Anguish. "May,
be she Wont: have you; maybe she is
married-all sorts of contingencies, you
know. But, if you'll pardon my inquis.
itiveness, Id like to ask why you are
making this wild goose chase half
around the world-just to have another
look at herr
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 nc
robbery; charity, I should say. Coco
night; see you in the morning"
The next morning the two friends
took cab to several railway stations
and inquired about Graustark and
Edelweiss.
"She was stringing you, old man,
said Anguish after they had turned
away from the third station. He spoke
commiseratiIgly, as he really felt sor
~.
"Nor' 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"
"A.re you sure she said it was in Eu
rope? 2" asked Harry, looking up anC
down the street as if he would moi
have been surprised to see her ir
Paris. In his heart he believed thai
she and her precious relatives had de
ceived old Gren. Perhaps their home
was in Paris and nowhere else. Bu1
for Lorry's positiveness be would have
laughed heartily at the others simple
credulity or branded him a dolt, the
victim Of some merry actress whim
Still be was forced to admit be was
not in a position to See matters as
they appeared and was charitable
enough to bide his time and to humol
the faith that was leading them from
place to place in the effort to find 9
land that they knew nothing about
Lorry seemed so sure, so positive, thai
he was loath to see his dream dis
PEELED, his ideal shattered. There was
certainly no Graustark. Neither hac
the Guggenszockers sailed on, the vii
helm, all apparent evidence to the con
trarT notwithstanding. Lorry haG
been in a delirium and had imagined
he saw her on the ship. If there, why
was not her name in the list? Bu1
that problem tortured the sanguine
searcher him self.
At last, in despair. after a fruitlesS
search of. two days Lorry was willing
to submit. With the peryerseness com
mon to half hearted fighters Anguish
at once protested, forgetting that he
had sought to dissuade his friend ths
day before.
"V7e'u so to the library Of Paris and
take a look through the books anC
maps" he said. "Or, better still, lei
us 90 to the postohce. There! Why
have we not thought Of that? What
there is Of C'raustark they'll know il
the postal service"
Together they visited the chief post
Office, where, after being directed t.
various deputies and clerks, they al
length found the department in which
the information was obtatnable. In
side Of FIVE 1ainutes they were in pos
session Of facts that vindicated Miss
Guggenslocker, lifted Lorry to the sew
enth heaven and put Mr.. Anguish into
an agony Of impatience. GraustarE
was small principally away off tt
the east, and Edelweiss was a city Of
some $4,000 inhabitants, according t.
the postal guidebook.
Tie Americans could learn no more
there, so theT went to Baedecker's Of
fee. Here they found great map, and
after a diligent and almost microscopic
search, succeeded in discovering tho
principality Of Graustark. Then they
looked at each other in dismay.
"It's devil of distance to that lit
tie red blot on the map" mused Lorry
pulling his nose refectively. What an
outlandish place for girl like her tc
live in," he continued. "land 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
tiya&ed, smart, rich! I'm more inter
ested than ever in the place"
50 am 7! I'm willing and ready tc
make the trip, old man, if you are still!
Of mind. It's lark, and, besides, she
may not be the only pretty and gra.
cious girl there. We've had hard work
to find it on The map, let's not stop till