Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-01-04
GRAUSTARK
GEORGE BARR M'CUTCHEoN
Copyright. 1901, bv Herbert S. Stons
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OhISeI' WHO bowed and strobe away as
soon as they interceded.
Desc fellers is slick enough to SCI
You are swells an I'm not" sal
Sticky. not a bit annoyed bv his er
counter. I'll bet my head at inside len
minutes old Dangloss will know VIE
you are. where you come from M
what you're dom here"
III bet fifty heads he won't find ou
what were doing here" grinned a.
guish. looking at Lorry. We'll. lets
hunt up the thirst department"
They found the little apartment il
which drinks were served at tabl~
and before they said goodby to Sitzr
III front of the hotel. d half hour latyr
that worthy was ia exceeding good Lr
NOR and very much flushed in tp
face. He said he would be back in tv.
days, and if they needed him for ar
purpose whatever they could rea.-
him by note at the railway station
Funny how you run across an Ame-
lean in every nook and corner of t.r
world" unused Lorry rs they watch
the stOcky eXman-o'-warsman stroI
off toward his hotel.
IF we can run across the Gugep
Suckers as easily. well be in luo
When shall we begin the hunt? Al
night?" Z
We can make a few inquiries@s
corning them. They certainly are per-
pie Of Importance here"
4 don't see the name or any of tie
brewery signs around town." observd
Anguish consolingly. There's ed-
IDENTITY no Guggenslocker here"
They strolled through the stress
near the hotel until after o'clOk.
wondering at the quaint architectue,
the pretty gardens and the pastoral a.
moSphere that envelOped the city. f.
erybOdy was busy, cOntented, quiet and
happy. There was no hustle or strte,
no rush, no beggars. At 6 they saw hun
dreds of wOrkingmen on the stress.
going to their homes. Shops wee
closed, and there came to their ea-s
the distant boom of cannon. eviden.T
fired from different points of the Con
pass and from the highland as vel IS
the lowland.
The toy army is shooting off tie
good night guns specialized Angus
Il suppose everybody goes to bed nov
"Or to dinner" substituted LORI
and they returned to the RegengeL
The dining hall was spacious and bGr
tiful. a mixture of the oriental and tie
medieval 1t rapidly filled.
''Who the dickens can all these TFr
pie be? They look WELL" Angul
whispered, as if he feared their nar
est neighbors might understand lis
English.
They are unquestionably of 1e
class in which we must expect to find
the Guggenslockers.'
Before the meal was over the tive
strangers saw that they were attrt
ing a great deal of attention from Il
other guests of the house. The Tc
men as we'll as the men were ey1.
them and commenting quite freely 4
was easy to see. Toward the enc Of
the dinner several officers came in, ami
the Americans took particular pains t
study them. They were cleanly bull
fellows, about medium height. vrl
and active. As class the men ap
peared to average > feet Z inches il
height some q little taller. SOM
little shorter. The two strangers va,
over six feet tall broad shouldNC
and athletic They looked like ghHt
among these Graustark men.
They're not very big, but they ml
as if they'd be nasty in scrap, Dc
served Anguish, unconsciously throw
ing out his chest.
Strong as wildcats. I'll wager. tn
women are perfect. though. Have 20
ever seen a smarter set of wO1ar
Harry"
Never. never A paradise of pst
women. | believe I'll take out Ia
uralization papers"
When the two strangers left the lii
ing room they were conscious li
every eye in the place was upon tn
I'VE seem to be the whole show er
Gren." said Anguish as they sat Gw
at one of the tables in the garden.
Il guess Americans are rare.
I've found one fellow who can SEA
German and French. and not one e
cept our guard. who can talk Eng IS
That clerk talks German fairly e
l never heard such a language as le
other people use. Say, old man. re
better make inquiry about our fr-n;
tonight. That clerk probably wolf
on duty tomorrow"
Wen ask him before we go tC ed
agreed Lorry. and upon leavir. Il
brilliantly lighted garden they slg
the landlord and asked if he coui t
them where Caspar GuggenS.rk
lived. He looked politely incre5Ho
and thoughtful, and then. wifi III
found regret. assured them be b
never heard the name He said b b
lived in EdelweiSS all his life and IN,
everybody of consequence in the ov
surely there must be such I4oI
here cried LOrry. almost Appealing
He felt disheartened and cheated :
guiSh was biting his lips.
"Oh. possibly among the poorer fla
IS. If We're you. sir. should oil
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