The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06

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81 know why; I wasn't accountable"
We'll. If she did 1t any more wit
tiugly than you did she Is accountable,
and I'd hunt her up,and demand an ex-
planaton."8
Lorry laughed at his apparent fervor,
but was glad that he had confided In
his energetic countryman. Two heads
were better than one. and he was fore
ed TO admit to himself that he rather
liked the idea OF company In the under
taking; 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 rs Il relief instead of an an
poyance. Until late in the night they
discussed the coming trip, Anguish
finally startling him with Il 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 manT"
Grenfall's brow puckercd, and he
brought himself up with u jerk, puz-
zled uncertainty expressing itself in his
pOStuTe IT'S Weli us III III llCc.
"Ill think about that after / have
found her." he replied.
"Think you'll marry herr" persisted
the other.
GLOW do l know" exclaimed the wo-
man hunter %savagely.
ooh, of course you don't know. How
could youY" apologized Anguish. MAY
be she won't have you; maybe she is
married-all sorts Of contingencies, you
know. But, il you'll pardon my inquis-
~itiveness, I'd like to ask why you are
making this wild goose chase half
around the world-just to have another
look ut ber?"
"You asked me If 1 thought Here
he stopped.
81 take it for granted, then, that
you'd like to. Well, Pm 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
~Guggenslockcr for Lorry-certainIy no
robbery; n charity, / 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 Graustark and
Edelweiss. ,,H
"Sho was stringing you, old man,
said Anguish after they had turned
away from the third station. He spoke
commiseratingly, as he really felt sor-
ry.
moi! exclaimed Lorry. "She told
me n truth. There is n Graustark,
and she lives there. I'll stake my life
on those eyes Of hers"
Are you sure she said it was in Eu-
roper" 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.
ceived old Gren. Perhaps their home
was in Paris and nowhere else. But
for Lorry's positiveness he would have
laughed heartily at the others simple
credulity or branded him n dolt, the
victim of some merry actress whim.
Still he was forced to admit he was
not In n position to see matters rs
they appeared and was charitable
enough to bidc his time and to humor
the faith that was leading them from
place to place in the effort to find q
land that they knew nothing about.
Lorry seemed so sure, SO positive, that
he vas loath to see Ills 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 a dclirium and had imagined
he saw her on the ship. If there, why
was not her name in the list2 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.
We'll go to the library of Paris and
take q look through the books and
maps" he said. COR, better still, let
us go to the %postofice. There! Why
have we not thought of that2 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 hat indicated Miss
Guggenslockcr, lifted LorTy 10 the sew
enth heaven and put Mr.. Anguish into
an agony of impatiencc. Graustark
was a small principally away off to
the east, and Edelweiss was a 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
flee. Here they found n great map, and,
after a diligent and almost microscopic
search, succeeded in discovering the
principally of Graustark. Then they
looked at each other in dismay. s
"Its a devil of a distance to that lit.
tie red blot on the map" mused Lorry,
pulling his nose refectiyely. what an
.outlandish place for a girl like her to
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, Gull
hvated, smart, richl Pm more inter-
ested than eve In the place."
$50 am I! I'm willing and ready to
make the trip, old man, If you are still
Of a mind. It's a lark, and, besides, she
may not be the only pretty and gra-
ciouS girl there. We've had hard work