Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-11-29

then, there to the left, doomed the
Statue of Liberty, her torch held
high. Dan took off his cap, his
eyes moist; and then, as he
glanced at the faces of his neigh
bors, he saw that they were all
gazing raptly at the majestic fig
ure, just as he had been. Most of
them, no doubt, had seen it many
times before; some of them, per-
haps, had committed the sacrilege
of climbing up into the head and
scribbling their names there; they
had glanced at her ~carelessly
enough outward bound for Eur
ope; but now she had for all of
them new meaning-she typified
the spirit of their fatherland, she
welcomed them home.
And finally the wonderful sky
line of New York lowered far
ahead, the web like structure of
the Brooklyn bridge spanning the
river to the right; little clouds of
steam browning with white the
SUBMITS of the towering buildings,
and 100000 windows flashing
back the sunlight. There is moth
ing else in the whole world like it,
and the 1000 passengers on the
upper decks coming home, and the
1000 men and women crowded on
the lower deck, seeking fortune in
a strange land-all alike gazed
and marveled and were glad.
Then, with a battalion of tugs
pushing and pulling and straining
and painting, the ship swung in
toward her dock, and soon she
was near enough for those on
board to see the faces of the wait
ing crowd, and there were cries of
greeting and wavings of handker-
chiefs, and the shedding Of happy
tears-for it is good to get home!
And at last the great hawsers were
flung out and made fast, and the
voyage was ended.
At this moment, as at all others,
the first cabin passengers had the
precedence, and filed slowly down
one gangplank, their landing tick
cts in their hands, while at another
the stewards proceeded to yank
off the hand baggage. Dan, lean
ing over the rail, watched the long
line OF passengers surging slowly
forward, and finally he saw
kasia and her father. He would
see them on the pier, of course, for
it would take them some time to
get their baggage through, and he
could explain to Kasia about the
other engagement. He followed
them with his eyes = and then,
with a gasp of astonishment, he
perceived just behind them, also
moving slowly down the gang
plank, the prince and the man who
had called himself Admiral Pach-
mann.
But those men could have moth
ing to do with Kasia! 1t was Just
an accident that they happened to
be behind her. And then he
grasped the rail and strained for
ward, scarcely able to believe his
eyes. For Pachmann had spoken
to Ward, who nodded and walked
hurriedly OH with him, while
kasia, with a hooking smile,
tucked her hand within the
princes arm and fell into step be-
side him. Along the pier they has
tened to the entrance gates, passed
through, and were lost in the
crowd outside.
Dan stood staring after them for
yet a moment; then, with the care
full step of a man who knows him
self to be intoxicated, he climbed
painfully to the boat deck,
dropped upon a bench there, and
took his head in his hands.
There, half an hour later. q stew
ard found him.
"Beg pardon, SIR" he said.
care you illi"
Dan looked up dazedly.
"No," he said. "Whyi"
"The passengers are all off, sir.
If you have any luggage, you'd
better he having IL examined sirDl