tn e rail—th e re betw een the twov think of me? I’ll not go a n o th e r foot! w om en w ho w ere w aving their l I w on’t be a fool!” H e w as excited and self conscious kerchiefs so fran tically . His and thoroughly asham ed of th e trip gau to Jum p up and down, into which his Impetuous adoration doubtlngly. Im patiently. Why ( had driven him. J u s t as he w as tu g ­ n o t th a t face be tu rn ed towd ging a t the door In the effort to open it w h a rf as th e o th ers w ere? Then th a t he m ight order the d riv er to ta k e th e blue coat, b u t not the bluet him back to the hotel a sly te m p ter ja u n ty sailor h a t s a t w here the! w hispered something iu his ear. H is to be forgotten cap had perched.! change w as slight, but it was su fancy w as caught, and he listened: . . . By . . . to throw him Into th e most d “W hy not go down to the p ie r and s ta te of u n certain ty . An insane] look over the passenger list ju s t to see GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON to shout a com m and to this If she has been booked safely? T h a t young w om an cam e over him. would be perfectly proper and sensi­ Copyright, tool, by Herbert S. Stone T he ship w as slow ly openingl ble, and, besides, it will be a sa tisfa c ­ betw een herself and th e w harf, | tion to know th a t she gets off all right. knew th a t in a few m om ents CHAPTER l.—Grenfall Lorry, a wealthy Amerlan row she w as to sail! If he could but Certainly! T here’s nothing foolish in tion w ould be impossible. Justl globe trotter, stumbles into acquaintance with a charm­ that. * * * Especially as I am rig h t on w a s losing hope and w a s ready tof ing foreign girl on the train from Denver to Washington. see her once more! The pair is left behind when the flier stops for repairs in A t 7:30 Ills m other found him in the the way there. * * * And as I have w ith d esp air th e face beneath tlj West Virginia. II.—Lorry wires ahead to held the train. come so fnr * * * there’s no sense iu o r h a t w as tu rn ed squarely jpi He and the unknown girl ride twenty miles at a trarn g lib rary searching diligently through pace in a mountain coach. There is no love-making, the volum e of the encyclopedia th a t going back w ithout seeing w hether rection. A glaze obscured his ( but a near approach to it as the rolling stage tumbles ore W hen she usked she lias secured passage. * * • I can num bness attack ed his brain. passengers about. III.—Lorry dines with the for ion contained th e G’s. party, consisting of Miss Guggenslocker, Uncle Cast a w h at he w as looking for, he laughed find out in a m inute and then go home. Miss G uggenslocker! and Aunt Yvonne. They are natives of Graustark, a * * * There w on’t be anything w rong A p air o f big glasses was levj country Lorry had neter heard of before. IV. T°rry idiotically an d in confusion informed shows the foreigners the sights ot Washington. They h er th a t he w as try in g to find the name in th at. And then I may get a glimpse him for a second and then lower* leave for New York to sail on the Kaiser Wllhe-tn. of her before the ship leaves the pier. plainly saw th e sm ile on her far Mi s Guggenslocker naively calls Lorry her ideal of th e m ost im p o rtan t city in Indiana. American’* and invites him to ccmc and see her at Edel­ She w as glancing a t the books In the She m ust not see me, of course. Nev­ the fluttering cam bric iu her ] weiss. case w hen she wns startled by hearing er! She’d laugh a t me. H ow I’d hate w aved his h a t und then his him u tte r an exclam ation and then to see her laughing a t me!” Then, chief, obtaining from her vigor* sinking back again w ith a smile of unrestrained signs of approbate C H A PT E R V. leap to his feet. justification on his face, he m uttered: face w as w reathed in smiles i SE N T IM E N T A L EXCHANGE. “ H n lf p a st 7! I can make it!” "W e won’t tu rn back; w e’ll go right leaned fa r over th e rail, the py F Lorry slept th a t night. he wns ‘‘W h at is the m atter, Gren, dear?” not aw are of It. All night long he ahead. We’ll be a kind of a fool, but anim ated pleasure. "Oh!” he ejacu lated , bringing him self tossed and thought. H er face wns up w ith a s t a r t “ I forgot—e r—yes. not so foolish as to allow her to see us Making sure th a t her uncle, everyw here. H er voice filled his m other. I’ll Ju st have tim e to catch the and recognize us as one. w ere not visible, he boldlv nh, ear with music never censing, but It train, you know. W ill you kindly have Before long they arrived a t the t0 hls llpa am] wns not the lulling music th n t Invites Mary clean up th is m uss of books and w harf, and he hurried to the office l t over tfae w a te r drowsiness. He heard th e clock strike bo fo rth ? I’m off, you see, to New near by. The clerk perm itted him to "Now she'll crush me!” he the hours from 1 to 8, when he arose, York—fo r a day only, m other—back look over the list. F irst he ran himself, reg rettin g the rash thoroughly disgusted w ith him self. He tomorrow*! Im p o rta n t business—ju st through the first class passengers and praying th a t she had not obse worshiped his m other, b u t In severnl rem em bered it, you know —ahem ! Good- was surprised to find th a t there w as j H er h an d k erch ief ceased fluti Instances thnt m orning he enught him ­ by, m other! G oodby!” He lmd kissed no such name as Guggenslocker In the self Just in tim e to prevent the u tte r­ her and w as in the hall before she fair­ list. Then he went over the second | an ¡tu si;u lt’ and; w ith slllki"S realized th a t she had observed ance of some shnrp rejoinder to her ly understood w h a t he wns talking class, but still no Guggenslocker. pleasant, m otherly queries. Tw ice she about. Then she rnn a fte r him. gain­ "H asn’t Mr. Guggenslocker taken was a m om ent of indecision wns compelled to repent questions, his ing the hallw ay in tim e to see him pass j passage?” he demanded, unwilling to p art of the fa ir one going out 1 and then the little finger tips < mind being so fn r aw ay th a t he henrd through the stre e t door, bis hat on the believe his eyes. hands w ent to her lips and nothing save w ools th n t nnother wom­ side of his head, ills overcoat fluttering "Not on the K aiser Wilhelm, sir.” an had uttered, sny, tw enty-four hours furiously as he shoved his arm s into “Then, by George, they’ll miss the came back to him. before. H is eyes w ere red, and there the sleeves. The door slammed, and | boat!” Lorry exclaimed. “Maybe they’ll While he w as still waving I I.-o r o ]i i i f l n h o t l n y q n y g g A l v wns n heavy droop to th e lids. His lie w as off to New York. j be here in a few m inutes.” tones were draw ling and ills voice “They can’t get anything but steer­ T he tra in w as ready to pull out when strangely w ithout w arm th. Ills face he reached th e station, and it wns only age now, sir. Everything else is gone.” was w hite and tired. by a h ard run th a t he caught the last “Are you sure they haven’t taken “ You nre not well, G renfnll,” his platform , panting, but happy. Ju st ! passage?” asked the bewildered Lorry m other said, peering anxiously into Ills tw en ty -fo u r hours before she had left j weakly. eyes. “T he trip has done you up. Now, W ashington, and it was right here th a t "You enn see for yourself,” answered you m ust tnke n good, long rest and re­ she had smiled and said she would the young man curtly. cover from your vacation.” expect him to come to Edelweiss. lie Lorry was again in a perspiration, lie smiled grim ly. had had no tim e to secure a berth in i this time the result of a vague, grow­ “ A m an never needs a rest so much th e sleeper, but w as fortunately able ing suspicion th at had forced itself in­ ns he does a t the end of his vacation, to get one a fte r taking the train. Gren­ to his mind. Gradually he came to eh, m other? Well, work will be rest­ fnll w en t to sleep feeling both disap­ the conclusion th a t she had fooled him. ful. I slmll go to the olttee this morn pointed and disgusted — disappointed i had lied to him. She did not intend l lug and do three d ay s’ work before because of Ills submission to sentiment, to sail on the Wilhelm a t all. It was night. T h at will prove to you th a t 1 disgusted because of the man who oc­ | all very clear to him now—that stran g e­ am perfectly well." cupied the n ex t section. A man who ness in her manner, those odd occasion­ T rue to his intention, he w ent to the Is in love and in doubt has no patience office early, virtuously Inclined to work. w ith the prosaic w retch who can sleep al smiles. W hat was she—an adven­ turess? That sweet faced girl a little Ills uncle greeted him w arm ly and a so audibly. ordinary coquette, a liar? He turned long conference over business nffnlrs A fter a hasty breakfast In New York cold with the thought. followed. To Lorry's annoyance and he telephoned to the steam ship com­ The clanging of bells broke upon his discom fiture he found him self freq u en t­ pany’s pier and asked the time of sail­ oars, and he knew that the great ship ly Inattentive. Several Im portant cases ing for the K aiser Wilhelm. On being was about to depart. Mechanical y. were pending, and In n day or tw o they Informed th a t the ship was to cast oiT disconsolately, he walked out and paced were to go Into court w ith a dam age a t her usual hour, he straightw ay call­ suit of more th an ordinary conse­ ed a cab and wns soon bowling along the broad, crowded w harf. All was quence. Ix>rry senior could not re­ tow ard the busy w aterw ay. Directly excitement. There were the rush of press his gratification over the return he sat bolt upright, rigid and startled I*eople, the shouts, the cheers, the puff- of his clever, active nephew nt such an boldly placed hls fingert»1 to find him self more awakened to the ingot tugs, the churning of w ater, and opportune time. He had felt him self tlm K aiser Wilhelm w as off on its long an d W(lfUd “ W* i realization of his absurd action. Again unable to handle the case alone. The en- voyage. H alf lieartedly, miserably ously th e wisdom of the *(tJ It entered his Infatuated head that lie durance of a young and vigorous mind and in a dazed condition he found a cam e a p a rt o f the distant cnl°J was perform ing the veriest schoolboy was required for the coming b attle in place it> the front row along the rail. T he blue figure faded awl! trick In rushing to a steamship pier in chancery. I here were tears in his eyes, tears of the general tone and couU 1 the hope of catching a filial and at best They lunched together, the elder en- unsatisfactory glimpse of a young wo- anger, shame and mortification. She be distinguished. She w»sl ger and confidential, the other respect­ limn who had appealed to his sensitive had played with him! she had tossed him a ful and nbsen tail tided. In the a fte r­ adm iration. A lovesick boy could be Gloomily his disappointed eyes sw ept th a t be should always see. noon the Junior w ent over the case and excused for such n display of Imbecil­ along the rail of the big steam er, half U pperm ost in his beffik renew ed seurch for authorities and ity. but a m an—a man of the world! interested in spite of themselves. Twice w as t,ie question. Why i>! opinions, fully determ ined to l>o con­ Never! they passed a certain point on the for- tl*e p assen g er list? Acting sta n t In spite of Ills Inclination to be “The idea of chasing down to the ward deck, unconscious of a force th a t trt>n "u p u lse, he again *>u fickle. I