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gulsti, and L orry felt like kick in g him.
“ IIow in th u n d e r do people get up to
“ In E delw eiss? N ever did. F rie n d s
those houses?” dem anded A nguish.
of yours?”
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“ M ules,” a n sw e re d S itzky specifical
“ A c q u a in ta n c es,” in terp o sed L orry ly. “ Say! free d a t little old fe lle r
Iias’ily, fro w n in g a t A nguish.
cornin’ on horseback, wid de w h ite u n i
“ You w on’t h av e any tro u b le findin’ form ? W ell, d a t’s de ch ief of police,
:#
’em if d ere anybody a t a ll,” sa id Sitzky a n ’ de fellers behind him a re police
easily. ••He hotel people o u g h t to be g uards. ’A t’s old D angloss him self.
able to tell you all ’bout ’em .”
ie-
H e’s a peach, dey say .”
“ By th e w ay, w h a t is th e b e st hotel
A short, grizzly faced m an. a ttire d in
T
*v th e re ? ” ask ed A nguish.
a w hite uniform w ith rod trim m in g s,
. . . By . . .
“ H e re 's de B u rnow entz, one block follow ed by th re e m en sim ilarly
north
of de d epot.” T h e tra v e le rs look garbed, rode by. going in th e directio n
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ed a t one a n o th e r a n d sm iled, Sitzky of th e statio n . D angloss. a s Sitzky h ad
o b serv in g th e action. “ O h,” he said called him, w as q u ite sm all in s ta tu re ,
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fe r m e, b u t m aybe you g en ts c a n sta n d not a t all th e kind to in v ite fa m ilia rity .
C H A PT E R 1.—O re n fa ll L o rry , a w ealth y A m erican
ylobe tro tte r, »tum ble« Into a c q u a in ta n c e w ith a c h a rm
it.
If y o u ’ll h a n g aro u n d de depot fer As lie passed them th e ra ilro a d g u a rd
ers.
in g fo re ig n jjlrl on th e tra in from D en v er to W ash in g to n .
a
little
w hile a fte r w e g et in I ’ll ste e r o f A m erican citizenship touched h is
T h e p a ir is left behind w hen th e flier stops for re p a irs in
“ D ey’re fro n tie r police g u a rd s ,” re
W est V irg in ia . I I.— L orry w ires ah ead to hold th e tra in .
you
up
d
ere.”
spouded th e m an in E nglish, sm iling a t
cap, and th e tw o tra v e le rs bow ed,
H e and th e unkn o w n g irl ride tw en ty m iles a t a te a rin g
“ W e'll m ak e it w o rth y o u r w hile, i w hereupon th e c h ie f of police g a v e
p ace in a m o u n tain coach. T h e re is no lo v e -m a k in g ,
th e ir a sto n ish m e n t. B oth A m ericans
but a n e a r ap p ro ach to it as the ro llin g sta g e tu m b les th e
S itzky,” said L orry.
rose a n d shook h a n d s w ith him.
them a m ost profound sa lu ta tio n , fa ir
p assen g ers about. I I I .— L o rry d in e s w ith th e fo re ig n
“ N ever m ind d a t now . A m ericans ly sw eeping his saddle s k irts w ith hi*
p a rty , co n sistin g of M iss G u g g e n s lo c k c r, U n cle C asp ar
“ By G eorge, it’s good to h e a r a m an
and A unt Y vonne. T h ey are n a tiv e s o f G ra u sta rk , a
ta lk w h ite m a n ’s lan g u a g e ,” cried A n ought to stic k to g eth e r, no m a tte r j w h ite cap.
c o u n try L o rry had n e v e r h eard o f b e fo re . IV .—L orry
w h ere dey a re . W e’ll have a d rin k
show s the fo reig n ers th e sig h ts of W a sh in g to n . T h ey
guish.
“ P o lite old codger,” observed A n
leave for N ew York to sail on th e K aiser W ilh elm .
a
n ’ ’a t's all, ju s t to show w e’re fellow guish.
“ IIo w do you com e to lie holding a
M iss G u g g en slo ck er n a iv e ly c a lls L o rry h e r " id e a l
A m e ric a n ” and In v ites him to com e an d see h e r at E d el
" H is com pany m an n ers. J u s t let him
Job on th is ro ad ? A n E n g lish m a n ? ” co u n try m en .”
w eiss. V. W ildly in fa tu a te d , L o rry h u rrie s to N ew
“ W e'll h a v e sev eral d rin k s, a n d w e’ll | g et you in d e s w e a t box if you t ’ink
d
em
an
d
ed
L
orry.
H
e
looked
a
n
y
th
in
g
Y ork. T h e nam e G u g g e n slo c k e r is n ot on th e ste am er
eat a n d d rin k to n ig h t a t th e ‘sw ell | lie’s polite.”
list. H e sees th e ste am er off. M iss G . w aves him a k iss
b u t E nglish.
from th e deck.
Joint’
you ta lk a b o u t,” said A nguish.
“ E v e r been th e re ? ”
" I ’m not nn E n g lish m a n ,” said the
“ W e m ay d rin k dere, b u t I'll not e a t
“ W ell,” a little confus(*d!y, “ I p a ste d
g
u
a
rd
.
Hushing
slig
h
tly
.
“
My
n
a
m
e
’s
A fter all, who w as M iss G uggenslocker
dere. Dey w o u ld n ’t let a ra ilro a d g u a rd j a G ra u s ta rk bag g ag e sm a sh e r dow n in
Sitzky,
a
n
’
I
’m
an
A
m
erican,
sir.”
—brew er, b ak er, g a rd e n e r o r sa u sa g e
“ An A m erican!” exclaim ed Lorry. inside de feed in ’ pen. W hy, n o th in ’ de y a rd s tw o w eeks ago. a n ' dey had
m aker?
b ut royal g u y s e a t d ere w h e n dey're me up. I proved de feller insulted a
T ra v e lin g o f course w a s p le a s a n t a t S itzky g rew loquacious.
d
o w ntow n slioppin’ o r e x p o sin ’ dem- iady, a n ’ old D angloss let me off, »ay-
“ S ure! I used to be a sa ilo r on a
th is tim e of th e y e a r, and th e tw o
selves to p u b lic gaze.”
in ’ I’d ought to h av e a m edal. D ese
U
nited
S
ta
te
s
m
an-o’-w
ar.
A
couple
of
A m ericans suw m uch th a t in te re ste d
T ru e to his w ord, w hen th ey re a d ie d guys a re g re a t on g a lla n try w hen la
y
e
a
rs
ago
I
got
into
tro
u
b
le
dow
n
at
th em aloug th e w ay. T h e ir F re n ch ,
E delw eiss late t h a t a fte rn o o n Sitzky, dies is concerned. If it h a d n ’t been f e r
especially A n g u ish ’s, w a s of g re a t vul- C o n sta n tin o p le a n ’ had to g et out of
d at. I'd be in de lockup now . An', say.
ue to them , fo r they fo u n d occasion to d e service. A fte r d a t 1 d rifte d up dis |
you o u g h t to see de lockup! I t's a to w
use it a t all tim es a n d in all places. w ay a n d w e n t to ra ilro a d in ’.” H e
er, w id dungeons a n ’ all d a t so rt o f
B oth spoke G erm an fa irly well a n d h a d n ’t e x a ctly th e m a n n e r o f a uiun-o’-
t
’ing. A m an couldn’t no m ore get o u t
w
arsin
an
.
took ev ery o p im rtunity to b ru sh up in
’n lie could fly up to de m o n astery .
“H o w long h a v e you been on this
th a t lan g u ag e, L orry rem e m b e rin g th a t
D ey’re g re a t on law a n ’ o rd er here too.
th e (iu g g e u slo c k e rs used m any e x p re s ro ad ? ” asked G re n fa ll.
De princess has issued s tric te s t kind of
sions th a t show ed a p refe re n c e for th e
“ ’B o u t a y e a r, I should t ’ink. Been
rules, a n ’ everybody h as to live up to
T eutonic. T he b lith e A nguish, confi on dis branch only tw o m onths, dou gh.”
’em
like a s if dey w as real gospel. I
d e n t and in high fe a th e r, w as h e a rt
“ A re you p re tty well a c q u a in te d in
t ’o u g h t I’d p u t you next, gents, so's you
and soul in th e odd ex p ed itio n of love E d e lw e iss? ”
w o u ld n ’t be doin’ a u y t’ing crooked
an d talk e d in cessantly of th e ir recep
“Oli, 1 run in d e re ev ery o th e r d a y -
here.”
tion by th e fa ra w a y hostess, th e ir im in a n ’ o u t a g ’ln. I t ’s a tine p lace—pur-
“ T h a n k s," said L orry dryly. “ Wo
pressions and th e tinal resu lt, 11 is tle st you e v e r s a w in y o u r life*. T he
shall try to conduct ourselves d isc re et
cam era an d sk e tc h in g m a te ria ls w ere tow n ru n s rig h t up th e m o u n tain to th e
ly in th e c ity .”
packed a w ay w ith his tra p s. It w as tip to p , w h ere the m onks a re —c le a r up
P ro b ab ly a q u a rte r m ile f a rth e r d o w n
his uvow ed in te n tio n to Im m ortulize In d e clouds. I)ey say it snow s up d e re I
th e n arro w , level s tre e t th ey cam e to
th e trip by m ean s of p la te , p a le tte a n d a lm o st all de tim e.”
th e b azaars, th e gaudy sto re s and th e n
brush.
L a te r on from th e loquacious g uard
th
e hotel. I t \ v n tru ly a hostelry to in
At the e n d o f tw o d a y s they reached th e tw o A m ericans learn ed q u ite a
spire
respect ;«.nd a d m iratio n in th e
good
b
it
ab
o
u
t
th
e
co
u
n
try
and
city
to
a c e rta in large city, th e first change,
m ind of such a s S itzky, fo r it w a s huge
and then 700 m iles to a n o th e r. T h e d is w h ich th e y w ere going. Ilis know ledge
a n d w ell equipped w ith th e m odern ap
tan ce from th is point to th e c a p ital of w as so m ew h at lim ited along ce rtain
pointm ents, As soon a s th e tw o A m eri
G ra u s ta rk w as 200 m iles o r m ore, c h ie f lines, b u t q u ite c le a r a s to o th ers.
cans h ad been given th e ir room s they
“ IHs G ra u sta rk , ’s fer as I know , is
ly th ro u g h m o u n tain o u s lands. Som e
se
n t for th e ir luggage. T h en they w en t
w h a t e lated by the c h e erfu l in fo rm a e e d er a so rt o’ s ta te o r so m e th in ’ be
o u t to th e b ro ad piazza, w ith its col
tion th e re received, th ey resum ed th e longin' to de um pire, governed by Its
um ns a n d m arb le b a lu stra d e s, an d
Journey to E delw eiss, th e city of vale, ow n rulers.* E d elw eiss is de c a p ita l;
slope a n d p a rk - sum m er, fall a n d w in de big gu n s of de land lives dere. I’ve " I ' m not n n E n g lish m a n , ” m ild theguard. looked for S itzky, rem e m b e rin g th e ir
ter. C h a n g in g ca rs a t th e o*al of th e w alk ed o u t a n ’ saw de c a stle when* d • th e ir frien d of u n c e rta in origin, h u r in v itatio n to d rin k . T h e g u a rd b ad re
second day out, they sa t hack hi th e p rin cess a n ’ de ro y alty h angs out. He riedly finished his w ork a n d joined th e fused to e n te r th e hotel w ith them ,
d u sty se a ts o f th e ir c a rria g e a n d sighed people speak a lan g u ag e of d e ir ow n tra v e le rs in th e sta tio n .
L orry a n d u rging th em to allow him to rem a in on
a n d I c a n ’t get n e x t to a t ’ing dey say. A nguish w ere deeply in te re ste d in all th e piazza. l i e w as n o t th e re w hen
w ith relief.
“ U nless we Jum p the tra c k th is tra in B ut once in a w h ile you tlnd som e guy they s a w —th e s tra n g e people, th e q u e e r they retu rn ed , b u t th ey soon saw him .
will laud us in th e city w e a re looking d a t ta lk s F re n ch o r G erm an. H ey've buildings, tin* odd c o stu m e s and th e On the sid ew alk he w as a rg u in g w ith
for,” said A nguish, stre tc h in g o u t his got a little s ta n d in ' a rm y of tw o f r e e a ir of a n tiq u ity th a t p rev ailed . O nce a w h ite u n ifo rm ed police g u a rd , a n d
legs co m fo rtab ly . ‘T i l a d m it it h as t'o u sa n d m en, a n ’ d e y ’ve got de h o tte st upon tin* n a rro w , clean s tre e t th ey saw they realized th a t he h ad been ejected
been a tiresom e Journey, an d I ’ll be u n ifo rm s you e v e r did see— m l an th a t E d elw eiss w as tru ly a city of th e from sacred precincts.
They pro m p tly rescued him from th e
glad w hen we can ste p in to a decent black a n ’ gold. 1 d o n ’t see w hy de i 'n lt m o u n tain side.
T hey had expected
hotel, h av e a ru b and feel like w hite ed Stat»*s c a n ’t get up so m e th in ' foxy so m eth in g w onderful, h u t w ere not officer, w ho bow ed a n d stro d e a w a y a s
m en once m ore. I am b eg in n in g to feel fer h er soldiers to w ear. H ad a w ar p rep a re d fo r w h a t th e y found. T he soon as th ey interceded.
“ Dese fellers is slick enough to see
like th e se d irty S lavs an d H u n s we over here not long ago. I u n d e rs ta n d - city a c tu a lly ra n up in to th e clouds.
so m e th in ’ like ten o r fifteen y e a rs ago. T h e re w as so m eth in g so g ra n d , so im you a re sw ells a n ’ I ’m no t,” said
sa w ’w ay b a e l then*.”
“T h e re ’* one tiling c e rta in ,” said L or H ere's a n o th e r little co u n try up no rth probable, so u n u su a l in th e spectacle Sitzky, not a b it an noyed by his e n
ry, looking o u t of the w indow . "T h e of G ra u s ta rk . a n ’ dey got in a w ran g le c o n fro n tin g them , th a t th ey s ta re d counter. “ I'll bet m y head 'a t inside te n
people an d the h a b ita tio n s an* d ifferent 'liotit so m eth in ’, a n ’ dey tell me in like children, a g h a s t an d stupefied. m in u tes old D angloss w ill know w ho
an d th e w hole w orld seem s ch anged ’ E delw eiss d n t for 'b o u t a y e a r dey E ach had th e s ta rtlin g im pression th a t you are. w h ere you com e from a n ’
since w e left th a t sta tio n . Look a t fought like Sam B atch .”
a g re a t h u m an d o tted m o u n tain w a s w h a t y o u 're d o in ’ h ere.”
those fellow s on horseback over th e re .” ! "W h ich w as v icto rio u s?” dem anded fallin g o v e r upon his head. It w as
" I'll bet fifty h ead s he w o n ’t find o u t
“ W h a t dhl I tell you a b o u t b rig an d s L orry, deeply In terested .
im possible to su b d u e th e sen satio n of w h a t w e’re doing h ere,” g rin n ed A n
an d robber»!” exclaim ed A nguish, “ if
“ I’m not sun*. T o h e a r de E delw eiss dizziness th a t th e to p p lin g tow n in guish. looking a t L orry. “W ell, le t's
those fellow s nn* not b a n d its, i ’ll lose people ta lk y o u ’d t ’ink dey licked de sp ired .
h u n t un th e th ir s t d e o a rtm e n t.”
(C o n in u H 1
fa ith in every novel 1 e v e r rea d .”
d a y lig h ts out o f tie o th e r slobs, but
“ I know how you feel,” observed
T h e tra in rolled slow ly p a st th re e som ehow I got n e x t to de fa c t d a t dem Sitzky, laughing. ” 1 w as ju s t de sam e
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