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SYNOPSIS OP PRECBEDINO CHAPTERS I
" -?-? -r - n.A.nK.l.ir A morimn I
lirenia.ll liurijr, a ntaiuij
globe trotter, stumbles into acquaintance
with a charming- foreign girl on
the rtaln from Denver to Washington.
The pair are left behind when the flier
stops for repairs In West Virginia. He
and the unknown girl ride four miles
at a tearing pace in a mountain coach.
There is no lovemaking, but a near
approach to it as the rolling stage
tumbles the passengers about. Lorry
dnes with the foreign^ party, consisting
of Miss Guggenslocker, Uncle Caspar
and Aunt Yvonne.
CHAPTER III?Continued.
"We did not miss you until we had
almost reached the other station. Then
your Aunt Yvonne asked me where you
had gone. I told her I had not seen
you, but went into the coach ahead to
search. You were not there. Then 1
went on to the dining car. Ach, you
were not there. In alarm I returned to
our car. Your aunt and I looked everywhere.
You were not anywhere. 1
sent Hedrlck ahead to summon the
conductor, but he had hardly left us
when the engine whistled sharply and
the train began to slow up in a jerky
fashion. I rushed to the platform,
meeting Hedrick, who was as much
alarmed as I. He said the train had
been flagged and that there must be
something wrong. Your aunt came out
and told me that she had made a
strange discovery."
Grenfall observed that he was addressing
himself exclusively to the
young lady.
"8he had found that the gentleman
In the next section was also missing.
While we were standing there In doubt
and perplexity the train came to a
standstill, and soon there was shouting
on the outside. I . climbed down from
the car and saw that we were at a little
station. The conductor came running
toward me excitedly.
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asked.
" 'No. For heaven's sake, what have
you heard? I cried.
'"Then she has been left at 0
he exclaimed, and used some yery extraordinary
American words.
- "I then Informed him that he should
run back for you, first learning that
you were alive and well. He said he
would be d d if he would?pardon
the'word, ladies. He was very angry
and said he would give orders to go
ahead, but I told him I would demand
restitution of his government He
laughed in my face, and then I became
shamelessly angry. I said to him:
** 'Sir, I shall call you down'?not out
as you have said?'and I shall run you
through the mill.'
"That was good American talk, sir,
was it not, Mr. Lorry? I wanted him
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very best language. Some gentlemen
who are traveling on tflla train and
some very excellent ladles also joined
In the demand that the train be held.
His dispatch from O said that you,
Mr. Lorry, Insisted on having It held
for twenty minutes. The conductor Insulted
you, sir, by saying that you had
more?ah, what is It??gall than any
Idiot he had ever seen. When he said
that, although I did not fully understand
that it was a reflection on you,
so Ignorant am I of your language. 1
took occasion to tell him that you were
a gentleman and a friend of mine. He
asked me your name, but as I did not
know it I could only tell him that he
would learn it soon enough. Then he
said something which has puzzled me
ever since. He told me to close my face.
What did he mean by that. My. Lorry?"
"Well, Mr. Guggenslocker, that
means in refined American 'stop talking/
" said Lorry, controlling a detfire
to shout.
"Aeh, that accounts for his surprise
when I talked louder and faster than
ever. I did not know what he meant.
tie suiu posuaveijr ue uuuiu iiuv wan,
but just then a second message came
from the other station. I did not know
what it was then, but a gentleman told
me that it instructed him to hold the
train if he wanted to hold his job. Job
Is situation, is it not? Well, when he
read that messuge be said he would
wait just twenty minutes. I asked him
to tell me how you were coming to us,
but he refused to answer. Your aunt
and I went at once to the telegraph
man und implored him to tell us the
truth, and he said you were coming in
a carriage over a very dangerous road.
Imagine our feelings when he said
some people had been killed yesterday
on that very road.
"When your aunt and I returned to
the train we saw the conductor holding
his watch. He said to me, 'In Just three
minutes we pull out. If they are not
here by thnt time they can get on the
best they know how. I've done all I
can.' I did not say a word, but went to
my seetiou and had Hedrick get out
mv Distols. If the train left before you
arrived it would be without its con-|
ductor.
"Then came the sound of carriage
wheels and galloping horses. Almost
before we knew it you were with us. I
am so happy that you were not a minute
later."
There was something so cool and
grim in the quiet voice, something so
determined in those brilliant eyes, that
Grenfall felt like looking up the conductor
to congratulate him. The dinner
was served, and while it was being
discussed his fair companion of the
drive graphically described the experience
of twenty strange minutes in a
shjickledown mountain coach.
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Somehow tie real flavor or romance
was stricken from the ride by her candid
admissions. What he had considered
a romantic treasure was being
calmly robbed of its glitter, leaving
for his memory the blur of an adventure
In which he had played the part of
a gallant gentleman and she a grateful
lady. He was beginning fo feel
ashamed of the conceit that had misled
him. Down In his heart he was saying,
"I might have known ft. I did know It
She is not like other women." The
perfect confidence that dwelt In the
rapt faces of the others forced into his
wondering mind the impression that
this girl could do no wrong.
"And, Aunt Yvonne," she said, in conclusion,
"the luck which you say is
mine as birthright asserted Itself. I escaped
unhurt while Mr. Lorry alone
possesses the pain and, unpleasantness
of our ride."
"I possess neither," he objected. "The
pain that you refer to Is a pleasure."
"The paiu that a man e/:dures for a
woman should always be a pleasure,"
said Uncle Caspar smilingly.
"But It could not be a pleasure to him
unless the woman considered it a
pain," reasoned Miss Guggeuslocker.
"He could uot feel happy ff she did not
respect the pain."
"And encourage it," supplemented
Lorry dryly. "If you do not remind me
occasionally tbut I am hurt^ Miss Guggenslocker,
1 am liable to forget it"
To himself he added, "I'll never learn
how to say it in one breath."
"If I were not so soon to part from
you. I should be your physician, and,
like all physicians, prolong your ailment
interminably." she said prettily.
"To my deepest satisfaction," he said
warmly, not lightly. There was nothing
further from his mind than servile
flattery, as bis rejoinder might imply.
"Alas." he went on, "we no sooner
meet than we part. May I ask when
you are to sail?"
"On Thursday." replied Mr. Guggenslocker.
"On the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,"
added his niece, a faraway look coming-lnto
her eyes.
"We are to stop oflf one day, tomorrow.
In Washington," said Aunt
Yvonne, and the jump that Lorry's
heart gave was so mighty that he was
afraid they could see it in his face.
"My uncle has some business to
transact in your city, Mr. Lorry. We
are to spend tomorrow there and
Wednesday in New York. Then we
sail. Ach, how I long for Thursday!"
His heart sunk like lead to the depths
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no effort on his part to see that he was
alone in his infatuation. Thursday
was more to her than his existence.
She could forget him and think of
Thursday, uud when she thought of
Thursday, the future, he was but a
thing of the past, not even of the present.
"Have you always lived in Washington.
Mr. Lorry?" asked Mrs. Guggenslocker.
"All my life." he replied, wishing at
that moment that he was homeless and
free to choose for himself.
"You Americans live in one city and
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our country generation after generation
lives and dies in one town. We
are not migratory."
"Mr. Lorry bus offended us by not
knowing where Graustark is located
on the map," cried the young lady, and
be could see the flash of resentment In
her eyes.
"Why. my dear sir, Graustark Is in"?
began Uncle Caspar, but she checked
him instantly.
"Uncle Caspar, you are not to tell
him. 1 have recommended that he
study geography and discover for himself.
He should be asbair d of his ignorance."
He was not ashamed, but he mentally
vowed that before he was a day older
be would And Graustark on the map
and would stock his negligent brain
with nil that hlatorv and the encyclo
pedis had to say of the unknown land.
Her uncle laughed, and. to Lorry's disappointment,
obeyed the young lady's
command.
"Shall 1 study the map of Europe,
Asia or Africa?" asked he. and they
laughed.
"Study the map of the world," said
Miss (iuggenslocker proudly.
"Edelweiss is the capital?"
"Yes. our home city, the queen of the
crags." cried she. "You should see
Edelweiss. Mr. Lorry. It is of the
mountain, the plain and the sky. There
are homes in the valley, homes on the
mountain side and homes in the
clouds."
"And yours? From what you say It
must be above the clouds?in heaven."
"We are farthest from the clouds, for
we live In the green valley, shaded by
the white topped mountains. We may.
in Edelweiss, have what climate we
will. Doctors do not send us on long
journeys for our health. They tell us
to move up or down the mountain. We
have balmy spring, glorious summer,
refreshing autuuiu and chilly winter,
just as we like."
"Ideal! I think you must be pretty
well toward the south. You could not
have July in January If you were far
north."
"True; yet we have January in July.
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the uaked eye." sbe said, half Ironically.
"I care not if there are but three inhabitants
of Graustark, all told, It is
certainly worthy of a position on any
map," said Lorry gallantly, and his listeners
applauded with patriotic appreciation.
"By the way, Mr. Gug?Guggensloeker,
you say the conductor
asked you for my name, and you did
uot know It May I ask how you
learned it later on?" His curiosity got
rthe better of him. and his courage was
Increased by the champagne the old
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"I did not know your name until my
uiece told it to me after your arrival
in the carriage," said Uncle Caspar.
"I don't remember giving it to Miss
Guggeuslocker at any time," said Lorry.
"You were not my informant," she
said demurely.
"Surely you did not guess it"
"Ob, no. indeed. I am no mind reader."
"My own name was the last thing
you could have read in my mind in that
eveDt for I have not thought of it in
three days." #
She was sitting with her elbows on
the table, her chin in her hands, s
dreamy look in her blue eyes.
"You say you obtained that coin
from the porter on the Denver train?"
"Within two hours after I got
aboard."
"Well, that coin purchased your
name for me," she said calmly, candidly.
He gasped.
"You?you don't mean that you"? he
stammered.
"You see, Mr. Lorry, I wanted to
know the name of a man who came
nearest my ideal of what an American
should be. As soon as I saw you I
knew that you were the American as
I had grown to know him through the
books?big, strong, bold and comely.
That is why I bought your name of the
porter. I shall always say that I know
the name of an ideal American?Grenfall
Lorry."
Her frank statement staggered him
almost beyond the power of recovery.
"I?I am honored." he at last managed
to say, bis eyes gleaming with
embarrassment "I trust you have not
"Well, that coin purchased your name
for me."
found your first judgment a faulty
nna " Ho folfr vorv fnnlish flfter thla flat
remark.
"I have remembered your name," she
said graciously. His heart swelled.
"There are a great many better Americans
than I," he said. "You forget our
president and our statesmen."
"I thought they were mere politicians."
Grenfall Lorry, idealized, retired to
his berth that night his head whirling
with the emotions inspired by this
strange, beautiful woman. How lovely,
how charming, how naive, how queenly,
how indifferent how warm, how
cold?how everything that puzzled him
was she. His last waking thought was:
"Guggenslocker! An angel with a
name like that!"
CHAPTER IV.
THE INVITATION EXTENDED.
wpre called by the porter
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early the uext morning. The
B train was pulling into Washington
five hours late. Grenfall
wondered as he dressed whether fortune
would permit him to see much of
her during her brief day In the capital.
After the train had come to a standstill
he could hear the rustle of her garments
In the next compartment. Then
he heard her sweep into the passage,
greet her uncle and aunt, utter a few
commands to the maid, and, while he
was adjusting his collar and necktie,
pass from the car. No man ever made
quicker time In dressing than did Lorry.
"She'll get away, and that '11 be the
end of It," he growled, seizing his traps
and rushing from the train two minutes
after her departure. The porter
attempted to relieve him of his bags
on the platform, but he brushed him
aside and was off toward the station.
"Nice time for you to call a man, you
idiot," was his parting shot for the porter,
forgetting of course that the foreigners
had been called at the same
time. With eyes intent on the crowd
ahead, he plunged along, seeing nobody
In his disappointed flight. "I'll never
forgive myself If I miss her," he was
wailing to himself. She was not to be
seen in the waiting rooms, so be rushed
to the sidewalk.
"Baggage transferred?"
"Cab, sir."
"Go to the devil?yes, here! Take
these traps and checks and rush my
stuff to ? W? avenue. Trunks Just
In on R. and O.," he cried, tossing his
burdens to a transfer man and giving
him the checks so quickly that the fellow's
sleepy eyes opened wider than
they had been for a month. Relieved
of his impediments, he returned to the
station.
"Good morning, Mr. Lorry. Are you
in too much of a hurry to see your
friends?" cried a clear, musical voice,
and he stopped as if shot. The anxious
frown flew from his brow and was sue
needed tnatastaneouBiy Dy a glad 8mlle.
lie wheeled and beheld her, with Aunt
Yvonne, standing near the main entrance
to the station. "Why, good morning."
he exclaimed, extending his hand
gladly. To his amazement she drew
herself up haughtily and ignored the
proffered band. Only a brief second did
this strange and uncalled for hauteur
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his timidly, even awkwardly. Something
told him that she was not accustomed
to handshaking; that same
something Impelled , him to bend low
and touch the gloveli fingers with his
lips. He straightened, with face
flushed, half fearful lest his act had
been observed by curious loungers, and
be had taken a liberty in a public place
which could not be condoned. But she
smiled serenely, approvingly. There
was not the faintest sign of embarrassment
or confusion in the lovely face.
Any other girl in the world, he thought,
would have jerked her hand away and
giggled furiously. Aunt Yvonne inclined
her head slightly, but did not
proffer her hand. He wisely refrained
from extending bis own. "I thought
you had left the station," he said.
"We are waiting for Uncle Caspar,
who is giving Hedrick instructions.
Hedrick, you know, is to go on to New
York with our boxes. He will have
them aboard ship when we arrive
there. All that we have with us is
hand luggage. We leave Washington
tonight."
"I had hoped you might stay over for
a few days."
"It is urgent business that compels
us to leave so hastily. Mr. Lorry. Of
all the cities in the world. I have most
desired to see the capital of your country.
Perhaps I may return some day.
But do not let us detain you if you are
in a hurry."
He started, looked guilty, stammered
anrnothincr nhnilt hfl(??rHfire. SRid he
would return in a moment, and rushed
aimlessly away, bis ears flery.
"I'm all kinds of a fool," he muttered
as be raced around the baggage
room and then back to where he had
left the two ladies. Mr. Guggenslocker
had ioined them, and they were prepar
lng to depart Miss Guggenslocker's
face expressed pleasure at seeiug him.
"We thought you would never return,
so long were you gone," she cried gayly.
He had been gone just two minutes
by the watch. The old gentlenfan
greeted him warmly, and Lorry asked
them to what hotel they were going.
On being Informed that they expected
to spend the day at the Ebbitt he volunteered
to accompany them, saying
that he Intended to breakfast there.
Quicker than a flash a glance unfathomable
as it was brief passed between
the three, not quickly enough, however,
to escape his keen," watchful eyes, on
the alert since the beginning of his acquaintance
with them, in conjunction
with his ears, to catch something that
might satisfy in a measure his burning
curiosity* What was the meaning of
that glance? It half angered him, for
in it he thought be could distinguish
annoyance, apprehension, dismay or
something equally disquieting. Before
he could stiffen his long frame and
give vent to the dignified reconsideration
that flew to his mind the young
lady dispelled all pain and displeasure,
sending him into raptures by saying:
"How good of you! We shall be so
delighted to have you breakfast with
us, Mr. Lorry, if it is convenient for
you. You can talk to us of your wonderful
city. I am sure we cannot trouble
you much longer."
He expostulated gallantly and delightedly
and then hurried forth to call
a cab. At 8 o'clock he breakfasted with
them, bis Infatuation growing aeeper
and stronger as be sat for the hour beneath
tbe spell of those eyes, the glorious
face, the sweet. Imperial air that
was a part of her, strange and unaffected.
As they were leaving the dining
room he asked If she would not
drive with him.
His ardent gallantry met with a surprising
rebuke. Her voice, a moment
ago sweet and affable, changed Its
tone Instantly to one so proud and arrogant
that he could scarcely believe
his ears.
"I shall be engaged during the entire
day, Mr. Lorry," she said slowly, looking
him fairly In the eyes with cruel
positiveness. For a moment he dared
not speak.
"1 have reason to feel thankful that
you are to be engaged," he said at last
calmly, without taking his eyes from
hers. "I am rorceu to ueueve, mum w
my regret, that I have offended when
I intended to please. You will pardon
my temerity."
There was no mistaking the resentment
in his voice or the glitter in bis
eyes. Impulsively her little hand was
stretched forth, falling upon his arm,
while into her eyes came again the soft
glow and to her Hps the most pathetic,
appealing smile, the forerunner of a
pretty plea for forgiveness. The change
startled and puzzled him more than
ever. In one moment she was unreasonably
rude and imperious, in the
next gracious and imploring.
"Forgive me," she cried, the blue
eyes battling bravely against the steel
in the gray ones above. "I was so
iinoivil! Perhaps I cannot m ke you
understand wby 1 spoke as I did, but,
let me say. 1 rlebly deserved the rebuke.
I'ray forgive me uud forget that
I have been disagreeable. Do not ask
me to tell you wby I was so rude to
you just now, but overlook my unkind
treatment of your invitation. Please,
Mr. Lorry, I beg of you?I beg for the
first time In my life. You have been
so good to me. be good to me still."
His wrath melted away like snow before
the sunshine. How could he resist
such an appeal? "1 beg for the first
time in my life." whirled In his brain.
What did she mean by that?
"1 absolve the penitent," he said
gravely.
"I thank you. You are still my ideal
American?courteous, bold and gentle.
I do not wonder that Americans can be
masterful men. And now I thank you
for your Invitatiou and ask you to let
me withdraw my implied refusal. If 1
you will take uie for the drive I shall
be delighted und more than grateful."
"You make me happy again," he said
softly, as they drew near the elder
members of the party, who had paused
to wait for them. "I shall ask your uncle
and aunt to accompany us."
"Uncle Caspar will be busy all day,
but I am sure my aunt will be charmed.
Aunt Yvonne. Mr. Lorry has asked us
to drive with him over the city, and I
have accepted for you. When are we
to start, Mr. Lorry7'
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In a bewildered sort of manner at tbelr
niece. Then Aunt Yvonne turned qnes
tloning eyes toward her husband, who
promptly bowed low before the tall
American and said:
"Your kind offices shall never be forgotten,
sir. When are the ladles to be
ready?"
Lorry was weighing In his mind the
advisability of asking them to dine in
the evening with his mother, but two
objections presented themselves readily?
first, he was ufraid of this perverse
maid: second, he had not seen his
mother. In fact, he did not know that
she was in town.
"At 2 o'clock, I fancy. That will give
us the ufternoon. You leave at 9 tonight.
do you not?"
"Yes. And will you dine with us this
evening?" Her Invitation was so unexpected
In view of all tl'dt hud happened
that he looked askance. "Ach,
vou must not treat my invitation as I
did yours!" she cried merrily, although
he could detect the blush that returns
with the recollection of a reprimand.
"You should profit by what I have
been taught." The girl abruptly threw
her arm about her aunt and cried as
she drew away In the direction of her
room: "At 2, then, and at dinner this
evening. I bid you good morning, Mr.
Lorry."
The young man, delighted with the
turn of affairs, but dismayed by what
seemed a summary dismissal, bowed
low. He waited until the strange trio
entered the elevator and then sauntered
downstairs, his hands in his
pockets, Ids heart as light as air.
In an hour he was at home and relating
to his mother the story of his
wanderings, neglecting for reasons best
known to himself the events which occurred
after Denver bad been left behind,
except for a casual aUusion to "a
party of foreigners." At 1 o'clock,
faultlessly attired, he descended to the
brougham, telling Mrs. Lorry that he
had invited some strangers to see the
city. On the way downtown he remembered
that he was In business?
the law business?and that it would be
well to drop In and let his nncle know
he was in the city. On secondthought,
however, he concluded It' was too near
2 o'clock to waste any time on business,
so the office did not .know that he was
in town until the next day, and then to
no great extent.
For several hours he reveled In her
society, sitting beside her in that roomy
brougham, Aunt Yvonne opposite, explaining
to her the many places of interest
as they passed.
Their dinner was but one more phase
of this fascinating dream. More than
once he feared that he was about to
awake to And bleak unhapplness where
exquisite Joy had reigned so gloriously.
As it drew to an end a sense of depression
came over him. An hour at most
was all that he could have with her.
Nine o'clock was drawing nigh with Its
regrets, Its longings, Its desolation. He
determined to retain the pleasures of
the present until, amid the clanging of
bells and the roll of car wheels, the dismal
future began. His Intention to accompany
them to the station was expressed
as they were leaving the table.
She had begun to say goodby to him
when he Interrupted, self consciousness
forcing the words hurriedly and dlsjolntedly
from his lips:
"You will let me go to the station
with you. I shall?er?deem it a pleasure."
She raised her eyebrows slightly, but
thanked him and said she would con
elder It aii honor. His race grew not
and his heart cold with the fancy that
there was In her eyes a gleam which
said, "I pity you, poor fellow."
Notwithstanding his strange misgiving
and the fact that his pride had sustained
quite a perceptible shock, he
drove with them to the station. They
went to the sleeping car a few minutes
before the time set for the train's departure
and stood at the bottom of the
steps, uttering the goodbye, the godspeeds
and the sincere hope that they
might meet again. Then came the
sharp activity of the trainmen, the hurry
of belated passengers. He glanced
soberly at his watch.
"It Is 9 o'clock. Perhaps you would
better get aboard," he said, and proceeded
to assist Aunt Yvonne up the
steps. She turned and pressed his band
gently before passing Into the car.
"Adieu, good friend. You have made
It so very pleasant for us." she said
earnestly.
The tall, soldierly old gentleman was
waiting to assist bis niece Into the
coach.
"Go fin?t. Uncle Caspar," the girl
made Lorry happy by saying. "I can
easily come up unaided."
"Or I can assist her." Lorry hastened
to add. giving her a grateful look
which she could not misunderstand.
The uncle shook hands warmly with
the young man and passed up the
steps. She was following when Lorry
cried:
"Will you not allow me?"
She laughingly turned to him from
onrt atpotohod forth her hand.
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"And now It Is goodby forever. I am
so sorry that I have not seen more of
you." she said. He took her hand and
held It tightly for a moment
"I shall never forget the past few
days," he said, a thrill In his voice.
"You have put something Into my life
that can never be taken away. You will
forget me before you are out of Washington,
but I?I shall always see you as
you are now."
She drew her hand away gently, but
did not take her eyes from his upturned
face.
"You are mistaken. Why should 1
forget you?ever ? Are you not the ideal
American whose name I bought? I
phall always remember you as I saw
you?at Denver."
"Not as I have been slnco?" he cried.
"Have you changed Bince first I saw
you?" she asked quaintly.
"I have, indeed, for you saw me before
i saw vou. I am jrlad I have not
changed for the worse In your eyes."
"As I first knew you with my eyes 1
will say that they are trustworthy,"
she said tantallzingly.
"1 do pot mean that I have changed
externally."
"In any other case my eyes would not
serve," she cried, with mock disappointment
"Still," she added sweepingly,
"you are my ideal American.
Goodby! The man has called 'all
aboard!'"
"Goodby!" he cried, swinging up on
the narrow step beside her. Again he
clasped her hand as she drew back in
surprise. "You are going out of my
land, but not out of my mind. If you
wish your eyes to see the change in me,
you have only to look at them in a mlr- '
ror. They are the change?they themselves!
Goodby! I hope that I may see
you again." 1
She hesitated an Instant her eyes
wavering beneath his. The train was
moving slowly now.
"I pray that we may meet," she said
softly at last?so softly that he barely
heaad the words. Had she uttered no
sound he could have been sure of her
response, for it was in her telltale eyes:
"Adieu, my American?'
His blood leaped madly. "Ton will be
sliurt If you wait till the train is running
at full speed!" she cried, suddenly
returning to the abandoned merry
excitement "Don't you see how rapidly
we are moving? Please go!" There
was a terror in her eyes that pleased
him.
"Goodby, then!" he said.
"Adieu, my American!" she cried
quickly.
As he swung out ready to drop to the
ground she said, her eyes sparkling
with something that suggested mis
- - ?
Ciller, ner race more oewiicmug wau
ever under the flicker of the great arc
lights:
"Ton must come to Edelweiss to see
me. I shall expect you!" He thought
there was a challenge in the tones. Or
was It mockery?
"I will, by heaven, I will!" he exclaimed.
A startled expression flashed across
her face, and her Hps parted as If In
protestation. As she leaned forward,
holding stoutly to the handrail, there
was no smile on her countenance.
A white hand fluttered before his
eyes, and she was gone. He stood, hat
in hand, watching the two red lights at
the end of the train until they were
lost in the night
TO BE? CONTINUED.
WATERLOO AND WEALTH.
Nathan Rothschild Made Six Millions
Out of That Battle.
There is probably no more picturesque
and unique bit of financiering in
history than that by which Nathan
Rothschild made $6,000,000 as a result
of the battle of Waterloo, says Leslie's
Weekly. Rothschild had followed
Wellington during his campaign
against Napoleon, and at Waterloo the
"man of money" sat like a soldier in a
shower of rain and bullets, watching
the battle.
As soon as be observed the arrival
of Blucher and the rout of the French,
Rothschild set spurs to his horse and
rode swiftly to Brussels. A carriage
whirled him to Ostend,, and the next
morning he was at the Belgian coast.
The sea was so rough that he had to
pay $500 to a boatman to carry him
across the channel, and he landed at
Dover in the evening. The next morning
he was in London before the opening
of the Stock Exchange. It was
ifnwn that he had come direct from!
Wellington and must have the latest
news. He had outstripped all the couriers
and messengers of the nation.
There was no telegraph then.
In answer to the anxious inquiries
for the news of Wellington, Rothschild
discreetly said nothing of the
battle of Waterloo. Instead he sighed
and told of Blucher's previous defeat
at Ligny and said that as a result there
could be little hope for Wellington.
The gloomy report caused a panic on
the exchange, and when the market
had reached the bottom Nathan Rothschild
bought everything that he could
find money for, all being 'done quietly
through 'his brokers. Then came the
news of the battle of Waterloo, England's
victory, the final defeat of Napoleon.
Securities of all kinds went up
with a rush, and Nathan Rothschild,
being well stocked at small cost, made
great profits, about $6,000,000. He was
one of the five sons of the original
Mayer Anselm Rothschild, who began
his career in a little money loaning
shop In Frankfurt, Germany, and
founded the richest family in the
world.
pisswltounro* Reading.
DIVINE HAND IN HI8T0RY.
Ex* President 8eee Evidenoet of It In
the Louisiana Purchase.
Grover Cleveland at St Louis.
In conclusion, I hope I may be permitted
to suggest that our thoughts
and surroundings on this occasion
should lead us to humble recognition
of the providence of God in all that has
made us a great nation. From our beginning
as a people oUr course has
been marked by occurrences and incidents
so striking, so significant, and so
constant that only superstitious dullness
or intellectual blindness will place
them to the credit of luck or chance.
In the midst of our rejoicing today,
it is peculiarly fitting that we recall
with soberness and meekness some of
the happenings in connection with t
gieat event we celebrate, which impressively
Illustrate the interposition ,
or Divine Providenpe in our behalf. .
We sought from a nation ruled by one
whose ambition was boundless and
whose scheme for aggrandizement knew
neither the obligation of public morality
nor the restraints of good faith, the
free navigation of the Mississippi river
and such insignificant territory as
would make such navigation useful.
While our efforts toward the accomplishment
of this alight result languished
and were fast assuming a
hopeless condition, the autocrat of
France suddenly commanded one of his.
ministers to enter into negotiation
with our waiting and dispirited representatives
and exclaimed: "I renounce
Louisiana. It is not only New
Orleans, I cede. It is the whole colony
without reserve."
It was only nineteen days thereafter
that the treatv transferrins: to us the
magnificent domain comprised within
the Louisiana Purchase was concluded
This
astonishing, change in our
prctspects, which dissipated the fears
and apprehensions of our government
and revised the promise of our perpetuity
and happy destiny, came at the
very moment that Bonaparte was organizing
a force to occupy the Louisiana
territory In the prosecution of
colonial occupation and development,
which If consumated, would probably
have closed the door even to the slight
acquisition which we originally sought.
The French colony of San Domingo
was, however, a prime factor in this
scheme of occupation, and It was essential
to its* success that this colony
and Louisiana should both be included
ani should supplement each other. A
serious revolt then raging In Santo
Doplngo delaying proceedings, the occupation
of Louisiana witapostponed
until this revolt should be overcome.
The troops sent from France to accomplish
this apparently easy task t
was so stubbornly resisted by hundreds
of thousands of freed blacks, fighting
against their re-lnslavement, and they
suffered so terribly from the climate
conditions and deadly fever that after
the sacrifice of twenty-five thousand
soldiers, many of whom were intended
for the subsequent occupation of
Louisiana, Bonaparte's plan for the occupation
of both colonies miscarried.
This disappointment, and the conception
of new schemes of war and conquest
by the restless dictator of
France, and his need of money to carry
out these schemes, were controlling:
circumstances in leading him to
throw into our lap the entire Louisiana
territory. None of these circumstances
were within our procurement
or knowledge, but who shall say that . \
God was not accomplishing his designs
in our behalf amid the turmoil
anil distressing scenes of Santo Domingo's
revolt? And how can it be
said that there was no Providence In
the unexpected, unyielding and sue
cessful fight for continued freedom
on the part of the Negroes of Santo
Dctmingo, or in the fatal pestilence
that vied with 'bloody warfare in the
destruction of the army of subjugation
which heated the blood of Bonaparte,
all combining to turn him away
from the occupation of the Louisiana
territory? All these things so remote
and so far out of sight pointed with
the coercion that belongs to the decrees
of God, to a comsummation
which restored to our people peace
and contentment, and secured to our
nation extension and development be
yond the dreams or our ratners. mus
we may well recall In these surround- I
lngs the wonderful measure of prophecy's
fulfillment within the span of a
short century, the spirit, the patriotism
and the civic virtue of Americans who
lived a hundred years ago, and God's
overruling of the wrath of man and
his devious ways for the blessing of
our nation.
English Names as Pronounced.
Abergavenny Is pronounced as if
spelled Abergenny.
Beauchamp is pronounced as If
spelled Beecham.
Bolingbroke is pronounced as if
spelled Balllngbrook.
Brougham Is pronounced as If
spelled Broom.
0?? 1 ii'am 4a nmnAiinnAH a q \f
UUi TV CI AO |/? VUWUilvvu
spelled Buller.
Cholmondeley is pronounced as if
spelled Chumley.
Cirencester is pronounced as if
spelled Sis8lster.
Cockburn is pronounced as if
spelled Coburn.
Colquhoun is pronounced as if
spelled Cohon.
Cowper is pronounced as if spelled
Cooper.
Grosvenor is pronounced as if spelled
Grovenor.
Hawarden is pronounced as if spelled
Hardin.
Holburn Is pronounced as if spelled
Hobun.
Knollys is pronounced as if spelled
Knowles.
Leicester is pronounced as If spelled
Lester.
Majoribank is pronounced as if spelled
Marcebank.
Marylebone is pronounced as if spelled
Marrabun.?Exchange.