moment's warning. Then the young girl at the side of the woman
whose beauty had drawn a man half around the world saw the tall
strangers, and called her companion's attention to them. Once
more Grenfall Lorry and Miss Guggenslocker were looking into
each other's eyes.

The lady started violently, her eyes grew wide, her lips parted,
and her body was bent forward eagerly, a little gloved hand
grasping the side of the open carriage. Her "ideal American"
was bowing low, as was the tall fellow at his side. When he
looked up again his eyes were glowing, his handsome face was
flushed, and he saw her smile, blush furiously and incline her
head gravely. The carriage had swept past, but she turned her
head, and he detected an appealing glance in her eyes, a
perplexed wrinkle across her brow, both of which were swept away
an instant later by the most bewitching of smiles. Again her
head was inclined, this time a trifle more energetically, and
then the maddening face was turned from him. The equipage
rolled onward, and there was no effort on her part to check its
progress. The men were left standing alone and disappointed on
the streets of Edelweiss, the object of their search slipping
away as soon as she had been found. Her companion was amazed by
the little scene, it was evident, judging by the eager look on
her face as she turned with a question in her eyes.

"Turned down!" exclaimed the irrepressible Anguish, dolefully.
"That's pretty shabby treatment, old man. But she's quite worth
the journey."

"I'll not go back to America without her. Do you hear that,