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Teeks later Grenfall Lorry was landed and enjoying the sensations, the delights of that wonderful world called by the name of Paris The second day after his arrival he uish had been a pseudo art student for two years When at college he was a hail-felloell-met, a leader in athletics and in matters upon which faculties frown He and Lorry arh utterly unlike in temperament; to know either of these men was to like him; between the two one found all that was ad insuch different lines that they balanced perfectly when lumped upon the scale of personal esti pleasure to both, and for the next week or so they were inseparable Together they sipped absinthe at the cafes and strolled into the theaters, the opera, the dance halls and the houish's friends, French and American

Lorry did not speak to his friend of Graustark until nearly teeks after his arrival in the city He had discussed with hiuish, fearing the latter's ridicule with all the cowardice of a e in the search for the unheard-of country, its capital and at least one of its inhabitants, he was at last couish, to a certain extent, of his plans for the future He began by telling him of his intention to take a run over toward Vienna, Buda-Pesth and soone a couple of uish enthusiastically volunteered to take the trip with hi had the sa left for Lorry but to make a clean breast of it, which he did shaht-hearted friend as payuish, who possessed a lively and romantic nature, was charhtful adventure that had ever happened outside of a story-book

"Tellwith boyish enthusiasive hi hiuished uncle and aunt, adding all those details which had confounded and upset hiations

"This is rich!" exclaiad, olddown this wonderful bit of femininity With a curiosity and an ado to the end of the world myself to have them satisfied"