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"If he knows our naenslockers," said Anguish to his friend, in English
"Ah, you are looking for so broadly and speaking excellent English "You es I heard last night that you were inquiring about one Caspar Guggenslocker, and I have racked my brain, searched my books, questioned my officers, and I am sorry to inform you that there is no such person in Edelweiss"
"I was so well assured of it, Baron Dangloss," Lorry said
"The name is totally unknown tofor hienslocker, his wife and his niece last spring in the United States They invited me to come and see them if I ever happened to be in this part of the world As my friend and I were near here I undertook to avail myself of their invitation"
"And they said they lived in Edelweiss, Graustark?"
"They did, and I'll humbly confess I did not know much of the principality of Graustark"
"That is certainly complimentary, but, then, we are a little out of the beaten path, so it is pardonable I was at first under the impression that you were American detectives with extradition papers for cri the name you mention"
"Oh!" gasped Anguish "We couldn't find ourselves if we should be separated, Captain"
The grizzly-bearded Captain laughed lightly with the hied Graustarkians The bewildered and disheartened A certain tender details, of course As he proceeded the Chief grew more and more interested, and, when at last Lorry caave a sudden start, exposed a queer little smile for a second or so, and then was as sphynxlike as before The ever-vigilant Anguish observed the involuntary start and smile, quick as the Chief had been to recover hier and impatience, however, the old officer calmly shook his head at the end of the narrative, and announced that he was as much in the dark as ever
"Well, we'll search awhile for ourselves," declared Anguish, stubbornly, not at all satisfied
"You will be wasting your tily
"We've plenty to waste," retorted the other
After a fewthe them that he and his men alould be at their command His nation admired the American people, he warmly declared