Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-21

calculated to make the most bold and
reckless of men wish themselves safe
out of IT, But al ordinary person car
scarcely realize the overpowering hor-
ror, trepidatiOn and dismay which it
produced in this prim and pompous old
Puritan. He sat motionless in his seat
wiping the clammy moisture from his
forehead and looking the very picture
of helpless desperation. his eyes riveted
in a ~horrorstruck gaze upon the un-
conscious young lady.
By and by she stopped brushing her
hair, and put back the brush in the bag.
Now would come a stn more embarrass-
ing condition Of thingS OF course she
would proceed with her disrobing. But
mol Apparently she was under the
impression that she had completed that
task For her next movew as TO stretch
herself at full length upon the seat and
draw up her railway rug Over her-iks
aperson getting into bed
As Mr.. McParson watched her go
through this latter evolution he WA
conscious of a considerable sense of re
lief. IL was something that she had
stopped 50 o IN the process Of nm
dressing, and had not carried out her
unconscious task to the bitter end
Besides. she was nov for the present in
a state of quiescent repose thus giving
him a minute or two in which to con
slider his position without being mo
mentarily agitated and distracted by
some fresh vagary on her part
But due reflection did not bring
much comfort with Il. after all Look
ing at his watch, he saw that In twenty
minutes they were due at Grantham
What II the young lady did no tresnme
her garments before the train stopped
at that statiOni To say that it would
be highly embarrassing for him 70 be
discovered alone with her under such
conditions would only be to put it
feebly. For. though there wa moth
ing absolutely improper in the young
lady's present state Of undress. except
conventionally. still. in these matters,
the conventional standard was every
thing.
And Mr.. McPanson was conscious
that II he himself were 70 discover a
brother elder of the kirk alone In a rail
way carriage with a young lady. whose
hair was down her back and the bodice
of her dress of, revealing a particular
ly white neck and a nicely rounded
pair of arms, he should regard that
brother elders conduct with decided
suspicion.
Five minutes passed, and the young
lady slumbered peacefully on, while
Mr.. McParson felt with a sinking heart
that he was being belplessly hurried
forward to his doom
GOOD h~eavensi" he groaned miser-
erably, II wish she would now take it
into her head to dream that she was
getting up, and would put her clothes
on again What would ! not give at
this minute to have the controlling of
her fanciesF'
He consulted his watch again. Mat
tens were getting more and more des-
perate. In less than a quarter Of an
hour they would be at Grantham.
Then, all Of a sudden, an idea flashed
across his mind which made him bring
his hand sharply down upon his knee
and exelaim determinedly:
"'POn my word, I'll try it. It's
desperately unlikely to succeed lat
l do believe it's the only chance. And,
at any rate, il can do no harm"
After a minute or so Of close re-
hecton, during which he bit his nails in
ia most agitated and excited manner,
Mr.. McParson prepared 70 put his idea
into effect. He had heard that the
sleeping fAneies of people in the young
Ladys state might sometimes be shaped
or modified by external circumstances
And he now intended to make . des
perate effort to influence his dumber-
ing companion through these means
His Rnst experiment. was 70 rap
sharply with his knnekles on the door
Of ne compartment anxio1sly watch
ing the sleepers faee - he did 90 With
thrill Of eEeitement almost Of tn
umph, he sAH hsr irgmovA and beard
her dnoWuily murmur. 'sOoms Inn
This preliminary success stimulated
him to psnssvers with his intenfion
And With a look Of pave and breath
less anxisty, which showed that he was
quite unconscious Of the iresistihly
comic part he vas enacting. he raised
his deep voice 70 q piping fAlsstto. and
sid, with az good an imitation Of a
ehambermaid as be could manage;
Time % get up, ma'ami Here's
hot water, ma'amP'
His desperate and unlikely designs
succeeded beyond his widest hopes.
The slumberer threw off her rug, rose
and stretched herself; then, after going
through certain in~explicable move
ments which Mr., McParson guessed TO
be imaginary additions, she proceeded
carefully and deliberately to do her
hair up. This step completed, she
donned her dress bodice, then her trav-