Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-15

rest Of the sitr Only. what was
he to DOT tn lady was moving
slowly towarl. OF the carriage.
s1ef ing a shol.,. Try o open il anl
Tot, - 1uld be obliged to stop
nor by - with the almost ccriaii
result Of waking her up. Aud thst
rs ho had heard) was liable to cause
fatal consequence lie wns on the
horns ot q mos. embarrassing dilemma;
and nc he realized = full horrors, a
sickly pallor succeeded TO the prov. |
ously rubicund hue Of Mr.. McPaaon's |
countcnance.
But when the young lady reached |
the door Of the carriage, and joshua |
McParon, with his heart In bis mouth. |
was about TO lay OBTAINING hand upon |
her arm, she suddenly turned round |
and began to walk the other way. The
old fellow noticed now that she was
lifting her feet unnecessarily high, like
person ascending steps, aud he con.
cludod that she imagined herself TO be
going up stairs This view was soon To
receive confirmation Of a strange and
startling kind
While ho was still watching her with
anxious alarm, In case she might try t.
get out Of the door at tho other end Of
the carriage. lac saw her 20 his immense
relief, stop Lcr pcpgrinntion and in,
down upon the seat. Thank heaven"
lc mumurcd. ~ hope shc will now
wake up before she attempts any moro
walking" hut he soon found that hs
had been somewhat premature In his
expression of gratitude
The young lady's ilst act after sitting
down was extraordinary, perhaps,
though not at all frightening, being
merely 20 take oil her bonnet and lay
II upon the seat beside her hut Il
soon became clear 20 her Mortified com
panion that this had only been tho
prelude 10 n far more alarming and cm.
barrNssing purpose. For, after calmly
divcsting herself Of her outside Jacket,
she next proceeded to intuition and
take OIL the bodice Of her drcssl What,
In the maine Of horrors, did this meant
What on earth did tho sleeping young
lady dream that she was doingi
Her next move throw some light
upon tho matter. Slo commenced
with great doliberatlon to take the hair.
pins out 81 her hair and let Il down
about her nccI, and shoulders Then,
possessing herself Of hairbrush from
the travelling bag nc her side, she pro.
cccded to comb her long, thick trc.scs
very theoretically.
Mr.. McParon was not genius In
point Of penetration, but by putting
two and two togctlicr-thnt t., by com.
pairing the young lady's former action
Of appearing TO walk up stairs with her
present occupatlon--ho had sufficient
intelligence TO divine tho motive In
Ilucncc ut work within her.
sho Imagined herself In her bedroom,
Just retiring for the night, and tho no
ton Of disrobing. with which her sleep
Ing thoughts were busy. had set her
unconscious hands performing that tasl,
In very earnest
Tho old gentleman did not arrive at
this conclusion all In "A minute; but
when ho did arrive at Il he felt no
doubt whatever that ho had hit tho
right nail on the head. And rs hc DO
gan to rcalizo the consequences likely,
nay, certain, to result from such u VI.
uation, he felt something morn than
embarrassed and Mortified.
Tho worst part Of Ii was, he felt
helpless TO do anything lie dared
not wake the young woman up. not
only because Of the danger TO her liio
involved In 80 doing but also because,
even II she got over that safely, shl
would be 30 startled, taken back and
overwhelmed at finding herself In sucl
n situation tha,, before ho had timc tc
give any explanations. sho would prob
ably shrek ont for help And should
the train be- stopped and they two b,
found under these equivocal condition.
alone together IN the carriage, VIII,
matters would look rather bad for him
20 say the least.
on the other hand, 10 lot her pro
coed further with the work Of dlsrobin,
WIS to make his present position ovoI
more distrcssingly embarrassing than I
was And, OF course, the moro AL
vanccd the state OF dcshabllc In vhlcl
shc found herself when she ulthuNtcl!
woke up, tho more intense would b
her agitation and horror. Yet, villa
could no do to stop herr lie was. II
this respect, rs helpless as an unborn
babe.
) There Is no denying, indeed. that III,
situation was sufficiently awkward, an,
calculated to make tho most bold an'
reckless Of mon wish themselves taf
,, out OF IT, But an ordinary person cal
scarcely realize tho overpoworlng hor
ror, trepidatIon and disnny which
produced In this prim and pompous OLE
Puritan. lie sat motionlcss In his seat
wiplng tho clammy moisture from hi
, forehead and looking the very pictur
T Of helpless desperation, his eyes rivote'
, In a horrontruck gazo upon tho IN
! conscious young lady.
by and by she stopped brushing he
a hair, and put back the brush In the bag
i Now would como still more embarrasi
= ing condition OF things OF course vi
would proceed with her disrobing. Bu
o mol Apparently, sho WAS under III
a