Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-21
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meanor But II not that, what them
Was she in a state of comai Or was
she, perhaps. a lunaticf
The notion of this last possibility
made him decidedly uneasy, and his
heart began 90 beat with increased
speed in bis poFtly breast
He watched her narrowly and anx-
loosely. In a minute, steadying herself
with one hand BY the rail Of the rack,
she began TO walk slowly across the
compartment Than the truth seemed
70 dawn upon Mr.. NcPazon- She had
never awakened at all. but was now
walking In her sleep.
Ths conviction did not bring much
comfort to the old gentleman's mind,
for, though it was a shade better TO be
shut IN a railway carriage with a sleep
walker than with a lunatic. stin even
the former condition of affairs was
sufficiently awkward, and be ~fervently
wished that he had got into another
compartment
However, there he was. with no
possible chance Of escape. So there
was little use in wishing. He had bet
ter devote his energies to making the
best of the situation Only, what was
he to dot The young lady was moving
slowly toward the door of the carriage.
Surprising she should try to open it and
get Quit He should be Obliged to stop
her by force, with the almost certain
result of waking her up. And that
las he had heardl was liable to cause
fatal consequences He was on the
horns of a most embarrassing dilemma;
and a he realized its full horrors a
siekly panor succeeded to the previ
ousiy ubicund hue Of Mr. MeParson's
c-ountenanceL
But when the young lady reached
the door of the carriage, and Joshua
MeParson, with his heart IN bis mouth,
was about TO lay a 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
a person ascending steps, and he con
cluded that she imagined herself to be
going up stairs. This view was soon to
receive confirmation of a strange and
startling kind.
While he was still watching her with
anxious alarm, in case she might try to
get out Of the door AZ the other end OF
the carriage, hesaw her, to his immense
relief. stop her peregrination and sink
down upon the seat THINK heaven"
he murmured- II hope she wiz now
wake up before she attempts any more
walking" But he soon found that he
had been somewhat premature In bis
expression Of gratitude
The young lady's first act after sitting
down wa extraordinary, perhaps,
though not at all Tightening, being
merely to take of her bonnet and lay
it upon the seat beside her. But it
500 became clear to her Mortified com
panion that this had only been the
prelude TO a far more alarming and en-
barrasdng purpose. For, after calmly
divesting herself of her outside Jacket,
she NEXT proceeded to unbutton and
take of the bodiceo of her dressi What
in the name Of horrors, did this meant
What on earth did the sleeping young
lady dream that she was doing9
Her NEXT move threw some light
upon the matter. She commenced
with great deliberation to take the hair-
pins out Of her hair and let IL down
about her neck and shoulders. Then,
possessing herself Of a hairbrush from
the travelling bag at her side, she pro
eeeded 20 c0mb her long. thiek treses
very en~argetically. - ~ v~
Mr.. McParsOn was not a genius In
point Of penetrat1on, bot by putting
tive and two tegether@that iS by com.
pairing the young lady's former action
Of appeadne % walk mp stain wih hR
prusent oecnpAnOu-he had arnchua
mtsniguneer 10 divine the mo6ts i'm
nAenee at work within her.
She imagined herspif n her bedroom,
Just retiring for tn nigt8; and the 10
ton Of disrobing. with which her sleep
ing thoughts were busg, had set her
unconscious handsperfonning that task
IN very earnest
The old gentleman did not arrive at
this conclusion all In a minute; but
when he did arrive at Il he felt no
doubt whatever that he had hit the
right nail on the head. And as he be-
gan to realize the consequences likely, |
nay, certain. to result from such a sis-
uation, he felt something more than
embarrassed and horrihed
The worst part of it was, be felt
helpless to do anything. He dared
not wake the young woman up. not
only because of the danger to her life
involved in so doing, but also because,
even If she got over that safely, she
would be so startled, taken back and
overwhelmed at finding herself in such
a situation that, before he had time to
give any explanations, she would prob
ably shrek out for help. And should
the train be stopped and they two be
found under these equivocal conditions