Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-30

Kiss BL7NENS0P was A SfHo20uaa6alD
AID WAS ENVIED By ALL
Shs Wanted a Sensation, bi When the VP~'-
taniIy offered, She Thought Better o. u
aad DisP aysd a Wonderfully
Cool Nerve.

s,T won6er i'll am never 10 nave
,o.-.,ion Ike other people! The thea
Tres are full Of sensations ana - az
bool-s. but am exactly Ike Que y.
Fawells' heroines; l DO notnlnH ou1 %.
ana tie my bonnet strings NeI.o oDe
buttoning my gloyes-oI cOU'''
must wear gloves .,dov
Ia the idiOmatic dialect OF -, ;,
Miss Blenkinsop vas 20 thorough Oleu, i,
Miss Blenkinsop never uIealliee
everyone was enyying her her money enc,
end her lot in life. She supposed peO
ne had everything they wanted Guy
nav II they hadn't why didn't tney
get n somewhere2 She was TALL win
clean length OF flmb, low sweep OI
bnst long lines 10 her back and qules
Sigritv III carriage. Her features haa
that nristocratically pinched 'ooA -. -
is the envy OF the composite aiuo..
can girl, aud her small, We'l-sHS ~
head was set like q racing lilly $ Inc
Toiseless fan OF her skirts, the duII' oiu
colors that she wore, the unpre'entlouS
vet fanlfess eft" or her clothes, were
ali characteristic OF her. -
Mrs. Norgensleru had called her
hands "clawy," but then Mrs horSen-
sterr's own were uUdgy and 0road-tne
trsde band-and were covered al over
with sparkling rings for breakfast ana
Mrs. Morgeustern dressed IN green anu
aud yellow. like an ome.ete garniSneu
with parsley.
Miss BIenkins0D stopped at the desk
In the LOBBY OF the JscQuerie and asked
with her inimita0.e aud slightly drawl-
ING accent, "is there auy mail for me,
Timothy?" mo, mS'am, answered
Timothy. And there was about this
brief dialogue something OF the red
tapiness that there is about court pre-
sentoti0n.
'If any comes for me kindly bring It
90 uy room. and Hiss Bien6inSop low
cred her tired ewes and passed on. She
had reached her own room when she no.
ticed 20 her surprise that her door was
partly opcn.
Miss B.enkinSop's step was naturally
noiseless, for the pile of JGcQuerie car
pets was deep and soft. She advanced
slowly at FIRST without any tbouaht OF
cautiousness. Then Miss BlenkinSop
suddenly stood perfectly still upon the
dOOrSill as her EsIOnished eyes saw a
Chinaman stOoying over drawer In her
dressing table.
All 40 once Miss B'eukinsOp made up
hcf mind. She had never "crept stealth
lyH before in her life, she had never am
pushed anybody. she had never done
cons gicuous or dreadful things, but she
must do this.
She inwardly thanked heaven that
she still had her gloves on as she reach
I'd In afker the que of the kneeling
ChinamJn. Then she picked Ii up deft-
iy, soitlt pulled 10 out toward her and
manned yes Slammed-the door upon
lt, turn ng the KEY 10 the lock, and gave
4 iitto hysJorical laugh and wondered
why bel cheeks were SO not.
Therk was q mutlied, sQuIrming sound
On the kther side OF the door. perhaps
10 w0ue a be just ass well If you keep
So Sald Miss BienkinSop. "Please
cay you don't 'Sabe,' for you do,
~"
1ry voice cried through the pan
LntteG g'olT
amt, really" said Miss Blenkin-
.o0l5 all the presence Of mind Miss
6iUsop could summon TO her aid 70
the greasy half yard Of braid in
lapds. She was afraid 20 let 90 for
10 would slip into the room, where
had no doubt the b6Gled Chinaman
pulling with an his might; TO make
IOre secure, she tore off one OF her
net strings and wound it around the
)t and knob, admiring her own in
luity with cOmplacence.
Vow can think. " she said.
linking was not such an easy mat
with an Oily Celestial and q predica-
emit confronting her. The awful con-
qlences Of her successful capture
Jw began TO present themselves for
re first time. Her first feeling had
cen one OF righteous indignation to
'ish the offender, but she began TO
asider the cost 10 herself OF such a
,tep She wonld be the heroine OF the
headlines OF to-mOrr0w'S issue OF the
pc per, 20 say nothing OF being the victim
Of endless chat, though no one had ever
yet been found who chatfed Miss Blen-
kinsop.
Could she endure these COM pound re-
uits?-She who had never been rldicu-
Gus or conspicuous ia her life. She
airly wrung her glOved hands together
o al agony Of indecisiOu. On, why had
Q ever happened? Why had she given
way 70 an impulse ana gotten herself
into this mess?
sit must have been common streak
10 me somewhere" she murmured. 81
suppose WANTED 20 DO something heroic
or great, or s0methingm sarcastically.
Il wanted 70 DO wha5 was right, any
way"
There was bell Just outside her
ldoor-extremely easy To ring il and have
a crowd there In a minute. A crowd!
Miss Blekjusop Sbivered.
Miss Blenins0p unwound the rib0oO,
united tne Knot Of hair and opened the
door.
"You might as well go, I suppose. I
shouldn't know what % DO with Won.
anyway" she said languidiy as she held
the door open, with q look en- her face
az once apologize and effectively IN
different.
The Chinaman did not pause to re-
mark this nice shades OF meaning on her
>"- tenance, but picked up his bundle
hing and shufled sadly sway.
'iss Bienkiusop a glance so
NmpOunded of gratitude.
stoid stupidity and
1t she unused about
moments seQuent,
rtifyinE conclu-
subtle for