The Bessemer indicator., 1893-01-28

40 " WoiL II sne called Tor help OF
OF this most dissgreeable OF situation 8
he would shoot down the taugle OF
halls and vanish before she could be
answered. and what was infinitely
worse than all II she gave the alarm
she might have to GO into the police
court 1t was melodramnt:c and
horrid.
All at once Miss Blenkinsop made
up her mind. She had mover .crept
stealthily" before In her life, she had
nevor ambushed any body she had
never done conspicuous or dreadful
thinga but she must do this
She inwardly than ked heavtn that
she still had her gloves on as she
reached In after tho queue OF the
kneeling chinaman. Then she picked
II up dertly. softly purlcd it out
towards her and slammed-yes
slammed-the door upon it turning
the key In the lock. and gavo little
hysterical laugh and wondered why
her checks wero so hot
There was u mu!1ied. s1uirming
sound on tho other side OF the door.
Perhaps it would be just as well
il you kept STILL" said Miss Blenkin.
sop. 'ilease don't say you don't
sabe' for you do. you know"
An angry voice cried through the
panels: "Letee glo!"
Il can't really" said Miss Blen.
kinsop.
II took all tho presence OF mind
Miss BlenkinsOp could summon to her
aid to hold the greasy half-yard of
braid Ia her hands. She was afraid
to let go for fear it would slip into
the room. where she had no doubt
the bhhled Chinamun was pulling
with all his might SO. TO mako it
moro secure, tore oil one OF her bon.
net-striugs and wound it around tho
knot and knob admiring her own in.
genuity with complacence.
Now can think, she said.
Thinking was not such an easy mat
ter with an oily celestial and n pro-
dicamont confronting her. Tho awful
consequences OF her successful cap
ture now began to present themselves
for the hrst time. Her first feeling
had been ono OF righteous indignation
to punish tho offender but she began
to consider the cost TO herself OF such
n stop. She would be tho heroine OF
tho headlines OF to-morrows issue OF
the paper to say nothing OF being
the victim OF. ondloss chat. though no
ono had ever yet been found who
cha'fed Miss Blcnkinsop. Could she
endure these compound resutsl She.
who had never been ridiculous or
conspicuous IN her life! She fairly
wrung her gloved hands together in
IN agony of indecision. oh. why
had 1T ever happened? Why had
she given way to an impulse and
gotten herself into this messP
al ut must have been common
streak in mo. somewhere" she muir.
INJURED. Il suppose l wanted to do
something horoic or great or some
thing" sarcastically. Il wanted to
do what was right anyway"
Thore was bell Just outside the
door-extremely easy to ring it and
have n crowd there in n minute. A
crowd! Miss Blenkinsop shivered.
After all. how did sho know that the
Chinamnn had really had time to
tako anything! He would certainly
not contide in her If he had. Then.
too. prisons were not tho most do
lightful places in tho world, and even
n Chinainan might havo an esthetic
aversion OF them. Poor fellow, she
would like to be spared tho pain of
knowing that she had been the cause
OF making wretch-of course. he
was wretch-morc unhappy than
he already was. Not to mention tho
| relief it would bs to herself TO be rid
OF tho responsibility of bringing the
creature to justice. which was always
hard on the nerves.
| Miss Blenkinsop unwound tho rib
bon. united the knot OF hair and
opened tho door.
= You might us we'll 60 l suppose
shouldn't know what to do with you
anyway" she said languidly. with a
look on her face at once apologetic
and nTectedly Indifferent
The Chinaman did not pause to re-
mark the nice shades OF meaning on
her countcnance. but picked up his
bundle OF washing and shul'ed sadly
away. giving Miss BlenIiinsop
glance so amazingly compounded OF
gratitude cunning triumph. stolid
stupidity and panied rcproach that
she mused about it probably for sew
eral moments sequent only to come
to the mortifying conclusion that
'they' were too subtle for her.
II The fact that she had let criminal
out at large on society did not sit
with any great uneasiness on Miss
Blenkinsop's conscience. Tho great
thing was that affairs had been so
beautifully simplitied. Perhaps too
this would teach him a lesson in re-
gard to the mutnbility OF human ex-
istence especially in tho line OF
stealing.
"lt certainly was rather nice OF mo
to let him oil. " she reflected with i'm
meuse complacence. II don't believe
have any OF those feelings OF re-
venge and mnlice that nre so disa-
greoable and low-and oxhausting."
She passed on into her room and
stopped at her dressing table. There
wero the open drawers and every
thing in disorder. and her carved
gold Jewell box was gone small af-
foir that she kept her lesser orna-
ments in-the safe downstairs hold
her more valuable jewelry.
| What was it, Miss Blenkinsop
tried to remember. Oh yes! the opal
necklace and one or two rings.
Tho bonnet string was lying on the
floor. Miss Blenkinsop stopped and
picked it up and threw it into the
fire; then she drew of her long gray
kid gloves and threw them into tho
CRATE also and raked tho ashes over
them. Then she went and washed
her hands. San Francisco Examiner.
SWEET LOVE.
What Ono Youth liuL to Promise In
Order to Win II Bride.
She-You will love mo alwaysp
He-Passionately. my darling.
Sho-And you will mover cease to
love me?
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