San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-02-03

do II well II she called for heif cut
OF this most disagreeable of situations
he would shoot down the tangle OF
halls and vanish before she could be
answered and what was infinitely
worse than all if she gave the alarm
she might have to go into the police
court It was melodramatic and
horrid.
All at once Miss Blenkinsop made
up her mind She had never 'crept
stealthilyn before in her life. she had
never ambushed anybody. she had
never done conspicuous or dreadful
things but she must do this
She inwardly than ed heaven that
che still had her gloves on as she
reached in after the queue OF the
kneeling Chinaman. Then she picked
it up deity, softly puzzled it out
towards her and slammed-yes
slammed-the door upon it turning
the key in the lock. and gave a little
historical laugh and wondered why
her cheeks were so hot
There was mufled s1uirming
sound on the other side of the door,
Perhaps it would be just as well
il yor kept still " said Miss Blenkin-
sop. please don't say you don't
sabe for you do you know"
An angry voice cried through the
panels: "Letee glo!"
i can't really" said Miss Blen.
kinsop
Ii took all the presence OF mind
Miss Blenkinsop could summon to her
aid to hold the greasy half-yard OF
braid in her hands She was AFRAID
to let go for fear it would slip into
the room. where she had no doubt
the baified Chiaaman was pulling
with all his might so. to mike it
more secure. torc OF ono of her bon
net-strings and wound it aroun1 tho
knot and knob uimIring her own in
genuity with complacence-
Now l can think. she said.
Thinking was not such an easy mat
ter with an oily celestial and pre-
dicament confronting her. This awful
consequences of her successful cap
ture now began to present themselves
for the hrst time, Her first feeling
had been one of rig hteous indignation
to punish the offender but She began
to consider the cost to herself of such
a step. She would be the heroine OF
the headlines OF to morrow's issue OF
the paper TO say Lothing OF being
the victim of endless cha /. though no
one had ever yet been found who
chaifed Miss Blenkirsop, Could she
endure these compound resultsl She.
who had never been ridiculous or
conspicuous in her life! She fairly
wrung her gloved hands together in
an agony of indecision. Oh why
had it ever happened? Why had
she given way TO an impulse and
gotten herself into this mess?
1t must have been a common
streak in me somewhere she muir.
INJURED. ] suppose l wanted to do
something heroic or grea. or some
thingl" sarcastica!ly. L wanted to
do what was right anyway"
There was a bell just outside the
extremely easy 10 ring it and
have crowd there II a minute. a
crowd Miss BlcGkmsop shivered.
After all how O. i she know that the
Chinaman had really had time to
take anything. He would certainly
not conlide in her il he had Then.
too prisons sere not the most de-
lightful PLACES in the world and even
a Chinama9 might have an esthetic
aversion OF them Poor fellow she
would like TO be spared the pain of
knowing that she had been the cause
OF makiE,y a wretch-0f course he
was @retch-more unhappy than
he alresjy was Not to mention The
relief it would be to herself to be rid
of tha responsibility OF bringing the
creature to Justice which was always
hard on the nerves
Miss Blenkinsop unwound the rib
bon united the knot Of hair aud
opened the door.
You might as well go I suppose
shouldn't know what to do with you
anyway she said languidly with a
lcoll on her face at once apologize
sod afectedly Indifferent
The Chinaman did not pause to re-
mark the nice shades of meaning on
her counteuance. but picked up his
bundle Of washing and shu fed sadly |
away giving Miss Blenkinsop a
glance so amazingly compounded OF |
gratitude. cunning triumph. stolid |
stupidity and panied reproach that
she unused about it probably for sew
eral moments sequent only to come |
10 the notifying conclusion that
they were too subtle for her.
The fact that she had let a criminal |
out at large on society did not sit |
with any great uneasiness on Miss |
Blenkinsop's conscience. The great |
thing was that affairs had been so
beautifully simpliied. Perhaps too.
this would teach him lesson in re.
ga ID 10 the mutabilitY of human ex-
istsnce especially in the llue of |
stealing.
1t certainly was rather nice OF me
to ct him of. " she reflected with i'm
me use complacence. Il don't believe
Il ave any of those feelings of re.
vel ge and malice that are so disa-
gre cable and low-and exhausting."
She passed on into her room and |
stopped at her dressing table There
were the open drawers and every
thing in disorder and her carved
gold iewel- box was gone a small at
fail that she kept her lesser orna-
merts in-tbs safe downstairs held
her more valuable jewelry.
pShat was it? Miss Blenkinsop
iriel to remember Oh yesi the opal
necklace and one or two rings
Toe bonnet string was lying on the
iioo:. Miss Elenkinsop stopped and
picked it up and threw it into the
ire, then she drew OF her long gray
( d gloves and threw them into the
crate also and raked the ashes over
hem. Then she went and washed
Ter hands San Francisco Examiner.
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