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Show A BIU SOMNAMBULIST. q m 'HocodJ class, ilrl Hero you art, elr'" H Ami tlio rpoAki r, n mil way (torter, Hj oxnH tli di'or of a jocund clan nun E imrtiiicnt uu one of tlio Bcotch mails H iioh w-nsnlrrAiljr ItcKfrmliiK ta steniu m f lowly out of iMerlwro station 1 jH 'ilio trnrrleraddrcMCtl liuttleil Into M tlio carriago with moro i ncrjy tlmn tlt H t.ltjr of motion, and sank back on tlto jH riutiloiunl soil cr ml In tlio fnot Inn J iKititlnir tlguruiiit,l Mr Jo!iua JIc Parson was mi otlUli man, rather stout nnd accustomed to inoro tMlljcr at fly, ilence tlio nrccMlty o( running to catch tha mail liad ' Ukrti It out" of iilmwlth Mimo fllirU Indeed, It was iully tn ntlnittM lfor Lis Jungs resumed re-sumed their nonual coudltlon of rcs4 r At Ion. ljooknft round tlio compartment, Ira mw that It contained mil one uccii jKitit lslde himself, n young lady, scat i In tlio opjxVIto vomer A sveou I ylanca at her, m tho reclined with lur head Iwick, her oos clol, biiJ lur h partt-d, brt ithln with monotonous rvpularlty, sliowiJ hint thut sho mm loi.p. And ho took tlio opnort unity of a cartful sunny, Hlifl wm iryprttty, and remarkably well drewpd hverythlntf about her traMllnft appliances suggestod afllucnoi and comfort, from tli lostly fur rug lu mIiUIi her foot went wrapiwd to the sll Ter fitted t rattling bag wlilcli stood oti on tho Kat at tier side. Clow to thabsglay a plloof nouinnpcrs and IrloilicaK sunuountotl by u 'ycIIow Uiek" railway tto el Tho old gentleman glanced at tlw tltlvi, and as ho noted It n look o. sttnt disapprobation apj'nrvd uun hU focu. Ho knuw tho book by reputation asoneof dnngcrourly Ihpitatit Utidrih clet, and being a tllar of tho BcottUh kirk, and wrerely puritanical hi his Miw, b rcynrJM with scant favor vt tii thosiberist works of fiction. Of courso, tlio saitling glaucii mIiIlIi lioeastat thoohjecttonablo notl and then transferred to Its oitncr was qui to Jut on tho slum Ik-ring young luly And Mr Johua Mcl'arson, feeling, nc doubt, thti futility of thus uastlng hit sHMtmW on tho desert air, took up Ms Times and began to xruso tho luoncjs market Intrlllgytico OMlluously Ho remained absorbed In this study for soma tunc, too much taken tip (til 1 It to hat u any thought to spam for his Hf traveling companion, until ha u HE uruiiMtl agalu to mi act 1 to conscious V lieu of lur presuico by hoarlug her IAk luakoa vudditi tuurunaiit (Jtanclng DH imlckly oi r tho top of hU nouspapir il ho saw that sho bid opined lur ejes H and sat up. Sliouas looking rathrr H lianl at him, turprUfd ery likely ut his H j restiico In thocoiii)iattiiunt, and won H 1 1 . ring how bti 1ml comu then. At any rate, sho tUd not apjar to bo Irou thil with h)iiCM, for, Instead of Mltli H tlruwlughtrgoxti wlaiihu looked npat PM lur, slw contlnuiHl to staru at lilia In I the faco wltli tho most Itrftet sang I fnld And each time, during tho neit V v mlnutii that ho pxtreilntlicr round J, thoscniiiof his iii wr, ho found Iter 1 fe tunieil upon him In tlio sams steady stjro. Mr McParson legaii to feci rather ttncomfortablu, Ho had u coiutltu tlonnl horror of boldness In toiuui, ami n iiinuiu dread of being mado tho object of any atttmptud fumlllorlty e(NilallyIu a railway carrlagu. ler I lnps this will dressed young lady might I li an actress, or soino abjiiidoned crea ture of that elir-cripttoii, mid M lllsspueulattous wero Interrupted by Hi anotlier sudden iauciuont on the part H of tho young lady which caused him H toM-epjit her ouco more, Hho was H linw standing up, but her lyes still H looked stmlght ut him In tho samo un B anenlug gazu. humethlng, however, B Mbout thitu stnick him tills time which B bo luul not notlevd beforo. Then H -wus n sort of deudncss, n I eck of Intel U llgeiico In them, or, though tluj wero m turned directly upon himself, they till III not apiuar to soo hlin. Could It bj m that tho girl wort blind! H lloelcuml his throat, coughcland H nibtledhUuottipipcri but her fico ro ll )iiatmd abdutcly uiiniovtsl, giving no B tokin that sho had heanl the sounds, or B mom hi anywlso cousclousitf his prrs H fiice. That uas very uullko blind H mo lot ulm wero o I ways so qutrl. H toiiottco. lMJes nshlseyo felltipoit W thonoveland tho magazine it blind H Ienton woull not tako wiiksof litem W turn for htr traveling companions, W a IlllndiioKS ciitil 1 natvcl) lotlio 9 i latiilluii of her very strung do- H imanor. Hut If not that, what Hit nl B "Wm Uib lu ft state of comuf Or moj B fc'lt, pjrlmps, n luuntlut H 'lho notion of this lut possibility V mado him dcildedly umiwy, and hU H heart W(tn to heat with lucreosttd H Il In hi nortly breast. H Ho watched lur narrowly and uni H lou.ly. hi a mliiuto, steadying htrttlf H with one hand by tho rrJl of tho rack, B she Ugan to walk slowly acros-i lho ra coiupartuiviit Then tho truth s.med Jtt U dawn upon Mr HcPanou Sho had m utrer awakened ut all, but vas now H alkliiglnhershep. H This conviction eild not bring much H comfort to tho old ft'iitlemfin's mind, H for, though It was it shade better to ho ftlmt In a railway enrrlago w Itli n lie p B alkir than itlt a lunatic, still oven H tho former ronJItion of at fairs was sutUcIently nwkwanl, nil 1 tin fervently H wished that ho had t,ot Intuunothur n coiiipurtuunf, H However. Ilicro ho was, with no IB possible chaiicv of e.ape Bo thero U dorotoLU or ,ie o ioak!"gth U-sluf Hit attr Only, whit woi botduuf Tli "lady utastnorlr, slonly lowar t of lho earrhgo. U y hig'Joshou.ury'oopemltauI rcte i ). tnld bo obliged to stop I nrby;"i with tho almost exrtah result of n-thing her tif. And tint (ishohad liuml) vras lliblo to enti-o fitat conrcqjcnceii. Ho wai on tho horns f iv luoi eiU.-awlng dile muia j nml at ho realized full horror, a sickly pallor succeeded to the prevl omly rubicund hue of Mr. JloIVmou's orxiiitenance. Hut when Uie oung lady renchl tho door of tho carrlige, and Johua McParson, with his heart In bis mouth, was about to lay a dt talnlng hand upon Inr ana, iho sulJenly tume-l rouiri and U gau to walk the other way The old fellow noticed now that sho was lifting her fet unnecessarily high, like a nrwm annnJtng stein, and ho con eluded that sho tmaghicd h mlf to be going upstairs. Thltvlew wnasooti to reecho confirmation of a strange nod startling kind hllo bo was stilt watching her with anxious alarm, In com- sho might try to get out of the doe rat tho other end if the cirrlogp. Iiumw her, to Id Imitietise relief, stop kcr peregrination and ilnk down Uou tlww'-it TliAiik IteAVeii," Iw murmureiL iltiopo she wilt now wako up bvforo she attempts any more walking n Hut lie soou found tint lie had It en somewhit premature In his vipreulon of gratitude. Tlio young hdy's tint act after silting down was ei inordinary, ierhn though hot at all frightening, Ulng inertly tu tale off her bonnet an I lay It tiiion the sent IhsMo her Hut It whii became clear to her horrIIIel coitt-jvenlon coitt-jvenlon thst this luul only been tin 1 rclude to a far moro alarming nud em barrajivlng purpose lor, aflir talmly divistlnghenwlf of her outside Jickrt, sho tiait proceeded to unbutton and take oil tho bodlconf ItcrdrcMl Whit, In tlio name of horrors, ill 1 this mean I What on earth did tho sleeping voun;; lady dream that sho was doing t Her He it mo.o throw soino tight upon tho butter. Hho commenced w Ith great deliberation to take the hair pin out of her heir and let It down about her ticrj. and shouldi rs. Then, jociIng herself of a halrhruxli from the traveling bag at her slh sho proceeded pro-ceeded to comb her long, thick Uvw very energetically Mr, McPanon was notn genius In tolnt of inotrntluii, but by putting two and two together that U, by com paring tho young bly's fortmr netlmi of appearing to walk up stairs with hi r prt-w'ht ei-eupatlon ho had sutlleltnt intelligence to divine the tnotlw In-Hut In-Hut nco nt work within her Kim Imagined herself In hcrltedroom, jutt retiring for the nljjiti and tho no tlon of dltroblug, with which hrrstccji-Ing hrrstccji-Ing thoughts were busy, Itad set her uncoil scloui lands pe rfonulng ttmt task In very earnest. Tho ol I gentleman did not arrivo at this conclusion idl hi a uilniitei hut when ho dll arrive at It be Mt no doubt wlutevcr tint ho hid lilt tho right nail 011 the heud. Atid as ho be-L,an be-L,an to realize tho consefpieneea llkcl), nay, certain, to result from such a h uatton, be felt something moro than imbarrawd and horrified. 'lho wont part of It was, he felt he l less to elo nnythhig Ho dared not wako tho young woman up, not only brcausoof theelaupr to her life Invtlvedht soelolng, butnlo liiauw oven If slin got over that safely, she woull Imi so st-trtlcd, taktiibnck and ovirwhtlnted at IIiidUightrKlf In such a sttuallou lh it, lcfore ho had time ta give any explanations, she would prolt-ably prolt-ably shriek out for help. And should the trnht be sto; pes mil they two 1 found under these equivocal eon lltloni alone tngUlur hi the carrlige, why luattt rs would look ruthcr Uid forhliu, to say the least. On tho othi r hand, to let her pro-reed pro-reed further with the work of disrobing was to inako his present iltln eviu more dUtrciuInRly omburraMtng than It was. And, of course, the lnura nit vaueed tho state of defchabllto In v htclt she found hcrwlf vlicn sho tiltlmaUly woke up, the more tutciuo would bo bar agitation and hoiror. lit, whit eoul 1 ho do to itophcrf Ho was In this respect, as helpless as an unborn bat a. There Is no denying. Indeed, that the situation was sulllclcutly awkward, and calculated tomako tho mott boll and reekhws of men wish themselves safe out of Ik Hut an ordinary iwrxon cad icarcely reallo tho overpowering hor wr, trepklatlou and dlsmny which It produced hi this prim itnd pomjKMu old Purltatu He sat motionless lu his seat, wIJng tho clammy tuoUturo from lib fureheadand looking tho very picture of htlpliw desperation, hl ejrs rhcte-1 In a horrontruck guxo upon the un conscious young lady, Ily oihI by slio stopiwil brushing hei hair, and put back tho brmh hi tho Uig hnw woul I come a still more 1 mbarrmis-hig mbarrmis-hig rondhlon of thlufrs. Of courMi sU wutillproceel with lur dioroblug I hit not Apparently, sho was umhr the Iui relou tliat sbo had com pi ted that taek. Tor her next mnv 0 wits to trct h herself at full length upon tho wat, and elraw upher rallua rug over liar llko a (icrwiti getting into bed. As Mr MeParsnn watehed Iict gi Ihnmgli tlil Utter nutation he was conscious of a eonsilcrai)ie wne 01 relief. re-lief. It was oniethlug that sho had ilo pnl so fwit In the pnesof un dre wing, anl bad not carried out liri iiueouscious tak to the bitter tnd Hist lit, sho ft now for tho present In a state of quiescent rt pose, thus glv Iris him 11 minute or two In wlitrfc to eon elder his position without lelng momentarily mo-mentarily ngltated and detracted by some fresh vagary 011 her art Hut due reltwtloV dll not brlnfl much comfort with It, nfter all Jik Ing nt tils watch, be taw that In twenty I minutes thoy wire clue at Grantham. hat If tho young lady di 1 no tasuict her garments before the train tupput At that station? To say that It won hi Iki highly imUtrraxahig for him to L dlHOVireHl alums with her under suc'i coudltlou vtuuld only bo to put It fee lly lur, lliutigh there was 10 I Ing absolutely Importer in the )uiv tady't p- 11 tateof unlms, exeep ponvejitloally Al It lhei fitter the cot vc-'tonal standaru wa orerj thing Anl Mr. McPumn was con Ioli that If Iteblmiclf wero to dlieovrr a brother elder of the kirk atone Innrnli way carriago with a young lady, whoc hair wo down her bark nud the IkhIIcl of her drew of, revealing a particular ty whl to neck and n nicely rounded jnlr of anus, ho shout 1 regard that brother ehjert conduct with declJod supleloiL live minutes pael, nnd the jomij lady'slundcrvd pvoeefulry on, while Mr McParson Mt with a sinking beat! that ho was being helplessly litirrleil forwent to liH dooiiu 'tiofiil lieATeiislMiegroane.! tmVr erabl) "I wUli she woul 1 now tnko It Into her head to dream that she was putting up, and would put her clothes 01 1 again What would t not plve nt tlili minute to have the controlling of tier fancies I" llo consulted his watcli again Mat ters wrrogtttlug mom and more de prate In less thuii aqmrterof an liour they woull bo at Irantham Then, nil of n sudden, nu Idea II the"l arroNi hit miu 1 whhh made him brin$ his hand sharply down upon his knee ajidexcltluielcttrnilumllyt "J'on my word. 111 try It. Us def pnrnti ly imhkely to succeed. H(t X dolxllove Itsthe nnly chince. And, nt anv rale. It can do no harm " Aftr a minute or so of clow1 reflection, re-flection, during which bo lut htinnlU hi tlrt"lnot agitated an J excited manner, Mr. .McParson prepanxl to put hl lh Into effect Ho luul heard Unit the sleeping fauclex of people In lho )oimg hdy's statu might sometimes be slmpeM or mndllleil by exit mat clrcinuitauii , An I ho now Intended to mako a dee Iterate ctTort to Ihlluenco his slumbering slumber-ing companion through thevo luenn. His lint experiment wu to rep shirplywlth hi knueklen 011 tho dour of the compartment, anxiously wo tell hig tho sleepers face iw he did so. With n thrill of excltcnieiit, uliumt of tri umph, ho saw her bpiuu(aiid heard her drowsily murmur, Come lit. This preliminary success stimulated him to (icriuvero with his Intuition. Anl with a look of grave aji 1 breath test anxiety, which showexl that ho wot quite uucoikcIous of the irresistibly comic part lie wavenictlng, he raU-d his deep voice to a piping t tUt tlo, mid suld, with let good nu Imitation of a chambermaid as ho could mantgoi "Time to get up, luatml litres your hot water, imVuui! His desperate anl unlikely deilgus riicceuleil beuud his wlllet hope 'i liu sluiubcrcr threw off her rug, rose and stretched herself t then, after gol'M through ecrtalu Inexplicable inover-ineuU inover-ineuU which Mr McParson KUetMHl to Ui luinclnary ablutions, she I ruccoded uanfutly out dellbcnitcly to do tier hair up. This step completed, site donutd her dress bodice, then her truv illug Jacket, and, finally, hor botiuctt the oil gentleman watching her ns she went through these several grades of her toilet willt an over Increasing sense of relief, triumph aiiJ si If cougrttula Hon. And certainly there Is ludiii) lug that lie oued hi escaje from n most e mbarrasaiug situatluii entirely to tils own Ingenuity. 1 he Jerking caused by tho ft plication of tho brake to stop tho train, as It ran Into Uratitlmiu, at last really ft woke lho )ouug Ivly. Hho sat up, rubbed her e)i, anl stared about her liindnusl wit of m inner, a pj war lug m titer star tltxl to llud another jHiMtugcr in the compartuieiit. Hut she soou ngaitunl lis r compusurv, uu I ngurtlvel Mr. McParson with n ierfecily urn-mbar roAMHl gixif a thing which slie would htvofounddllllcult to do hid sho bttu ivir so dimly loiiMclous of the Hure which she had presented to tilu a quarte r of tut hour ago. ' As for tho worthy Hoot, tie was much loo thankful for his e-scupu to run tho mott remote iHuluIIUy of Xurther rUkj so lie left the carriage nt Unmlhuiu, und continued his Journey northward In another t ouiwirtineiit, hi 1 Ing him self not alittloou tho ready wit which hat won him salvation from an apparently ap-parently luuvIUble tiaseo. Ioudon Uruth. |