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Count Metternich was instructed to ask Napoleon, but received as an answer that they could not hope for a French alliance; the Austrians feared that he might already be engaged on the side of Prussia. For all these reasons it was determined to attempt to bring about a compromise. A change of Ministry took place, and Count Blome, one of the new Ministers, was sent to Gastein.
I watched Steele through all that hideous din, that manifestation of insane rage at his life and joy at his death, and when silence once more reigned and he turned his white face to mine, I had a sensation of dread. And dread was something particularly foreign to my nature. "So Blome and the Sneckers think they've done for me," he muttered. "Pleasant surprise for them to-morrow, eh, old man?"
It struck me that Steele's presence had made an impression on Blome which was new to the rustler. "'Yes, I have, replied Blome. "'Well, here I am. What do you want? "When everybody knew what Blome wanted and had intended, this question of Steele's seemed strange on one hand. An' yet on the other, now that the Ranger stood there, it struck me as natural enough.
He merely stated it. Blome, the rustler! I grew tight all over. Still, manifestly there was nothing for me to do but return his pleasantry. I really felt less uneasiness after he had made himself known to me. And without any awkwardness, I introduced him to the girls. He took off his sombrero and made gallant bows to both.
"Miss Sampson," I began, awkwardly yet swiftly, "I I got to thinking it over, and the idea struck me, maybe you felt bad about this gun-fighter Blome coming down here to kill Steele. At first I imagined you felt sick just because there might be blood spilled.
I seen his shadder. I heard his shots comin' from the room. Jack, you seen an' heerd same as me. "'Sure. I know the Ranger's cashed, replied Blome. 'It's not that. I'm sore, boys. "'Deader 'n a door-nail in hell! replied Pickens, louder, as he lifted his glass. 'Here's to Lone Star Steele's ghost! An' if I seen it this minnit I'd ask it to waltz with me!
Of course, there was a pard outside, ready to pop in an' tell him if Steele was comin'. But Steele didn't come in that way. He wasn't on the street just before that time, because Zimmer told me afterward. Steele must have been in the Hope So somewhere. Any way, just like he dropped from the clouds he came through the door near the bar. Blome didn't see him come.
I thought one had old Snecker's burly shoulders and another Bo Snecker's stripling shape. I did recognize Blome in spite of his mask, because his fair skin and hair, his garb and air of distinction made plain his identity. They all wore coats, hiding any weapons. The big man with burly shoulders shook hands with Sampson and the others stood back. The atmosphere of that room had changed.
Also, after Blome had ridden out of sight, Miss Sampson lost the evident effect of his sinister presence, and she joined Miss Langdon in paying the rustler compliments, too. Perhaps my irritation was an indication of the quick and subtle shifting of my mind to harsher thought. "Jack Blome!" I broke in upon their adulations. "Rustler and gunman. Did you see the notches on his gun?
He spoke naturally to Sally with interest, just as I had upon first meeting her, and he might not have been Jack Blome, for all the indication he gave of the fact in his talk. But the look of the man was different. He was a desperado, one of the dashing, reckless kind more famous along the Pecos and Rio Grande than more really desperate men.
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