and swiftly increased a storm of the most awful and earth sounds shall i own to you that i fell upon my face and shrieked and yet this was but the train winding among the near mountains the very means of my salvation the strong wings that were to carry me from when i was dressed the guide gave me a bag which contained he said both money and papers and telling me that i was already over the borders in the territory of bade me follow the stream until i reached the railway station half a mile below here he added is your ticket as far as council the east express will pass in a few hours with that he took both horses and without further words or any salutation rode oflf by the way that we had come three hours afterwards i was seated on the end platform of the train as it swept eastward through the and thundered in of the mountain the change of scene the sense of escape the still throbbing terror of pursuit thb � above all the magic of my new conveyance kept me from any logical or melancholy thought i had gone to the doctor s house two nights before prepared to die for worse than death what had passed terrible although it was looked almost bright compared to my and it was not till i had slept a full night in the flying palace car that i awoke to the sense of my loss and to some reasonable alarm about the future in this mood i examined the contents of the bag it was well supplied with gold it tickets and complete directions for my journey as far as liverpool and a long letter from the doctor supplying me with a name and story the most guarded silence and bidding me to await faithfully the coming of his son all then had been arranged beforehand he had counted upon my consent and what was worse upon my mother s voluntary death my horror of my only friend my aversion for this son who was to marry me my revolt against the whole current and conditions of my life were now complete i was sitting by my distress and helplessness when to my joy a very pleasant lady offered me her conversation i clutched at the relief and i was soon telling her the story in the doctor s letter how i was a miss of city going to the angel england to an uncle what money i had what family my age and so forth i had exhausted my instructions and as the lady still continued to me with questions began to on my own account this soon carried one of my beyond her depth and i had already remarked a shadow on the lady s face when a gentleman drew near and very addressed me miss i believe said he and then himself to the lady by the authority of my guardian drew me to the fore platform of the car miss he said in my ear is it possible that you suppose yourself in safety let me completely you one more such and you return to and in the meanwhile if this woman should again address you you are to reply with these words madam i do not like you and i will be obliged if you will suffer me to choose my own associates alas i had to do as i was bid this lady to whom i already felt myself drawn with the strongest of sympathy i dismissed with insult and through all that day i sat in silence gazing on the bare plains and my tears let that suffice it was the pattern of my journey whether on the train at the hotels or on board the ocean steamer i never exchanged a friendly word the angel with any fellow but i was certain to be interrupted in every place on every side the most unlikely persons man or woman rich or poor became to forward me upon my journey or to observe and my conduct thus i crossed the states thus passed the ocean the eye still following my movements and when at length a cab had set me down before that london lodging house from which you saw me this morning i had already ceased to struggle and ceased to hope the landlady like every one else through all that journey was expecting my arrival a fire was lighted in my room which looked upon the garden there were books on the table clothes in the drawers and there i had almost said with contentment and certainly with resignation i saw month follow month over my head at times my landlady took me for a walk or an excursion but she would never suffer me to leave the house alone and i seeing that she also lived under the shadow of that terror felt too much pity to resist to the child bom on soil as to the man who the engagements of a secret order no e is possible so i had clearly read and i was thankful even for this meanwhile i tried honestly to prepare my mind for my approaching the day drew the angel near when my bridegroom was to visit me and gratitude and fear alike obliged me to consent a son of doctor s be he what he pleased must still be young and it was even probable he should be handsome on more than that i felt i dared not reckon and in my mind toward consent i dwelt the more carefully on these physical attractions which i felt i might expect and averted my eyes from moral or intellectual considerations we have a great power upon our spirits and as time passed i worked myself into a frame of acquiescence nay and i began to grow impatient for the hour at night sleep me i sat 