The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06

had started up with half scream o.
hearing her servants alarm; but the bacl
| of the mysterious intruder was turned t
her. and she, perhaps, saw nothing SUI
prising in his presence.
Both the young lawyers, however, saw
something very surprising in it. Al
English railway train cannot possibly b,
entered by any one after it has nOvet
from the station. Nor has it any cute
platform, or other means of communica
ton, By which passengers can go from
one carriage into another. The carriage
open ct the sides, and each first clas
coach is q room closed UP and complete
| in itself. Nobody had entered this com
partment when it stopped at the station
nobody could have entered it since then
| yet, here was filth occupant where only
four were present before.
"Hallol who are your" exclaimed Sar
gent.
"How did you get in-where the deuct
did you come from?" fiercely demanded
Rossmore.
ats ghostT sobbed the Cumberland
girl, faithful to her original hypothesis.
"Don't be alarmed, gentlemen" the in
truder very calmly observed. "You have
not q ghost among you; although, if
had remained under cover little longer
it is quite possible you might have had a
ghost in the carriage before the end Of the
journey
But the sound of his voice created q
new agitation. The young lady sprang
from her seat and cried out, "Oh, Harold!
my dear, dear Harold p and threw herself
upon his neck, and sobbed and laughed and
sobbed again, and committed other such
ex.ravagaIces, to which the intruder lent
himself, with great apparent cordiality,
giving back embrace for embrace, and
with compound interest.
rhe Cumberland girl said, "God be
guild to us-is's Master Harold himselfI'
The two barristers resumed their seats,
and locked on much amazed, but with
that outward calmness which 6istin-
cuisines your true Briton under almost sill
conceivable circumstances. The intruder,
whoever he might be, was clearly, neither
ghost nor robber
"Oh, Harolds" exclaimed the young
lady; how did you come here? Where
did you get in? and what have you come
for?''
"Come forl Why, to see you, love, of
course. They thought they were quite
safe, believe, when they saw the train
fairly OFF, but they were a little mistaken,
Wen surprise them a little more yet
Alicer'
But how did you come here, Harold 2"
do satisfy cur curiosity, Sir" Sargent
interposed sit really is quite legitimate
on our part, seeing that Jour sudden ap-
pearance looks like fraud on the railway
com psny, of which, for aught you know,
my friend and may be leading directors
and then you are positively accused Of
being ghost"
The young man laughed. Gentlemen"
he said, "you shall have full explana-
ton. l have been for years engaged to
this young lady. Lately her mother, who
was 8 widow, thought Ii. TO marry again,
and her husband, this young lady's step
sew him at the station to-day
-detests me, he's poisoned his wile's mind
against me, ana has persuaded her to re-
fuse her consent TO our marriage, of which
she quite approved two years ago per
haps because we were too young 10 marry.
&m going 10 the West Indies, and may
be absent Heaven knUws nUw lung anu
they had set their hearts upon preventing
me from seeing Alice before l go. Now
had, very naturally, set my heart on see
ing her; and yet didn't care to ask her
to do anything directly in opposition to
her mothers commando
"Quiie right, Sir" said Rossnore, with
q look of infinite solemnity.
"Very commendable indeed" added"
paternally.
80" Harold continued, II found that
she was being sent back to the country
to-day, in ord0r to get her quickly out Of
my wsy-and my course was clear"
"Don't see it yet" murmured Sargent.
"Don'5 you sec IL? L came to Euston
Station, took q ticket to LiverDool-so
you perceive there is no question of fraud
on the company-used audacious etforts
in the way of bribery, and thus induced
the guard, first to allow me to hide under
the seat, and next to manage SO that the
young lady, whose photograph l showed
him, should be conducted into this par
ticalar carriage. Gentlemen, this was
done-and In short here l am"
Lucky that you were not smothered,"
said Sargent.
Cor shot as a robber, on emerging from
your hiding place" said Rossmore.
"Desr Harold, how you must have suf-
fered," Alice whispered. He pressed
her hand tenderIy.
why did you not come out before ?"
she asked.
Harold smiled. "Blarne these gentle
men for that" he said. "They will not be
offended if / say that I thought them just
a little de trop;; and fsncied, from some
thing they said, they were about to get
ont at the station we have just passed, and
SO l waited. But when | found they were
coming the whole way, saw it was use.
less waiting any longer, and l came out,
and nearly frightened poor Polly there"
(the seryani) "out of her senses"
"Very sorry we should have been In
your way, Sir" said Sargent. "But it
may interest you to know that / am the
very profoundest sleeper who ever
travelled in train, and that l feel terribly
sleepy already"
"And l." said Rossmore, "oan hardly
keep nay eyes OPEN
SOthe discreet barristers at once turned
round in their seats, coiled themselves up,
closed their eyes, and were apparently
buried in slumber deep enough for the
Emperor Barbarossa or the Sleeping
Beauty in her immortal wood.
Then Harold sat beside Alice, and took
her hand in his; and the servant, Polly,
seemed to follow the example Of her legal
travelling companions, and sink into sleep.
so Alice and Harold talked ana talked,
and were happy. About TO part, appar-
entity for years, yet they We're happy in
the present. Surely that If one OF the
most excellent and exquisite properties Of
ioye-exqulsite in It's delight and in its
psin-thst it never looks beyond the pres
ent hour, but finds happiness now in a
monetary meeting, though the agony Of
long parting threatens near at hand
agony now in momentary parting, al
though the hope of q speedy reunion may
smile and offer consolation.
These two, then, were happy for the
hour. But after all the whole Journey
from London to Liverpool by express is
only some five hours affair." and two
hours had been wasted before our advsn-
turons lover emerged from bis conceal
ment. 80 the prospect of Liverpool and
separation began to look very threatening
and imminent; and Harold. dreadinV and