Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-11-03
way-the express-and have just passed
one of the ONLY stopping places. Behold,


an occupant, whose presence was not 90
served before"
Goods sake don't ye go on in that way. .
broke in the Cumberland girl, rnable to
contain herself any LONGER Don't ye go
on, gentlemen it's enough TO raise ghost
right i the midst OF us all y
The young men laughed at ir7t, but the
s. .perstitious fear of the poor girl vas so
obviously genuine and profound that
Rossmore discontinued bis goblin inven-
ton, and they treasured her and talked
| for few moments of something else.
Then the train stopped for five minutes at
the only station where it was to make any
halt during the long journey No one got
out of the compartment III which our
friends were, and no one got into 1t; and
when the train had fairly moved off, and
our two friends felt secure against further
disturbances, they settled themselves for
sleep. The young lady appeared to be al
ready asleep.
Both young men slept. Suddenly loud
shrek caused both to start up and rub
their eyes.
1t was the Cumberland girl who had
given the alarm.
"It's gnost it's IA ghost !" she cried.
That's what comes Of your deviltry and
your talk-you've brought ghost amoug
us !"
The evening had sunk into almost COM
plete darkness the one lamp, the highest
| luxury in the way of illumination, to which
even tirst-class passengers in an English
express are treated, was burning very dim
| ly; but it needed little light to see that
there was fifth figure IN the carriage-the
| figure of man. There he vas assHredly;
a tall, slender man, stopping because OF
the lowness OF the root, and apparently
about to take his seat which was vacant,
opposite to that on which the young lady
was seated. She had started up with
half scream on hearing her servants alarm;
but the back of the mysterious intruder
was turned to her, and she, perhaps, saw
nothing surprising in his presence.
Both the young lawyers, however, saw
something very surprising in it. An Eng
ish railway train cannot possibly be enter
ed by any one after it has meved from the
station. Nor has it any outer plattorm,or
means of communication, by which pass
engers can 90 from one carriage into ano-
ther. The carriages open at the sides, and
each frst-class coach is q room closed up
and complete in itself. Nobody had enter
ed this compartment when it stopped at
the station; nobody could have entered it
since then; yet, here was q fifth occupant
where only four were present before.
"Hallo who are you g exclaimed Sar-
gent
"How did you get in-where the devil
did you come from ?" fercely demanded
Rossmore.
.It's ghost p sobbed the Cumberland
girl, faithful to her original hypothesis.
- 10 a. tin,Y 70 in
truder very calmly observed. "lou have
not ghost among you; although, ii had
remained under eover a little longer, 1t Is
quite possible you might have had a ghos,
In the carriage before the end OF your
Journey"
Bot the sound of his voice created new
agitation. The young lady sprang from
her seat and ~ried out; "Oh, Aarold ! my
dear, dear HaroldT' and threw herself upon
mis- neck, and sohbed and laughed, and
sobbed again. and committed other extrava-
gances. 30 which the intruder lent himself
with great apparent cordially, giving back
embrace for EN- brace, and with compound
in crest.
The Cumberland girls said, God be
guild to us--it's Master Harold himself !"
The two barristers resumed their seats,
aud looked on much amazed, but with that
outward calmness which distinguishes yoar
true Rriton under almost oil, conceivable
circumstances. The intruder, whoever he
might be, was clearly neither ghost nor
robber.
.'Oh, Harold ~ exclaimed the young la
dy; chow did you come here Where
did you get in; and what have you come
for2"
Come for Why to see you, love, OF
course. They thought they were quite
safe, | believe. when they saw the train
fairly off, but they were little mistaken
Wen surprise them a little more yet,
Alice !"
"But how did you come here, Harold p
"Do satisfy our curiosity, sir, Sargent
interposed II; really is quite legitimate
on our part, seeing that your sudden ap-
pearance looks very like fraud upon the
railway company, OF which, for au2ht you
know, my friend and may be leading d.
rectors sand then you are positively accus'
ed OF being q ghost.
The young man laughed. "Gertlemen,
he said, 'you shall nave full explana-
tion. | have been for years engaged TO
this Young lady. Lately her mother, who
was widow, thought tis to marry again,
and her new husband, this lady's step
father-you saw him at The station to-day
-detests me, has poisoned his wite's mind
against me, and has persuaded her 10 re-
fuse her consent to our marriage, of which
she quite approved two years ago--per-
haps because we were then 200 young to
marry. | am going to the West Indies,
and may be absent, Heaven knows how
long; and they had set their hearts upon
| preventing me from seeing Alice before
90 Now l had, very naturally set my
| heart on seeing her; and yet didn't care
! TO ask her to do anything directly in oppo-
| sition to her mothers commands.
! "Quite right, sir, said Rossmore, with
look of infinite solemnlty.
Very commendable indeed, added Sar-
gent, paternally.
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