Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-10-07

ing because of the lowness of the rooi
and apparently about to take the seat
which was vacant, opposite to that OF
which the young lady was seated. Sh,
, had started up with half scream OF
hearing her servants alarm; but the bacl
OF the mysterious intruder was turned t
, her, and she, perhaps, saw nothing sur
prising in his presence.
Both. the young lawyers, however, saw
something very surprising in 1t. Al
English railway train cannot possibly bt
entered by any one after it has moved
from the station. Nor has it any outel
platform, or other means of cOmmunica
tion, by which passengers can go from
one carriage into another The carriages
open at the sides, and each first clas
coach is room closed up and complet,
| in itself Nobody had entered this com
partment when it stopped at the station
, nobody could have entered it since then
yet, here was a fifth occupant where only
four were present before.
"Hallo who are your" exclaimed Sar
gent. i4 "
Chow did you get in--wbere the deuce
did you come fromf" 1ercely demanded
Rossmore. @
"lt's ghost ~ sobbed the Cumberland
girl, faithful to her original hypothesis.
Don't be alarmed, gentlemen" the in
truder very calmly observed. You have
not ghost among you; although, if
had remained under cover a little longer
it is quite possible you might have had a
ghost in the carriage before the end of the
Journey" Ll.. tA
But the sound of his voice created a
new agitation. The young lady sprang
from her seat and cried out "Oh, Harold
my dear, dear Harold |" and threw herself
upon his neck, and sobbed and laughed and
sobbsd again, and committed other such
extravagances, to which the intruder lent
himself, with great apparent cordiality,
giving back embrace for embrace, and
with compound interest.
The Cumberland girl said, "God be
guid to us-it's Master Harold himselfI'
The two barristers resumed their seats,
and looked on much amazed, but with
I that outward calmness which distin-
guishes your true Briton under almost all
conceivable circumstances. The intruder,
whoever he might ho, was clearly, neither
ghost nor robber. .I
"Oh, Harold" exclaimed the young
lady; "how did you come here? Where
did you get in 2? and what have you come
for?"
"Come for Why, to see you, love, of
course. They thought they were quite
safe, believe, when they saw the train
fairly of, but they were little mistaken,
Wen surprise them little more yet,
| Alicep
But how did you come here, Harold ?"
do satisfy our curiosity, Sir" Sargent
| interposed. "1t really is quite legitimate
on our part, seeing that your sudden ap.
pearance looks like fraud on the railway
company, Of which, for aught you know,
my friend and may be leading directors
and then you are positively accused of
being ghost" .r
The young man laughed. Gentlemen" :"
he said, "you shall have a full explana.
ton. have been for years engaged to
this young lady. Lately her mother, who
was a widow, thought fl to marry again,
and her husband, this young lady's step.
father--you saw him at the station to-day
--detests me, has poisoned his wlfe's mind
against me, and has persuaded her to re-
fuse her consent to our marriage, of which
she quite approved two years ago per
haps because we we're too young TO marry.
l 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 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 commands" e-
"Quite right, Sir" said Rossmore, with
look of infinite solemnity.
Every commendable indeed" added"
Sargent, paternally.
80" Harold continued, 81 found that
she was being sent back to the country
to day, in order to get her quickly out of
my way-and my course was clear"
"Don't see it yet" murmured Sargent.
"Don'G you see it? l came to Euston
Station, took a ticket to Liyerpool--so
you perceive there is no question of fraud
on the company-used audacious efforts
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
ticular carriage. Gentlemen, this was
done-and in short here am" s
Lucky that you were not smothered,"
said Sargent. R1Es w frz
"Or shot as robber, on emerging from
your hiding. place." said Rossmore.
dear Harold, how you must have suf-
fered," Alice whispered. He pressed
her hand tenderly.
"Why did You not come out before ?"
she asked.
Harold smiled. "Blame these gentle
men for that" ne said. They will not be
offended if l say that thought them Just
little de tropj and fancied, from some
thing they said, they were about to get
out at the station we have just passed, and
so waited. But when found they were
coming the whole way, saw it was use
less waiting any longer, and came out,
md arf.v rsr.1aA Aar1s
(the servant) "out of her senses"
"Very sorry we should have been in
your way, Sir" said Sargent "But it
may interest you to know that I am the
very profoundest sleeper; who ever
travelled in train, and that feel terribly
sleepy already" -
"And 1" said Rossmore, can hardly
keep my eyes open" ..l q
Sothe discreet barristers atonee turned
round in their seats, coiled themselves up,
closed their eyes, and were apparently
buried in slumber Tdeep enough for the
Emperor Barbarosss or the Sleeping
Beauty in her immortal wood. .r-
Then Harold eat 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 and talked,
and were happy. About to part, appar-
emily for years, yet they were happy in
the present Surely that is one Of the
most excellent and exquisite properties of
loye-exquisite in. It's delight and in its
pain-that il never looks beyond the pres
ent hour, but finds happiness now in a
momentary meeting, though the agony of
long parting threatens near at hand
agony now in a momentafy. parting, al
though the hope of speedy reunion may
smile and offer COnsolation. 4 f,IIf1I
These two, then, were happy for the
hour. BiIt after all the whole Journey
from London -to, ,hiEeEpOol by exppeas is
only some five hours affair; and two
hours had been wasted before our adyen-
turous lover emerged from his conceal
ment. so the prospect of Liverpool and
separation began 70 look very threatening
and imminent; and Harold, dreading and
detesting the thought of such a parting,
began TO urge a wild proposal. Why
should they not escape at Liverpool, take
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