The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1870-11-19
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sent, as she perfectly we'll knew, to the
custody. the mere custody, of an uncle and
aunt in Liverpool, in order that she might
be kept out Of the way until Harold should
have left London and gone out to the West
Indies, where he had relatives, and where
he hoped to make a fortune.
"Rut, Harlod dear" the girl whispered,
''the thing is impossible My uncle will
be at the Station waiting for me- with the
carriage. Do you think he would be likely
to fail into our plans p
s.No, Alice; have thought of that. If
you have courage-and l know you have
| and are very. very quick, We can escapeand
defy him. Now listen, aud don't be afraid.
| Just before we get to Liverpool, the train
| enters tunnel, and inside the mouth of the
tunnel we stop for a minute-a bare mo-
ment-to make sure that all is clear. Twill
| have the door open. and | will take you in
my arms and get out: it will be perfectly
easy and safe; and Polly shall follow with
out one instant Of delay. Then we hold
our breaths, and stand in the darkness
close up to the tunnel wall for only mo-
ment, until the train rushes by; and then
we get quietly out, take to the road, and
get a carriage at the nearest inn, and drive
to any station on the line, where we can
wait for the Scottish mail. Your uncle will
only suppose that you have put off coming
for day; he will grumble and wait for to-
morrow without doing or even suspecting
anything, and then it will be too late"
eff we are killed"
Dearest, do you think l would expose
you to any danger?'
mo, Harold, it was not that. I was on
ly going to say that ii We are killed.
mean even If we are killed-we shall be
killed together p
Harold embraces his intrepid and das-
perate tiancee, and the plan was resolved
on. A few whispered words conveyed the
whole to stout-hearted Polly, who had a
romantic heart, and would have gone with
| these lovers any where-leaped with the N
out of an express train flying at fun speed
rather than desert them. The moments
went by; the tunnel was near; the two
| young barriers had long since been fast
asleep in good reality; Harold softly open
ed the door, and stood close to it with
Alice in his arms; the faithful Polly loaded
! herself with such of her mistresss cloaks
and shawls and things as she could attempt
to carry; the train began already to slacken
its speed; they were at the mouth of the
tunnel; Harold said, in whisper, "Now
| lover And Alice shut her eyes, and
pressed her face against his shoulder
The train ratified and crashed through
|
reverberatiOns aroused our sleeping barris-
ters. Sargent started up, and rubbed his
eyes.
Halo, Rossmore, this is the Edgehill
Tunnel! We shall be in Liverpool in
moment. Shake yourself up old boy?"
''All right, replied Rossmore, yawning.
Glad we're in. But say, Sargent look
-why-did we stop anywhere?"
''Of cor rse not. Why do you ask p
''Then where are our fellow travellers ?"
Good Heavens ! To be sure, where are
theyP 1 forgot all about them. Bat they
were here-that's certain; and we stopped
at no station, and now they are gone r'
'Confound it, l never knew any thing
like that That man, Harold, whoever he
was, came In mysteriously, and now he
has gone out even more mysteriously, and
! spirited away the two women along with
! him !"
81 say, Rossmore, how if your sugges-
ton of this evening should have turned out
prediction? Have we had ghosts in our
railway train?"
Both laughed-both were incredulous-
an the train rushed into the crowded,
| busting, blazing station at Liverpool. Our
| friends spoke to the guard of the train, who
was much amazed at first to hear of the
| disappearance Of the three passengers; but
| he seemed to think that, in the case of so
audacious a lover as Harold Rivers, any
thing was possible; and then, there was
momentary stoppage in the tunnel
| SO the barristers made no further inqui-
rIes, but took II for granted that oil was
right somehow, and went to their hotel.
| They heard the end of the story, how
ever, even before they returned to London,
for they met Harold Rivers and his young
wife in Liverpool ten days after. The pair
had just returned from Scotland, where
they were married. They had, of course,
written OF at once to Alice's mother, an
| nouncing their marriage, and they were in
/ good hope that she would soon accept the
situation. They could afford to wait a
little. for they were married and happy,
and Harold had mad VI his mind that he
would not go to the West Indies.