The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-12-27

surely" he betrayed no sort of uneasi-
ness.
Save the coachman and guard, there
were three in number-a lady and two
gentlemen. Place du1 danes. The lady
Miss Catherine Farquhar, was from six to
eight and twenty years of age, of highly
intellectual countenanee, although like
intellectual persons not what would be
called handsome. She was almost envel-
oped in valuable set of sable furs, which
would seem to denote that she was wealthy.
Catherine Farquhar, however, was poor.
She was q governess, and was on her way
to the house of lady of rank, residing a
few miles beyond York, whose daughters
she was engaged to instruct. The fllrs
were gift from the parents of a former
pupil. The gentleman who occupied q
seat by the side of Miss Farquhar was q
man not much under forty, and he also was
of very intellectual appearance. He was,
in short, Il high class-man of Oxford, and,
like Miss Farquhar, was proceeding to Lady
Betterton's, to act in the capacity of tutor
to her only son. Mr.. Hortley was arrayed
in the usual clerical black, and wore the
usual blue spectacles which appear such a
sine Qa0 non with professors" Of all
grades and ages. He and Miss Farquhar
had been strangers until they commenced
their journey but with the usual facility of
well-bred 2ersons-they were both of good
family--they had already become perfectly
at ease with each other, and were beguiling
the tedium of the journey by a conversation
on topics of mutual interest
Their oiS-a-o,s, the third occupant of the
coach, was one of those numerous persons
to whom it is almost impossible to assign
n station in life. He was powerfully
built young man, somewhat under thirty
and from his dress might at first sight be
taken for n prosperous farmer or grazier.
But, on closer observation, there was q
is not usually seen in either of the callings
alluded to. His necktie, of gaudy color
was fastened by rather valuable brilliant
pin, and on his large but well-formed white
hands there sparkleda ring or two. The
mixture of Newmarket and Newgate about
him was, in short, not easily to be describ-
ed in words, and it would appear that his
companions looked upon him with distrust
as they but rarely spoke to him, and when
they did SO it was mostly in reply to scfao
question he had addressed to them.
For some quarter of an hour or so the
the passengers had kept silence. The lady
and her clerical companion, apparently oc-
cupied with their own thoughts, had re-
lapsed into that sort of reverie which is
often INDUCED in at the close of long con-
versation. The younger man, with folded
arms and closed eyes, had composed him
self, as if for sleep, in the farther corner of
the coach. A. close observer, would have
noticed that he was in reality engaged in
watching his companions, and especially
the lady, on whose dress he frequently cast
a scrutinizing glance.
Suddenly the coach which for the last ten
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in peculiarly uncomfortable manner, was
brought to standstil, and Immediately
the guard descended, and tapped at the
window, which was let down by Mr.. Hart
ley. A breath of icy wind rushedin, which
made the teeth of the three passengers chat
ter in Cheir heads.
"Heres go, gentleman y said the
guard, with q broad grin ON his burly
face.
"Why what is tho matter?'' asked Mr..
Hartley, rather impaticntly, for the cold
was intense
"Well, sir Jack, the driver, don't know
where he is ~
:" Not know where he is?" exclaimed the
three passengers.
"Not q bit ont. He's travelled this here
road nigh forty year, and never lost hii
way afore," repeated the guard, with ;