Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-13


obviously genuine and profound that
Roeamore discontinuod his goblin inyen.
ton, and they treasured her and talked
Tor few moments Of something else
then the train stopped for Ave minutes d
the one only station where Il Wa to make
any halt during. the long journey. Nc
one got out Of the compartment In which
our friends were, and no one got into It
and when the train had fairly moved of
and our two friends felt secure sgains,
further disturbance, they settled them
selves for sleep. The young Lady appear
ed TO be already asleep.
Both young men slept Suddenly {
loud SHREK caused both TO start up and
rub their eyes.
It was the Cumberland girl who had
given the alarm.
"Its ghosti it's . ghost" she cried
"That's what comes OF your deviltfy and
your talk-you've brought ghost among
Us! p
The evening had sunk into almost com.
plete darkness; the one lamp, the high
est luxury in the way Of illumination, 10
which even first.class passengers In an
English express are treated, was burning
very dimIy; but it needed little light tc
see that there was = fifth figure in the
| carriage the figure of man. There be
was assuredly; q tall, slender man, stoop.
ing because of the lOwnees Of the roof
and apparently about TO take the sea,
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 bach
of the mysterious intruder was turned IL
her. and she, perhaps, saw nothing sur
prising In his presence.
Both the young lawyers, however, saw
something very surprising In 1t. An
English railway train csnnot possibly be
entered by any one after 1t has moved
from the station. Nor has II any outer
platform, or other means Of coEmunica-
ton, by which passengers can go from
one carriage into another. The carriages
open at the sides, and each drst-class
coach is room closed up and complete
In itself. Nobody had entered this COM
partment when 1t stopped at the station |;
nobody could have entered 1t since then |;
yet, here was fith occupant where only
four were present before.
"Hallol who are your" exclaimed Sar-
gent.
"How did you get in-where the deuce
did you come fromf" fercely demanded
ROasmore.
"H's ghost I" 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 little longer,
1t 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 spraDg
from her seat and cried out, "Oh, Haroldl
my dear, dear Harold |" and threw herself
upon his neck, and sobbed and laughed and
eobbed again, and committed other such
cxtravsgances, to which the intruder lent
himself, with great apparent cordially,
giving back embrace for embrace, and
with compound interest.
The Cumberland girl said, "God be
guild TO us--it's Master Harold bimselfl'
The two bsrristers resumed their seats,
and looked on much amazed, but with
that outward Calmness which distin-
guishes your true BritOn under almost all
conceivable circumstances. The intruder,
whoever he might BE-, was clearly, neither
ghost nortrobbSr
"Oh, Harold" exclaimed the young
lady; "how did you come heres Where
did you get In ? and what have you come
forS"
"Come for! Why, to gee you, love, Of
course They thought they were quite
safe, l believe, when they saw the train
fairly of, but they were k'little mistaken,
Wen surprise them a little more yet,
Alice"
"But how did You come here, Harold ?"
"Do satisfy our curiosity, Sir" Sargent
interpOsed. ut 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 a ghost"
The young man laughed. Gentlemen"
he said, "you shall have full explana-
ton. have been for years engaged to
this young lady. Lately her mother, who
was widow, thought fit 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 wife's mind
against me, and has persuaded her to re-
fuse her consent to our marriage, of which
6uO 4UAk0 0RYAOVVA WV ySoA~ ~ PSA
haps because we were 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 60. Now !
had, very naturally, set my heart on Sec
ing her; and yet didn't care to ask her
to do anything directly In opposition to
her mother's commando"
"Quite right, Sir" said Rossmore, with
look Of infinite solemnity.
"Very comnendable indeed" added,
Sargent, patcrnally.
"So," Harold continued, II 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 1t yet" murmured Sargent.
"Don't you see it, ! came to Euston
Station, took ticket TO Liverpool-s0
you perceive there is no question Of fraud
on tho 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 20 that the
young lady, whose photograph ! showed
him ahOntd hA N0nducfAd intO this mar.