The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-23
,.r,oss" Ghost story.

s ea,tnh in = comfortable compa''-
frs, class railway carnage az
AZ -; Hriarc railway station on 24'h us-
Thr weather was horrlpl! coiu'
.'','.ll,, ind was very high. had my eve
',,' ,...,,r, a!rcaGy cut by my side. ana my
.rl.a6;- Was in nv htud; but lh'H were
,r,,,,,,t both UNDECIDED. for my thoughts
~ t,, ,,xay down the liuc--ior,y miles
,sNn'r - \cIiIctou. where was gong TO
,ncud my Christmas holidays WIN my
.i,,lr. Arthur Bluct cr. few cousins ana
t,r,,ic \olsnd. When say that my uhcie
mi cousins were second ana thlrd III my
.htuaI,,~. need hardly explain tnat BESSIE
~. my sweetheart rather an oid,iashtoneo
word. bat like to use II. haa won heI
49,. =, rpurish,n al twelve months; aud l
,%nncb( myself the happicSt Of young tel
lnw- and TIE luckicSt Of mankind. l
NH not attempt to describe my Bes-
sic for that can only hr done by
,'hn-orrarhy. She was very pretty.
i,'rv Sensible. and beloved by every
hofy. and adorcd ~ ne. | had parted
Min her in the autumn: although every
week brought me 4 Kind. gentle letter from
r,,r, VI, had not me; since saying good-byc
= The Yarmouth station. North Wales,
chen She went to stop at Ncltleton, and
r,,r.yusd t. grim old law il my chambers,
WYNN. Lincoln slim. How slowly The
,..r,. ,,r rec, on, 10 be sure. There never
,...,,,d have been u Wiud;ev or Il more cheer
:,.,> uc'ohcr than in that year, nor duiIcr
or GuyEr' November. | could lind no
arm IN the London theatres, IN spite oil
llfr novelties produced. Inc ncW"paters
,,rr, .,,ui,!. and ~" magazines barely
f.a,tlc. Ny friends, too. somehow or
ether. lrg:llAr wc&risuWc. johnson'S punS
h,s; ..-,f~
l,>. ,.cir charms; and smith ana Jones ;
p4.,fr> bored me. wanted Christ
r...- H. con" Il, quickly a. i S>i:Ic, and
~; Oh Time would not ct on any
,aH,kcr in spite OF NY frcltinc. liut al
Is>t the gay arrived Tor my departure. |
m! packed NY portlnonicau two days be-
Goyt II va, necessary. | had studied my
-aut, ,la,l I knew ihr stations by heart,
md found myself At London Bridge >ta-
.;un . good half huur before the tram was
.iyc.tI-cG 20 ,iaIt. Immediately my
;ralu-I had known this 5:55 for SO many
weeks that / looked upon it in the light OF
personal property into lis position
! in.!-tcd on taking ny seat, %lthoHGh the
..u4rt ..~>uicG me Sc shouldn't hc Gt! for q
,ui4ll.r If an hour. If then. Never mnd.
i,ti ha;Ul!cY and less restless III the carriage,
Ii4o~ ;ng that il was N".Hrthing somehow
1.iiHtitH Win -''''I't''' '"'' it't ~, -.
.tl!r tram, according 10 'ilc 'ihi" tIvie>, "'''
III stop "A! WheTt <cT passing NI'Itoh'
but ran right into Nclilciun junction-lgn0-
rim: R,.igaIc. Little li"u"hton, and Rush.
l.". 30. giving shilling to the guard, |
rrquc>tea him 10 lock the door. aud was
1T 10 my cigar, my evening paper, ID!
6ru.lshu2c, aud my Bessie.
The station was tEruu~cd with holiday
makers OF all grades Of society. pushing,
s4uceZih%' EU&A!iS' >!io"t,HS; pu' til p ~
al one oilrct-'2 GET S'.u i'';.rt, y! n.y.. ~!
various tla!ls' "o' - ". ilGn f i,,,
'h"iH: ana no" l a9ii'',''t tI'!i couIl i,,
ihI ,'"a'eat''une>s ~ ~ in'"n, ~ s',Iu
1"hGI o. Loll-.es 8hou'u Hin, W., t.t ~,
a1h.u my Ne.l' ~ iI"su '''' - w VII,
%" tof '.l' 'Mv"s'cIn .,'t,r ~.
nose 2fc our up?iI "n'n h"Id;c, ~ ~,
,.'t y pHi @uH! '.',' ~
o., "a:iu' an" 'h"i o4!eh' u,',l i'il"c. W. "
fif belongs 10 our cI@lhe-"e were Gu a.
We A!oWi? Et'ue0 onI ~ 'l' S'"',o ,i "n'
''h'"h1i ,uFi,i>e'' - 'H'' ''hn'
Hl0'"-!Acc0 grhticilLh ".'ih "p - hiS Cur
-c-do"r-Wh!th PAD me guard 10 loch-
open u, step III, ana take .'S Seat oppoSite
me. tic was Il most NccuiIai-louhihC lhNl-
N"iuA. Ills face was very loag ana palAuily
white; his eye was bright ana restless MS
hands. iuCa>"d III bl2ck A!d @ipFcs, hId the
arir1raDc" OF possesSn22a g"ou dcalo hone;
~, ,c:, were hWkWaroiF ion@ ANA 10 'tla
!" nj ""'"Mtrclty, Ms hria was que 'a!o.
ANA 'It"h' lkr pi"lE "H!' hi,l'iu nA'l'
GA entering the carriage II" b''"c'. 40 me-
and. ait"G carefully ;'|ihS around Hilh'
slnIirU-~>uch smile .--aiiG taxing "ol' il
hhck-c"'ered BOOK, colleu himself up IN Il
corner and buried himself III us contents.
This strange being puZH!cd me considcfi''
Wy. what contd he be: Perhaps doc
Tor. Nn-I's appearance would tcrrliy
any nervous patient. y ttN ycr-poS-lbiN
~ escaped lTnatic, more probably. d".
terln'Gcd |" speak 20 h!lo tVf, lho'-n
Na~ not coward. | uld nos hk1 thc man.
There WAS something uuCatthiE about hlu;
Tor now and then he Would put down ms
book, gaze on the lamp above him. and
luu-h quietly, then nN;ng hi eyes on me Tor
second, would relapse into smile and
continue ms reading: 30 YOU OBJECT 10
hmohin@" asked own WIN al ennft'
Il" TOOK no notice OF me- repeated Tue
question; but III iieu OF repl! ing ne lWlSl-
'd himself INTO an easier posi!ioh, ana "cnl
on with me b'ack-oound BOOK.
Shaii hol De at all sorry Wheh we Sct
I" Ncttl"lon, lhou=ht 10 myself, rs l
threw my cigar away ana look up the p;!-
per = doii lehSli tni us 3mnpefnuln"h lei
!0".l"s>Sil@Gr 1t an. wen ~ tuefe ho
ch"hce Vi ie'easc ioi wv sue. i'o'!iS iil.' !!
~ wen HINT ,nc pes. "a IT, sileu ~
Fttu' o'lt co',iu not In my thoughts on any
,utlect; so l soon gave IL up, ana tTicd 10
lose myself ID oreHlhi;thu. hIt AT hEst !
could not steep loT whenever happened
10 look up, round my horrible compan-
lon'o eyes hAcd on NINE. q coid persplrt-
non came over me ever! tlhle looked on
him; so summoned tll1.I1 up co1raSe ana silld
soiicM !i"t srN 'n n, Hu , "iI aoi
m,.t ~ 20" 70 no -. a,od ono,,ni, =
".iH ',''n ~ ,;iol nd ~ 1SI.oI a,,, f+ho
speah' ne Snl,ru, @'iG , iuoHcu 9uL VI tnt
"iHuo" ioi iiio.ilTn'' s'oheu' niiu oh"iSeu