The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07
las an occupant, whose presence was not

Goods sake don't We 90 on in that
way" broke in the Cumberland girl,
unable to contain herself any longer.
Don't We 90 on, gentlemen it's enough
to raise ghost right in the midst OF
us all "
The young men laughed at frs I, but
the superstitious fears of the poor girl
were so obviously genuine and profound
that Rossmore discontinued his goblin
invention, and they treasured her ana
talke for few moments of something
else. The train stopped for five minutes
at the only station where ii was to make
any halt during the long journey. No
one got out of the compartment in
which our friends were, and no one got
into it; and when the train had fairly
moved off, and our two friends felt secure
against further disturbances, they set
| tied themselves for sleep. The young
lady appeared to be already asleep.
Both young men slept. Suddenly
loud shrek caused both to start and rub
| their eyes. 1t was the Cumberland girl
who had given the alarm.
"It's ghost! it's a ghost ~ she
cried. THAT is what becomes Of your
deviltry and your talk-you've brought
ghost among Us"
The evening had sunk into almost
complete darkness the one lamp, the
highe.t luxury in the way of illumina-
ton to which even the tirst.c class passen-
was burning very dimly; but it needed
little light 10 see there was the figure OF
a man. There he was assuredly a tall,
slender man, stopping because of the
lowness of the roof, and apparently
about to take the seat, which was va
cant, opposite to that on which the
young lady was seated. She had started
up with scream on hearing her SER
wants alarm; but the back of the
mysterious intruder was turned TO her,
and she, perhaps saw nothing surprising
in his presence.
Both the young lawyers, however,
saw something very surprising in 1t. An
! English railway train cannot possib be
entered by any one after 1T has moved
! from the station. Nor has it any outer
platform or means of communication,
by which passengers can 90 from one
car to a. other. The carriages open at
the sides, and each tirst.class coach is a
room closed up and complete in itself.
Nobody had entered this compartment
when it stopped at the station; no.
body could have entered since then +;
vet there was a fifth occupant where
only four were present before.
Halo who are your" exclaimed
Sargent.
How did you get in-where the
devil did you come trom?' fiercely de.
manded Rossmore.
It's a ghost ~ sobbed the Cumber.
land girl, faithful to her original hy-
pothesis.
"Don't be alarmed, gentlemen the
intruder very calmly observed. You
have not ghost among you; although
if had remained under cover little
longer, it is quite possible that you
might have had ghost in the carriage
before the end of the journey"
But the sound of his voice created q
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 Sob
bed and laughed, and sobbed again, and
committed other extravagances, to
which the intruder lent himself with
great apparent cordially, giving en-
brace for embrace, and with compound
ed interest.
The Cumberland girl said, God be
guild TO us-it is Master Harold him
self"
| The two barristers resumed their seats,
and looked on much amazed, but with
| theoutward calmness which distinguish
es your true Briton under almost any
conceivable circumstances. The in.
truder, whoever he may be, was clearly
neither ghost or robber.
"Oh, Harold" exclaimed the Young
lady, How didyou come here? Where
did you get in, and what did 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 Off; but they were little
mistaken. Well surprise them little
more yet, Alice ~
" But, how came you here, Harold ?'
=" 10 satisfy our curiosity, sir" Sar-
gent interposed. at is really quite
legitimate on our part, seeing that your
sudden appearance looks very like a
raud on railroad company, of which,
| Tor aught you know, my Trend 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 explanation. have been en-
gagged for years 10 this lady. Lately
her mother, who was a widow, thought
fit to marry again, and her new husband
this lady's step father-you saw him at
the depot to-day-detests me, and has
poisoned his wifes mind against me.
and has persuaded her to refuse her
consent to our marriage. of which she
quite approved two years ago, perhaps be-
cause We were too young then to marry.
| am going to the West Indies, and may
be absent, Heaven only knows how long !;
and they had set their hearts upon pre-
venting me from seeing Alice before !
60. Now, had very naturally set my
neart on seeing her; and yet | didn't
care to ask her to do anything directly
in opposition to her mothers com
mands."
Quite right, sir, " said Rossmore with
| "A lOnly of 10