Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-07-18

The young men laughed at first, but
the superstitious fears of the poor girl
were so obviously genuine and pro-
found that Rossmore discontinued his
goblin invention, and they reassured
her and talked for a few moments of
something else. The train stopped for
five minutes at the only station where
I it was to make any halt during the long
journey. No one got out of the COM
partment 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 dis
turbances, they settled 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.
elisa ghost! it's ghost!' she cried.
That is what becomes of yOur deyiltry
and your talk-you've brought ghost
among u.s." a....-.. ..- -
D The evening had sunk into almost
complete darkness the one lamp, the
highest luxury in the way of illumina-
ton to which even the first-class pas
sengers in an English express are
treated, was burning very dimly; but
it needed little light to see there was
the figure of man. There he was as
suredly; tall, slender man, STOPPING
because of the lowness of the roof, and
apparently about to take the seat, which
was vacant, opposite to that ON which
the young lady was seated. She had
started up with scream on hearing her
servants alarm; but the back of the
mysterious intruder was turned to her,
and she, perhaps saw nothing surpris-
ing in his presence. .a
Both the young lawyers, however,
saw something very surprising in it.
An English railway train cannot possi-
bly, be entered by any one after it has
moved from station. NOr has it any
outer platform or means of commune
cation, by which passengers can go from
one car to another. The carriages open
at the sides, and each first-class coach
is room closed up and complete in it
self. Nobody had entered this COM
partment when it stopped at the station
nobody could have entered since then
vet there was fifth occupant where
only four were present before.
.s'Hallo! who are you:" exclaimed
Sargent. ...-.-....i ..
"How did you get in-where the dew
il did you come from 20 fiercely de-
manded Rossmore.
ats 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
new agitation. The young lady sprang
from her seat, and cried out, "Oh, Har-
old! my dear, dear Harold!" and threw
herself upon his neck, and sobbed and
laughed, and sobbed again, and COM
mitted other extravagances, to which
the intruder lent himself with great
apparent eorliality giving embrace for
embrace, and with compounded inter
est.
The Cumberland girl said, "God be
guide to us-it is Master Harold him
selfv' ..-
The two barristers resumed their
seats, and looked on much amazed, but
with the outward calmness which dis
tinguishes your true Briton under al
most any conceivable circumstances.
The intruder, whoever he may be was
clearly neither ghost nor robber.
"Oh, Harold" exclaimed the young
lady, "How did you 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 mis-
taken. Well surprise them little
more yet, Alice!'
"But, how came you here, Harold 2"
"To satisfy our curiosity, sir" Sar-
gent interposed. at is really quite le-
gitimate on our part, seeing that yonr
sudden appearance looks very little like
fraud on railroad 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 explanation. 1 have been en-
gagged for years to this lady. Lately
her mother, who was widow, thought
fit to marry again, and her new hus-
band, this lady's tep-father-you saw
him at the depot to-day-detests ME,
and has poisoned his wife's mind
against me, and persuaded her to re-
fuse her consent to our marriage, OF
which she quite approved two years
ago, perhaps because We were too young
then to marry. 1 am going to the West
Indies, and may be absent, Heaven only
knows how long; and they had set theil
hearts upon preventing me from seeing
Alice before l go. Now, l had very
naturally set my heart on seeing her
and yet didn't care to ask her to dc
anything directly in opposition to hel
mothers commands. ....
"Quite right, sir" said Rossmore
with look of infinite solemnity."
every commendable, indeed" added
Sargent paternally."
So," Harold continued, 81 fount
that she was being sent back to thu
country to-day, i'm order to get her quick
ly out of the way-and my course wa
clear"
"Don't see it yet," murmured Sar
gent.
"Don't you see it? l came to Eustoi
Station, took ticket for Liverpool-se
ro,, 600 thare is no uuestion of fraud Ol