Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-06-06
has an occupant, whose presencewas not

observed before"
Goods sake don't we go on in that
way,n broke in the Cumberland girl,
unable to contain herself any longer.
"Don'tye go on, gentlemen it's enough
to raise a ghost right in the midst of
us all!'
The young men laughed at frs t, but
the supers,itious fears of the poor girl
were so obviously genuine and profound
that Rossmore discontinued his goblin
invention, and they treasured her and
talke for few moments OF something
else. The train stopped for i've minutes
at the only station where it 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.
ats a ghost! it's a ghostl" she
cried. "That is what becomes of your
deviltry and your talk-you've brought
a ghost among us.
The evening had sunk into almost
complete darkness the one lamp, the
highest luxury in the way of illumina-
ton to which even the irst-class passen-
gers in an English express are treated,
was burning very dimly; but it needed
little light to see there was the figure OF
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slender man, STOPPING because OF the
lewness of the roof, and apparently
about to take the seat, which was va
can't, opposite to that on which the
young lady was seated. She had started
up with a 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 it. An
English railway train cannot possibly be
entered by any one after it has moved
from the station. Nor has it any outer
platform or means of communication
by which passengers can go from one
car to al other. The carriages open al
the sides, and each irst.class coach is &
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
yet 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 from?" fercely de
handed Rossmore.
ats a ghost y sobbed the Cumbel
land girl, faithful to her original by
pothesis.
"Don't be alarmed, gentlemen" tn
intruder very calmly observed. "Yol
have not a ghost among you; although
if l had remained under cover a littl
longer, it is quite possible that yo1
might have had ghost in the carriag
before the end of the journey"
!; But the sound of his voice created
new agitation. The young lady spran
from her seat, and cried out, "Ol
Harold my dear, dear Harold p an
threw herself upon his neck, and sol
bed and laughed, and sobbed again, an
: committed other extravagances, t
|
| great apparent cordially, giving en-
brace for embrace, and with compound
ed interest.
The Cumberland girl said, "God b
9 guild to us--it is Master Harold hin
4 selfr'
, The two barristers resumed their seat
4 and looked on much amazed, but wit
i theoutward calmness which distinguish
es your true Briton under almost an
J conceivable circumstances. The il
u truder, whoever he may be, was clear
|, neither ghost or robber.
IL "Oh, Harold" exclaimed the your
J lady, "How did you come here2 Whe
u did you get in, and what did you con
n for?''
= "Come for? Why, to see you, Low
of course. They thought they we
d, quite safe, believe, when they saw Il
le train fairly off; but they were lit
e mistaken. Well surprise them a lit
9 more yet, Alice Y
u {" But, how came you here, Harold
i" To satisfy our curiosity, SIR" So
N gent interposed. at is really qui
}; legitimate on our part, seeing that 20
70 sudden appearance looks very like
| lTduU Oh d IstllrOdQ COMPANY, OF WHO
Ie for aught you know, my friend and
II may be leading directors, and then y,
ie are positively accused of being ghost
u The young man laughed.
u Gentlemen" he said, "you sh;
= y have full explanation. l have been e
a. gagged for years TO this lady. Late
e her mother, who was widow, thong
i9 fit to marry again, and her new husban
~ ~ this lady's step father-you saw him
". the depot to-day-detests me, and b
III poisoned his wife's mind against n
and has persuaded her to refuse b
" consent to our marriage, of which S
le, quite approved two years ago, perhaps
~ cause we were too young then to mar
~ l am going to the West Indies, and M
p be absent, Heaven only knows how lon
III and they had set their hearts upon D
IT venting me from seeing Alice before
i 60. Now, ] had very naturally set I
~ heart on seeing her; and yet did
We care to ask her to do anything direc
IN in opposition to her mothers co