Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-06-22

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 n
loud shrek caused both to start and rub
their eyes 1t was the Cumberland girl
who had given the alarm.
"Its ghest it's a ghostw she
cried. THAT is what becomes of your
deviltry and your talk-you've brought
"A ghost among u.s.
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 first, 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
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
i'll 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 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
yet there was a fifth occupant where
only tour were present before.
llallo who are your exclaimed
Sargent
"How did you get in-where the
devil did you come trom?" tiercely de
manded Rossmore.
It's ghost y sobbed the Cumber-
land girl, faithful to her original ny
pothesis.
"Don't be alarmed, gentlemen the
intruder very calmly observed. "You
have not ghost among you; although
if | had remained under cover a 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 a
new agitation. The young lady sprang
from her seat, and cried out, ooh,
Harold ! my dear, dear Harold !" and
threw herself upon his neck, and sob
bed and laughed, and sobbed again, and
committed other eXtravagauces, 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
the outward 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 did you come here? Where
did you get in, and what did you come
for2'
"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 u little
more yet, Alice -
But, how came you here, Harold ?"
- 70 satisfy our curiosity, SIR" Sar-
gent interposed. cit is really quite
legitimate on our part, seeing that your
sudden appearance looks very like
raud on a railroad company, of which,
for aught you know, my friend and
may be leading directors, and then you
are positively accused of being ghost"
The young man laughed.
Gentlemen" he said, "you shall
have full explanation. | have been en-
gagged for years TO this lady. Lately
her mother, who was a widow, thought
fit to marry again, and her new husband,
this lady's step tather--you saw him at
the depot today-detests me, and has
poisoned his wife's 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
20. 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 look of Infinite solemnity."
Every commendable, indeed" added
Sargent paternally."
$780," Harold continued, 81 found
that she was being sent back to the
country to-day, in order to get her
quickly out of the way-and my course
was clear"
"Dont see it YETI murmured Sar-
gent.
"Don't you see it? | came to Euston
Station, took a ticket for Liverpool-so
you see there is no question of fraud on
the company-used audacious efforts in
the way of bribery, and thus induced |
the guard, first to allow me to hide I'M
der the seat and next to manage that
the young lady whose photograph |
showed him, should be conducted into
this particular carriage. Gentlemen,
this was done-and, in short, here l
am"
Lucky you were not smothered,"
said Sargent.
"Or shot as a robber on emerging
from your hiding place" said Rossmore.
dear Harold, how you must have
suffered" Alice whispered. He pressed
her hand tenderly.
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