Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-06-06
ROMANCE ON A RAIL WAY.

Two travelling liOLA
London to Liverpool took their seats IN |
the evening in first class carriage OF
the FIVE o'clock express train at the
Euston Square Station-a station known,
Venture to think, to every American
who has ever invaded the old country. |
There were only two other seats occu-
pied in the compartment entered by the |
two young men. Two ladies-at least a |
lady aud her maid-were the other oc-
cupants. The lady was young, pale and |
pretty the maid was fresh, blooming, |
Found-eyed, north country girl the mo-
ment she spoke word her accent made |
it plain to one of the two advocates
himself from the lakeland of Northern
Engand-that the girl came from dear
old Cumberland. Two gentlemen, one
apparently the young lady's father, at
tended her to the carriage door, and
waited at the door till the train actually
moved off They both, especially the
enc who seemed to exercise parental au-
thority over the young lady, kept in
cessantly casting expecting, eager, sus-
picious eyes upon the platform, as II
they looked for or dreaded the arrival
of somebody. These little facts the two
barristers, accustomed to note small
things and construct them into evidence,
observed almost unconsciously, and
by sheer force of habit.
The old man, whom both the youths
learned in law, assumed to be the father
of the departing young lady, at last
nodded significantly to the other, and
said in low tone: at is all right,
Cunningham. He is not here. Thank
Heavenr.
'.He can't come now," said the other.
sit would not have much mat
tered even if he did," the elder OBJ
served He should not have ex-
changed word with her-not one word!
But am glad to escape scenes and tears
and confusion for all that"
The lady in the carriage had heard
nothing of this. She sat at the further
end of the compartment. Doubtless
what was said would never have been
spoken were she near enough to hear it.
One of our lawyer friends, however, did
hear tin fact he could not help him
self; he had no choice but to hear.
The eldest of the two had taken a
farewell of the girl when he put her
into the carriage, that is, he kissed her
very coldly, and said good. bye, and
added few whispering words, which
seemed to be something in the nature
of caution or a menance. Now, as the
train moved off, he only nodded a fare
well. He had a formally handsome
face, regular, cold and harsh, with thin
lips and very white teeth.
The train went on and soon whirled
through the pleasant suburbs of that
side of London, and away into the open
country, The young lady seemed very
melancholy and absorbed. She replied
gracefully to few civilities and atten.
tons offered by the two barristers, bu
was evidently not much inclined to any
manner of conversation. She exchanged
a few words every now and then will
her maid, but for the most part re
manned silent.
1t was growing too late in the autumn
and dusk soon began to come on. TIL,
evening was soft and beautiful E; the fac
of the country looked tender and poetic
with all its autumnal charm and melan
choly grace around it.
Our two friends talked together OF
many Subjects; at first in low tone
then, as the young lady appeared to b
asleep, or wholly absorbed in her owl
thoughts, they began TO speak NOR
freely and loudly. Something or Other
perhaps the gray, poetic sadness of tn
evening, set them talking of the oil,
world ghosts-the dear delightful, tol
turing, hair-lifting, blood-chilling spec
tors who used to haunt our childhood
They actually began to tell each othe
ghost stories, and did not observe tn
shuddering terror of the CHAMBERLAIN
lass, who could hardly sit still in her sea
so great was her interest, excitemer
and superstitious dread.
g don't know" said one of the tw
young men, Lewis Rossmore by nam
''why railway should be supposed /
have necessarily banished ghosts. ca
quite imagine ghost making his al
pearance in this very train, for il
stance"
'Can you," replied Fred Sargent. q
confess can't; but think you Nortl
men, near the Scottish border, ha,
more Imagination than we prosaic COO
neys."
At the same time he happened /
glance at the young lady in the corne
and her pale, sad face seemed ghost-lih
enough in the gray evening ligh
Sargent thought for a moment of II
legend OF the company who sat or
evening telling ghostIstories until at Ia
the turn came to a pale young lady WI
had been silent all the time, and no
when invited to contribute her share
the entertainment, said, in low ton
less voice, =" have no ghost story to te
but | am ghost myself!n and
vanished.
YES pursued Lewis Rossmore, "
can easily imagine it; and l think
can be done with rather fine effee
Look here, Sargent take a note of tn
idea, and make something OF it for OF
of the magazines. The people are ira
cling along in railway, the expires
and have Just passed one of the on
stopping places. Behold, as the trai
is rushing at fullspeed across the ope
country, fifty miles an hour, and Il
evening is growing dark, like this, the
suddenly perceive that one of the sea