The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-09

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attend. / will not take up the time
by describing the nature Of this bu-
siness, which has, nothing TO do
with my my story, merely saving thai
/ it necessitated my going into the
interior of the State and taking with
me $20,000. aa9fa ,sgal'sag .a6 aa
was not n little proud of this i'm
portant commission. and after ex-
pressing my gratitude in befitting
words,I FASTENED to the depot. When
scarcely seated in the train, an old !
man with white hair and beard that
gave him very venerable look en-
tered. A yelled lady chung t!midly to
his arm. s~ "@l" Il
.'Do the cars go to Balton?," said
| he, addressing me. ,..
: They do" | replied. 4 .,. |
aAre you going as far as that?
I'm going beyond" said i.
"You're IN luck Emily said the
| OLD man turning to his daughter,
the yeiled tsoman on his arm. Here
lisa gent.enan that's going right
through lBol.pn, and will see that
Won donEt gee off at the wrong place.
g MY daughter is not used to
| traveling,"she added turning to me.
She Is just getting up from seri-
Gus illness. you will kindly see
that she makes no mistakes will
be glad. cr
Certainly responded. a
Viewing with no little self-compla:,. :.
cency this additional proof of the
confidence which persons seemed to
place in me I removed my cloak
from the vacant seat, as a tacit in
vitation to my charge that she was
at liberty to appropriate it if she
chose to do SO. ro
Observing my movement the old
man said: o.s.-
s'Thank you sir, would you as
soon let my daughter have the seat
farthest from the window? She is
so sensitive to cold.
Then as the young lady took the
seat alluded to, he kissed her, say
ing: ... -
| Goodbye, my dear child. Don't
talk; your lungs are weak yon know.
Give my love to your aunt and cous-
ms, and write as soon as you are
able"
As the cars moved on I stole a
look at my fair companion-for7 fair
she looked and young--from the
glimpse obtained through the veil.
She was dressed very warmly hav--
| ing on, in addition to the long, loose
cloak that fell to the floor, large
cape and scarf. On her head was
the conventional bonnet ofthat day,
which had material enough in it for
half a dozen of the style now worn.
Her unnatural palor was height
ened by the blackest eyes and eye
lashes that think / ever saw, al
though on account of her shyness
and timidity, the latter veiled the,
former much of the time from view.
She seemed entirely unfit to be out
at that season of the year, being
seized at one time with paroxism
of coughing that quite alarmed, me.
To my inquiry if / could get her
anything she simply shook her head
and remembering her fathers in
function, / said no more. Remov-
ling the cork from vial, whose pc
culiar odor I, remember yet, she
touched it to her lips, However it
seemed to have the desired effect.
Folding my cloak / placed it on the
seat back of her, and leaning her
head upon it she slept, or seemed to
do so. !, ~
| had not the remotest idea of 60
ing to sleep but l did. / only
know that / awoke with sense of
suffocation, to which the fresh air
that poured in from the open car
door was an immense relief. The
car had stopped, which was per-
haps the reason why | awoke.
with a confused feeling in my
brain that could not account for,
/ / watched the people going out, un-
til the peculiar odor before alluded
to reminding me of my companion,
! l turned to see how she was faring.
To my astonishment she was gone.
"Can this be Bolton?' ] thought,
springing to my feet, not a little
mortified at my remissness. AS /
did so I stumbled over a reti-
cule, on which one of my feet had
been resting, and which my fair
charge had left behind her. Catch
ing it up sprang from the train.
AS / gained the platform ] caught
glimpse of her hurrying along
to the other side of the depot, where
long train of cars was standing.
To my surprise she glanced back
as I called out to her but did not
slacken her pace. The, train for
which she was making now began
to move. but springing up the steps
with quickness of motion for
which I was wholly unprepared,
she disappeared from view. 10 1'o
AS the train thundered past me.
moved by sudden impulse, thrust
my hand into my pocket, and find-
ing the package was gone! sea st
Should / lives thousand years, 1
, shall never forget the sensation that
came over me; the dismay the hor-
ror that for while benumbed every
faculty. But it was not long be-
fore every nerve of my heart and
, rain was fully aroused and at
, work. Like fash of lightning by
! whom, and how 7 had been robbed
! was all clear to me.
r The train which ! had left, in the
8 meantime had gone on, and I stood
| in the gray dawn alone on the plat
: form. I ascertained that the place
s was not Bolton but Warwick: that
{ the train taken by the woman went
4 by more circuitous route in the
t same direction: that it was q fast
8 train its first stopping place large
t manufacturing town FORTY miles
: -lback. I immediately resolved to
: take the next train to that place.
E On learning that it would be two
! hours before I could do this, turn
ed my next thoughts to breakfast
Z contriving in spite of my anxiety
i to make q tolerably substantial
!. meal. s T.
e. As arose from the table thought
) of the little satchel which the woman
8 had left behind her, either from hel
b haste to escape, or because she fear.
d cd to wake me if she removed il