Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-05-07

She rapidly tore open the envel
ope and read:
'The matter on which wish Il
speak to you is impossible to ex
plain in a telegram. When do vol
return p
She took another of the telegraph
forms and rapidly wrote:
III you have anything to tell ms
now is the time to tell it. / don'i
know when l shall return to Lon.
don.
i Then turning to the guard she
asked
Where do We stop next p
sAt Rugby, mss; 11.5s.'
/ She quickly wrote where to tele.
graph her as she saw George ap-
preaching. She added hurriedly to
the guard as she thrust her mes
sage into his hand:
Bring me the answer when We
get to Rugby
George swung himself into the
compartment, saying:
Just as thought; not blessed
thing to eat here, but we wait ten
minutes at the next stop and may
be able to get you anything you
wish. / say he added. your re
not telegraphing to your friends
about this, are you.'
'Oh, not about this she said
quietly. Il am only sending some
necessary kilograms, that is ALL
You know if you are in hurry
he said, I'VE can send all the tele-
grams you want from Queenstown
just as we'll as from here to Liver
pool
'Oh, know that answered Til
ly demurely. Il hope l know
enough to send messages where they
ought to 60, so don't be afraid
George laughed, for he was a
good natured fellow, and the train
sped on toward Liverpool. When
it slowed up ct Rugby station Til
lie leaned affectionately over toward
him and said
Now. George, you 60 over to the
refreshment room and eat all all
you have an appetite for. don't
think l care for anything until we
reach Liverpool
MAY l bring you cup of tea,'
asked George, anxiously.
ooh, certainly, certainly, if you
bring it two minutes before the
train is off.
Another man might have thought
this request a rather singular one,
but George had no brains to spare,
else he would not have been on this
silly eloping expedition, so he
thought nothing of it, but jumped
out as soon as the train came to
standstill.
The guard soon came to the COM
partment with the telegram in his
hand. Tillie tore it open and read:
utterly impossible to telegraph
what / wish to say to you. Tell
me where you are staying at Liver
pool, and l will leave by the first
train and meet you there
Tillie, with a sniff of impatience,
seized another of the stamped forms
and rapidly wrote:
Il may sail tomorrow with some
friends for America. There is no
chance of your seeing me if you do
come; therefore, whatever you may
have to say to me say it now; it is
your last chance. Telegraph me
at
She looked inquiringly at the
guard, who promptly answered
Next stop at Creve. We reach
there at 1.35.
She gave the guard a handful of
money to pay the extra wording of
this dispatch. The good man was
rapidly becoming rich. He sighed
as he remembered that the next stop
was the last before reaching Liver
pool. He wished that he was on q
train for Scotland with such a pas
senger on board.
Here is your tea, my dear, said
George, as he came gingerly along
with it in his hand. The girl drank
it with many expressions of graft
tude toward her lover.
well, the next stop is Creve, and
after that Liverpool, he said as he
handed back the empty cup to a
newspaper boy to take back to the
refreshment room.
SO the guard tells me- replied