The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-07-05
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Pedder thoughtfully. ''If it's nea
> your route, you can call there TO
water. II ips out of your way, vol
, can be blown there by adverse winds
t or he drifted there by unknown cur
D rents, or fetch up there by mistak
: in your reckoning or fault in you
chronometer. And once there, yol
, can have Hawley seized by some
: uusty agent, while heis ashore up
! on business, or you car send hin
: ashore under some pretence, such al
looking for deserter from the ship
or for shipwrecked sailor, and ther
sail away without him
"Sayno MORE" interrupted Pedder
with wild exultation. 81 see how t.
manage the affair from its beginning
, to its end.''
Sand you now see that we can un
do that hateful marriage p
"Perfectly-perfectly. The affail
will require little time and patience
OF course, and little expenditure o
money, but we are sure to triumph
Capital! glorious /! What load yor
have taken from my soul, Ruth
What genius you are!'
II He leaped to his feet and begar
pacing to and fro rapidly, with the
most extravagant signs and exclama-
tions OF joy.
"First to get Hawley On his island" /"
resumed Miss Pedder musingly.
"Next for you to marry the pretend
ed widow. Then for me to rescue
the prisoner and marry him. And
finally for you and me to be happy,
you in your way and in mine-you
with Clara in New York, and 1 with
Will, in Australia. You comprehend
the whole project elearly?'
"From the first step to the last.
There's only just one possibility of
failure
Sand the one ?"
ga refusal on Hawley's part to ac-
cept the post offered him-a refusal
based upon his marriage"
Miss Pedder turned pale at the
thought.
"But he won't refuse,' che soon
declared, recovering her equanimity.
ale has long been wanting just such
place Married or single, he can't
neglect his bread and butter"
"Well said, Ruth. / think we can
count upon him. The post he came
hora 70 oolz mn fo. IL pouy raoant ,nl
l will accordingly have it offered to
him, just as if nothing had happened %
Exactly. You needn't speak of
his marriage, or seem to know any
thing about it. You can simply Of
fer him the post in question, in
accordance with the old understand
ing. And he will accept it. He can't
possibly have any suspicion of any,
thing wrong. Outwardly and appar-
emily we are all on good terms with
one another, and will remain so. Let
the wages offered him be liberal.
Possibly he may object to leaving
his young bride SO soon, but the next
voyage after this one
Pedder interrupted the remark Sy
q gesture OF impatience. He was all
eagerness now-all determination.
THAT next voyage after this one
will not answer" he declared. "Haw-
ley shall accompany me on my very
next trip. To make all sure on this
point, l will have him engaged this
very day. In fact, l will see to this
n0ao'
He seized his hat and gloves,
addressed few words to his sister,
and quietly took his departure down
town. The last glances the couple
exchanged at the door were full OF
jubilant wickedness.
The next three CT four hours passed
slowly to Miss Pedder. She was be-
ginning to fear that the whole pro-
ject had miscsrried atits very COM
mencement, and fretting herself into
O fever, when Pedder suddenly made
his appearance. One glance at his
vivid flushes, at his dancing eyes, at
his airy manner, was sufficient.
I'VE trlumpn tnen r. sne crleu,
throwing herself into his arms for the
first time in years.
"Completely! 1 saw my owners
on the. subject, and they sent for
Hawley. He at first offered some
objections, as was natural, but the
high wages, the great step upward.
the kindly interest we all manifested,
soon brought him to grateful &C
ceptance!"
"Splendid !" murmured Miss Ped
der, with ripping laugh. 81 knew
the thing was feasible. And so in two
weeks more our fond bridegroom
will be blowing the sea again"
''In two weeks more, Ruth? We
we shall be off in six or eight days.
The cargo is fairly tumbling aboard
the Flying Childers, to say nothing
of a fair list of passengers. The
honeymoon Of our loving doves will
be abridged to six short days more,
you may be certain