The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-12

insisted on has using for her comfort every /
penny be earned. it hash been six months /
since he was relieved Of that burden. He's
poor, therefore, rs you say-po0r as Jobs
turkey
Then he'll have TO leave his darling Clara
sneered Miss Pedder venomously. He'll
have TO absent himself from his deary in
order to earn that mutual bread and but
ter Ia short, he'll have to 20 t. sea
again
Well yes; l suppose he will assented
Peddler. He can get better wage at sea
than elsewhere He Il sail again soon, no
doubt
Il thought as mnch. And.the sea is full
of terrible dangers! When do you sail for
Australia ?
In about two weeks--pOssibly in ten
days, as the ships filing up rapidly.
'Hawley is thoroughly competent to be
your first mate
Pedder looked wonGeringIy at his sister q
moment, and then answered:
" Of course. know OF no better man for the
post
have influence enough with your owners, ]
hope, to turn out the present incumbent %
Why, the post Is already vacant. MIR. Jar
ding-you have seen him Mr.. Jarding has
inst been called home suddenly to Ohio, on
bccOunt Of his fathers illness"
f'Good That's fortunate. You must rec
Ommend HaWley for the vacant place to your
owners, and get them to engage him. The
thing can be doneP
g Without the least doubt. 1t was under
stood, you know, as just now remarked, that
[ was to help Hawley at the fist opportunity.
Wen accordingly suppose that he sails with
me as first mate the next voyage. What then 2"
&C You must leave him-nOt dead, but pris-
oner-on some desert island between here and
Australia ~
Pcdder looked his astonishment
" If it can be DONE" he said, after pause,
"wbat next?"
dead, furnis hing full details and good proofs.
Those details and proofs viii not be difficult to
manufacture. Then you must be all kindness
and sympathy to the young widow, as she will
suppose herself to be, and in less than year
thereafter she viii be your wife"
"Oh, if this thing were possible" sighed
Fodder, beginning to look relieved.
s. Possible? it's as simple as kissing. And
the moment You are married to Clara, will
take a trip TO Australia for my health, and nat
urally enough, stumble upon the very island
where you have left Hawley effect his rescue !;
tell him his wife Is dead: cOndOle and sympa-
thize with him like an angel; ard conclude the
whole comedy by becoming his wife and settling
In Australia. You'll thus have your Clara, on
this side Of the ocean, and 1 shall be happy
with Hawley on the other"
She was. smiling now, with every sign of anti
cipated triumph.
AS to Pedder he twisted nervously in his
chair, scarcely veIturing to breathe.
"Thero's just one difficulty" he muttered-
"that of getting Hawley ON the desert island
without his suspeetinG anything"
g 1t can be DONE" and the lips Of Miss Ped
der came together like the Jaws of vice.
" There's no difficulty about finding suitable
island 2'
Not the least. I saw the island in my
minds eye the moment you uttered the word,
and a glorious one it is for our purpose"
{" 1t will be easy for you to get Hawley upon
it." suggested Miss Pedder thoughtfuly. g If
it's near your route, you can call there for wa
] blown
/ there by adverse winds, or be drifted there by
/ unknown currents, or fetch up there by a mis-
! nometer. And once there, you can have Haw-
/ ley seized by some trusty agent, while he is
ashore upon business, or you can send him
! ashore under some pretence, such as looking
/ for deserter from the ship or for q sIipwrecks
/ ed sailor, and then sail away without him"
Say no MORE" interrupted Pedder, with
wild eXultatiOn. see how to manage the
affair from its beginning to its end"
g And you now see that We can undo that
/ hateful marriage %
Perfectly perfectly. The affair viii require
little time and patience, of course, and lit
tie expenditure of money, but we are sure to
triumph. Capital! glorious! What load you
have taken from my soul, RuthI What a
/ genius you are !"
/ and fro rapidly, with the most extravagant
signs and ordinations of joyl"
- First to get Hawley on his island" resumed
| " the pretended 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
I in minU-yOu with Clara IN New York, and
with viii. III Australia. You comprehend The
/ whole project clearly 2"
- From the first step to the last. There's
only just one possibility Of failure"
- Aud that oD,. p
CA refusal on HawIey's part to accept the
post offered nina refusal based upon hlE
marriage"
Miss Pcddor turned pale at the thought.
recovering her cqUanmity. & BE has long beer
wanting just such place. Married or single
lac can't neglect mis- bread and butter"
''WeH said, Ruth. L think we can coun
upOu him. The post he came here to ask me
fer Is vacant, and [ will accordingly have
1t offered to him, just as II nothing had hap
pened."
Exactly. You needn't speak of his marri
age, or seem to know anything about it. Vol
can simply offer him the post in question, il
accordance with the old understanding. Ant
he will accept it. He can't possibly have an,
suspicion of anything wrong. Outwardiy anC
apparently we are ali on good terms with on
another, and viii remain so. Let the wage
offered him be liberal Possibly he may objec
to leaving his young bride SO seon, but the mex
voyage after this one"
Pedder interrupted the remark by gestur
Of impatience. He was all eagerness noW-al
determination.
"That next voyage after this one viii not an
swer," he declared I" Hawley shall accompan
me on my very next trip. TO make all sure Of
L
day. In fact will see to this nOlU."
He seized his hat and gloves, addressed a FEY
words to his sister, and quietly took his depart
ure down town. The last glances the cOupl
exchanged at the door were full of jubilan
Wickedness.
The next three or four hours passed sloWl
to Miss Pedder. She was beginning to fea
that the whole project had mscarried at 1t
very commencement, and was fretting hersel
into fever, when Pedder suddenly made hi
appearance. One glance at his vivid Pushes
at his dancing eyes, at his airy manner, wa
sufficient.
1--WE triumph them" she cried, throwing
herself into his arms for the first time in years
g completely I saw my owners on the sub
ject, and they sent for Hawley. HC at frs
offered some objections, as was natural, bu
the high wages, the great step upward, the
kindly interest we all manifested soon brough
him to a grateful acceptance I"
"Splendidl" murmured Miss Pedder, with
ripping laugh. 4 knew the thing was feasible
And so in two weeks more our fond bridegroom
will be blowing the sea again"
''In two weeks moro, Ruth? We shall be OF
in six or eight days. The cargo is fairly tu5ub
ling aboard the Flying ChidcrS, to say nothin,
of fair list of passengers. The honeymoon Q
our loving doves will be abridged to six shor
days more, you may be certain"
CHAPTER II.
A GREAT STEP TAKEN.
In the midst Of the Antarctic ocean a Httl
offthc route from New York to Australia ther
lies large island named Kergueien's Land o
AS Capt. Cook called 1.-THE Island of DesOla
ton.