The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-03


ley upon it, suggested Miss Pcdde
: thoughtfully. IF it's near YOU
route, You can call there for water
: If it it's out of your way, you can b
blown there by adverse winds, or b
drifted there by unknown currents, o
fetch up there by mistake in you
, reckoning or fault in your chrome
, meter. And once there, YOU can hav
Hawlcy seized by some trusty agent
while he is ashore upon business, o
YOU can send him ashore under some
pretence. such as looking for a deser
ter from the ship or for shipwreeke'
sailor. and then sail away WITHOUT
him"
"Say no more. I" interrupted Pedder
with wild eyultation. IL see how t.
manage the affair from its beginning
to its end. ."
"And Won now see that we can un
do that hateful MARRIAGE"
"Perfectly-perfectly. The affair
will require little time and patience
of course, and little expenditure ol
money, but we are sure TO triumph
Capital glorious! What load you
have taken fom my soul, Ruth
What a genius YOU are ~
He leaped to his feet and began
pacing to and fro rapidly, with the
most cxtravagant signs and exclama-
tions of joy.
First TO get Hawlcy on his island, y
resumed Miss Pedder musingly.
Next for YOU to marry 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 / in mine-you with
Clara in New York, and with viii.
in Australia. You comprehend the
whole project clearly z"
From the FIRST step to the last.
There's only just one possibility OF
failure"
And that one ?"
"A 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" she soon de-
clared, recovering her equanimity.
He 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
here to ask me for is now vacant, and
| 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 offer
him the post in question, in accOr
dance with the old understanding.
And he will accept it. He can't pos
sibly have any suspicion of anything
wrong. Outwardly and apparently
we are all on good terms with one
another. and will remain so. Let the
wages offered him be liberal. Posi-
blv he NAV object to leaving his young
bride so soon, but the next voyage
after this on"
Pedder interrupted the remark by a
gesture of impatience. He was all
eagerness now all determination.
That next voyage after this one
will not answer" he declared "IIaw-
lew shall accompany me on my very
next trip. To make all sure on this
point, | will have him engaged this
very dav. In fact, | will see 10 this
n0ic."
He seized his hat and gloves, ad
dressed a few words to his sister, and
quietly took his departure down
town. The last glances the couple
at the door were full of
jubilant wickedness.
The next three or four hours pass
ed slowly to Miss Peddcr She was
to fear that the whole pro-
ieet had miscarried at its very com
and was fretting herself
into a fever, when Pedder suddenly
made his appearance. One glance at
his vivid flushcs, at his dancing eyes,
at his airy manner, was sufficient
we triumph then ?" she cried,
throwing herself into his arms for the
first time in years
Completely! saw my owners
on the subject, and they sent for
Hawley. Heat first offered some OBJ
iections. as was natural, but the high
wages, the great step upward, the
kindly interest we all manifested, soon
brought him to a grateful acceptance"
"Splendid," murmured Miss Ped
der, with a rippling laugh. Il knew
the thing was feasible. And so in
two weeks more our found bridegroom
will be plowing the sea again"
"In two weeks more. Ruth We
shall be of in six or eig hit days. The
cargo is fairly tumbling abroad the
Flying Childers, to say nothing of a
fair list of passengers. The honey
moon of our loving doves will be
abridged, to six short days more, YOU
may be certain