The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-06-29
When do you set sail again fo
Australia ?

When do You set sail again TO,
Australia ?
In about two weeks-possibly i,
ten days, as the ship 10 filing NJ
rapidly.
Hawley is thoroughly competen
to be first mate ?
Of conrst. l know Of no bette
man for the post.
He must be your first mate then.
You have influence enough witt
your owners, hope. to turn on
the present incumbent?
Why the post is already vacant.
Mr.. Jarding has just been called
home suddenly to Ohio. on account
of his fathers illness-
Good That's fortunate. You
must recommend Hawley for the
vacant place to your owners, and
get them to engage him. The
thing can be done :?
Without the least doubt. It was
understood you know, as I just
now remarked, that was to help
Hawley at the first opportunity.
We will accordingly suppose
that he SALES with me as FIRST mate
the next voyage. What then2
You must leave him-nOt dead,
but prisoncr-on some desert is
land between here and Australia.
Pedder looked his establishment.
II i, can be done, he said, after a
pause, what next?
You must come back and report
that he is dead, furnishing good
details and good proofs These
details and. proofs will not be hard
to manufacture. Then you must
be all kindness and sympathy to
the young widow as she will sup
pose herself to be, and in less than
a year thereafter she will be your
| wife.
oh, it this thing were possible!
sighed Pedder, beginning to look
relieved.
Possible? It's as simple as kiss
inc. And the moment you are
married to GAIA, l will take trip
to Australia for my health. and
naturally enough. stumble upon
the very island where you have
left Hawley; effect his rescue; tell
him his wife is dead; condole and
sympathize with him like an angel;
and 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
l shall be happy with Hawley on
the other.
She was smiling now, with every
sign of anticipated triumph.
AS to Pcdder, he twisted ner-
vously in his chair, scarcely VEN
turing to breathe.
| There's just one difficulty, he
muttered-that of getting Hawley
on the desert island without his
suspecting anything.
1t can be done, and the lips of
Miss Pedder came together like
the jaws OF a vice. There's no
difficulty about finding q suitable
island?
| Not the least. saw the island
in my minds eye the moment you
uttered the word, and glorious
one it is for our purpose.
1t will be easy for you to get
Hawley upon il, suggested Miss
Pedder thoughtfully. II it's near
your route, you can call there for
water. Ii it's out of your way, you
can be blown there by adverse
winds, or be drifted there by un :
known currents. or fetch up there
by mistake in your reckoning or
a fault in your chronometer. And
once there, you can have Hawley
seized by some trnsty agent, while
he is ashore upon business, or you
can send him ashore under some
pretence, such as looking for a
deserter from the ship or for a
shipwrecked sailor, and then sail
| 0W0y WllAOut
Say no more, interrupted Ped
der, with wild exultation. / see
how to manage the affair from its
beginning to its end.
And you now see that We can
undo that hateful marfiage2
Perfecsly-perfectly. The affair
will require q little time and pa
thence, OF course, and . little ex-
penditure OF money, but we are
} sure to triumph. Capital! glori-
Gus! What load you have taken
from my soul, Ruth /! What q
genius you are
He leaped to his feet and began
pacing to and fro rapidly, with the
most extravagant signs and excla-
nations OF joy.
First to get Hawley on his is-
land, resumed Miss Pedder mus
ingly. Next for you to marry thu
! pretended widow. Then tor me t.
rescue the prisoner and marry him
And finally for YOU and me to b.
happy, you in your way and ] il
mlne-you with Clara in New
York and with Will in A1stral
!. You comprehend the whole pro
ject clearly9
] From the first step to the last
: There's only just one possibility o
. failure
II And that one?
A refusal OH Hawley's part t
accep. the pest offered him-a re
t fusal based upon his marriage
g Miss Feeder turned pale at til
thought.
n Rnt he went refuse. she sOOl