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

supposed him to be entirely heart
free. took it for granted that
), should get him His attentions seem
: cd marked enough"
, "IIe treated YOU politely, of course
5 interrupted Pedder, ''and he couldn'
= have well done less, after asking m,
/ TO befriend him. But he never mad,
any formal declaration ?"
"No, be didn't. As mate of a Ri,
, ship, he was away seven-eighths o
the time, and didn't expect a regular
courtship But l took it for granted
Pedder made an impatient gesture
We've deceived ourselves" he
muttered. We've been carried
away by our feelings The girls re
lection of me was really intended to
be final, and Hawley's visits here
were merely visits Of business and
friendship But why Clara should
prefer Hawley to me | can't imagine,
added Pedder, drawing himself up
haughtily. ''Hawley has neither
name, nor money, nor position y
Nor can I see why Hawley should
prefer Clara Aymar TO me :" SAID
Miss Pedder, as she glanced at her re-
Election in one of the long mirrors
near her Shes a hired attendant,
or something of that kind-the crea-
ture"
"I'd no idea that you thought so
much Of Hawley," observed the
brother, as he strove TO calm his pain
ful emotions
Miss Pedder moaned. Her eyes
filed with tears.
Il thought all the world of him, /"
she murmured.
4 long silence fell between the
couple.
"Well, well, they're husband and
wife" at length muttered Peter
hoarsely. "And this, | suppose, Is
all there is to be said"
Miss Pedder compressed her lips
until they bled, staring at her brother
with iixedness amounting to feroc-
ity. .e.
NO, noin she breathed fercely.
The matter shall not end here That
marriage-that abominable marriage.
She clutched at her heart again, as
if suffocating
Pedder opened his eyes widely.
"Whv. what can we do ?" he queri-
ed.n You would't have me murder
Hawley, ! suppose 2 That wouldn't
make him Your husband. And, on
the other hand, it wouldn't do-me.any
good if you were to Kill Clara
Aymar"
"But there is a way, Luke, Of undo
ing that marriage"
Pedder started toward his sisters,
as if electrified
"Do YOU mean it ~ I1lnever con-
sent to that girls having Hawley!
I'll dig gulf between them as broad
as the ocean! I'll undo that marriage,
or de ~
Softly! Where is Kate ?"
He referred to their single servant.
"She's out for the dav," answered
Miss Peddcr, arising and planting
uerself in a chair. There was little
to do. YOU know, as | did not expect
YOU home until dinner"
Then no one will hear Us.
He drew a chair nearer to that of
his sister and sat down beside her.
What's your idea - he asked, in a
whisper.
NV idea is TO separate them: a: to
turn their love TO hate; to dig pit
their feet that viii remain
open foreyer,'
But how ?"
"Will Hawley is poor, isn't he 7"
Certainly; there is no mistake /
about that. His mother was help +.
ess invalid for the last ten years of
her life, and VIII. insisted on her
using for her comfort every penny he
earned. 1t hasn't been six months
since he was relieved of that burden.
He's poor, therefore, as You say-poor
As jobs turkey, !"
Then he'll have to leave his dar-
ing Clara" sneered Miss Pedder ven
Hell have to absent him
self from his deary in order to earn
their mutual bread and butter. In
short. he'll have to go to sea again Z"
"Weu. yes | suppose he will, !" as |
sented Pedder. He can get better
wages at sea than elsewhere. He'll
sail again soon, no doubt.
Il thought as much. And the sea
is full of terrible dangers = When do
YOU sail again for Australia :"
I'm about two weeks-possibly in
ten days, as the ships filling up rap
idiy."
"Hawley is thoroughly competent
to be your first mate ~
Pedder looked wonderingly at his
sister a moment, and then answered:
"Of course. ! know of no better
man for the post"
HE must be your first mate, then.
You have influence enough with your
owners, | hope, to turn out the pres
ent incumbent ?"
"Whv. the post is already vacant
Mr.. Jarding-you have seen him I
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 va
cant place to your owners, and get
them to engage him. The thing can
be done?"
Without the least doubt. 1t was
YOU know, as just now 1
remarked, that | was to help Hawley |
at the first opportunity. Wen ac- 1
cordingly suppose that he sails with
me as first mate the next voyage. I
What then :"
You must leave him-nOt dead,
but prisoner-on some desert island .
between here and Australia |"
Pedder looked his astonishmcnt.
"If it can be done" he said, after
n pause, what next ~
You must come back and report |
that he is dead, furnishing full details
and good proofs. Those details and
proofs viii not be difficult to manu-
facture. Then YOU must be all kind
ness and sympathy to the young wild
ow, as she viii suppose herself to be,
md in less than a year thereafter she
will be your wife"