The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-07-11
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b"h pNtWCth tn'll IN biVH'u no ~ y" q
undo that marriage, or dGP
"Boftlyl Where is KOtef"
H0 referred TO their single servant.
She's out for tho day." answero Miss
Fodder, arising and planting herself in a chair.
There was little to do, you know, as l did not
expect you home until dinner"
nlhon no ono VIII near ns'.
lie drew a chair nearer to that OF his sister
and sat down beside hor,
Mhats your ldoN Z. no ASKED, IN q whisper.
my idca ~ 10 separate thcm 70 turn tl@r
love to hGto; TO dig u pit beneath their feet
that VIII remain open ioreVorF'
But how 2"
"Will. llawlcy " poor, isut hot"
"Curlainly thorG il ~ mistake about that.
lbs mother was a helpless invalid for the last
ten years OF her life, aud VIII. insisted on hor
u"lng for her comfort every penny lac earned.
1t hasn't been six mouths since ho vas relieved
OF that burden. Hos poor, therefore, as you
6aN.,pooT az Jobs turkcyP"
Ihcn hen have TO leave hih darling Clara
shccrcd Mits Rddcr YonOlnously. "HOIl have
" absent himsor rom his dcary i'll order to
earn Their mutuH! brcal aud buttor. In short,
non have To 90 to sea u&Nlil.l'
"WGil, ycs ! euppEo la will" assonted
r"'dGr. Vile can ca better wages at sea than
elsewhere, He'll Thi again soon, no doubt'
Il Thought M much. And tho 5ra Ii full OF
terrible dangcrsl When do you sall again for
Australia /"
IN about two weeks possibly In ten days,
as tho slips hlllhg up rapidly"
"lawlcy ID thoroughly competent " DO your
nrst matoF' >
Fodder lookol wouG'rfngIY at his sister a
uomCnt, and then nnsw' red:
cor course. ] Lnow of no better man for the
post"
"Ho must be Your first mate, then. You
have influence enough with your owners, ]
hope, to turn ont the present incumbcntY'
Why, the post is already vacant. Mr.. Jar
ding you have seen him Mr.. Jarding has
Inst been called home suddenly to Ohio, on
bcount of his fathers il u
"Goodl That's fortunate. You must rec
ommend Hawley for tho vacant place to your
owners, and get them to engage him. The
thing can be dono1"
"Without the least doubt. II was under
stood, you know, as | Just now remarked, that
! was 10 help Hawloy ut the first opportunity.
Wen accordingly suppose that ho sails with
me as first mate the next voyage. What then 2"
"You must leave him-nOt dead, but Il pris-
onor-on somo desert island between here ind
Australia |"
Peddor looked his asionisllmrnt.
"If il can DO done" he said, after u pause,
"what ncxt2'
"You must como back and report that ho Is
dead, furnishing fall details and good proofs.
Those details and proofs will NOT be- difficult to
manufacture. Then you must be all kindness
and sympathy to tho Young widow, as she will
suppose herself to bo, nndin hess alan q year
thereafter she will DO your wife"
"Oh, if this thing were possible |" sighed
Pcddor, beginning to hook relieved.
"P0ssiSci ITS as simple as kissing. And
tho moment YOU are mnrlicd to Cara, | will
take n trip to Australia kr my health, and nat
- ~ Il -
where You have left lIowlcv effect his rescue /;
tell him his wife /. dead condoiu ana sympa-
thize with him like an angel aud conclude the
whole comedy by becoming his wife and settling
in Australia. You'll tlus have your Clara, on
this side Of the ocean, and | shall DO happy
with Hawloy on the other"
She was smiling now, with every sign OF anti,
cipatcd triumph.
AS to peddcr he twisted ncrvously In lis
chair, scarcely vcuturing to breathe.
"T1crcS Inst one difficulty" hc muttcrcl-
"that Of getting liawloy ON the desert island
without his suspccting ANYTHING"
at cnn be done" and the Ijpe Of Mrs Ped
der came together like the lawn of n vice.
''Thcrc's no difficulty abult inidlnaa suitable
island ?"
"Not tho least. | saw tho island In my
minds oye the moment you uttered the word,
and a rltriuus one it. is iur our p,rpuscr
"It win BIO cnsy for YOU to g5t linwloy upon
IT, snggn,trd Miss Fodder th0nrLtiIIIy, HIf
its near your ro,Itr. yml Gan cuil there f,s wa-
ter. II iiis ont If y6lr w-,v. Won can he llnwr
there by ndyorrs, winds. or In lrlrrd thrro Inv
unknown currcnts mr. tt,h nm fhrr, hyn MD,
tolto in volr reckoning or n kiult In vvtIr ,,hrn-
,omctcT And n,srr .Errr vnn ,nn Envr Ji,w-
i"y sni,n1 h h~ , 0To i ,ru,t,, you nN V"' ,l I%i" i ha
o-Ihnro NO.. L,'",rs n - r W., ~, t -, hit"'
sshTrc unfGcr same uwr,"nc3 s,,ch a9 Ioolimn
s"r " 5oan ~. t ~, tR' oLi,, - ' ~ = " rwh,i6
wi soihr and th,' sn;I oydv nitLou, i,H,o N
Is ~ -" ,rn,,a ;r I", L,I T'II,. ,,;,I
wild !" ME- timn 'uI s'o 'h"ll,,,s w ln" ",, |i,t
o "GT a t,o', . ". i. ,ir,i | f., 'j ~ -" %'N"o0 'n0
"And ym, now H w." Ia ~, c,n wulo n,o,
L,tch,I ,,,orri n q" ~ - '-"' w '" U'''o '""'
"pcrfecII ,'-I",r city, 1lcpNair will roooire
IL lttlo t,,nr ou1 ]Intir,r, IT ,,,iru, onI q IA
tln "yTrnJitnr" If mnn,v Int w." ar' sr,c IN
triumph. tAnitol, rlurinlal What n load Won
have taken from nv euIl R1thI WIni a
rCnius Won arc"
lie lcpr"i to his Gc.t and bcpon nac,nr In
and fro ,gniJIv win th" mo23t rltroynp,owt
si~ns md nt,cIan ]nI,otiw,s ~f Iny p
First To- pci Unwlrv on nix island " resumed
N;es pniIrr' mu.in"jy' MI Cmr T,i "a nav.
the nrin.nn,r and nary INN And finally far
van and ,.' f." NJ, mo,n,y yun IN vnur w"v and
! IN MIN" Won With tttssrrii in Nav York, and I
viii win IN hustrn,i, y,p rrnnrrh1nd ina
whole project cIrarIy?a;
"Frolu the first stem TO the last. There's
only mat one l,,sibii;tv If roilure--
"knI that one ?"
"a rcfusul ON Unwloy's lart to accent tho
! post ,lgeroJ him-a Iofnsal based updn Lis
msrriaro."
Mia H. 1cr trrrc1 roIo "a IN, thoucLt
"Bnt lac won't roiiso, she soon declared,
recovering her Community. ole hns long been
wanting list such a place. Married or single,
he can't ncgloct his bread and butter"
"Wel said, Ruth, / think We can count
upon him. The post he camo here to ask me
for is now vacant, and | will accordingly have
il offered Ia him inst oa If nntLinr Ioa han.
poned,.
EXACTLY. You needn't speak of his MARI.
ago, or seem to know anything about it. You
can simply offer him tho post in question, in
accordance with the old understanding. And
he will accept it. lie can't possibly havo any
suspicion oil anytling wrong. Outwardly and
apparently WE are all on good terms with on,
another, and will remain 80. Let tho wages
,tT.,,l liz, H. i,I..aI I.-:lI. $500 Il -