Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05

His mother was helpless invalid for the last | ten years of her life. and Will. insisted on her using for her comfort every penny he earhed. | It hasn't been six months since he was relieved | of that burden. He's poor, therefore, as you say-poor as Jobs turkeyl"
 HThen he'll have to leave his darling Clara, {" l sneered Miss Pedder venomously. "HeIl have l to absent himself from his deary in order to earn their mutual bread and butter. In short, he'll have to go to sea again" "Well, yes suppose he will,' assented Pedder. "He can get better wages at sea than elsewhere. He'll sail again soon, no doubt
 "I thoughxas much. And the sea is full of terrible dssnngersl When do you sail again for
 '' In about two weeks-possibly in ten days, as the ships filling up rapidly"
 "Hawley is thoroughly competent to beyour
 Pedder looked, wonderingly at his sister Q moment, and then answered: f-L l.
 "Of course. know of no better man for the post"
 I "He a. must be you, first ;t, mate, ate then, hen You hope, to turn out the present incumbent2"
 s"Why, the post is already vacant. MT. Jar ding-you have seen him MT. Jarding has just been called home suddenly to Ohio on account of his fathers ilness-"
 | "Goodl That's fortunate. You must rec I ommend Hawley for the vacant place to your owners, and get them to engage him. The thing can be done?" EE|
 Without the least doubt. It was under stood you know, as just now remarked, that was to help Hawley at the first opportunity. We'll accordingly suppose that he sails with me as first mate the next voyage. What then ?" l You must leave hin--not dead, but pris- 8Eoner- on some desert island between here and Australia l" y.F.-
 Pedder looked his astonishment.
 "1f it can be done," he said, after pause, "what next?"
 'You must come back and report that he is dead, furnishing full details and good proofs. Those details and proofs will not be difficult to and sympathy to the young widow, as she will suppose herself to be, and in less than year thereafter she will be your wife,"
 "Oh, if this thing were possible 1" sighed Pedder, beginning to look relieved. 1 "Possable? It's as simple as kissing. And q the moment you are married to Clara, will take 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 hls wife is dead; condole and sympa thlZe 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 shall be happy with aawley on the other.n sr..sitIE 1 She was smiling now, with every sign of anti II cipated triumph.
 l As to Pedder he twisted nervously in his chair scarcely venturing to breathe.
 There's just one difficulty he muttered, without his suspecting anything"
 "It can be done," and the lips of Miss Ped
 
 island p .-r-
 "Not the least I saw the island in my minds eye the moment you uttered the word, and glorious one it is for our purpose"
 -" It will be easy for you to get Hawley upon it." suggested Miss Pedder thoughtfuly. eff it's near your route, you can call there for Wa ter. If it's out of your way, you can be blown there by adverse winds, or be drifted there by unknown currents, or fetch up there by mis- take in your reckoning or fault in your chro- nometer. And once there, you can have Flaw 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 shipwreck- ed sailor, and then sail away without him"
 "Say no more" interrupted Pedder, with wild exultation. "I see how to manage the affair from it's beginning ts it's end."
 And you now see that we can undo that hateful marriage" sE sA
 "Perfectly-perfectly. The affair will require a little time and patience, of course, and . lit- . tie expenditure of money, but we are sure to triumph. Capitali gloriousi What g load you have taken sde, frgm my soul Ruth What
 He leaped to his feet and began pacing to and fro rapidly, with the most eItravagant igns and exclamations of joyl,, /.s to get Hswsy on hs resumed ry the pretended widow. Then for me to rescue the prisoner and marry him. And finally for you and me to be s;l haPPy, you in yopr way, and III HIIb6-yOu W1GH ClaT8 III NoW 1Ork, ana l with Will. in Australia. You comprehend the whole project clearly ?" s a'.t
 "From the fiust step to the last. There's only just one possibility of failure"
 "And that one 2'
 GA refusal on Hawley's part to accept the post offered nina refusal based upon his marriage"
 Miss Pedder turned pale at the thought. "But he won't refuse," she soon declared, recovering her equanimity. "He has long been wanting just such place. Married or single, he ean't'neglect his bread and butter" .,,
 Well said, Ruth; I think we can count for is now vacant, and will accordingly have it offered to him, just as if nothing had hap pened."
 " Exactly. You needn't speak of his marri. can simply offer him the post in question: in accordance with the old understanding And he will accept it.: He can't possibly have any suspicion, of anything wrong Outwardly and another, and will remain so. Let the wages offered him be libegal. Possibly he may object to leaving hnyoung bride so soon, but the next voyage after this one" of impatience. He was all eagerness now-all determination. .. ...
 "That next voyage after this one will not an- swer," he declared. "Hawley shall accompany this point, I will have kim engaged this very day. In fact will see to this aoso."
 He seized his hat and gloves addressed few words to his sister, and quietly took his depart ure down town. The last giances the couple l exchanged at the door were full of iubilant wickedness. Ll.'@ N
 The next three or four hours passed slowly to Miss Pedder. She was beginning to fear that the whole project had mlscarried at it's very commencement, and was fretting herself into 6 fever, when Pedder suddenly made his appearance. One glance at his vivid fushes, at his dancing eyes, at his airy manner, was sufficient. e-s sE s& Y "We triumph then?' she cried, throwing herself into bis arms for the first time in years. "Completelyl I saw my owners on the sub- ject, and they sent for Hawley. He at first offered some objections, as was natural, but the high wages, the great step upward, the kindly interest we all manifested, soon brought him to grateful acceptance1"
 Splendid 1" murmured Miss Pedder, with Q ripping laugh. "I knew the thing was feasible.- And so in two weeks more our fond bridegroom T will be blowing the sea again" l. In two weeks more, Ruth7 We shall be off in six or eight days. The cargo is fairly timb- hng aboard the Flying Ctilders, to say nothing of fair list of passengers. The honeymoon of our loving doves will be abridged to six short days moro, you may be certain.''
 CHAPTER II.
 l GREAT STEP TAKEN. I In tho midst of the Antarctic ocean, a little | of the route from New York to Australia there lies a large island named Kerguelens Land or --as Capt. Cook called ir--the Island of Desola-