Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04

In about two wccks-possibly in ton days,
as the ships filling up rapidly"
"Hawioy il thoroughly competent to DO
yonr first mate?'
Fodder Looked wondcringly at his sister
moment, and then answered:
| the post"
Gle must 10 your first mate, then. You
llavo influence enough with Your owners,
lopo, to turn out the present incumbent p
"Why, tho post is already vacant. Mr.. JAR
ding-yon have seen hin, MIR. Jarding has
account OF his fathers illness" -"
Good That's fprtuuatc. You must rec
.mMrnd Haw!cy for the vacant place to Your
| thing can DO hOneY"
"WtIout the least doubt. It was under
| stood, you know, AS | just now remarked,
| THAT was to holp llawey ut the first "ppof-
| tumity. We'll accordingly suppose that ho
sails with mo as first mato Inc next voyage.
You must leave hm--not dead, but pris-
oncr-on some desert island between here and
Australial'
Fodder looked his establishment.
lift can bo done,' he said, after pause,
| "what noxt?"
"You must como lack and report that hc il
dead. furnishing full details and good proofs.
| Those details and proofs will not DO difficult
to manufacture. Then you must be oil kind
ness and sympathy to the young. widow, IA
she will suppose herself to be, and in less than
yoar thereafter she will be your wife"
ooh, il this thing were possiblc!" sighed
| Fodder, beginning to look relieved.
Possible? 1t 3 as simple as kissing. And
the moment You arc married to Clara, I will
take u trip to Australia for my health, and
naturally enough. stumble upon tho very ISL
and where you have left Hawlcy effect his
rescue !; tell him his wife is dead contole and
| synpathizc with him like an angel: and con-
cludc the whole comedy by becoming his wife
and 8 ttlins in Australia. You'll titus have
your Clara, on this sido of the ocean, aud
shall be happy with Hawloy OH the other"
She was smiling now, with every sign Of an
ticipatod triumph,
As to pedder, he twisted norvously in his
chair scarcely ventusi9g to breathe.
"that Of getting Hawloy on the desert island
without his suspecting anything"
1T can be dUle;" and the lips of Mis-.
Potlder came together like tho jaws OF vice.
"Thsre's no difficulty about finding suitable
s'Not tho least. I eew the island in my
minds eye the moment you uttered the word
and glorious one it is for our purpose"
lit will be easy TOR YOU to get Hawlcy upor
it," suggested Miss Peddar tlloushtfully. 81
it's near your rontc, You can call there fol
i
blown there by adverse winds, or he drifte
there by unknown currents, or fetch up ther,
by mistake in your reckoning or fault il
your cllrouometer. Aud once there, you ca.
have Hawley seized by some trusty agent
, while he Is ashore upon business, or you Cal
send him ashore under some pretencc, sucl
: as looking for dcscrtcr from the ship or to
a shipNrecked sailor, and then sail away with
out him"
"Say no more," interrupted Fodder, witt
l 1kaks hnxu k., 1,
affair from its beginning to- its end"
Sand you now see that wo can undo tina
, hateful marriage?"
"Perfectly- The affair will re
: quiro little time and patiece, OF course, an
ls@pR Gspa xorSs. Eo' W.T. VI
7 you have taken from my soul Rutl. What
} genius you are J"
He leaped to his feet and began pacing t
! and fro rapidly, with the most extravAgan
signs and EXPLANATIONS of joy.
SFirst to get Hawley on his island" rcsun
ed Miss Pedder musingly. "Next for you
marry the pretended widow. Then for me t
rescue the prisoner and marry him. And fiji
: ally for you and me to be happy, you in you
way and in mine-you with Clara in Ne
q York, and with Will. in Australia. You con
preh,nd the whole project clcarly7"
: "From tue first step to the last: There
1 only just one possibility of failure"
ssAnd that onc2"
i GA refusal ON Hawlcy's part to accept tn
:, post offered him-a refusal based upon b
" marriage"
t Miss Pcddcr turned palcat the thought.
But he won't refuse" she soon declared
1 recovering her cquaninity. "He has lon
i been wanting just such a place: Married {
single, he can't neglect his bread and butter
"Well said, Ruth: I think we CAN cou'
d for is now vacant, and will accordingly Ia,
8 it of red to him, just as if nothing had nal
! pened."
c EXACTLY. You needn't speak of his ma
: riagc: or seem TO know anything about i
q You can simply offer him the post in questio,
d And he will accept it. He can't possibly HAY
= any suspicion of anything wrong. Outward
o and apparently we are all on good terms wit
s one another, and will remain SO. Let IL
wages offered him be liberal. Possibly
II may object to leaving his young bride so 500
= but the next voyage after this one"
y Pedder interrupted the remark by gestu1
y of impaticncc. He was all oaserness now
l. all determination.
It "That next voyage after this one will n
d answer, he declared. "Hawley shall accom-
!: pany me on my worry next trip. TO make 9
II sure on this point, l will have him engage
this very day. In fact will see to this noio
l. He seized his hat and gloves, addressed
's few words to his sister, and quietly took
r departure down town. The last glances Il
= coupe excUaHSCO dt Inc UOOF were tull OF i
l, bilAnt wicke,Incss.
y The next three or four hours passed. slow
II to Miss Pedder. She was beginning to Il.
u that the whole project lad mlscarried at
very commencement and was fretting hers.
:, into fever, when Peddcr suddenly made b
ae appearance. One glance ut his vivid Pushes,
y his dancing eyes, ut his airy manner,
a sufficient.
IN "We triumph thon?' she cried, throwi,
herself into his arms for the first time
t. years.
"Completely! I saw my owners on Il
: subject, and they sent Tor Hawley. He at fir
offered some objections, as was natural, b
n the high wages, tho great step upward, Il
u kindly interest We all manifested, SO,
It brought hum to q grateful acccptance.''
4 "Splendid! lnurmurcd Miss Pecl.ler wi
u a ripping laugh. 81 knew the thing was f
1t sible. And so in two weeks more our fol
1t bridegroom will be blowing the sea again-
n In two weeks more, Ruth? We saall
of in six or eight days. The cargo is fair
% tumbling aboard the Flying ChtJder. to s
nothing of a Fir list Of passengers. T.
a honeymoon" Of our loving doves will
u abridged to six short days more, you may
u certain"