Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

NY idea is to separate them; to turn their
love to hate to dig pit beneath their f ct
that will remain open forever!
But how p
WILL Hawlev is poor isn't he ?
Certainly; there is mistake about that.
His mother was a helpless invalid for the last
ten years of her life, and Will 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, you
say-poor Jobs turkey y
Then he'll have to leave his darling Clara
sneered Miss Pedder venomously. He'll
have to absent himself from his dearv in order
to earn their mutual bread and butter In
short, he'll have to so 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
/ thought as much. And the is full of
terrible dangers! When do you sail again for
Australia?
In about two weeks-possibly in ten days
az the ships filling up rapidly.
Hawley is thoroughly competent to be
your first mate?
Pedder looked wonderingly at his sister n
moment, and then answered:
OF course. | know of no better for
the post
He must be your first mate, then. You
have influence enough with your owners, |
hope, to turn out the present incumbent
Why, the post is already vacant. Mr.. Jar.
ding-vou have seen HMM. Jardng has
just been called home suddenly to Ohio on ac-
count of his fathers illness
Good That's fortunate. You must rec
ommend Hawley for the vacant place to your
owners, and get them to engage him. The
thing can be done I?
Without the least doubt 1t was under
stood, you know, as just remarked, that
was to help Hawley at the first opportunity.
Well accordingly suppose that he sails with
me as first mate the next voyage. What
then p
You must leave him-not dead. but pris-
oner-on some desert island between here and
Australia !!
Pedder looked his astonishment
If 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
manufacture. Then you must be all kindness
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 sighed
Pedder beginning to look relieved.
POSSible' It's as simple as kissing. And
the moment you are married to Clara will
take. "a trip to Australia for my health. and
naturally enough, stumble upon the very ISL
and where you have left Hawley; effect his
rescue; tell him his wife is dead condole and
sIHlpatHlLe WIN MIN ike an angel; ana con-
clude the whole comedy by becoming his wife
and settling i'll Australia. You'll thus have
your Clara, on this side of the ocean, and
shall be happy with Hawley on the other
She was smiling now. with every sign of an
| tcipated triumph.
AS to Pedder, he twisted nervously in his
| chair, scarcely venturing 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 bps of Miss Ped
der came together like the jaws of a wise.
There's no difficulty about finding suitable
island2'
Not the least saw the island in my minds
eye the moment you uttered the word, and a
glorious one 1t Is for our purpose.
1t will be easy for you to get Hawley upon
it, suggested Miss Fodder thoughtfully. If
it's near your route, you can call there for
water. 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 mistake III your reckoning fault in
your chronometer. And once there, you can
have Hawley seized by some trusty agent
while he is ashore upon business, you can
send him ashore under some pretense, such as
looking for deserter from the ship or for a
shipwrecked sailor, and then sail away without
him
Say no more, interrupted Pedder, with wild
exultation. L see how to manage the affair
And you now that we can undo that
hateful marrlage?'
P"rfectly-perfectly The affair will require
a little time and patience, of course, and a
little expenditure of money but we are sure to
triumph. Capital! glorious What load you
have taken from my SOUL Ruth, What genius
you are!
He leaped to his feet and began pacing to and
fro rapidly with the most extravagant signs
and EXPLANATIONS of Joy.
First to get Hawley on his island, resumed
Miss Pedder musngly. Next ryou to marry
the prisoner and marry him. And finally for
you and me to be happy, you in your way and
l in mine-you with Clara i'll New York, and
with Will. ia Australia. You comprehend the
whole project clearly ?
From the first step to the last. There's only
just one possibility Of failure
And that one !?
"A refusal on Hawley's part to accept the
post offered him-a refusal based upon his
marriage
Mi Pedder turned pale at the thought.
But he won't refuse, she soon declared, re-
covering her equanimity. He has long been
wanting just such place. Married or single,
he can't neglect his bread and butter
Well said, Ruth. | think We can count
upon him The post he came here to ask me
for is now vacant, and will accordingly have
it offered to him, just as if nothing had hap
pencil.
Exactly. You needn't speak of his marriage,
or seem to know anything about IT. You can
simply offer him the post in question, in &C.
cordance with the old understanding And
he will accept it. He can't possibly have any
suspicion of anything wrong. Outwardly and
apparently we are all on good terms with one
another, and will remain 80. Let the wages
offered him be liberal Possibly he may object
to leaving his young bride soon, but the
next voyage after this one
Pedder interrupted the remark by gesture
of Impotence. He was all eagerness now-all
determination.
That next voyage ofter this one will not an
swer,' he declared. Hawley shall accompany
me on my very next trip. 70 make all sure on
this point, l will have him engaged this very
day. In fact, | will see to this ao,o.
He seized his hat and gloves, addressed
few words to his sister, and quietly took his
departure down town. The last glances the
couple exchanged at the door We're full of jul
bilant wickedness.
The next three or four hours passed slowly
to Miss Pedder. She was beginning to fear
that the whole project had mscarried at its
very commencement, and was fretting herself
into fever, when Pedder suddenly made his
appearance. One glance at his vivid fushes.
at his dancing eyes, at his airy manner, was
sufficient
We triumph then ? she cried, throwing
herself iuto his arms for the first time in
years.
Completely | 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 acceptance y
Splendid = murmured Miss Pedder with
ripping laugh. 'Iknew the thing was fea-
sible And so in two waeks more our fond
bridegroom will be blowing the sea again
in two weeks more Ruth? We shall be