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and the basket of fish Isaac Hocken
IT
ANS VENGEANCE
for Wadebridge Thence he could walk
was a stiff climb from Pengelly J
carried was heavy At the top o
the hill he was fain to stretch himself
on the turf and rest his bent old back
against the low stone wall which in
closed John Tregons field
o use going up to the house Johns
at market and the missesll be turning
the place topsy turvey he reflected
What with spring cleanups all the
year round and the drivin Bertha has
had a terrible hard time And they do
say in the village Well well he
muttered checking himself it wasnt
to be expected with her pretty face that
Jims her first sweetheart And if Will
Garter deceived her mebbe shell think
the more of him Jim just dotes on her
More fule he Bad wives are of no
account whativer and supposin you
do hap on a good woman and it pleases
the Lord to take her the year wont
fill the emptiness in you she leaves be
hind I ought to know and Isaac
heaved a mighty sigh Ive buried
wives of both sorts three of em
2s ot a breeze stirred the lifeless calm
and the midday sun poured fiercely
down Presently he sought the shade
of a spreading tree which overhung
the wall a few paces from him But
he was no longer solitary Voices fell
on his ear Bertha Tregons and that
of the man who report said had jilted
her
My poor Bertha Youve no cause to
fear me I know exactly how it was
you forsook me for James Hocken But
I wrote whenever I had the chance
Not a single letter reached me
Because your mother waylaid the
postman
Despite the heat Isaac shivered
Wills insight was making clear much
that had puzzled him
Perhaps What matters now
asked Bertha in forlorn tones You
should have kepi away It would haye
been kinder
Ami let you continue to think that
I was false Lookee here Bertha yon
promised to be my wife before ever
Hocken courted you And now you
know Ive been faithful to you
I durstnt break with Jim Mother
is set on him Oh why did you come
Youll get a fresh sweetheart but Jim
wont I feel he wont And I shall
keep my promise to him
But Berthas love was unchanged
and to the breathless listener on the
thither side of the wall Wins tender
pleadings were the knell of his sons
hopes
What girl who loved him could resist
handsome Will Carter
Gaunt and grizzled with weather
beaten strongly marked features he
had always known that Jim wasnt one
that a girl would fancy And Bertha
had only accepted him at her mothers
bidding believing that Will was untrue
to her It was all so plain to him now
Poor Jim Even a flower that Bertha
had plucked was precious to him
Hadnt he found a rose withered and
dead in his pocket And all his love in
vain Isaac whipped out his handker
chief and mopped his face Yet if
Will hadnt returned
But contrary to his expectations the
girl was firm in her resolve
I wont listen to you she said at
last roused by Wills upbraidings
Jim isnt to blame he knew nothing
of our sweethearting nor am I It
didnt enter my mind that mother might
ve got your letters How should it
As if you alone suffered she faltered
Let us part friends
Sweethearts or nothing said Will
gruffly
With the swish swish of feet through
the long grass crawling to his knees
old Isaac peered cautiously over the
wall Bertha was running toward the
house and Will Garter with his head
thrown back striding in an opposite di
rection
Bless the little maid he ejaculated
One time I was af eared for Jim But
shes got a good grip o things Yes
plenty more sweethearts for Will he
chuckled observant of the pose of his
head And theres but one in the
world for my lad Bertha Tregon May
my tongue be slit if I let out to him
Rising Isaac shouldered his basket
and proceeded on his round
The old fisherman had been some
what rash however in bis conclusions
By her own admission Berthas de
cision had been prompted solely by fear
of her mother and consiceration for
James Hocken But if on reflection she
were still willing to sacrifice her happi
ness Will Carter certainly had no in
tention of yielding to her weakness
A fine seaman of whomPengelly was
proud for the last year iVill had been
on board a yacht cruisinr in the Medit
erranean But for reasens best known
to herself Mrs Tregoniiad discounte
nanced his suit and athough he had
every confidence in bir Berthas si
lence had inspired miivings not easy
to allay Once mort free he had re
turned at the earlies date to England
and at Plymouth Were he landed had
met a friend whopmong other items
of Pengelly news Uformed him of her
desertion adding
And shell be Ms HoeKen in a fort
night f
Determined to cemand a ull explana
tion from Bertlii herself Will made
no comment bit hisj laurh was un
mirthful Andwith age In his heart
he had hailed i passiig cat driven to
she railway stition afiG taken the tram
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to the Tregons
But the house In view in crossing the
field Will had espied Bertha in the gar
den and with a muffled ahoy sped to
the tree that sheltered old Isaac She
had swiftly joined him Nevertheless
the shock of his return was visible in
her white face and her trembling lips
would frame no welcome Looking at
him imploringly her blue eyes filled
And longing to clasp her in his arms
the reassuring words which whilst en
lightening him had chilled Jims fath
er did duty for the reproaches he had
come primed with
But Will had taken Bertha by sur
prise and between her dread of him
and terror of her mother who ruled
the Tregon household with a rod of
iron he rightly divined that she had
caught at the readiest means of escape
which in her distraction had presented
itself to her Yet his faith in her firm
ness was limited the revival of fond
memories would tend to lessen her
mothers influence And cunningly cal
culating that apparent indifference
would further incline her to be guided
by his counsels later he devoted a
week to his friends and generally enjoy
ing himself His disappointment treat
ed thus lightly he succeeded in delud
ing everybody including Bertha who
shed bitter tears in secret that he snould
be so easily consoled for her loss The
bare sight of James Hocken almost
maddened her and she had to hide her
aversion to him and listen evening af
ter evening to his dull talk And in an
other week she would be his wife
The tree beneath which she and Will
had parted became her favorite resort
Here she could indulge in the luxury
of a good cry unrebuked and grown
desperate with the nearer approach of
the wedding day sitting on the gnarled
roots one afternoon she burst into a
very passionate grief
A face Wills appeared above the
wall
Ahay Whativers the matter Miss
Tregon he gravely inquired Shall
I fetch Mr Hocken to ee
1 hate him I hate him she sob
bed hysterically
Thats bad said Will
ingly Whats he been up to
Up to Isnt he old isnt he ugly
isnt he stupid And and I hate him
Mother may storm but I dont care
Will vaulted ovqv the wall
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On the day appointed for James
Hockens nuptials the whole village
flocked betimes to the church But
neither bridegroom nor bride piit in an
appearance and by and by it was
known that Will Carter and Bertha
Tregon were missing and that there
would be no wedding at Pengelly that
day
Weeks and months rolled by and no
tidings could be gleaned of the grace
less couple They had clean vanished
leaving no clew to their whereabouts
Mrs Tregons tongue sharpened to a
dounble edged sword ready to slay
friend and foe alike who alluded to her
daughter And the dumb misery in
Jims plain face was pitiful to see Old
Isaacs heart ached for his son If he
had only prepared him for the blow
To have him so imposed on And with
his experience of womankind
Curiosity was at length appeased An
acquaintance of the runaways visited
London and returned with a woeful
story She had seen Bertha who had
confided to her that after being mar
ried at a registry office Will and she
had decided to go to America but while
looking in a shop window he had been
robbed of his savings and that subse
quently they were reduced to great
straits Then he had brought her the
welcome news that he had obtained a
berth on a steam launch and the next
morning bade her good by to go aboard
since when she had never clapped her
eyes on him Mrs Pegg also said that
Bertha had refused to give her address
But Jim ascertained that she had met
her at Rotherhithe and that was
enough for him
Im off to London he announced
when he came downstairs after pacing
the floor the livelong night I shall
never rest until Carter and me are face
to face
Thee be a fule Jim his father who
had been disturbed by his monotonous
tread overhead said peevishly If
you must stir in this business find
Bertha Itd be a charity For all her
sharp temper her mothers f rettin her
self into the grave Take what money
you want out o my leather bag only
promise lad noting the sullen fire in
his deep set eyes not to meddle wi
Will
Trust me to find Bertha But she
would be destitute he said hoarsely
And she may have become a shame to
her kith and kin And in that case no
promise would bind me father Id ve
his life if I swung for it
Rut Pengelly was convinced that Will
had betaken himself to foreign parts
And recalling this old Isaac was en
couraged to hope that Jim would be de
nied the opportunity of vengeance
Jim had been in London three
months his quest had been unsuccess
ful yet he continued to hunt the prin
cipal thoroughfares tramping north
south east and west in turn
Big Ben had struck one he was re
crossing Westminster bridge to his
lodgings when a woman crouching by
a lamp post ahead of him fell forward
In a heap and hastening his steps he
endeavored to raise her Btft with the
light falling en the pallid hunger-pinched
face a groan escaped him His
quest for Bertha Carter had ended
At that moment a policeman came up
Poor soul shes dead he said at a
glance Better so than the leap into
the water she was bent on Ive had
my eye on her since 7 oclock She
seemed dazed
The body was conveyed to the mor
tuary and the verdict at the inquest
was in accordance with the medical
testimony that death was due to star
vation
Outwardly calm his sole thought to
avenge Bertha Jim staggered out of
the court
His inquiries for the mna who had
robbed him of the one jewel he coveted
to cast it from him at length elicited
that a seaman answering to his de
scription of Carter was homeward
bound from Singapore Thenceforth
knowing neither hunger nor weariness
he was watchful of new arrivals at the
docks
His desire for revenge was by now a
monomania And to day he had a
strange prescience that Will and he
were soon to meet Self absorbed in
crossing the street he was knocked
down by a dray and stunned convey
ed to the hospital
On recovering consciousness his first
request was for his discharge
Not yet awhile said the nurse
But you wont be dull That poor
chap yonder indicating a bandaged
object in a distant bed has been ask
ing for you You dont recognize him
No wonder He was brought in months
ago after the fire in St Thomas street
He was looking on and a woman and
some children appeared at a top win
dow The firemen were beaten back
by the blaze below and poor Will he
wont tell us his surname couldnt
withstand their cries and he climbed
up the waterspout on to the roof with
a rope and threw one end to them and
had actually lowered two of the chil
dren in safety when the walls collaps
ed He was picked up so terribly in
jured that we had little hope of him
But he has done splendidly If you
But Jim was midway across the ward
Oh heaven to think that this poor man
gled wretch was handsome Will
And so sorely misjudged Leaning
over the brave fellow Hockens emo
ion was nard to restrain
Dont give em my name whisper
ed Will Im maimed for life And
wouldnt ve my poor little Bertha sad
dled with a helpless husband not like
ly To have happened just when the
tide had turned he groaned Where
is she
She has reached port before us said
Jim in a smothered voice Dont ee
take on Will His own tears were
coursing down his rugged cheeks
Well go back to Pengelly I can work
for both
You work for me You
We both loved her Jim reminded
him If so be youll trust yourself to
me You will be doing me a favor
Ffiebly pressing the Hand that grip-
ped his Will mumbled indistinctly
and hastily covered his face Housor
hold Words
Hdw They Baffle Pass Fiends
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who has no claim on railroads presents
himself Has Doddridge sent those
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that Sam try Rathburn It would
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Its got so now that I am little more
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The next applicant comes within the
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