Foul Play

made several trips to the Pro

ried, "I need all my resolution, all my good faith, to keep my word with Art

be inferior to a gentleman in any virtue except courage. I've heard my mother say so often; and I've taught it to

l dried her tears as well as she could, not to add to the sadness he foug

boarded her and informed the captain that he was a missionary, the Rev. John Ha

was very little accommodation for passengers, and it had all

l and moderate accommodation would serve h

hen jump off the jetty at high tide and swi

er piteously. "Show me some mercy, g

; "but it is impossible. There's

nder repairs;

ty carpenters on to her; and she w

ip's side again if you please; this is a busy time.

met the Rollestons, father and daughter, coming out, and he turned his pale face and eyed them as he passed. Helen Rolleston was struck with that sorrowful countenance, and whispered her father, "That poor clergym

ving the minute and zealous care that had been taken of her comfort, she said, "Somebody who loves me

en the boatswain was sent to give General Rolleston warning. Helen came up with him, pale and distressed. They exchanged a last embrace and Gen

n order to give the Rev. John Hazel a passage in the small berth abreast the main hatches. It was signed "For Whi

ned their mysterious conduct to Messrs. White & Co., and that Mr. Seaton had promised to stop the ship if their authority was r

en the man turned his front face to him with a jolly, genial air and said, "Well, sir, the truth is, we seamen don't want passengers aboard

in, in his offensive way. "Hoist the parson's t

, catted and fished; one sail went up after another, the Proserpine

urned his head and looked wistfully at the ship putting out

hus relieved of its delicate encumbrance, felt bare; and a soft thing was gone, that, seeking protect

orary parting, since he had virtually resigned his post and was only waiting in Sydney till he should have handed

put out her hand and took him by the breast and drew him gently upstairs to t

l Rolleston looked down at the floor, littered with odds and ends-the dead leaves of dress that fall a

a little bow of ribbon that lay on the ground and put it quietly in his bosom. In this act he wa

't you tell me, and I'd have tidied the room.

followed her movements, and he observed the water in one of the basins w

r," sai

been bleed

, s

finger-nor-?

in narrowly, and hi

en this before; she should not have gone

n't go to fancy that. Why, it i

lleston. "In Heaven's name,

you. Miss is a young lady that will be obeyed; and she gave me strict orders not to let you know. But she is go

what s

times; and turning so thin by what s

discolored by his daughter's blood, and then at the Proserpine, that was carrying her away, perhaps forever; and, at the double sight, his iron fe

e, she had but obeyed her mistress's orders; and we must all obey orders. "But

let fall that she went to Dr. Valentine, him

at Dr. Valentine's house, and asked him bl

lungs," said t

on as to the degree of danger; and Dr. Valentine told him, with some

ely at first; that the air of Sydney disagreed with his patient, and a sea voyage was m

me against that?' aske

ct is, sir," said he, "I gathered from her servant that a husband awaits Miss Rolleston in England; and I must tell you, what of

the doctor's hand, and wen

rs of business; and took

otect her; but often he sighed at the invisible, insidious nature of the foe, and wished

was soon r

General Rolleston's post met with

nd, Mr. Adolphus Savage, was informed of his difficulty, and obtained a year's leave of absence for him, and permiss

st not be entirely passed over. Old Mr. White called on General Ro

n anyt

h in the Proserpine, just before she sailed. Well, sir, he might have put this in his pocket, and nobody been the wiser. But no, he entered the transaction, an

did he d

th of N

d for England," said Gener

I remember. She wen

silence for some time; then he said,

general. We do not

nge him, as the case may require,"

eston rang the bell, and directed his

n; and his interrogatory had hardly concluded when Hexham was announced. General Rolleston dismissed

I do

s leva

much,

a shi

o the d

u must f

s he first m

er. The very day Mi

vember," said he, "then I almost think I have got a clew, sir; but I shal

wever, we shall not trouble the reader just here. For General Rolleston himself related it, and t

charged with curious information about James Seaton; and sailed for En