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I am sure he will not want me to marry Donaster now after the cowardly way he ran away and left us to our fate. But even if he does, it won't matter to me. Perhaps I was foolish to run away as I did. It might have been better if I had stayed at home, and asserted my rights. No one, not even my parents could have forced me to marry such a thing as that against my will.
As the wife of Lord Donaster's son she will occupy a very high position. She will be received into the best families, and eventually she will be Lady Donaster. You see, I am an only son, so the title will come to me. You can readily understand how anxious her parents are for the consummation of the marriage." "Certainly, certainly; it is only natural.
"Why, we're almost to the city!" he exclaimed. "Sure. Ye didn't imagine we was tied up to a tree, did ye?" Donaster walked to the side of the boat and looked over. "I forgot all about the motor-boat last night," he remarked. "But I see it hung fast all right." "An' a wonder it did," Eben replied. "The rope must have been a good one. It held better 'n the anchor. Guess it's gone fer sure."
"Anything special?" "I should say there is," was the emphatic reply. "Donaster has been arrested for forgery." Mrs. Randall gave a startled cry, and leaned excitedly forward. "Arrested!" she exclaimed. "How terrible!" "Yes, it certainly is," Randall replied, as he rapidly scanned the article. "He is not the son of Lord Donaster, for there is no such person by that name.
"So you know her, then?" The question caught Eben off guard, and his face suddenly flushed. Grimsby smiled. "She came up with you, on your last trip, didn't she?" "How d'ye know that?" Eben's hands let go of the wheel in his amazement. "Oh, I know everything. But I guess you're right, Eben. Miss Randall will never marry Donaster.
"They have not found her body," he absently replied. "There is great excitement at Benton's wharf, and the river is now being dragged for her body." "Dear me!" Mrs. Hampton sighed. "Her parents must be heart-broken." "Heart-broken! H'm, they haven't any hearts to break. If they had, they wouldn't try to force their only daughter to marry a thing like Donaster." "It is often done, though, John."
He greeted Donaster in a free and easy manner, and without waiting for an invitation, sat down and helped himself from a package of cigarettes lying upon the table. Donaster stared at him in amazement, for a minute dumbfounded by such unheard-of impudence. Then he rose to his feet, and angrily approached the visitor. "Who are you?" he demanded, "and how dare you come here?"
He was in charge of the "Eb and Flo," and no true commander ever deserted his post of duty. He would not be a coward. The engine was already started, and the propeller was churning the water. "Hurry up," Donaster impatiently ordered. "I'm not going," was the reply. "Hustle yourselves." "Are you crazy, boy? It's sure death down there!" "Can't help it. I'm goin' to stay."
John an' his mother hope to make a lot of money out of it. I know the place well." "But what has this to do with Donaster?" Grimsby asked. "Keep to your story, Eben." "I'm comin' to that if ye give me time. Now, s'pose we make Donaster think that Miss Randall is hidin' out there on that island with the Hamptons.
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