ll the feelings of Cain upon my brow.

"That was a dreadful day for all parties--no food was taken. Your
mother and the captain remained in the cabin, and I dared not, as usual,
go into my own bed-place. I lay all night upon the rocks--sleep I could
not; every moment I saw your father's body sinking, as I had seen it in
the morning. The next morning, the captain came out to me. He was very
grave and stern, but he could not accuse me, whatever his suspicions
might have been. It was a week before I saw your mother again, for I
dared not intrude into her presence; but, finding there was no
accusation against me, I recovered my spirits, and returned to the
cabin, and things went on as before."

CHAPTER THIRTEEN.

"One thing, however, was evident, that your mother had an aversion--I
may say a horror--of me, which she could not conceal. She said nothing,
but she never could look at me; and to any question I put, would seldom
make reply. Strange to say, this treatment of hers produced quite a
different effect from what might have been anticipated, and I felt my
former love for her revive. Her shrinking from me made me more familiar
towards her, and increased her disgust. I assumed a jocose air with
her, and at times Captain James considered it his duty to interfere and
check me. He was a very powerful man, and in a contest would have
proved my master; this I knew, and this knowledge compelled me to be
more respectful to your mother in his presence, but when his back was
turned I became so disgustingly familiar, that at last your mother
requested that whether fishing or collecting wood, instead of going out
by turns we should both go, and leave her alone. This I could not well
refuse, as Captain James would in all probability have used force if I
had not consented, but my hatred to him was in consequence most
unbounded. However, an event took place which relieved me from the
subjection which I was under, and left me alone with you and your
mother. Now I must rest a little. Wait another hour, and you shall
know the rest."

It was now late in the evening, but there was a bright moon which shone
overhead, and the broad light and shadow made the rocks around us appear
peculiarly wild and rugged. They towered up one above the other till
they met the dark blue of the sky, in which the stars twinkled but
faintly, while the moon sailed through the ether, without a cloud to
obscure her radiance. And in this majes