I fear him on your account as well as upon my own. Be
assured that he will never forgive you for last evening. But,' she
exclaimed, starting up, 'we had better try for some fish, or
grandmother will suspect that I have been blabbing.'
'Why should we not go to the pond? The captain says that there are
plenty of fishes there.'
'Do not speak of it,' she said with a shudder. 'Ah, those dark
waters have many secrets. I am afraid to tell you; the very bushes
about us seem to have ears.'
CHAPTER VII.
ROBBERS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Do not be afraid,' Roland replied. 'I am certain that there is
nobody within ear-shot.'
'Ah! well, these dark waters have closed over many an unhappy head,
even since my entry into this hell of crime.'
'The Lifter told me of the minister's fate.'
'I am thinking now of a young girl who was once like myself. She was
the daughter of a wealthy farmer, beautiful and gifted. The horrible
chief saw her one day riding past the swamp, and the sight of her
filled him with a hideous desire. When next she rode that way he
sprang out of the bush and seized her; and then dragged her almost
lifeless to his lair.
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