y after receiving his harsh command to be silent, but stood there,

ace of the water, and one of thes

rmitting herself to sink, and thus qu

ded, and she was ag

not wish

t wish to meet such a

or stretched in the mud of the floor, and her fra

icture nearly

no, I cannot, I will not, d

hands, and clutched at it,

she could lift her head no higher, for it was even

-not a ripple, but the whole

minute later it filled her

was now born a singular ca

nk and reason as she co

many people, in times of lesser danger absolute

as with

s to be drowned like

at her situation wa

on the only means whereby she could preserve her l

est against one of the floor-beams, and

now brea

peak, and did the water rise another thre

id not allow her resolution to waver even though the tide contin

anks Helen uttered-at last she knew

ntly it began

she was able to move her head from the unn

n just the same regular, even pace wi

er knees, her head remaining above the surface, and t

he heard a heavy tread on

had jus

the remarkably high tide, and feared that his p

nd their not having been repeated under such circ

re!" he yelled. "Are y

silence, and as she arose from her

ed her jailer, bangi

to eat, and saw the height to which the water

d how it was that she

, gal? Why, there wasn't more'n an inch of

th His assistance," s

glared about him, as he asked t

upward as she uttered the

one, and the villain

ing, and his evil eyes were lighted

nished eating-"I say, you're a trump,

dence that she did not compr

cGinnis. "And I think it's blamed

you do so?"

piece of good stuff, you are, and with a little edication, could take the shine out of any crooked woman I ever seen. As for the old

y this offer of McGinnis to make her his wi

nable to

ld have kissed Helen, had not she retreated, holding up her hands

rsued

him, her bac

cried. "Keep away, or I will s

e that it would be foolish to bother her any farther, or her cries

on his lips, went up-stairs, ban

meals down to her, but never ag

d him another visit, and they h

about

fter that, Helen was brought up

h she was compelled to attire hersel

she was forced to enter a carriage

asked Helen, in a tone that

ers to dread in this midnight ride th

laughed deligh

here I am being taken," and t

few words into her ear-words that caused the color to desert her face, that caused h