of time the had at that minute let go the engines had started and they were gliding slowly away from the there was no help for it but to remain unless the could be made to put back and that would create a great disturbance gave up the idea and submitted quietly her happiness was sadly now the woman whose presence had so d her was mrs she seemed to haunt like a shadow after several minutes vain endeavor to account for any design mrs could have in watching her decided to think that the encounter was accidental she rt that the widow in her restlessness was often visiting the village near which was her original home and it was possible that she chose water with the idea of saving expense what is the matter v q v ing before her a pair of blue eyes nothing more than that i am rather depressed i don t much wonder at it that wharf was we seemed underneath and inferior to everything around us but we shall be in the sea breeze again soon and that will you dear the evening closed in and dusk increased as they made way down water and through the s disturbance of mind was such that her light spirits of the foregoing four and twenty hours had entirely deserted her the weather too had grown more gloomy for though the showers of the morning had ceased the sky was covered more closely than ever with dense leaden clouds how beautiful was the sunset when they rounded the north the previous evening now it was impossible to tell within half an hour the time of the s going down knight led her about and being by this time accustomed to her sudden changes of mood overlooked the necessity of a cause in regarding the conditions � and looked stealthily to the other end of the vessel mrs was sitting at the stern � her eyes steadily re let us go to the she said quickly to knight see there � the man is fixing the lights for the night knight assented and after watching the operation of fixing the red and the green lights on the port and bows and the of the while light to the he walked up and down with her till the increase of wind rendered difficult s eyes were occasionally to be found gazing to learn if her enemy still sat there nobody was visible now shall we go below said knight seeing that the deck was nearly deserted no she said if you will kindly get me a rug from mrs i should like if you don t mind to stay here she had recently fancied mrs might be a first class passenger and dreaded meeting her by accident knight appeared with the rug and they sat down behind a weather cloth on the side just as the two red eyes of the needles upon them from the gloom pointed t g v o n t a pair of ue e yes against the sky it became necessary to go below to an eight o clock meal of kind and was immensely relieved at finding no sign of mrs there they again ascended and remained above till mrs staggered up to them with the message that mrs thought it was time for to come below knight accompanied her down and returned again to pass a little more time on deck partly and lay down and soon became unconscious though her sleep was light how long she had lain she knew not when by slow degrees she became of a whispering in her ear you are well on with him i can see well provoke me now but my time will come you will find that was the utterance or words to that effect became broad awake and terrified she knew the words could be only those of one person and that person the widow the lamp had gone out and the place was in darkness in the next berth she could hear her step mother breathing heavily farther on breathing more heavily these were the only other legitimate occupants of the cabin and mrs must have stealthily come in by some means and retreated again or else she had entered an empty berth next s the fear that this was the case increased s till it assumed the dimensions of a certainty for how could a stranger from the other end of the ship possibly contrive to get in could it have been a dream t impossible raised herself higher and looked out of the window there was the sea and rushing against the ship s side just by her head and thence stretching away dim and moaning into an expanse of and far beyond all this two placid lights like stars now almost fearing to turn her face again lest mrs should appear at her elbow meditated whether or not to call to keep her company the four bells sounded and she heard voices which gave her a little courage it was not worth while to call at any rate could not xv no h a pair of blue eyes at the risk of being again disturbed by that dreadful whispering so herself up hurriedly she emerged into the passage and by the aid of a faint light burning at the entrance to the saloon found the foot of the stairs and ascended to the deck dreary the place was in the extreme it seemed a new spot altogether in contrast with its self she could see the glow worm light from the compass and the dim outline of the man at the wheel also a form at the bows not another soul was apparent from stem to stern yes there were two more � by the one proved to be her harry the other the mate she was glad indeed and on drawing closer found they were holding 