Beadle's Dime Novels No. 208: The Ocean Outlaw — page 56: what you’re looking at

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58 THE OCEAN OUTLAW, ines, she sought the sympathy and counsel of S‘las Morton, a She found the good old man in his little room with his Bible open before him. He closed the bk when she en- tered, and she at once made him acquainted with the dreadful intelligence she had received, ‘‘] am afraid, Miss Ethel,” he said, when he had heard her story, ‘‘that Mr. Granger fs deceiving us; but for the world I wouldn't hinder you a minute, if I thought Capen’ Grey was really so sick.” “Mr. Granger could not deceive me on sucha subject as this, Siias.”’ “*T hope not, Miss Ethel; but men sometimes do ‘rea 1- ful wicked things when they have not the fear of Gol be- fore their eyes; for you see, without that, it is man’s naver to do.jist as bad as le can.” “But, Silas, Mr. Granger would ‘be a monster in human shape, if he could wantonly tell me that my father was dy- jug, when there was no truth in it.” ‘-T know it; and I am afraid that heis jist that thing you named.” *“ Well, what can I do? TI cannot look into his heart to see if he is sincere; and if my father is really sick and should die, and I refuse to visit him, | should vever forgive myself.” ‘True, child, you can’t fell whether he is honest or not ; and I don't see any other way, but to go, and trust in God to keep you from danger; and Le will do it, if you ask Ilim in faith. It is jist as easy for Him to watch over you on the great ocean, as here in this house. His ali-seeing eye looks over all the world at the same time; and His all- powerful hand holds every wicked spirit in check ; they can't go beyond the bounds set them.” conmmicloolks. Gorn