CHAPTER LII. "ALL OVER."

,withwhoserestless,never-ceasingriseandfallthesoulofmanhasamysterioussympathy.Destituteofthelightofphilosophyandscience,hehadrevolvedinthetwilightofhisardentandstrugglingthoughtsthecausesofnaturalphenomena,andsettledthesequestionsforhimselfbytheoriesofhisown.Sometimeshisresidenceforweekshadbeenastrandedhulk,castononeoftheseinhospitableshores,wherehefastedandprayed,andfanciedthatansweringvoicescametohiminthemoaningofthewindandthesullenswellofthesea. Ourreadersbeholdhimnow,stretchedonthegrassbesidethehutofHarryandLisette,inoneofhiscalmestandmostcommunicativemoods. Thechildren,withLisetteandthewomen,weresearchingforgrapesinadistantpartoftheinclosureandHarry,withtheotherfugitiveman,hadgonetobringincertainprovisionswhichweretohavebeendepositedfortheminadistantpartoftheswampbysomeoftheirconfederatesononeoftheplantations.OldTiffwashoeingpotatoesdiligentlyinaspotnotveryfardistant,andevidentlylisteningtotheconversationwithanearofshrewdattention. "Yes,"saidDred,withthatmistylightinhiseyewhichonemayoftenhaveremarkedintheeyeofenthusiasts,"thegloryholdsoff,butitiscoming!Nowisthegroaningtime!ThatwasrevealedtomewhenIwasdownatOkerecoke,whenIsleptthreeweeksinthehulkofashipoutofwhichallsoulshadperished." "Ratheradismalabode,myfriend,"saidClayton,bywayofdrawinghimontoconversation. "TheSpiritdrovemethere,"saidDred,"forIhadbesoughttheLordtoshowuntometheknowledgeofthingstocomeandtheLordbademetogofromthehabitationsofmen,andtoseekoutthedesolateplacesofthesea,anddwellinthewreckofashipthatwasforsaken,forasignofdesolationuntothispeople.SoIwentanddweltthere.AndtheLordcalledmeAmraphal,becausehiddenthingsofjudgmentweremadeknownuntome.AndtheLordshoweduntomethatevenasashipwhichisforsakenofthewaters,whereinallfleshhavedied,soshallitbewiththenationoftheoppressor." "HowdidtheLordshowyouthis?"saidClayton,bentuponpursuinghisinquiry. "Mineearreceiveditinthenightseason,"saidDred,"andIheardhowthewholecreationgroanethandtravaileth,waitingfortheadoptionandbecauseofthishehathappointedthetide." "Idon'tseetheconnection,"saidClayton."Whybecauseofthis?" "Because,"saidDre