Desperation made him determine to have her, by fair means or foul.
When he saw she was firm in her refusal to listen to him, he awaited his opportunity, and by means of a bribe induced two fellows to abduct her and take her on board his vessel.
She had been kept a prisoner for nearly a month, and Carter wanted to hasten to Jamaica, where he could find some clergyman who would perform the ceremony of marriage, even though the bride was opposed.
The young lady had been particularly strong in her language on the night of the fog.
"Captain Carter, I have told you I will never be your wife. Touch me, dare to come within a yard of me, and I will kill you as I would a snake. Force me to the altar, and, Heaven be my witness, I will kill myself before the sacred shrine!"
There was so much earnestness in her manner that Carter recoiled, muttering curses on her and womankind in general.
[CHAPTER XVII.]
A RICH PRIZE.