Then he said: "Lad, you are about to go aloft and give an account of yourself; and the lighter a man's manifest is, as far as sin's concerned, the better for him.

Make a clean breast, man, and carry a log with you that'll bear inspection.

You killed the nigger ?" No reply.

A long pause.
The captain read another chapter, pausing, from time to time, to impress the effect.

Then he talked an earnest, persuasive sermon to him, and ended by repeating the question: "Did you kill the nigger ?" No reply--other than a malignant scowl.