Chapter 12 WOMAN'S HATE.

"Oh! woman wronged can cherish hate

More deep and dark than manhood may;

And when the mockery of fate

Hath left revenge her chosen way,

Then all the wrongs which time hath nursed

Upon her spoiler's head shall burst,

And all her grief, and woe, and pain,

Burn fiercely on his heart and brain."

-Whittier.

Maddened, despairin