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The “Gloria Scott”
Adozenconvicts,whodescendedwiththeirpistolsinsearchofhim,foundhimwithamatch-boxinhishandseatedbesideanopenpowder-barrel,whichwasoneofthehundredcarriedonboard,andswearingthathewouldblowallhandsupifhewereinanywaymolested.Aninstantlatertheexplosionoccurred,thoughHudsonthoughtitwascausedbythemisdirectedbulletofoneoftheconvictsratherthanthemate’smatch.Bethecausewhatitmay,itwastheendoftheGloriaScottandoftherabblewhoheldcommandofher.
"‘Such,inafewwords,mydearboy,isthehistoryofthisterriblebusinessinwhichIwasinvolved.NextdaywewerepickedupbythebrigHotspur,boundforAustralia,whosecaptainfoundnodifficultyinbelievingthatwewerethesurvivorsofapassengershipwhichhadfoundered.ThetransportshipGloriaScottwassetdownbytheAdmiraltyasbeinglostatsea,andnowordhaseverleakedoutastohertruefate.AfteranexcellentvoyagetheHotspurlandedusatSydney,whereEvansandIchangedournamesandmadeourwaytothediggings,where,amongthecrowdswhoweregatheredfromallnations,wehadnodifficultyinlosingourformeridentities.TherestIneednotrelate.Weprospered,wetravelled,wecamebackasrichcolonialstoEngland,andweboughtcountryestates.Formorethantwentyyearswehaveledpeacefulandusefullives,andwehopedthatourpastwasforeverburied.Imagine,then,myfeelingswhenintheseamanwhocametousIrecognizedinstantlythemanwhohadbeenpickedoffthewreck
