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Crime or Calamity

           "Thosewhodealtthatblow,"saidhe,"werealreadywellusedtothislittleinstrument";andsosayingheproducedapairof"darbies,"akindofhandcuffmadeofadoubleringofironsecuredbyalock."IshallsoonhavethepleasureofpresentingthemwiththesebraceletsasaNewYear’sgift."

           "Thenyoususpect"

           "SomefolkswhocameoutfreeinHerMajesty’sships."

           "What!convicts?"criedPaganel,whorecognizedtheformulaemployedintheAustraliancolonies.

           "Ithought,"saidGlenarvan,"convictshadnorightintheprovinceofVictoria."

           "Bah!"saidtheinspector,"iftheyhavenoright,theytakeit!Theyescapesometimes,and,ifIamnotgreatlymistaken,thislothavecomestraightfromPerth,and,takemywordforit,theywillsoonbethereagain."

           Mr.Mitchellnoddedacquiescenceinthewordsofthepolice-inspector.Atthismomentthewagonarrivedatthelevelcrossingoftherailway.GlenarvanwishedtosparetheladiesthehorriblespectacleatCamdenBridge.Hetookcourteousleaveofthesurveyor-general,andmadeasigntotheresttofollowhim."Thereisnoreason,"saidhe,"fordelayingourjourney."

           Whentheyreachedthewagon,GlenarvanmerelymentionedtoLadyHelenathattherehadbeenarailwayaccident,withoutahintofthecrimethathadplayedsogreatapartinit;neitherdidhemakementionofthepresenceofabandofconvictsintheneighborhood,reservingthatpieceofinformationsolelyforAyrton’sear

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