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The Quartermaster of the “Britannia”

           Hepassedtwolongyearsofpainfulslaveryamongthem,butalwayscherishedinhisheartthehopeofonedayregaininghisfreedom,andwatchingfortheslightestopportunitythatmightturnup,thoughheknewthathisflightwouldbeattendedwithinnumerabledangers.

           AtlengthonenightinOctober,1864,hemanagedtoescapethevigilanceofthenatives,andtookrefugeinthedepthsofimmenseforests.Forawholemonthhesubsistedonroots,ediblefernsandmimosagums,wanderingthroughvastsolitudes,guidinghimselfbythesunduringthedayandbythestarsatnight.Hewenton,thoughoftenalmostdespairingly,throughbogsandrivers,andacrossmountains,tillhehadtraversedthewholeoftheuninhabitedpartofthecontinent,whereonlyafewboldtravelershaveventured;andatlast,inanexhaustedandallbutdyingcondition,hereachedthehospitabledwellingofPaddyO’Moore,wherehesaidhehadfoundahappyhomeinexchangeforhislabor.

           "AndifAyrtonspeakswellofme,"saidtheIrishsettler,whenthenarrativeended,"Ihavenothingbutgoodtosayofhim.Heisanhonest,intelligentfellowandagood

           V.IVVerneworker;andaslongashepleases,PaddyO’Moore’shouseshallbehis."

           Ayrtonthankedhimbyagesture,andwaitedsilentlyforanyfreshquestionthatmightbeputtohim,thoughhethoughttohimselfthathesurelymusthavesatisfiedalllegitimatecuriosity.Whatcouldremaintobesaidthathehadnotsaidahundredtimesalready.

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