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A Startling Discovery

           "Thereisonehorsesoundenoughatpresent.Itwillonlybeanaffairoffourdays.AllowtheDuncantwodaysmoretogettothebayandtwentyhourstogetbacktothecamp,andinaweekthemessengercanbebackwiththeentirecrewofthevessel."

           TheMajornoddedapprovinglyasAyrtonspoke,totheprofoundastonishmentofJohnMangles;butaseveryonewasinfavoroftheplanalltherewastodowastocarryitoutasquicklyaspossible.

           "Now,then,friends,"saidGlenarvan,"wemustsettlewhoistobeourmessenger.Itwillbeafatiguing,perilousmission.Iwouldnotconcealthefactfromyou.Whoisdisposed,then,tosacrificehimselfforhiscompanionsandcarryourinstructionstoMelbourne?"

           WilsonandMulrady,andalsoPaganel,JohnManglesandRobertinstantlyofferedtheirservices.Johnparticularlyinsistedthatheshouldbeintrustedwiththebusiness;butAyrton,whohadbeensilenttillthatmoment,nowsaid:"WithyourHonor’spermissionIwillgomyself.Iamaccustomedtoallthecountryround.ManyatimeIhavebeenacrossworseparts.Icangothroughwhereanotherwouldstick.Iaskthen,forthegoodofall,thatImaybesenttoMelbourne.Awordfromyouwillaccreditmewithyourchiefofficer,andinsixdaysIguaranteetheDuncanshallbeinTwofoldBay."

           "That’swellspoken,"repliedGlenarvan."Youareaclever,daringfellow,andyouwillsucceed."

           Itwasquiteevidentthequartermasterwasthefittestmanforthemission.Alltherestwithdrewfromthecompetition

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