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Four Days of Anguish

           CanIleavemycrewtothemercyofBenJoyceandhisgang?"

           TocrosstheSnowyRiveratKemplePierwaspracticable,butdangerous.Theconvictsmightentrenchthemselvesatthatpoint,anddefendit.Theywereatleastthirtyagainstseven!Buttherearemomentswhenpeopledonotdeliberate,orwhentheyhavenochoicebuttogoon.

           "MyLord,"saidJohnMangles,"beforewethrowawayourchance,beforeventuringtothisbridge,weoughttoreconnoiter,andIwillundertakeit."

           "Iwillgowithyou,John,"saidPaganel.

           Thisproposalwasagreedto,andJohnManglesandPaganelpreparedtostartimmediately.TheyweretofollowthecourseoftheSnowyRiver,followitsbankstilltheyreachedtheplaceindicatedbyBenJoyce,andespeciallytheyweretokeepoutofsightoftheconvicts,whowereprobablyscouringthebush.

           Sothetwobravecomradesstarted,wellprovisionedandwellarmed,andweresoonoutofsightastheythreadedtheirwayamongthetallreedsbytheriver.Therestanxiouslyawaitedtheirreturnallday.Eveningcame,andstillthescoutsdidnotreturn.Theybegantobeseriouslyalarmed.Atlast,towardeleveno’clock,Wilsonannouncedtheirarrival.PaganelandJohnMangleswerewornoutwiththefatiguesofaten-milewalk.

           "Well,whataboutthebridge?Didyoufindit?"askedGlenarvan,withimpetuouseagerness.

           "Yes,abridgeofsupple-jacks,"saidJohnMangles."Theconvictspassedover,but"

           "Butwhat?"saidGlenarvan,whoforebodedsomenewmisfortune.

           "Theyburneditaftertheypassed!"saidPaganel.

           

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