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A Rough Captain

           Itboretheconvict’soriginalnumberatthePerthPenitentiary.Thefelonwasnotthere,buthisfilthygarmentsbetrayedhispassage.Thisliveryofcrime,afterhavingclothedsomemiscreant,wasnowdecayingonthisdesertshore.

           "Yousee,John,"saidGlenarvan,"theconvictsgotasfarashere!andourpoorcomradesoftheDuncan"

           "Yes,"saidJohn,inalowvoice,"theyneverlanded,theyperished!"

           "Thosewretches!"criedGlenarvan."IfevertheyfallintomyhandsIwillavengemycrew"

           GriefhadhardenedGlenarvan’sfeatures.Forsomeminuteshegazedattheexpansebeforehim,asiftakingalastlookatsomeshipdisappearinginthedistance.Thenhiseyesbecamedim;herecoveredhimselfinamoment,andwithoutawordorlook,setoffatagalloptowardEden.

           Thewandererspassedtheirlasteveningsadlyenough.Theirthoughtsrecalledallthemisfortunestheyhadencounteredinthiscountry.Theyrememberedhowfullofwell-warrantedhopetheyhadbeenatCapeBernouilli,andhowcruellydisappointedatTwofoldBay!

           Paganelwasfulloffeverishagitation.JohnMangles,whohadwatchedhimsincetheaffairatSnowyRiver,feltthatthegeographerwashesitatingwhethertospeakornottospeak.Athousandtimeshehadpressedhimwithquestions,andfailedinobtainingananswer.

           Butthatevening,John,inlightinghimtohisroom,askedhimwhyhewassonervous.

           "FriendJohn,"saidPaganel,evasively,"Iamnotmorenervousto-nightthanIalwaysam."

           "Mr

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