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Four Days of Anguish

           Theclaykeptitfirmlyimbeddedinthesoil,likeafortressrestingonsurefoundations.Thearsenalwascomposedofsevencarbinesandsevenrevolvers,andcouldstandaprettylongsiege,fortheyhadplentyofammunitionandprovisions.Butbeforesixdayswereover,theDuncanwouldanchorinTwofoldBay,andtwenty-fourhoursafterhercrewwouldreachtheothershoreoftheSnowyRiver;andshouldthepassagestillremainimpracticable,theconvictsatanyratewouldbeforcedtoretirebeforetheincreasedstrength.ButalldependedonMulrady’ssuccessinhisperilousenterprise.

           Ateighto’clockitgotverydark;nowwasthetimetostart.ThehorsepreparedforMulradywasbroughtout.Hisfeet,bywayofextraprecaution,werewrappedroundwithcloths,sothattheycouldnotmaketheleastnoiseontheground.Theanimalseemedtired,andyetthesafetyofalldependedonhisstrengthandsurefootedness.TheMajoradvisedMulradytolethimgogentlyassoonashegotpasttheconvicts.Betterdelayhalf-a-daythannotarrivesafely.

           JohnManglesgavehissailorarevolver,whichhehadloadedwiththeutmostcare.Thisisaformidableweaponinthehandofamanwhodoesnottremble,forsixshotsfiredinafewsecondswouldeasilycleararoadinfestedwithcriminals.Mulradyseatedhimselfinthesaddlereadytostart.

           "HereistheletteryouaretogivetoTomAustin,"saidGlenarvan."Don’tlethimloseanhour.

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