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We would have backed him to take in the devil himself, if he saw him, let alone goldfields police, if Sergeant Goring wasn't about. The second day Jim and I were driving quietly and easy on the road, the colts trotting along as steady as old stock horses, and feeding a bit every now and then. We knew we were getting near the Turon, so many tracks came in from all parts, and all went one way.

Where a crew of seven men have to work a fair-sized ship the loss of two experienced seamen is a serious one, for though the negroes may take a spell at the wheel or swab the decks, they are of little or no use in rough weather. Our cook is also a black man, and Mr. Septimius Goring has a little darkie servant, so that we are rather a piebald community.

When Brown returned with our bullock, the beast rushed at them, and pursued them for a great distance, almost goring one of their number. We travelled about three miles and a half north-east, but had to go fairly over ten miles of ground.

I've been walking miles in mad pursuit of you, till I was so tired and hungry I think I should have dropped if Mr. Goring hadn't taken pity upon me and made me eat his supper."

Goring is far too busy to be bothered with inquisitive questions about a gentleman whom she probably has never heard of." "Oh, yes, she has heard of Leyden, Miss Sheldon," Barry burst out unguardedly. "Not only heard of him, but knows him better than you do!" The girl stared at him in amazement.

When I came to, all the men was off their horses, some round Goring him they lifted up and propped against a tree; but he was stone dead, any one could see. Sir Ferdinand was on his knees beside Starlight, talking to him, and the other saying a word now and then, quite composed and quiet-like. 'Close thing, Morringer, wasn't it? I heard him say.

I stayed in bed till lunch-time, and then, rather late in the afternoon, set out for the House, which I knew I should find in an extremely limp condition after its previous night's dissipation. On the way I called in at the Goring Hotel in Goring Street, where Champion lived when in town. I found him in his room on the first floor, gazing out of the window into the street.

Up, and by water to White Hall, and thence to Sir W. Coventry, but he is gone out of town this morning, so thence to my Lord Arlington's house, the first time I there since he come thither, at Goring House, a very fine, noble place; and there he received me in sight of several Lords with great respect.

These they knew were such as had got disabled and separated from the drove; for numerous accidents of this kind owing to the bulls goring one another, or being enfeebled by age and disease take place during the migration of the vast herds.

I'm most afraid of your father, though, letting the cat out of the bag; he's such an old duffer to blow. 'He was nearly telling the sergeant he'd seen a better horse lately here than his famous chestnut Marlborough, only Bella trod on his toe, and told him the cows was in the wheat. Of course Goring would have dropped it was Rainbow, or some well-bred horse you chaps have been shaking lately.