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The coroner of the district held an inquest, and the jury found a verdict of 'justifiable homicide by Sir Ferdinand Morringer and other members of the police force of New South Wales in the case of one James Marston, charged with robbery under arms, and of a man habitually known as "Starlight", but of whose real name there was no evidence before the jury. As for the police, it was wilful murder against us.
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 saw Starlight and the two Honourables, dressed up as usual, besides the Commissioner and the camp officers; and more than that, the new Inspector of Police, who'd only arrived the day before. Sir Ferdinand Morringer, even he was there, dividing the people's attention with the bride. Besides that, who should I see but Bella and Maddie Barnes and old Jonathan.
'I mustn't tell Starlight, I suppose, or we shall be having a new yarn in the newspapers "Duel between Sir Ferdinand Morringer and Captain Starlight." She laughed too, and then looked sad and serious like again. 'I wonder if we shall ever have an end to this wretched hide-and-seek work.
We are not at present aware of the source from which the clue was obtained. Suffice it to say that Sir Ferdinand Morringer promptly arranged for the simultaneous action of three parties of police with the hope of capturing all three outlaws. But in two cases the birds were flown. Starlight's "ame damnee", a half-caste named Warrigal, had been observed on the field the day before.
'I'm dashed if I don't do it. There's nothing like making one's exit in good form. How savage Morringer will be! Thank you for the hint, Dick. There was no use talking to him when he got into this sort of humour. He was the most mad, reckless character I ever came across, and any kind of checking only seemed to make him worse.
Marston Brothers and Co., being about to leave the district, request that all accounts against them may be sent to the Police Camp, Turon, addressed to the care of Sir Ferdinand Morringer, whose receipt will be a sufficient discharge. For the firm, Starlight. I couldn't have believed at first that he'd be so mad.
I refused sixty guineas for him the other day from Morringer. 'Thanks, very much, says Starlight, brightening up a bit; 'but I hardly like to deprive you of him. Won't you want him yourself? 'Oh, I can manage without him, says Mr. Knightley. 'I'll let you have him for fifty and allow you ten pounds for your screw. You can add it on to your I O U, and pay it in with the other.
'It's an odd thing, Dawson, says the Commissioner, 'nobody here knows this horse, where he was bred, or anything about him. Such a grand animal as he is, too! I wish Morringer could have seen him; he's always raving about horses. How savage he'll be to have missed all the fun! 'He's a horse you don't see every day, says Bill Dawson. 'I'll give a couple of hundred for him right off.
I say, Morringer, do you remember the last pigeon match you and I shot in, at Hurlingham? 'Why, good God! says Sir Ferdinand, bending down, and looking into his face. 'It can't be; yes, by Jove, it is He spoke some name I couldn't catch, but Starlight put a finger on his lips, and whispers 'You won't tell, will you? Say you won't? The other nodded. He smiled just like his old self.
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