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We readily accepted our location; for we had hinted to Murden that our safety required some such disposition of our forces, and he had acted on the suggestion. On we stole, slowly, but noiselessly, each man looking to see where he planed his foot, so that no cracking of dry bushes should give warning of our approach.
The fellow maintained a profound silence, and Murden was about to repeat his blow when Fred checked him. "No more kicks," he said; "they have been punished sufficiently already, and we must now try what effect kindness will have on them." "I'll try the effect of a stout halter," cried the angry officer; but Fred was resolute, and refused to allow them to be punished.
You is enough to confuse any one, I say." "Did you take the money?" demanded Mr. Brown. "Vell, yes, I s'pose I did. At leastwise it vas found on me, although how it came in my pocket I don't know," and the fellow chuckled at his falsehood. "And I suppose Murden told you that he had no further occasion for your services," I remarked.
"A grumbling cur," muttered Murden, looking after him; "I have half a mind to tie him up and scar his back, and see if it will not make him a little more energetic." But with all of the bluster of the officer, I saw that he did not suspect the man's honesty, and I was glad that he did not.
Murden, p. 183. We have seen instances of its being employed by Queen Mary in defence of orthodoxy. But the kings of England did not always limit the exercise of this law to times of civil war and disorder.
Fred and I exploded with laughter, and even Steel Spring, fortified as he was with the protection of Murden, and a full pardon for all past offences, roared with glee. Mr. Brown looked astonished and indignant, but he did not give up his hostile attitude. Even his men lost their savage glare, and waited for an explanation, which we were in no hurry to give. "Put up your pistols, Mr.
Keep cool, and don't be afeerd of swinging on this little affair, 'cos there's no danger. Ef I thought there was, I should certainly speak to my friend, the governor." "Mr. Murden did not send you here to jest, did he?" asked Fred, a little sternly. "O, by no means; and I didn't mean any 'arm by vot I said. Please don't say anything to the lieutenant."
It was the old sailor who had so manfully resisted the orders of Nosey, and insisted upon allowing me to administer consolation to the snake-bitten bushranger. "Here is a man who must be taken care of, if I go without shelter," I said, pointing to the sailor. "It is impossible," Murden replied. "He is badly wounded, and would occupy the room of three or four men.
* Murden, p. 325. Townsend's Journals, p. 250. Stow's Annals. The queen's prohibition of the "prophesyings," or the assemblies instituted for fanatical prayers and conferences, was founded on a better reason, but shows still the unlimited extent of her prerogative.
The fire, which Murden had given orders to extinguish, was easily rekindled, and then burning brands were thrown upon the dry bushes and leaves, raising flames that roared aloft and caught at the branches of the gum trees, and then spread to the trunks, and leaped from bough to bough, driving parrots and gaudy-plumed birds from their nests, that vented their displeasure at being disturbed by uttering hoarse croaks of rage.
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