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"Val on to a seat, he

covered his face with his hands, and through his fingers trickled some

silent tears

"I must forbid any o in to dinner"

And as they gathered round the table, Cardo took his seat next to his

uncle, with more cheerfulness and alacrity than usual

The thread of ain Daily

and almost hourly ained bodily and radually unfolded to his uncle

the incidents which had preceded his co to Australia

When Lewis Wynne became fully aware of his brother's deep-seated

affection for him, and of the penitence and remorse which had darkened

his life, he was filled with an impatient anxiety to return to the land

of his birth and the brother whom he had loved so much Indeed, before

his acquaintance with his nephew, he had already begun to arrange his

affairs with the intention of disposing of his property in Australia,

for he had prospered in all his undertakings, and was noealthy htful news therefore to Cardo when his uncle one day

appeared at Dr Belton's, with the information that he had concluded a

satisfactory sale of his property

"So we'll go back together, old boy," he said, slapping Cardo on the