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The
first
care
of
Lady
Helena
and
Mary
was
to
dress
Glenarvan
's
wound
.
Lady
Helena
rushed
toward
him
in
terror
,
as
he
fell
down
struck
by
Ben
Joyce
's
ball
.
Controlling
her
agony
,
the
courageous
woman
helped
her
husband
into
the
wagon
.
Then
his
shoulder
was
bared
,
and
the
Major
found
,
on
examination
,
that
the
ball
had
only
gone
into
the
flesh
,
and
there
was
no
internal
lesion
.
Neither
bone
nor
muscle
appeared
to
be
injured
.
The
wound
bled
profusely
,
but
Glenarvan
could
use
his
fingers
and
forearm
;
and
consequently
there
was
no
occasion
for
any
uneasiness
about
the
issue
.
As
soon
as
his
shoulder
was
dressed
,
he
would
not
allow
any
more
fuss
to
be
made
about
himself
,
but
at
once
entered
on
the
business
in
hand
.
All
the
party
,
except
Mulrady
and
Wilson
,
who
were
on
guard
,
were
brought
into
the
wagon
,
and
the
Major
was
asked
to
explain
how
this
DENOUEMENT
had
come
about
.
Before
commencing
his
recital
,
he
told
Lady
Helena
about
the
escape
of
the
convicts
at
Perth
,
and
their
appearance
in
Victoria
;
as
also
their
complicity
in
the
railway
catastrophe
.
He
handed
her
the
Australian
and
New
Zealand
Gazette
they
had
bought
in
Seymour
,
and
added
that
a
reward
had
been
offered
by
the
police
for
the
apprehension
of
Ben
Joyce
,
a
redoubtable
bandit
,
who
had
become
a
noted
character
during
the
last
eighteen
months
,
for
doing
deeds
of
villainy
and
crime
.
But
how
had
McNabbs
found
out
that
Ayrton
and
Ben
Joyce
were
one
and
the
same
individual
?
This
was
the
mystery
to
be
unraveled
,
and
the
Major
soon
explained
it
.
Ever
since
their
first
meeting
,
McNabbs
had
felt
an
instinctive
distrust
of
the
quartermaster
.
Two
or
three
insignificant
facts
,
a
hasty
glance
exchanged
between
him
and
the
blacksmith
at
the
Wimerra
River
,
his
unwillingness
to
cross
towns
and
villages
,
his
persistence
about
getting
the
Duncan
summoned
to
the
coast
,
the
strange
death
of
the
animals
entrusted
to
his
care
,
and
,
lastly
,
a
want
of
frankness
in
all
his
behavior
--
all
these
details
combined
had
awakened
the
Major
's
suspicions
.
However
,
he
could
not
have
brought
any
direct
accusation
against
him
till
the
events
of
the
preceding
evening
had
occurred
.
He
then
told
of
his
experience
.
McNabbs
,
slipping
between
the
tall
shrubs
,
got
within
reach
of
the
suspicious
shadows
he
had
noticed
about
half
a
mile
away
from
the
encampment
.
The
phosphorescent
furze
emitted
a
faint
light
,
by
which
he
could
discern
three
men
examining
marks
on
the
ground
,
and
one
of
the
three
was
the
blacksmith
of
Black
Point
.
"
'
It
is
them
!
'
said
one
of
the
men
.
'
Yes
,
'
replied
another
,
'
there
is
the
trefoil
on
the
mark
of
the
horseshoe
.
It
has
been
like
that
since
the
Wimerra
.
'
'
All
the
horses
are
dead
.
'
'
The
poison
is
not
far
off
.
'
'
There
is
enough
to
kill
a
regiment
of
cavalry
.
'
'
A
useful
plant
this
gastrolobium
.
'
"
I
heard
them
say
this
to
each
other
,
and
then
they
were
quite
silent
;
but
I
did
not
know
enough
yet
,
so
I
followed
them
.
Soon
the
conversation
began
again
.
'
He
is
a
clever
fellow
,
this
Ben
Joyce
,
'
said
the
blacksmith
.
'
A
capital
quartermaster
,
with
his
invention
of
shipwreck
.
'
'
If
his
project
succeeds
,
it
will
be
a
stroke
of
fortune
.
'
'
He
is
a
very
devil
,
is
this
Ayrton
.
'
'
Call
him
Ben
Joyce
,
for
he
has
well
earned
his
name
.
'
And
then
the
scoundrels
left
the
forest
.
