eans of settling in Australia he was
much more likely to prosper there than by continuing in service in this
country.

As a further inducement, and a reason why I took an interest in them, I
told him I had discovered that Frank had taken a fancy for Betsy and
that, though there was no reason to suppose anything had occurred, it
would be better they should be separated. He was quite of the same
opinion, and as the consequences of the operations of some one of us
upon Betsy threatened in a short time to become apparent, he made it a
condition of their marriage that she should emigrate with him. As I had
a strong suspicion that I had at least dug out the foundation, if not
laid the cornerstone, of the structure which Betsy was about to rear, I
took care they should have the means to settle comfortably, and from
his knowledge in horse breeding, John soon prospered there. Very soon
after their arrival in the colony and precisely at the expiration of
the usual period from my first entrance within her, she presented her
husband with a son. She never had another child.

FINIS

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