New Zealand, to be sure. The blamed fool stuck there all this
time, just because he found himself comfortably situated among people as
he liked. I wonder how he'll fancy Berrima after it all? Sarves him well
right.'

'But how did you come to hear about it?' We knew father couldn't read
nor write.

'I have a chap as is paid to read the papers reg'lar, and to put me
on when there's anything in 'em as I want to know. He's bin over here
to-day and give me the office. Here's the paper he left.'

Father pulls out a crumpled-up dirty-lookin' bit of newspaper. It
wasn't much to look at; but there was enough to keep us in readin', and
thinkin', too, for a good while, as soon as we made it out. In pretty
big letters, too.

IMPORTANT CAPTURE BY DETECTIVE STILLBROOK,
OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE.

That was atop of the page, then comes this:--

Our readers may remember the description given in this journal, some
months since, of a cattle robbery on the largest scale, when upwards of
a thousand head were stolen from one of Mr. Hood's stations, driven to
Adelaide, and then sold, by a party of men whose names have not as yet
transpired. It is satisfactory to find that the leader of the gang, who
is well known to the police by the assumed name of 'Starlight', with a
half-caste lad recognised as an accomplice, has been arrested by this
active officer. It appears that, from information received, Detective
Stillbrook went to New Zealand, and, after several months' patient
search, took his passage in the boat which left that colony, in order
to meet the mail steamer, outward bound, for San Francisco. As the
passengers were landing he arrested a gentlemanlike and well-dressed
personage, who, with his servant, was about to proceed to Menzies's
Hotel. Considerable surprise was manifested by the other passengers,
with whom the prisoner had become universally popular. He indignantly
denied all knowledge of the charge; but we have reason to believe that
there will be no difficulty as to identification. A large sum of money
in gold and notes was found upon him. Other arrests are likely to
follow.

This looked bad; for a bit we didn't know what to think. While Jim and
I was makin' it all out, with the help of a bit of candle we smuggled
out--we dursn't take it inside--father was smokin' his pipe--in the old
fashion--and saying nothing. When we'd done he put up his pipe in his
pouch and begins to talk.

'It's come just as I said,