s formerly, punished with death.

"During my grief, I was summoned to the court, placed in the prisoners'
dock, and heard, for the first time, that. I was charged with forging
Mr. B----'s name to a draft for a thousand pounds, and that I had
confessed the crime, and made restitution of most of the money which I
had obtained, and that on that account I was entitled to mercy, and that
the liberal, patriotic banker would have spared me, if he had thought I
would have sinned no more.

"I was like one in a dream all the time that I was in the court room. I
was asked by the judge, in a severe tone of voice, if I wished counsel,
and mechanically I answered in the affirmative; and after I had
consulted a moment with him, I recollected no more, until I was led from
the room, and told that I was transported, for ten years.

"The next day I was sent to Liverpool, in company with house-breakers,
thieves, and men accused of all crimes, and from thence I was taken on
board of a ship loaded with felons, and bound for Australia. Even after
I was safely chained between the decks of the vessel, I did not escape
the vengeance of the man whose daughter I had dared to love. A newspaper
was thrust into my hand by some person, who directed me to read, and
then disappeared. My worst fears were realized--Julia had become the
wife of the earl's son on the same day that I was condemned.

"I tore the paper into ten thousand pieces, and then vowed, that as I
was with criminals, and classed as such, I would show a felon's spirit.
I no longer was meek and dejected. I became a leader, and planned for
the capture of the ship, and should have succeeded, had not a
treacherous hound betrayed us to punishment.

"But I was not discouraged by my failure, and when I was beaten for my
rebellious spirit, I had satisfaction, for one dark night I drove a
knife to the captain's heart, and laughed to think I remained
undetected.

"You shudder," the robber said, when he saw that I shrank from his side
at this avowal. "I grant that the deed was wicked and cruel; but I had
been trampled upon as a man, betrayed and condemned, and my feelings
underwent such a change that I was no longer human.

"After a long and dreary passage, the ship arrived at Hobson's Bay, and
we were landed. My reputation was too bad to be allowed to serve outside
of the hulks, and accordingly, day after day, I dragged my chain and
ball, attached to my right foot, after me, and performed la