keep an appointment. We shall be ready at the time
you state."

"Then in two hours' time I will send Murden for you. By the way," the
captain continued, in a careless tone, "if there is any thing I can help
you to, command me."

We knew that the captain alluded to our clothes, but we merely shook our
heads and declared that we had a full supply. He looked incredulous, but
was too polite to contradict, and was about to depart, when he suddenly
said,--

"By the way, I don't suppose you have seen the morning papers? Here are
the Argus and Herald. You may like to look over them, as they contain an
account of the fire, and mention the gallant conduct of two American
gentlemen who were present."

The captain laid down the papers, and was off without a word of
explanation. We felt that keen curiosity characteristic of Americans
when they know that their names are in print, and hardly had the sound
of the hoofs of the captain's horse died away before we spread open the
sheets, and after hunting over a column of matter which related to
losses, with the names of individuals, we came across the following,
headed,--

"INCIDENTS.--During the fire this morning, two young men, whose names
are unknown, but whom we hope to discover before our next issue, made
their way to his excellency the governor, and volunteered to take the
whole charge of the fire, and put the two hitherto almost useless
engines in working order. After some hesitation on the part of his
excellency, consent was given, and two companies of a regiment allotted
to man the brakes. Under the direction of the young men the machines
were brought into action, and were the means of saving property to a
large amount. We also hear it stated that the same parties organized the
lines of buckets, although we do not vouch for the truth of the
statement."

"P.S.--Since writing the above, we learn that the young men are
Americans, and are the same who appeared in the procession yesterday
afternoon. They have been engaged by the police force for the last three
weeks in hunting bushrangers. We shall give the public the most reliable
information to be obtained concerning them, and shall issue an extra
containing a history of their lives and adventures, illustrated with
correct likenesses."

"I wonder how the editor expects to get a history of our lives, and a
correct likeness?" laughed Fred, laying down the Argus and taking up the
Herald.

The latter paper was more disposed