He And Tuhey
Would Make Me Strike Up Some Favourite Piece Out Of The Italian Opera,
And The Charm Succeeded.
A gentle tap at the door of our cell was the
signal to get from a crack below a stick of tobacco, and then we were all
jolly.
We decreed and proclaimed that even in hell there must be some
good devils.
3. Mr. Wintle, the governor, inclining to the John Bull in corporation,
had preserved even in a Melbourne gaol, crammed as it is at the end of
each month with the worst class of confirmed criminals, his good, kind
heart. With us state prisoners, without relaxing discipline, he used no
cruelty - spoke always kindly to us - was sorry at our position, and wished
us well. He had regard for me, on account of my bad health; that I shall
always remember.
4. Some day in January we received a New-Year's Present - that is a copy
of the indictment. I protest at once against recording it here: it is
the coarsest fustian ever spun by Toorak Spiders. I solemnly declare that
to my knowledge the name of Her Most Gracious Majesty was never mentioned
in any way, shape, or form whatever, during the whole of the late
transactions on Ballaarat. I devoured the whole of the indictment with
both my eyes, expecting to meet with some count charging us with riot.
The disappointment was welcome, and I considered myself safe. Not so,
however, by a parcel of shabby solicitors.
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