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to make him satisfied Avith the proposed arrange- 

 ment. After a consultation -with Mr. Gibson Ave 

 determined upon the following course of action : We 

 were to stay a day or so at the Lake Hotel and fish 

 or shoot, whilst Sandy was to be despatched to Mr, 

 Marvin with a letter in which Reid and I explained 

 to Mr. Marvin the lamentable end of Jonathan, 

 and the arrangement Ave had come to with his mur- 

 derer. 



Sandy came back next day. Mr. Marvin, Avith 

 his usual good feeling, had received the fatal neAvs 

 like a hero. He sent us a very friendly letter, 

 thanking us warmly for the measures which we 

 had taken to repair his loss, "only/' added he, 

 " do you think the confounded Yankee Avill keep 

 his word ? " 



"We must go and look after the fellow," said 

 Mayne Reid, " and remind him of his promise ;" and 

 Avithout further delay, when we had finished our 

 breakfast, we got into Sandy's boat, each armed with 

 a rifle Avhich our host lent us. 



The Yankee was sitting in front of his door, 

 smoking his pipe, when we arrived opposite the hut. 

 After listening to Marvin's letter, he agreed to start 

 at once for the osprey's nest, in order that Ave 

 might at once ascertain what it contained. This 

 proposition suited us exactly and we took him into 

 our boat, with his long rifle, the very weapon with 

 which he had committed the crime. An hour after- 



