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Such
a
one
had
been
and
was
Paddy
O'Moore
.
He
left
Dundalk
,
where
he
was
starving
,
and
came
with
his
family
to
Australia
,
landed
at
Adelaide
,
where
,
refusing
employment
as
a
miner
,
he
got
engaged
on
a
farm
,
and
two
months
afterward
commenced
clearing
ground
on
his
own
account
.
The
whole
territory
of
South
Australia
is
divided
into
lots
,
each
containing
eighty
acres
,
and
these
are
granted
to
colonists
by
the
government
.
Any
industrious
man
,
by
proper
cultivation
,
can
not
only
get
a
living
out
of
his
lot
,
but
lay
by
pounds
80
a
year
.
Paddy
O'Moore
knew
this
.
He
profited
by
his
own
former
experience
,
and
laid
by
every
penny
he
could
till
he
had
saved
enough
to
purchase
new
lots
.
His
family
prospered
,
and
his
farm
also
.
The
Irish
peasant
became
a
landed
proprietor
,
and
though
his
little
estate
had
only
been
under
cultivation
for
two
years
,
he
had
five
hundred
acres
cleared
by
his
own
hands
,
and
five
hundred
head
of
cattle
.
He
was
his
own
master
,
after
having
been
a
serf
in
Europe
,
and
as
independent
as
one
can
be
in
the
freest
country
in
the
world
.
His
guests
congratulated
him
heartily
as
he
ended
his
narration
;
and
Paddy
O'Moore
no
doubt
expected
confidence
for
confidence
,
but
he
waited
in
vain
.
However
,
he
was
one
of
those
discreet
people
who
can
say
,
"
I
tell
you
who
I
am
,
but
I
do
n't
ask
who
you
are
.
"
Glenarvan
's
great
object
was
to
get
information
about
the
Britannia
,
and
like
a
man
who
goes
right
to
the
point
,
he
began
at
once
to
interrogate
O'Moore
as
to
whether
he
had
heard
of
the
shipwreck
.
The
reply
of
the
Irishman
was
not
favorable
;
he
had
never
heard
the
vessel
mentioned
.
For
two
years
,
at
least
,
no
ship
had
been
wrecked
on
that
coast
,
neither
above
nor
below
the
Cape
.
Now
,
the
date
of
the
catastrophe
was
within
two
years
.
He
could
,
therefore
,
declare
positively
that
the
survivors
of
the
wreck
had
not
been
thrown
on
that
part
of
the
western
shore
.
Now
,
my
Lord
,
"
he
added
,
"
may
I
ask
what
interest
you
have
in
making
the
inquiry
?
"
This
pointed
question
elicited
in
reply
the
whole
history
of
the
expedition
.
Glenarvan
related
the
discovery
of
the
document
,
and
the
various
attempts
that
had
been
made
to
follow
up
the
precise
indications
given
of
the
whereabouts
of
the
unfortunate
captives
;
and
he
concluded
his
account
by
expressing
his
doubt
whether
they
should
ever
find
the
Captain
after
all
.
His
dispirited
tone
made
a
painful
impression
on
the
minds
of
his
auditors
.
Robert
and
Mary
could
not
keep
back
their
tears
,
and
Paganel
had
not
a
word
of
hope
or
comfort
to
give
them
John
Mangles
was
grieved
to
the
heart
,
though
he
,
too
,
was
beginning
to
yield
to
the
feeling
of
hopelessness
which
had
crept
over
the
rest
,
when
suddenly
the
whole
party
were
electrified
by
hearing
a
voice
exclaim
:
"
My
Lord
,
praise
and
thank
God
!
if
Captain
Grant
is
alive
,
he
is
on
this
Australian
continent
.
"
THE
surprise
caused
by
these
words
can
not
be
described
.
Glenarvan
sprang
to
his
feet
,
and
pushing
back
his
seat
,
exclaimed
:
"
Who
spoke
?
"
