The distance is not great; we will offer our bail, and I am confident I can easily show Mr .-- I beg his pardon--Sir Robert Hazlewood, the necessity of receiving it.' 'With all my heart,' said the Colonel; and, ringing the bell, gave the necessary orders.

'And what is next to be done ?' 'We must get hold of Mac-Morlan, and look out for more proof.' 'Proof!' said the Colonel, 'the thing is as clear as daylight: here are Mr.Sampson and Miss Bertram, and you yourself at once recognise the young gentleman as his father's image; and he himself recollects all the very peculiar circumstances preceding his leaving this country.

What else is necessary to conviction ?' 'To moral conviction nothing more, perhaps,' said the experienced lawyer, 'but for legal proof a great deal.

Mr.Bertram's recollections are his own recollections merely, and therefore are not evidence in his own favour.

Miss Bertram, the learned Mr.Sampson, and I can only say, what every one who knew the late Ellangowan will readily agree in, that this gentleman is his very picture.