We shall be having no peace, now.

Every time he is off on duty, you will be picturing him as engaged in some dreadful struggle with bush rangers and blacks; and if letters don't come as often as you expect them, you will be fretting yourself into a fever." "What nonsense, papa! I know, of course, George will have to do his duty.

I don't suppose he's always going to be tied to my apron string." "You take my advice, Reuben," Mr.Hudson said, "don't you go and lose your heart; for if you once do, there's a police officer spoiled.

It don't so much matter with Wilson, because he has done his share of dangerous work, and is pretty well up at the top of the tree; but a man that has to tackle bush rangers and blacks, ought not to have a woman at home thinking of him." "There is no fear of that, for a good many years to come," Reuben laughed.

"Are these blacks really formidable fellows, Captain Wilson ?" "Formidable to the settlers," Captain Wilson said, "but not to us.
They drive off cattle and sheep, and sometimes attack solitary stations, and murder every soul there; but they seldom stand up in fair fight, when we come down upon them; but they fight hard, sometimes, when they are acting with bush rangers." "Bush rangers are mostly escaped convicts, are they not ?" "Almost always," Captain Wilson replied, "except that, of course, they have among them a few men such as runaway sailors, and ne'er-do-wells who get sick of shepherding and take to the bush; but the great proportion are convicts.