At length the fellow was secured, and led before a magistrate; the boy, to whom he was heard to say something which nobody understood, and to whom, after the man's capture, no one paid much attention, was no more seen.
"The rest, as far as this man was concerned, may be told in a few words; nothing to criminate him was found on his person, but on his baggage being examined, a quantity of spurious notes were discovered.

Much of his hardihood now forsook him, and in the hope of saving his life he made some very important disclosures; amongst other things, he confessed that it was he who had given me the notes in exchange for the horses, and also the note to be changed.

He was subsequently tried on two indictments, in the second of which I appeared against him.

He was condemned to die; but, in consideration of the disclosures he had made, his sentence was commuted to perpetual transportation.
"My innocence was thus perfectly established before the eyes of the world, and all my friends hastened to congratulate me.

There was one who congratulated me more than all the rest--it was my beloved one, but--but--she was dying.