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WILLIAM HIGGINSON returned just before sundown, with Jim Cobbledick and a drayload of supplies to replace those lost in the fire. A new tent was pitched on the old site. Higgie paused in the midst of his exertions to express a fervid wish that Heaven might be good enough to deliver the arsonist into his hands in the act of igniting this tent.
"I made inquiries all over the place in at Tadmor," said he. "Nobody could provide a clue. As for Flatman he seems to be universally respected. But if a man pays his way in the bush, the natives, in their natural amazement, credit him with all the virtues."