He had gone out from Scotland as a Presbyterian clergyman, and no doubt had ever been felt as to his being that which he called himself;--and a letter from him was produced which had undoubtedly been written by himself.

Robert Bolton had procured a photograph of the note which the woman produced as having been written by Allan to Caldigate.
The handwriting did not appear to him to be the same, but an expert had given an opinion that they both might have been written by the same person.

Of Dick Shand no tidings had been found.

It was believed that he had gone from Queensland to some of the Islands,--probably to the Fijis; but he had sunk so low among men as to have left no trace behind him.

In Australia no one cares to know whence a shepherd has come or whither he goes.