es from us, and when word came from the governor that we were to be
shown into his room, the little fellow looked after us as though he
never expected to see such a sight again, and was determined to improve
his opportunity.

We mounted a flight of stairs, broad and imposing, as became a
governor's palace, and then the servant, who had us in charge, stopped
before an open door, at which was stationed a man in livery. To the
latter was given our names, and in a loud voice the fellow repeated
them; at the same time he stood aside and allowed us to pass into the
presence of his excellency, the lieutenant-governor.

Mr. Latrobe was standing near a window, which overlooked the street, and
was conversing with Colonel Hensen, the captain of police, and a number
of other gentlemen, whose faces we were not acquainted with.

Colonel Hensen advanced to meet us as we entered, and then, in due form,
presented us to the governor.

"God bless me," said his excellency, rubbing his hands as though he had
caught cold the night before, and he wished to quicken the circulation
of his blood, "God bless me, can it be possible?"

He didn't say what it was that surprised him so much, but I gave a
shrewd guess that our change of costume had improved our appearance to
such a degree that we should have been passed in the street by our most
intimate friends unrecognized.

"Don't be backward in making known your wants," whispered the colonel,
while the governor was wringing his hands.

"Both of you, gentlemen, are entitled to my warmest gratitude for the
zeal which you displayed last night," the governor at length said, "and
I embrace the present opportunity to thank you. God bless me, I wish
that all of the emigrants who reach our shores were of the same stamp.
We should be more prosperous and happy."

"We trust, for the honor of America, that all who claim our country as
their home will never give your excellency cause of uneasiness," Fred
said, with a slight how.

"God bless me, I hope not," echoed the governor. "But I have great cares
on my mind, great cares; and sometimes I think that I shall have to
return to old England, and let some younger man occupy my place."

The governor's suite maintained a profound silence, which struck us as
very singular; but then we did not know that a new ruler was on his way
to Australia, and that the home government had got most heartily tired
of the vacillating policy of Mr. Latrobe, and that the se