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"Here's news!" cried Dodge: "but I'm not to be caught with chaff.—I'm quite near enough to Melbourne: good bye."

Neither Hugh nor Slinger could quite comprehend the meaning Dodge wished to convey.

"It's not genuine," he said; drawing their attention to the bill, and poking Slinger in the ribs, "d'ye see that?" and he pointed out the name of his old legal antagonist, J. Nailem.— It's a trap—of course 'tis; but I'm not caught yet.—Good bye, I'm off."