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Tale told by an acquaintance met on the road to Kiama between Shoalhaven and Gerrigong of his days as a convict. Recounts the sufferings of three convicts also employed on a station in the Shoalhaven district years before - who ultimately drew straws to decide which of them should be murdered, who should kill him and so be hung; and who should turn queen's evidence and be pardoned. The denoument was not exactly thus ... (PB)
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