Show A 1 LOVE BY HENRY W CHAPTER IX IK continued but the tetter luk luck would be not for long jim another small one would follow and then another the pigeon was as generally persuaded to take hla his saddle off then he be would decide to stop the night and no far arther on the road mould he go while the news spread quickly that long jim was vi as on the spree at sullivan a s on the he afternoon in qu question astion tho the 0 each coach was expected up and sullivan had bid been several times to the door looking out anxiously tor for its coming there was never any telling what profitable guests it might contain so on mail nights was always a decent supper laid in a room away from the common con men herd in readiness for or more mora distinguished company theres there s the lust dut of the coach at last cried a man who mho had also been engaged in watching matching the distant track its two hours honra late I 1 expect they ve had a smash it was nearly dusk when tile coach pulled up tip at the door of the inn and discharged its cargo horses hat hal to be changed the fresh ones being ready in waiting in the yand and ten minutes were allowed for the dusty passengers to refresh then melles ori on lightning rura rum only one poison among the twenty passengers got out with the en ident intention of iema remaining ining at this stage while the courts remained and the bar was aa thronged thron ged with customers cunto mers there was a pet pei feet label babel of voices and ge genera 11 eral hubbub and confusion all round the stranger sat at on a bench near ar tit tha wooden counter presently the landlord came in ile he had bad been taking ill a farewell glance at the departing mall mail and was chinking some coins in bis big trousers pocket as if he were well fled with the of the last ten minutes ilia iha clity keio kerosene sene lamp threw a dim light upon the Inter interior lor of 0 the den and sullivan sullenly sud lenly kemem bared hla his guest pulling down his aali t slee sleeves es which he be rolled up above the elbow he put on hla most insinuating manner as aa he prec prece elved ived at a glance glanc 0 that he had bad no bushman to client unluckily however toi foi the dignity of his deportment mr sullivan was s BO 0 busily intent upon his po pos a sible ible new pie tatt lie hs stumbled across a pr prostrate body hod in ili the doai sly ay and fell flat upon his face ace what are sou doing lying about like that sam barn he cited indignantly as he struggled straggled to his f fet feet et NN hi you are drunk you ought to be ashamed of yourself tripping leople up in that disgraceful v aay ay out ou go tale take your cooler outside it oil don t know how to behave behane oui self and the unresisting sot got by tile lie shirt and trousers lie he pitched him inci tho the toad load way then turning to the new nea arrival in the most affable nay a ay as it if nothing unusual had occurred he inquired it if he would like some supper after his journey thank you replied the yes I 1 should like something to eat and I 1 don t mind if I 1 had a drop of your best just tor for tile the good of the house As aa the man spoke he showed signs of having had several drops of the bent I 1 already certainly sir replied sullivan scenting a good customer as a tenter would a rat then rinsing ringing a tumbler in a wooden tub beneath the counter lie proceeded to polish it on it a piece of old towel ith a very professional air turning to the shelves he paused and seemed to be deliberating as to what really was his big best ile he then took town down a bottle with a capsule on it and winking confidentially to hla his suat remarked that lie he thought he would find that prime the difference the mixture contained in ili the bottle and that in the aega on the shell shelf flaa as that the former wan wa neatly neaily proof rum anil and the latter a concoction of of v ine toba toli aeta co brown sugar water and a flavoring only of the real article mr cuilli an kept a tev strong sarn sani plo bottles of the genuine liquid on pur pose tor ter treat occasions and it if I 1 two nobble cobblers rs of that tailed failed to start them he b did not know v a hat would supper deemed to take a long time to prepare and the stranger indulged in another taste or t two 0 0 of the best after hla his second dose conversation con versa alon flowed more easily the silence which hla his highly respectable attire hall had const upon the company beglin begin to acor off on and nd the landlord relapsed lit in ta 0 hla his 1 a I jovial style do you know a station elation called redmont about here inquired the he stran gar fw presen presenta tl if ll 11 I 1 should think I 1 did I 1 t air liall ian t ftp I 1 y yes yea mr charles hall hal and a veay vea vc axy y mice gentleman he Is s remarked remark Ml sulli B inwardly thinking that he vai nothing of the sort ort acia Is it far front from bet heie e only six miles follow the crek creek ad you cant miss it I 1 thoi thought as aa how owyous you might be tor for perhaps atit expects you II 11 1 I dont know whether bether he does or lie he dont aine ered the atran stranger er shortt ihor of ervand wl blut althe 1 the sit all of one who uncles I 1 I 1 4 pumped just then supper was announced and sullivan showed hla his guest the way isay into the best pillar pi i lor now ow I 1 wonder what lay he be B x on lie he upon returning to the bar new ew churn chum I 1 should suy say don t look as aa it if he be had ever done any hard work to judge by his hands handa some relation ot of vir mr hall a perhaps though he don t look quite the nob either halto hallo la Is that you Bayn baynes esP h he e exclaimed as at that moment bayn daynes es entered the bar followed by a larie kangaroo dog I 1 I 1 hae baie come down dohn for or the mall mail bags la tl the i e coi coach c b in y yeta et ln inquired q ar dailies buu edor babi irs Y yes e s b been e en 1 in n a an n 1 hour r or more 0 e theres there B the bags on oil the floor thank you said bald baynes picking them up tip and making for the door as if t he were A ere about to go nv what hat 3 ou oil axen t going off on alke that daynes won t ou on ha hae e a taste ot of something I 1 no thank ou oil all the same ld id rather not I 1 well I 1 m wont on t press ou oil married man eh what A hat made you come down for the malla you must be getting quite a bouseman ho bo iseman I 1 I 1 I 1 m better than I 1 used to bo be and take lake all the riding I 1 can get that a a fine dog said sullivan patting the animal on the bead where did ou on find him I 1 declare you ou are getting quite sporty I 1 hear ou on bought two horses too the other da day Y Is 18 that perhaps 3 aull oil 11 be bringing the missus down some sunday to have a look at us perhaps I 1 By the thebie by e there a a gentleman here just up by the coach for n lor echoed baynes yes what a his I 1 I 1 don t know but I 1 II 11 boon find out while sullivan was making the inquiry within tom baynes threw the tha mall n all bags across the saddle and unhooking onn his bridle fi bioni om the tha post mounted his hoise |