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Show : A FELON'S LOVE. DY IIBNRY V. XBSPIBLD. rilUTHtM H Hall then ent about his busl nrii I ky no n eatut hurried himself to attend upon the Invall 1 at Sullivan Ht had lurh a horror of drunkards In general that the mans Illness excited no I'mpithy within Ilesldes he ha 1 nothing to communicate regarding Ilotxrt Luke the brother, and had long line teased to take any Interest In wkat had become of him LeUnrely mounting hla horeo that aflimoon he rode down tu the public hoa" There he waa receive 1 by an expectant expect-ant crowd of loafers foremost amongst whom u lbs landlord he ao much detested de-tested "Take Mr Hall a horse Dill, cant jerl" tried Sullivan ' ery good of yon air, i m sure to have taken the trouble to come This buslnem has quits upset me Hi awtull and the man really did look aa It his nerves wen tn a more shattered condition thin usiul -s in you slop Insl le, sir J be asked respectfully I have a letter let-ter you hid better see at once Mr Hill folloned the landlord Into tho little back i arlor which waa o far In idranee of the rest of the estab llibmint as to boast of a calico celling Closing the door Sullivan pulled out a letter from the deptha of ono of bla nocketa It waa the letter written by Holier 1 1 uke to hli brother In 1 ngland Itr Hill read tho letter carefully through. 1 cast make head or tall of II he romarked at last It li dated on the day the mau disappeared 1 see lut whit wii the trial and what waa the thousand pounds reward he seemed so keen about getting?' "You 11 remember sir surely' It was the great rroyles murder 111 Dngland This rain V. Illlam I uke waa taken up on suinklon He wan the butler tn Ibe old gent who was killed 'M, Tee I remember now reading ill about It replied Mr Hall becom Ing isore Interested Well this William I uke was ron demned to death and there aeemed no doubt that he committed tho murder Shortly after the execution waa to have taken place however tho lollco got upon mother scent I remember and ha was pardoned I 'In air, and the pcotle who wero I waited In his stead were two of tho I setxuta who gave evidence against I him it the trial Here la a printed I fc,BtblU ' ,-. ) Mrillall took tho paper In his band It vu headed One Tho nand founds Reward ' and contained the deacrlp tlorii of Edward Uartlett and Anno Dodion "I cannot any that this In any way inllghtcns me, ho remarked presently Thin referring to Itobert I uka a let lcr to hla brother, he ial I I uke eeem cd to fancy that bo traced a 'III euotg In Tout Ilaynm to tho woman who li here wanted' This Is abmird' "Ho had his own reasons no doubt replied Sulllrnn Toaslbly ho had or thought he had but which la moro likely ho was carried away by tho hope of gaining the rowan!, and wi allotted himself to luipect pooplo without Just cause' Ha mny haio been right, anyhow rrowled tho landlord I don t think so and I II tell you by I havo k in llnynea wife ant the In no way answers the description of the woman here Oh jou hno seen her? lcs ' And what waa ahe llkeT 'In the first placo sho was not nearly near-ly io tall aa this Anno Dodson who cemi to havo been much aboio the average height of women Then her hair waa very dark' 'That might easily bo managed argued Sullivan Of course but her features In no way nniworod tho description hero In tact I am certain ahe could not havo been the aama person Oh I' grunted Sullivan In a dlsap pointed tone Welt, perhaps sir, you would like to sco the man I uke He Is tn the nsxt room ' ou wished to eo me ' said tho squatter, taking n soat by the bodsldo Yes air aald Luke It you am Mr Charloa Hall 'That Is my name! ' ' I havo come out all this way to sco my brother Itobert ' ' Yes I know all about It. lou have heard how suddenly ho went away! 'lie never went away, sit,' replied the alck man ' What then do you supposo baa be come of him?' Ilalilng himself with difficulty upon one arm William Luke looked wildly about him 'My head my headl ' be exclalmel Oh don t mind me air! I II think directly di-rectly ' My belief la that ha has been put awayf Put away?' 'Yoa air murdered! ' ' Nonsense man, you are imagining thlnga which wo know cannot be truol By whom could he havo been murdered? mur-dered? ' ' ny them ' ' Whom? ' "Edward Hartlett and Anno Dodson 'My good fellow ' said Mr Hall soothingly, ' there havo been no -'1 peoilfl In this neighborhood our brothers suspicions aa to Hayne were qullo rl lletiloua He and hla wife were nothing llko tho peoilo here described describ-ed an I Mr Hall held up the printed handbill as he spoke 'This IIinea-tcan I sea him? Will you have him brought to me here, so that I may be satisfied? Why, ho waa here last nlgkt ' Interposed In-terposed Sullivan and you wero talking talk-ing to htm yourself at the door" He was an l you never told me?' 'Told you? How was I to know then what you wanted? If people are so precious close ' You will bring htm to me then? cried Luke selling Mr Italia band as he spoke That I cannot do ' replied the squatter 'Tom llaynea and his wife left the station at an early hour thla morning ' Clone?" ahrlekel tho man In an agony of excitement ' iou have let them gol ou are nil against me Ob murdered murdcredl he yelled and struggling to leap out of the bed he fell upon tho floor In an epileptic fit. CHAITI It MI Ily slow degrees William luko recovered re-covered from his lllneea ao far that he could get nut and walk about a llttlo wllh the aid of a atlck Nothing would now In luce him tu touch spirits, and Sullivan grumbled mightily at having a lolger who ho declared not only occtii le I his best bedroom but hard ly spent enough to pay for hla tucker" Still Sullivan had une consolation and that waa that at the atory of the new arrival was circulated people wero curious to see this William I uke who had been condemned for murder and pardoned I uke a one dealro was to get strong enough to go on to Itedmount snd search for some traces of tils brother ' He aln t there replied Sullivan aa hn listened to hla customers repetition of tho old story for about tho fiftieth time Dldul Mr Hall tell you for certain that the llaynesen roil In t lo tho ones ou arc alter? Dldnt he see Hayne wlto? And dldn I the trooper and other pcoplo see her and him? And I aren t they alt certain you are ou the I wrong track? I ' Hut what made them go off ao sud I denly, satd l.ukc still unconvinced I the ery day I ramo up? I , ' Ulesa the man crle 1 Sullivan get- I tAluoary,of arguing with him I hasnt MrTIlaTl,wnywr.al over again that the chap got a tetter' saying bla sister was III In Sydney? If )ou will make a mystery of everything connected wllh them, why, you will-that will-that sail Ivo got to say ' Hut the mora I uka thought and tho more ho read and re real his brothers letter, the more certain be felt that thcro was something about tho Ilayneses hlch no ono ss yet aus peeled Did not his brother asy that on that very night of the 26th of May lis In tended to visit their hut? ' I mean to see her tonight whether or no Hi) dm Is away fetching some stores and won t be homo until morn Ing So now s my chancel Theso were the words which William I uka read as be sat beneath tho shade of a gum trto on tho creek ilde, and racked his bralm to work the puule out, Ono day al out a month after hla arrival at 8ulllvan a and whtii he had become tolerably convaleiccnt I uke made up hla mln 1 that he would go to Itedmount io borrowing a hone, he itarted off Upon reaching tlo itotlou he wia received with oiery klndneis by the hands wl o felt a rough sympathy for the man who had corao ao far to aeo his brother and ha 1 not found him Mr Hall too had got over the flrat feeling of dligust ho had entertained for 'the gcnilcman who had been drinking and had had fits ' and asked him In lila kindliest manner to como up wllh him to the house and talk matters mat-ters over ' I wish to Mk you several question! sir ' ruild I uke about things that have been on my mind 'Ask away replied the squatter First of all I mint tell you some thing of my own history ' began Luke nervously That Is unnecessary, I am lure" said Mr Hall gently ' It cannot poa- albly bear upon thla present question." No sir, perbapa not, but still I think Id rather Oo on, then I am listening" 'Well air, I entered service early, and waa in many a good iltuatlon but latterly I could not keep my places Tho curse of my life aa It has been the curse of many another one wasths drink The place where I lived before I went to Mr Hughea-who you know, waa murdcrcd-I left on that account, I cheeked the master, and be said I had atolen hla wine That was true However I made up my mind on going go-ing to my new iltuatlon to turn ovor anowleatl' And you did not aucceed? ' No sir I went on very well for a abort time but. If It la not wicked to speak so of the dead he waa a most provoking old gentleman Frequently be would And faul' without any sort of occasion and on that particular flay- of the dinner party he had been mors H than uniisuxlly cantankerous That and H my old habits made me tako to the H liquor again I felt annoyed and put B out and was nipping pretty freely throughout the dny After the dinner waa over I took a bottle of sherry from H the cellaret and drank It up In my LgsH room LaVfl es sail Mr Hall 'and you wero Hu2 not quite sober In tho morning ' xcBB I was three-parts drunk when I 90E nnoke and could not clearly bring to Wgffl rrlnd anvlhlncr whleh hail occurred on EflflnU the previous night iffiK just soi sCeQ 'Well you know the rest I wan nBra convicted contemned and ultimately MMI parloned Hdward Hartlett the foot- SaDflj man swore In hll evidence against me nu at the trial that I had been often talk- flQHl! Ing of how I should llko to raise money KeVUst enough to take me out to Australia." rWaSal And had you dono so? ' IgsHI ' Uelleve me air, aa there s a Heaven BBW above and aa I alt here It waa hs who OsflaV was always epeaklng of coming out tgtafl here Such a notion never entered my IH head ' LH 'Well but how does thla bear upon jH the question? H I will tell you, sir My brother H Itobert wss In court when 1 was tried H He had been for some years In the Metropolitan Police and, unlike me, waa steady In his habits Hob always H bad hla head screwed on right, and, H putting two and two torether, he made H up hla mind that the missing man and H woman hal somehow or other made their way out heret H 'cs yes I understand,' ssld Mr H Hall H Ills letter explains the rest" con- H tlnued Luke ' I came out here as H quickly as I could not only In the H hopes of tracing them snd bringing H them to Justice but I must confess of H sharing tho thousand poinds reward" H ' Kxactlr verv natural!" LLH 'On the way mil on board ahlp, I H was drinking pretty freely, but It waa H not until my journey up by the coach H that It began to tell upon me When H I got to Sullivan s I felt In an unnat- H urally excited state-sort of wild I H cannot tell ou how ' H ' I hopo never to know from person- pH al experience said Mr Hall smiling jH but I can cosily lmaglno You felt H what the men up here rail 'Jumpy'?' H 'Just ao air I felt It coming on, H and when I heard of my brother a dls. H appearance I was taken ' H ' W ell we won t talk about that I H know ill tho rest' H Thank you sir sal I Luke wiping jH the perspiration from hla forehead at H tho baro recollection of tho agonies hs IH had endured 'One thing I most par- H tlcularly wish In ask you, sir ' he con- H tlnued after a pause la It true that H Daynes receive! a tetter from Sydney H that night by the mall, telling him hla H atster waa dying? ' H I ' Poor Daynes I Well Luke you cer- H talnly havo It firmly Implanted In your H mind that that harmless youth was H Wlta avmlii wnrnrwTJ---iu (l- r '-ajaaa Jl. 1 1 SBH Irsgedr.i'-.To una werOhr" Question""' j--B to the best of my belief Daynes 'did get '' M a letter to that effect ' H "To the best of your belief? ' M cs far I dll not sco It." H ' Hut you havo a locked mall bag? ' M 'OS H "And you saw the letters taken out? ' H '1m I took them out myself, but H hla letter was not amongst them He jM told me tho driver of the coach Sam H Jones brought It up for him by hand ' H Tho driver brought It up? ' repeatod M I uke H ' 'ies the driver ao he toll me" H 'That la strange I never heard of H that beforo The mall cornea In to- H night. I will go down to Sullivan s, H and ask tho driver ' H Toor fellow I thought Mr Hall af- 1 ter his departure ' I should not won- H der If this business drove him mad H He acemi to have the Daynes on the H (To be Continued ) H |