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Show A FELON'S LOVE. ) BY 1IBNRY v KIJSPIHLD. i tllAPTI 11 I -(Continued ) After tome further conversation the man 1 uke censed to take tny further notice of the souny, man beyond an occasional glance at II he wero trying to remember where he ha I teen hit fste before llaynea very shortly after trdt got up uvt sunt off homo to his hut. At one of (he men lud Informed tiVe Mr Hall happened to be short of ntnds Jim then and upon applying lo him the next morning he not taken on Thlnct ent on for tome lime very much at usual There cre cattle-brtnrllniit cattle-brtnrllniit breaking In of horse and Bun lay kangaroo hunts Indulging In a drunken bout at Sullivan t the Hush Ion " a few mltet off lhe latter diver-Ion diver-Ion being much to Mr Hall t Inconvenience Incon-venience and disgust Sullivan t 'lightning rum wot not only guaranteed to make men drunk but It bad the jecullar effect, after a few days' steady drinking of tending them raving mal This wtt not to be wondered at, at Mr Hall frequently told hit men on the station for the chief componenli were spirits of wine, brown sugar and tobacco A noticeable alteration had taken place In Tom llaynea' demeanor since the arrival of llobcrt t.uke upon the ttalton lie seemed to havo relapsed Into hit old moody manner which he hid apparently got rid of at he had bo-come bo-come used to the place He wat now never In the mens hut longer than wit altoltitely necessary for the performance of hit duties and ht shut himself up more than ever away from them all "How precious fond of that minus of hla he must be' ' tald I.ukr. ono night "Hi queer no ones ever had a tight of her Hun t no one for certain ever seen her? ' 'Jot la I knoai on" returned one of hit mates ' What doet It matter to you If you tee her or not? Bhei an I Invalid, that a what the Is And bet a good mile, and provides good grub I all round" I ' 1 II try and gel a look at her, and 'chance the duckt " retorted Hob I Luke "V. hat right hat the to go and ibut herself upt It putties my bratni where I have teen that chap llaynea 1 lefore " After tnlt Luke wat constantly pry- tig about In the endeavor to get ft peco Into llaynct but One night he ucceeded In creeping close up to It without disturbing the Inmalet There tat, however, no possible meant of peeping In, to Luke lay down In the ibadow behind the chimney and Hit-tned. Hit-tned. lie could not catch a tingle word If the Inmates of the but were talking tbey mutt have been doing to In very low tonet Hy and by, how-tver, how-tver, the door opened and In the stream of light that came from within, with-in, Luke beheld woman walk out Into the open air A shawl partly concealed con-cealed her featurea aa iho went down the little garden path to the gate Then the Hopped for tome ten minutes min-utes with her back towards the watcher watch-er looklnc cut Into the night I shn I ' ier better when the Ii coming " thought Luke Hut at tl.it moment tho lamp Intld the hut wat extinguished, and he could tee nothing more than the shadowy shad-owy form of tho womnn aa abe turned round and re entered the dwelling Ilobert Luke felt bnfllrd, nnd his curiosity cu-riosity became keener than ever When he reached the hut In which he tlept, he found It empty The men were still haggling over their greasy carda at euchre In the kitchen Bitting down by tho plank table upon which stood the tlutb lamp a tin pannikin full of sheep s fat with a rag for a wick I tike pulled out an old pocketbook, and drow from It a worn and dirty paper. Unfolding It, be read the heading ' One Thousand I'oundt Howard" The rett of the Printed matter, which be read through carefully, contained tho description of Edward Dartlett and Anne Dodton "Well, It atn t them at any rale " ho grumbled, aa he replaced the paper la IU cover "'Man with fair complex Ion, gray eyes, thortlih ' That won t do llaynea bos dark eye It quite middling height Hair might dye, but eye no. It aln t him Detldea I aaw thtm both In court when Hill waa tried I have Itl ' he cried, springing to his feet and bringing his flit down with a crash upon the table "That 1 where I taw the face like his It wat Anne Dodton al Supposing he It a brother of Anne Dodton 1, and bat her Jure In bldlngr diAPTnn vii ' Daynea," aald Mr Hall one morning morn-ing at he waa starting out for the run, ' I want you to go down to Sulllran 1 thla afternoon you know the public-hoiue public-hoiue where the couch ttopped when you came np The drnya are up from town, and we are to thort of a num-hr num-hr of things that I am tending tome Pck-horsei to meet them 10 you can load up with whatever you think w moat require Tin bullockt are to none up that I heir they will not be able to como any farther for the next three dayj Very provoking It la to he ture I auppote all the men will get drunk there However, It cant b helped " How am 1 lo go tlrl asked Ihty nrs On foot? Oh nol replied Mr Hall laughing I hear you are rather afraid of mounting a honM but 1 have left my mare Murgar up In the nnl She Is qullo quiet to you need not 1 e alarmed One nf the men will nddlo her for you It you don t know how to tet about If Tom Hi) net set out thtirlly nflrr the men s dinner wat terved amidst roar of laughter mil much chaff from the station ban It 1 at never been on a hone before TnmT cried one llet alone, with you! Itol I tight on to her mane that way Now then off you got Slick to her mate! Ho ho hoi' an I spanking spank-ing the ol 1 mare on the llitik with hit band he started her off In the proper direction Mr Hall slopped at the kitchen upon hla return In the evening an I called ono of the men out to take hit horse 'Hot llaynea come back Jet'' ho asked No sir," the man replied ' I don I see how he coul I get back tonight They will have to unload a good part of two draje to get at the things he wnntt," 'True Ah well there a not much fear of hit getting on the drink-that drink-that a one reason why t tent him! If you had gone Charlie" he added to the man, ' I don t suppose I should hae teen you back for a month ' Very likely air that It If once 1 tatted," replied Charlie Most curious curi-ous way It la with me If I don't laate I dont want It, once I ve had a aup there a no stopping of me I mutt go right away to the end of my cheque " Well lako my advice and never laate again Charlie" tald hla matter, at ha walked oft In the direction of the house While thta conversation took place, Ilobert I uke waa standing close by, and tbortly atterwarda he walked over to the ttore whero everything the men required could be purchased, from boota and shirts to patent pills 'Quod evening I uke" tald the atorekeepor "And how a the world utlng youT W ant aome tobacco, or I what? We thill have a heap ot new I thlngt up In a day or two when the drayt arrive " 'No thank you," replied LilJie,M Just came over to beg an envelope and a theet of paper The mall bag It made up tonight, lint HT' 'Yet In half an hour Writing to your girl, Luke? ' asked the man as he threw over the required articles. ' Put It thort and tweet" 'No, I am not writing to my girl," replied Luke only to a brother" Leaning on tho counter In a quiet corner of the ttore, Ilobert I uke aet to work, and wrote the following letter-Care of Charles Hall Fsq , Iledmount Station Harrier Itangei, N 8 Walea May 25th, 18- Dear lllll Come out at once Never mind the public Leave your wife to look after It 1 am on the right track I dldn t serve flvo yean In the Metro poiltan Police for nothing When I landed I made my way up country 1 dldn t stay long In Sydney, at I thought It waa the wrong place to look for them You know I felt certain that they bad made for Australia, because In Ilarttettt evidence he awore you bad talked of going there, and you aaiured me atterwarda that It waa blm at wot alwayi talking of it Well, after working my way from station to ttatlon I arrived here The first night 1 entered the kitchen I waa startled by the resemblance nf the cook a man called Daynci lo the girl Anne Dodson who gave evidence at r ur trial and who It now wanted He an such a strong likeness to her that I am sure be mutt be a relation What la more, ho la lately out from home, nnd there la a mystery about hla wife who la conatantly ahut up In a hut here My belief It that llaynea fa Anno Dodaon a brother arid la keeping her here In hiding until he can clear her off elsewhere I mean to aee her tonight whether or no llaynea la away fetching tome atorot and won't bo home until morning morn-ing 80 now 1 my chancel I will let you know by noxt malt how I aucceed, but don t wait for lettera Come out here we 11 have that thou-aand thou-aand pounda yett Vou can awcar to them, aa you lived In the tamo eervlce. I cannot be certain, aa I only caught a glimpse of them In the court but I fancy I ahould know the man Hartlelt anywhere I will remain hero or la the neighborhood until your arrival Your affectionate brother IIOUTHT LUKE. Variburg N Y. The envelope wai addressed to ' Mr William Luke, 'Hare and Hounda' Islington London" and, having read the letter carefully through Luke sealed It up and dropped it Into the mall bag He retired to reat that night at the samo time ai tho other men who alept In hla hut 'The laat man dowaea the gllml' thouted one fellow aa ho rolled blnj-aelt blnj-aelt up In hla blanket That a me " replied Ilobert Luke, na be took off hla boota Then having extlngulahed the light with hla finger and thumb he threw hlmiolf dowi up- H on hla bunk B Hour after hour passed, and the jH ilea ly stentorian breathing ot hit com H panlnna told him that they all alept H Presently he raised himself gently to H a sitting posture and In doing to he JM made the woolen bunk creak He raaK listened for tome aeconda No the, B men were tin llsturhed Oradually hi MH reached the door, holding hit breU DC lest the slightest noise on hit part DfBf should awaken one of hit companions' Hifl Then he felt hla way In hit atocklngW fret softly to tho door which wat ae H cured by a common wooden latch He n managed to open the door without a MHS sounl and when outilde he let tho Bjft-J latch fall slowly Into Ha place with the string attached lo It from wltho it Ho pause I and listened but they all alei t on The moon wna nearly at Iho quarter, an 1 the shadows from Iho llanget lay bron 1 nnd dark upon the lower groun 1 beneath Ileyon 1 the cry of a night hawk or owl the whir of n bat or the croaking nf frugt In tho stagnant pool near the creek there wna not n sound to be heard Itike walked along 111 the direction of llaynea hut which lying In the aha low of the hill woull have been dimcult for one not knowing the local lty to dlarover but Ilobert I uke knew hla way well In a few minutes he stood outtlda the door There wna no algn ot life to bo seen within He tried the handle, nnd found that tho door wat locked Then ho crept round lo tho window which waa unglazed anl had coaral calico nailed across In lieu ot glass After peering about for tome mlnulee ho detected a epeck ot light shining dimly through an Inner curtain Probably there wat a moth hole In the blanket which had been hung Inildo to prevent the light from being aeon from without The keyhole and every chink aeemed atopped securely How easily he might silt the calico acrosa with hit knife and effect an cntrancel Hut then, suppose hit aur-mlsea aur-mlsea were to prove wrong what ex-cuae ex-cuae could he make for thua disturb Ing the woman In the middle ot the nlghtT Luke 1 heart beat fait It teemed to blm aa If he were on the very brink of making aome discovery, and yet wat to bo balked He stood ttlll and thought a while. Then It occurred to him that he might knock, pretend he waa 111, and aak far brandy The men on the ttatlon had none, he knew et, there could be no harm In that He knocked on the panela of the door, but no anawer came He knocked again, and tpoke ' Mra Uaynes, would you kindly give . me a drop ot brandy It you have such a thing I am sorry to trouble you at thta time ot night, but I am not vary well I am 1tiVe Hob Luke" Still not word timi In reply; Ift called out again more loudly "Mra llaynea d ye hear, Mr. Hay-neat Hay-neat ' rowing bolder, be determined to try the atrength ot the door Placing hla shoulder against It, he turned the handle and leaned upon It with hla whole weight Suddenly the door gave way, and he waa precipitated Into the room He-covering He-covering himself. It waa yet aeveral aeconda before he could distinguish any objects around him the sudden transition from the darkness without to the glare ot a lamp had daisied hit eyea, When, be recovered from the first confusing effects of tho light, b aaw a sight that tent blm ttaggerlng back agalntt the wall, and for a moment mo-ment deprived him ot the power ot speech He wat bewildered and could not nnd orcein to aa me wurus wuica wero upon his Upt A tound of horte'a hoofa approaching approach-ing the hut made him euldenly look round and then he knew no more A fearful crash upon hla tkull deprived blm of hit tcnaei, and ho fell heavily to the floor, (To be Continued ) -4 ,j |