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Show A FELON'S LOVE, BY HUSKY W. NIJSPI1JI.D. i CIIMTI'll Mil A fe hours afterward the coach amo lirubfrlnc up to 8nlllvan a door. hero Mlllam 1 11V0 was standing inxloupvy watetilng for Its coming Dlrwlly Ihe ilrlirr descetiled from Iho box, he aelicd him by the arm Ooo eenlng gam he exclaimed There la something I ory much v.lh to aak sf you 'Wei, go ahead mate v,c have only en minutes to liquor tip In I v. 13 liquor yo 1 tip more thin you an drlik in the nut fortnlRht cried Luke If oii tell mo trill) what 1 aant to know What Is UT Illaie awayl Did jou or did ou not on Iho light I traveled up lth ou here )rlng nletter to Tom lis) nee tho cook it HetttKHiiiti I I bring a letter to Tom Harm'" ichoed the man ixmslng for a moment o consider No that 1 certainly dl 1 lot. Vbo saya aa 1 ill IT Then It a false' wreameil I like 'Ho I il no such letter calling him iway, and there waa somo rpasoti for lis fearing to meet ine fare to facol ' It certainly la very od I admitted Mr Hill to I like vilien ho trcacnlcd ilmiclt again thn nest morning at tho itatlon, n 1 you say that tho driver Jam Jones osltlvcly denim having oroughi up a letter for Ilaytios on that llghtr 'cjtlr rcilledluke on that or my otter occasion ' ' Well lktynos must havo lol 1 mo n Jo for I remember distinctly his say-ng say-ng tin driver and thero una no ono imong Ihe passengers whom ho was Jkely to hao knov.ii Vof they all cnt on to Mount 3lpps ' 1 09 sre certain 1 ' Quite certain I wis Ihe only ono srho stayed behind at Sullhans ' Then I must onn If begins to look rcry mysterious snll Mr Hall I hlnk you I ate some grounds for our msptcloai after nil ' Tbuk you for snj Ing that sir r urncdLuke I havo felt that you must hlnk no qulto mad upon tho subject, I ul I tinnnl help l Thoro la some JllJlB,1n"iV'!ljh irrmaio urge mo Jn-lXnn t knovTwhliTirirbutTwriafr iver lt may bo II has been strong inough to enable mo to keep from tho Irlnk, and that Is what I ha,o not had J10 pluck to do this many a day 'Then nurse tho feeling ' said Mr Hall 'If It keeps Its hold upon yot t will bring )uu moro good than all .ho discoveries you may make or oven the ono thousand pounds reward I feci that sir, and with Hoauus lelp 1 11 nover touch another drop ' Amen to that) ' cried Mr Hall Whatever searches you may nlsh to nale, I.uko ha continue I you arc it perfect liberty to moko them at your elture on and nbout tho station, but I 'car you will find nothing by which rou will trace your brother We icarched every nook and corner Would you think It a liberty, sir. If I wcro to ask of you rather a straugo lavort "Not at all What Is It! "It Is permission for mo to occupy Bijncs' hut "Cortalnlr-whj not? Ilut what wtms much more to tho point to mo s tho advisability of telegraphing to Sydney and throughout tho country to ietilnTom Ilayncs and his wife Asa luitlco of tho peaco I can lime him irrtstod upon suspicion of having been onecrncd In tho disappearance of your brother Vou con then too tho man It your suspicions provo Incorrect very sell. Wo shall all feel moro satisfied it sny rato Accordingly Mr Hall d spatched Uleirams to Sydney Adelal le Mel boutno and a number of other places throigh which ho thought nayno, aould havo probably paMe Moan allloluke took loasosalon of tho Usrncs hut. The placo was cry much In tho lime state as when It had been last occupied Tho charred logs romalnel upon tho hearth nnfl tho furniture If tho bedstead tabic and two benches could bo called furnlturcwna there Just as It had been left Ullllarn Luko retired early from tho rowlpof themenahut nowa, tlre, of bfaring tho eamo ol I storlos of how Mrs. Haynes hod lived In rigid seelu slon and what a capital mato Tom Ilarnes had been A roll of blankets had been given out to hlni from tho store and as ho entered the hut he Uthled a candlo and surveyed tho sceac JlallLV n"." a WRrra n,1"' but ho shlrered as ) looked around A small "".L.M ru,Uwood '"J ln on comer 'J. . My 60 h0 "'ought ho would Hibt a Ore haeclnea0wn ho reraoxed tho logs which trB thcro charred In tho "1 .JT " ,ha flam'' hni1 1I,J ot "1?i, m !'01 ,,ie whto Mh awy dw scrub t0 nia,W) room ,or lb0 .S he -hlvered feeling a strange If1 "". '""'on as though some awful aw-ful thing w,ro ab0It ,0 h to hm ..L.cdrlnk' h0 " aloud I thauih!1 ' D1 ''"vousithaU j vasts Iho matter with mo Outsllo iho hut was a pile of chop led wood so earning somo within ho soon made n cheerful hlato. Then hatlngdrnwn one of tho woo len stools rloso tip to tho flreplaro he sat down and commenced to smoke Ills thoughts flow rat Idly hack over all thn strange Incl lenta of the past two years of his life It seemed as though II were tut yesterday that he entered tho sen Ice of oil Mr Hughes nt 1 roylca All tho goo I Intentions mil resolutions which ho had then formed como vldl) I cforo his mln 1 how earnestly ho ha I determined In gltr up tho drink and how honestly ho had meant to lea 1 a new life Then hn thought how small wero the trials nver which ho fell an ol I man a tern per and crotchety ways tho every day worries of most servants Ihes Hato not all servants ho reflected to fit themselves In na It were to their employers ways and habits? Is It not a part of their servitude to try to stud) their masters lltlto folbleat And then do they not haio certain a Ivan tsges? Are they not ns a class totally emancipated from all the responslhlll ties of llfo which fall ns n rule to the share of tho smallest hoiischnl ler? What nrc tnica Queens or parochial gas or water rate to the average do meatlc servant? Their hnxlcty concerning con-cerning these things begins nn 1 en la In earning the unwelcome documents relating thereto upstairs What does It signify to them whether coals are nineteen shillings or twenty Iho shll lings per ton? The lSngllsh servant can rest with a tranquil mini undisturbed by visions of bluo slips of paper threat rnlug distraint unless certain moneys duo to her Majesty s government are I aid before a I articular date Not only Is a sen ant a icrfectly Irrcapontlblo person so far as all such matter aro concerned but ho can exact aa much civility from his employer for tho time being as his employer can from him Theao thoughts litis. el through I ukes mind at ho gated Into tho blat Ing log lire nnd they caused him to I wonder nt his own folly at not having I had the scnao to knuw when ho was well and comfortably provided for At laat rousing himself from hla reverie with a shrug of the ahouldera hehrovhntncr"TniryjriwiriiporrTn8 fire Then bo pullcl out hla watch Only half past nlnol How slowly tho evening had gonel He could hear tho noise of voices and laughter down In Iho mens huts Tboy, at any rate seemed to bo frco from care And again his thoughts wandorel back to tho day when hla great trouble fell upon him Why should he of all men, have been chosen to bear such tribulation? tribula-tion? Other men had been glvon to drink and had continued In their sot tlsh ways until death had claimed them for Its own Oil or men? Ay, and gentlemen brrl and born thousands thou-sands ill on thousands of them yet they had not suffered as ho hal aut fcred Oh why should he of all men be singled out for such fearful punish ment on account of this widely -pro lulling human weakness? How many men bad he not known who wcro (or-feet (or-feet slaves to the vlco? Pien In hit boyhood, when a page ho ha I grown accustomed to seeing his young matters mat-ters como homo tho worse for drink Then by hearing such lacldenls laughed laugh-ed at and spoken lightly about he ha I grown to regard them at matters of course Watn t Master Charles proclous tipsy last night? A good Job for him tho missus didn t see Mm I Such remarks re-marks hail often been made by his fol los In the servants hall an) to his half educated mind It scnmel from tho way looplo spoke about II that it was rather a grand thing to get tipsy and that the man who took kindly to his liquor was by no means a fool CHAITI II XIV And so as ho grew In years drinking drink-ing became a confirmed habit In him I) and by ho found It was almost a necessity Until ho had stimulated him self for tl a day he wst wretched an 1 almost Inrapaulo of attending to his duties Uy night he was generally In toxlcated and on such a night whllo sleclng off tho fumes of his Intern-I Intern-I cranio he had fallen a victim to that horiiblo accusation Tho nolte of iho men In tho huts had ceasul V great stillness seemed to have set In and tho very sllcneo roused I uko to the fact that ho bad yet to go to bed Having piled moro wood upon tho fire ho proceeded lo mako himself comfortable com-fortable for Iho night Upon tha wooden bunk or bedstead which bad been made with rough planks and up rights driven Into tho earth there was an ample tut ply of dry forn an I heath, er which had served at a mattress for the previous occupant! of tho but This Luko hal irocceded to shake up so as to render It mare comfortable for It was hard and closely prsssod from being In use for soino lime In doing so be suldenly started bock. What was that at the had of tho bed? A snake? Balling a stick he advanced carefully care-fully holding tho candlo In his left hand No lt was no snake lt was a I leco of leathe a broken waist belt. Taking It up ho tarofully examined It, tanssaaraaasaaaaMasssgtsMBsasjsBataat an 1 upon the Inside he brtiel I plainly marked In Ink It U, the Initials of , his brother 4 How had It come there? flob lAika & had been ln the hut then nnd tho belt I ad been 1 rokcit probably In a struggle ,m W hatever had been done with his body j supposing htm to have been murdered M and tho things he had upon him seem M eel na great a mystery to I uko aa ever but thla piece of I elt ha 1 no doul t been I . ( merlookel by his nsaaltanta and thero 1 ''J It seemed aa n v lines against them -j I like searched carefully amongst tho fern for tome n I lltlonal evidence but lf colli I fin 1 unthlng. At list, worn out ? with thinking ho lay down nnd fell j asleep I or five or six hours the wenry man slept noun lly Tho flro ha I burned e down to a few smoiillerlng logs and thn tallow dip which ho ha I loft alight hal long slnco expired The morning breto blow keenly through the rreilrea nf tho slab walls, though the tun had not yet risen when William t 1 uko moved painfully In hla sleep & J Then ho commence I lo struggle and Jm cry out strange things rtrf W hatever his dreams may have been A they raiiird him to clutch and tear at d the sides nf tha bunk and strlko out Jt wll lly in the air whllo beads of pert- K plratlon silent proofs of his minds fiJ agony bedowed hla dlttnrtet features C At length as If his soul could bear W tho torture, no longer he leoped from 1 tho led with a yell an I shouted yea Ilou-whal Is It' Hero I am What t waa It that you sold? Then ho bo . came qulto awake J Ho struck a match and lighted an- v other candle Seeing no one In tho hut ! 1 hellatrnel lilt ho hear I nothing BUM 'lj vividly Impresari with tha Idee, that ho bad heard hla brother's voice ho opene 1 Iho door an 1 looked all around s outtlle No ono was there Sovcral fi times he cnllel out 1 Halloa Hob! Hob I uko! Us me & Dili your Irother llllll Doyouhcar?' a No answer came. At last he went . JJ back Into tho hut nnd sat down to wait tor day light J In vain ho tried to remember what 1 It was ho ha 1 dreamed but all bo could ' i recall was that ho had hear hla broth- j era voice railing out for help J Its that horrihlo drink I haven t got tho belter of It yet,' ho murmured f to himself 1 nm ahaken to pieces with It, and can I steep In peocot (To be Continued ) '-N |