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her from a height Ie .haa himself
Mounted one or the horses and was ens
treating ner to stand aside and let hini
out .
And then she realized how the tattoo
tionolual retersed Inaelf and how he
was now the tele to fly and gallop for
bis life. Witheut a word, she sprang
out of' his way, He clattered under
the lintel and was gone. , She came out:
te see hint gallop.throogh the open
gate. , He bed already vanished, but
net that way, ffe, lied dashed to -the'
AsSiStatiee• of blsraseally mates. •
But a dozen' shots had been tired
already aud blue wreaths were curling
• the glare -like clouds at sunset.
Wall-eye lay 'stretched Upon, his face.
Slipper and the aboriginal were fight -
Ing desperately back to hack, het both
Were wounded and • their moments..
numbered. Troopers surrounded them;.
others were already endeavoring to re,
Store ,order among gni •cenviets, while
one, a, sergeant, was being dragged
and beinpedebout with one foot twist-
ed In his etirrep and his deed face
Smothered with blood.. .
. Tom looked about for Hookey Simp.
son and found him on the verge .of
shaking- Off four troopers and the, en-
sign- One saddle belied emptied with
his pistol.. As Toes came near he hoots •
ed the eusIgn out of his, but was witit
in an 'ace of being dragged • to the
ground In deli* se.. The ensign's,
stock gave. way and saved him. Ere
he. could recover himself a trooper took.
deliberate elle at the little Man. , Tom
saw . him, however,' and tired point
blank at the outstretched twin. It fell,
and the nett Tom knew was that he
and Hookey were galloping neck' end
neck for the gate:with but one pursuer
close upon them. , • •
Hookey had apparently received no"
hurt. Tne battered hat was ofe and.
hls benevolent•forehead rose high and
white above his Mask, It was t� be
Tom's last memory • ef the little .gray
mai.,. He had thrown away•ene pistol, '
drawn another and tuened to fire it .
with every furrow of that. finesbrO'
showing in the glare. But Tote heard.
the Man behind Ore nrat and. sit* those
furrows leap: into .space - like snapped
fiddle strings,' and he galloped through
the gate alone, • . ' • • ' '•'
Whether the slayer Caine to grief
()yet the slain orhow else to account
for.it, Torn -never' knew, but he now
got, gl start Which. he was destinedlo .
keep and to, increase. New also he be
gan, for the first time toapPrealate: the
Plece.Of hard bitted horseflesh between •
Itis knees, • He had •taken the. dead
Italian's- roan, whith• had been; led .
riderless •to the firms and was thus
comparatively fresh. • 'It was a great ,
gaunt brute, With a .mouth like leather,
as Tom . bad discovered to his cost in.
the .sidrmitth.--Once through -the -gate --
however, he felt that no more; the
beast had •run away Without his 'know!.
ng it. .
•
Indeed lie kne*:7Very little •for the
first few Minutes' except that the Moon.
was setting: at his . back and be was
once more heading' for •the sea. ThiS
he gathered from the grotesque Shadow.
leaping 'along between the roan's eare..
Hisdrst conscious 'effort was to keep
that shadow dea4 abend NoW he lost
It where the timber thleitened; now:he,
found. It. in au opee glede.• :At length
theshadefailed and. ventahed, and • it
was 'very datioltaleed,•but oe went the.
roan. with Tom: on Ste 'withets to avoid
invisible boughs: and wtien the sky
lightenedhe could itiirre shouted -tor
joy, for. the rout's- , ears •took shape
Against its lightest point, • • •
* He did -not shout beeause his pursuere
would. hnveheard him; for all thielime
he .hrid beard *them at intervals,. and .
whenever the ground ebanged' from
Ard-40-soft-thelp-hoofS-rang-Aiut-the--
ristant the rOan's Were muffled.
• The. joy of that wild ride through the
gum trees to the. eat': . He forgot the
ittlevalue he had Set upon•his life fled
rode for it now as meg ride for noth-
ng else. Yet he reeked but little of the
result: He knew n� fears and no re. ;.
Motet but instead an exhilaration seeh
as he bed •never known before. It',
reight be his left hour, He reveled In
It the incire-Liviis the mOre grateful for
t -en' that atom:mto have tasted
Such life es this:at life's midi. T6 die'
after this with no more paint To reneh
he sweet so and swiritout to rest!
• And now he. smelt it The. reshing •
ir waS spiced with salt. Even In the
ungent. forest he detected it through
11 the.odors' and was mistaken, le that
e more.: Only one question remained
his mind. Would the roan -hold out?.
Vould the limn hold out? :
Long ago the pace had . slackened.
Long ago Tom lied stooped and ripped
is big boots dowo to the' ankles and •
east them .from him with all :elge that
had been the Italian's. He was now
klieg a light ten stone In his shirt
▪ Ittimetg. His bare feet were
limb from standing In the ' stirrups
o ease the roan. But the trees had
been teshing past in :Myriads half the
tight and still they,•stood agalusi the
morning skyline, like blots of ink upon
slate. in myriads more,
On the other hand, he had heard,
nothing of, his pursuers for Wind time
and Was beginning to wonder whether
they had .given up the chase. Their
hdrsea might well have. stetted less
fresh than his. lInd they given It Up
or had they not?
Tom had anima himself the question
for the twentieth time when some..
thing. happened, and he had his an-
swer sitting stupidly on the ground.
The roan WAS disappearing amid the
trees, With the saddle beneath Its belly.,
its startled gallon died ttway like the
roll of a &tun. But heavier Mots were
eokilug tip behind.
Tom sprang up; hut set down again
With it yelp Of. pain. Mg ankle Was
badly sprained. He felt for It Weapen,
but he bad thrown thein all away,
Bverl his knife he seetned to have. hurl* '
ed atter the long- boots or left In
peeket of the blue jacket, Whitt( .had
been jettieoried'M Its turn. •
Ile Sat Still aild groaned.! haVa
to surrender sitting et1111 What an
end to his Met What a beginning of
thTeee 4ftyle
h1seeofs cense nearer. neer-
er. Tiweb treopers labored into view,
gavea yell and put spurs to ;their tired
booms, but eeased to ever them when
they SSW their men.
"Why, to are you?" cried they,
"The, man Feu want." •
. "1 wish . yon were. Yeu're all we
shall'et with tbese. horses. But you
mustnave beard him parts."
, A light broke over Tom. He said he
d'when It. was darker and he was half
had it,. hut same time ence,
.eard
"And what made yOu think you wee
poui;loly.
man?" aucthOr ..trodper
runaway convict."
"Theo you're' better than nothing,"
cried the fornter speaker. "You'll come
with us, -But the man we've .lost is an
Italian, and there's precious little of
the Italian about you."
There was less than- little. He ,bad
.threwo everything away, but without
:a thought of saving, his neck. by so do-
ing, , Nor indeed, had be saved it yet:
•
. CHAPTER XXIL s
-•
HE stockade smoldered In* the
midst ora hard baked plain
that wes as brown. Its shoe
, leather and as devoid, or any :
sort or kindof vegetation, as though It
were shaved every morning with some
monstrous razor, Trees there were in:
the distatice, marking more time bell
,the 'skyline, as theugh the :place
.been shaved especialls; rot the stock -
ape. but not a solitary hush was with-
in reach. And the sight • of the trees,:
WhOse leaves they hever •heard and
whose shade they never felt; was one.
:more torment to those of the eighty:
Prisoners who still lifted their heads to
look so fat The majority, however,
let theirdint eyes redden by the day,
together on, those .ftw. herd -mid Ned.
ing: Tette whhul Mi.g.ht chance to oc,'
cupy their:picks arid shovels from 5 le
the morning till the going. down et the
• on.. • . • .
' All day they labored In chains be
neath the beireissind bayonets of the
. military. . the eveinn.g • when • they
returned to the•stock.ade loeded • Daus-
kets and'fixed bayonets showed them
• the way. *r•Everi- it the stockade itself
fixed rbayonett and loaded muskets
:gave them their- 'sooner, . .Thereafter
:they, were kicked up • for the night in
:go niauy sznall boes lifted' with ledges
something more specious .than book-
shelves: On theseledges' they lay
down; as clese as 'mummies in cata-
:combs; nutilit itieild be 5'o'cloCk once
more, and perhana after a -time the
• :only sound would be the clank of his
_fetters as An& men or that turned Over.
in the magefficent space •of eighteen
incbes that was allotted to each.
It was the sato stockade of which .
Erichsen had . seen the • outside on. his
Way to Castle, Sullivan In the early
• part of December, XXe saiv the insId.e
bythe end of February When Strachan.
gave: him six. nionths of ,It for. ab:•
geonding and by so doing Made open
.. . • •
enemies .of the •SullIvans, •• They .veatt-:
• ed to havetlialcrealting of Tom's Spirit.
all to ItheniseiVes' andtrled to dictate
another fifty lashes end. the Convict's
••retiirn. to • service. but this time
• Strachan was fire). pegging, Indeed the
mOstmercitel senteece .possible in the
circumstances. ."
The 'six months began on Wednesday,
the last of 'February, In the Year 183:8..
• First they took his name and Made
an inventory of his marks, Scars- and
the • color of his eyes and halt., Then
they cropped the latterand shaved, oft
theyellow. stubble Which had lately
hidden the hollow cheeks and 'softened'
the'.haggiiid Jaw, and It was an old.
man's, face that saw Itself. with sunken'
eyes in the barber's glass, . •
Next they .took 'away 'Ids. farm labor- .
et's •clothes, whieh were not branded.
and Put nini in a Pnr,rrimatta frockand
treusets, Which' were , And now they ,
. • ••• • . •
clasped •arcrimd his' body:a •green hide
belt from. which depeuded in front a
heavy chitin, that been ine two heavy
thains at about the; level of the knees,
and the twO .ehnitis• ended'. le • still hen v -
ler rings around'either ankle. and :the
whole* made a capital. Y upside -down.
In this harness it was impossible:to
Walk, theugh with praetice you. might
Waddle; and it was never struck off for
a Single Instant on any pretext whatso-
ever,. , . •
They now presented him with a
spoon all* to himself,His knife tind
fork, his pannikin and his mess kid he
wag to share with five other felons,
Lastly they'sheWed him his eigilteen
Indies, where he Passed the intoleitable,
night In wondering why he had. net ,
given himself up as, the Indian's nu- .
derstudy andin wondering even more
why he still would not do se If -it were
all to came over again, fettle knew he
Would , not 1114;1yd, one of . the 'most
dreadful features of this present phaike
was the telitteity withwhielt the peer
wretch foetid himself clinging to life
Itt eaeh emergeneY•deSplte all, his cool -
et kingingd for the end, He longed
for that more than slier, tett he sato
no* that deathnoist ceme to hlm.
Be might sink to murder; to self mut,
der he eould eeeer stoop, •
Or so he theught at the beginning of
this' term Of broiling days and fetid
nights, with foul coMpany and heavy
irons Common to both.' Meetwhile
such feeillsgs 95 were left him were
still tolerably keen, and it was a real
thrill that toward' the end of the first
week .he woke up at Ms erotic to hear
the others hooting end turned round to
see Nat Sullivan <Mee More riding
down the.line.
The thrill became a shiver. The blue
eyes wero fixed on Tom, the great lip
weS thrust out at him, dud before Tom
the rid& reined tip.
"ton villein!" said Mr. Net With In.
(e.ixttptit7salble mW alignatiey of 'VOand
look. "You villain -MY foetid you
r
kj,1 tile_ red „Orel! 12,1111ited ttod wa
tared In the sun, then fell with a gnu).
tiler' of luterest froln the ScOwling
horseman to the prisoner itceosted.
TOIll had already piqued such atten-
tion as his lieW compettions were in
the habit of bestowing upon any Id -
low creature, for few there were who
joined that morose and tierce crttw
. with the stamp of such moroseness
. end ferocity already on thew. Those
few were crebbed old bands, but here
was raw youth, and yet In three long
days they had Dot heard. his voice.
Nor did they now. Tom inoistenedhls
Palms and took a new grip of hiS pick,
but that wan not .411. He was seen to
tremble, and he nearly pinned lila own
' foot to the ground. What was it be
had done and been found out in, this
1 cub whose teeth were always showing,
but whose voice was never beard? ,
1,
. A. perspiring sentry strolled up, his
' once red ewallowtall coat hanging
open upon his miked chest and hie
• white trousers sticking to his legs. He
' was the only one whose curiosity went
the lengtb of a word.
"What's he been doing of?" said the
. sentry, wetting his hand on his chest
'• to cool his musket etock. "We've Only
/ad jini 'ere these three days,"
"You won't have him many more,"
said, Sullivan. "The hangman will
haveldni.," .
.,yest, ' • '
"Vs, Look at hint trembling."
'el see." .
"WM.. tremble in the Or before
long."
Torn bent over his pick, . There was
more booting here, but Whether at
himself or at his enemy 'Tom neither
knew nor cared, He wished to appear
very busy and regardless. He was
really intent upon Nat's shadow under
his NA,. wondering •Whetber he could
possibly .sprtng-so far forward in 414,
Otitis and get mien a swinges to Miry .
. the oleic in the substance -Instead. But
this was never known. When the
hooting ;subsided, the Oise �f light
wheels approaching took its place, and
• Nat Sullivan turned round In ids Mid-
dle. • . .
The milltery mat who debasedbino-•
Self by the charge of this iron gong
was a .intijor of gunners; toe 'fat .for
service and too gouty to sustain his
distended. body On his legs. He there-
fore superintended operations from a
„bath 'chair. in. which e •bluejacketed
messinart hed to trall hints alimit the
works. aiajor ItoneYliOne luta •recog-
etzed Nat and lied °veleta(' the -•niese-..
man. to burry to the spot, but not to:
'Seem in a hurry.. The mejor was hino•
self a sufficiently bard and cantanhexs.
tius man, but pont*, Sense of justice he
had, and he considered Castle Stillvan
oue-of the angriest_ plague ;Spots In •It7
plague mit:tiled Ifind. The Present .oc-
elision filled him, therefore .with the
greatest glee. • He had king.desired an
opportunity 'of giving. one or other of -
the S011ivans a piece of his rniud, and
here was young_ Sullivaetrespassing
on the works.. • '
"Go slower.". said the major reeking
Uphig mind whnt to Any and not to 014*
WWI at brim: as Mr. NattOrned In his
. • • ,
"Toe. zilLain-- Pee jettna you out!"
saddle. Their:greeting was in conse-
quence not uncivil; though the major
blandly ignored the coarse, .ringed
hand obtruded by the other.
"Ymi beard of the outrage tbe„other
night n t Castle Sullivan ?" began Mr, •
"By, buehrengers?" observed Melor
Honeybone.. , • '
„"By beshreagers; ..Only, olio • of them
eaceped„, and there he Mr roared Nat .
pointing savagely et Tem.
,•"Reallyr' remarked the Major, 'Will:
fully .unmoved, 'Meer me! It was
from you be came here -like half my
• gang -for. ribicondiug„ I understood?"
i'We didn't -knew it then."
"That be was one of the bushian-
gers?" -
"But. you knew it nietw?"
, "We do se!" •
"Dear mel" °again teittarked' the.
major, whose expression was tendered
Inscrutable by the rich shade of the
gigantic. umbrella Without. which he
rarely ventured abroad, His Mad,
shrewd eyes glanced •ftora the visitor
to Toni, who was still icioking down
and fidgeting with his pick, the speak
Ing iMage of sullen guilt. More repul-,
sive to,the major was the .gloating
ruf-
flan 111 the griddle, but be signed to the
sentry to takettwey Tom's pick and
then favored the other with a slow,
contemplative stare, .
"A very singular thing, I'M Ague," he
resumed, with a &treadle intonation
that punctured even Nat's thick skull.
"Very singular indeed, Upon my word,
Mr. Sullivan," exclaimed the major. "I
find It difficult .to believe what yeti
nay!"
'''"80Sirr,r31 you like, to understand it."
"If you will allo'w Inc to say the teat
and to say it elsewhere"- .
"No, strt Hater died Major Honey*.
bone. "Here or nowhere, which yen
please. This Man ithiletifidti one night,
t gather, and the next night you
are itttaelted by bushrangers. This
man Is found the morning niter that,
and I understand you suggest he was
One of the band thatattneked you.
Yet you never reeognbied him at the
time. Come, now, did 110fitl bt your
"Not then, bitt,he threatened tar
mr awl a female whom we Junta ainee
returned, end Miss Sullivan remember
hearing thri call the female by 'her
name, Now, this inavand that. wow -
en 'kept cootepany," mantled Not in 4
Perfect dame of rage .and spite, "and
Hiss Sullivan will Bwear Pc ealled the,
women by he't name. IIo fell in with_
tite thieves when he abecondea, it's
perfectly clear. lie was the very' man
to join them In an attack on his ewn
masters even If be Instigate
Join In It be did. 1 can prove it
Though not 'one of the original gang Is
lot alive, .1 can prove"--;
"What about that Italian fellow?"
interrupigd the MaJor, and, Tom held
his breath.
"go wasn't In it. I believe he's
dead, and they Put thig BrIchsen in his
clothes. IVO horse was found \u few
Mileis beyond where tbey found this
man, and now hie coat has been die -
covered with Brichsen'sknife in the
pocket Yes, you may vvincer Cried
thhf good hater, "You 0411 swing (o
It yet" •
"EindlyConfine your remarks to Me,"
saki the Major sternly. have
to prove the knife was his,, and nort
Won't prove evowthing. Never heard
such u: story in My life! Yon'll have to
strengthen it up a bit If you mean to
make a muse, What do you want me
to do?" :
'Nothing at all," old -Nat .ungra-
elously. •
"Then why the deuce de you Coma to
Me?"
"I didn't. . was On iny Way to your
superiors." • •
Major .Hcineybone turned to the sen-
try. •
"Cock your piece," said • he, "mid
shoot his horse if he attempts to go
till rye done .with him, Now, you.
. continued the major, "per-
haps iow,dide't kaow sop were. tres-
passing when you came on these
works. But you were, and you'll stop
on • 'em now 'till I've done with you.
You mune to gloat over thetean you've
liountIld, here to tell him you'd hound
him to the gallows, did yon? T� laugh
at •eh? • Gadzooke, 'sir: the boot's
on the ;tiler leg. this thee! TO, whole
cheinSgang is laughing at you, and you.
may. ft0Si'O 111)011 'em as much as you.
like, :but if you touch one You'll be In
hone yourself in ttOo minutes. . I know
. you, sir, We knew all about .batii of
you here, ILAf tlie wee who come bere
have bden thiven here by you and year',
father. .Slignee in the gang! Go on to
Sydney and tell them 'anything you
like about the matt' ,you mean to hang.
But gadrsieks, yon don't get hies .out
of this!. No, afid the governor :himself
sbatn't have him out. of this until he.
knows en whose word he's acting! GO
to my Operiors, 'they'll never listen
.to yoorclumsy yarn. If they do I'll
send down to Sydney myself to tell
'cm whet -I know Of you and yors: And
Castle Sullivan will be swept into the
sea, Mad yOuyou slave driver-yon'll.
be where these -men are now!. Be off,
sir, hate:the:sight of yen! ' Sentry,
let him, go." . • •
About • the middle of :this -tirade Nat
jind been ready 'with a retort as viru-
lent: but the concluding sentences were
:toti:inueh even for his hard nerves and::
,sturdy rndlanism. 'Watering some-
thing unintelligibleabout an "outrage"
and "repOrtIng!' Major Honeybone, he
put spurs to hishorse and galloped'off;
leaving nothing. worse behind him than
41 look. It wag such a leek 'as might be
seen. any day, any; moment evert; iiv,an
-Iron---gang,- yet Tom -never- forgot the
cruel eyes, the low lips, the murderous
seowl nor,the p.ecullarly bestial whole
Which they made on that. occasion.
'the convicts cursed and. cheered him
In 'derision and when he was gono.
were given to ,understand by the ma-
jors that if tbey ever did It again he
should treat the id t of.them as .they
would be treated at Oestle Stillivan-,
to fifty lashes all rant& .
"only 5 give you fair' warning," said •
Pc, ''`aettsyotx don't :catch inc .bielik my
word either Way' • : • •
. the Major; was ,a man Who liked a •
little opposition for the sake of putting
It down,. wItieb be never failed to do •
with the highest bandbut,he had his
chain gang in Stich an exemplary state
of broken apirlted.suhjection that tho.
iron. will within that flabby body was
growing must' from distise: The impu-
dence of piling,. Sullivan ;urns censequelitlY togodsend to this bon, marti:
net It gave • •hlm an appetite, and it
madeJthnsleep FUrthermere, it tited
his eye On Erichsen and to seine ex-
tenthis thoughts also. :The Major was
harsh -1)y habit, but impartial to the
ore, -Hedid not believe it syllable of
Nat Sullivan's story. „But' why had
BriChsen so ta.ken It to heart? IIe
alone had neither cursed nor cheered.:
the major was putzleds but kept
watch. .. •
"Fancy 40i a gentleman," said 'Hon,
eYbone•in a day or two,and be :made
:The result ef the itiquities• was the
information diet Erichsen usnally sulk,
.ed, but When' he ,ias inn.badtemper'
he wos More blasphemous than any
,man in the gang; when io a good one
P0 'wen:more foul.
"He is a gentleman -hem -Was,"
Said the cocksure major. "Only it's
the old story -the" farther they have to
fall, the lower they sink. Poor devil.
Poor devil!" And old Honeybone sigh-
ed. tot he bad sunk a little, too. and if
. •
Itis
. . .
Constience was clear of erfine .it
was more or lase saturated with
a Which theperfume was not it little
Stale end sickly, Whether trine that
eatse or another, the fat majbr found
himself taking it more hutuati Interest
• In ,this. prisoner than in most. "SO
• that's the most profane tongpe in the
stoekedell be would think whenever
• tie looked at Tom, "So that's the'foul;
It was not Ina Thin Was eduented
and had an ethidated Matt's sense,.of
emphasis and of solection. Ills ad
things stuck -that vas ail. .
But If those superlatives Were not
Ilteritfly,jestifled others were, and "be-
fore TOM had been six weeks le cludus
Ltd had Shown a temper" its insubordl.
nate, an atulaCitYns brazen and a eal-
lousness as shocking as anything of
the Ott which the major had yet et -
-
Countered it his preset:It capacity. It
Wart the reaction from the Milky epitit
in Which the convict • had begim his
term. For two Whtile weeks he broke
no rules, but in the 7next "four he Was
three thnea dogged,
On the drat occasion he knocked
down the stourger when .it wns all
over and So brought it nil over again:
Oil the last the major addressed him
from his elude an the tOtiriet positively
Swaggered frem the triangles, with
his fettereicinking and his -Shoes
mote:ening at every step:
"You want to try Norfolk island?
said tile major, "tatt you shatet"
i'OOiehoek hie head. with an ugly
neer.
-"The gallows. theu," said the major,
"la your gaxne.' But yoe're not going
to get there either. I can: fthow yOu as
tgl et/dwell: rItilausa yteheelgt1 inc. ant) we'll
it
rtive aelortetillneoswealese growth, leZtpixtliTatee;
for the exercise. lie began to get
about mph) ou hio leg% .1:its °lily re-
gret was for a palpably line young fel-
low gone So utterly to the had. For the
rest,, he found poor Teta 1W' stituulatiilg
for some weelsa as Nat Seilivati had
proved on the occasion described. Nat
by the wy, hnd sreturnedCretratet, butitoC
uoa
tss
t
lel.e
lotoxlcated as to ride by the Stockade •
again in, daylight. Tile major's au-
perlors'" had coufirmed that officer's
opinion, and Peggy O'Brien, °Unlined "
pit
her oath In Parrainatta factory, had
Perjured herself for Tom in the most
Illusive axle couvineing Manner, 'The
principai ouperintendent bad made a -
uote of the effair, but there wria no
cage, o Nat was pretty plainly told,
and Major Itoteybeue beard to more
.of him for same time, •
As, ti matter of feet, the bones Of the,
'Italian had also been discovered, but
- as there were no clothes upon them •
and the native dogs had left little else
they were never Identified. So TOM
was safer for the moment than he
suPPosed. Meanwhile he had become
e sort of hero among his degraded fel-
lows. Not the Most popular sort how-
ever, for enthusiasm . Is -difficult In
heavy fetters. Begides, he never tried
to iJ0 Iie nITIP;Iiltat.1;;Ive been alter knocking
doWu the scourger, The .man was a
convict himself, who received -I Shilling
0 pence a dey for his unnatural serv.-
ices., -.It was the' Witcher over again,
()illy this' entail' bad eighty others al'.
ways there to loathe 'Min, auds every
bancl•could hate shaket Tom's for that
well alined blew. but the very next, day
they discovered Pc would: s soon titre
cm them as on their cominou enemy,
The Incident brought to slight an in-
teresting feet, 'and it happened on
Totn'a third Sunday In ;the istookade..
About half' the gang were. Incarcerated.
In the ommon mess shed, idling, yarn-
ing, cursing .and preceeding as fast .as "
.pos'siblewith that Mutual corruption'•
'Whieh was .the, Chief fruit' Of this par.
ticular branch of seernidaty punish
ment .Tom • ivaa of the nurober.,.a Con-
spicuous mut. It-wae,the dawn of his..
Prominence. : He was In one of those
good* tempers • alluded.. to already..
Everybody was listeningl'hose who •
could Mogi' still laogh'ed now, and if
Pc had a guardian angel, surely; surely
she Must have been weeping then More -
bitterly than •when he foughtfor the
bushrangers at. Castle &Alvan and*
put a bullet through a trooper's •arm.
' Suddenly solnetbingi an association.
remlnlscence, a ,forgotten picture,
made hire want to weep himself. He.
was; past. that, . however, and Went
back into 'die sums: instead,. . A new di-,
• tersion -beitigs required, One was pro-
vided by the .discovery of a Young con
vict ti mere lad, writing a letter in
dark &Trier on the floor. ;On beingi
detected. the.lad first blushed and then' '
Offered to read Omni what he had writ,
ten, whereupon. he opened *his' lips and
a ribald stream 'Poured 'forth, but the- ,
'endued, sladrened-faltered and was. '
soon cot short ... •
"He's making it up as he goes along,"
eried,several. "He never wrote that at
"Won seewhat he did .wilte,'". said
one who. was , at hand, cuffing . the •lad •
and snatehingthe unfinished- letter, '
Witha cry ,and an uncoittn chime •
frone WS' lions,' the young cenilet at-
tempted to retainhis property. It tore
in his hand,and to.dozet retire held •
him :down Whiie the possesser.dtagged '
his,,tbnins.en to tine of the Jong,' rude
tehies:' and stood up ta.read the letter
in a silence. broken only by. the . pro- .
Mete ot the wretched writer. **.•
"'MY aver clear mother.and 'father.' •
the brute brawled out '.11I repolVed.'• •
your kind and Welcome. letter 'on the .
dint of January, and happy , was ,3 to
read. the delightful' letter which I. re-
ceived froth.. you '.that day,' Ahem!
Can't he -pitch it in? Solo bow 'appy
1 am to 'eer that you are se comfort-
able and well. ON ' my', dear ' -Mother.
and *father, .1. ''ope thy hrothers' -and,
sisters will mind what you say to them .
.bettetthan ever I 'done,: for you see
what it IS to be 'eadattongS• 'End,
stiong, elt ? • ••Stop ' a bit; now: ;We're,
Owning to 'Oh; my dears, I. '01),
7011 will .ma1c0 veiirgelves as comfort.
as Yon can, tot perhaps 1 neve*
may see you again in this warld, but
I 'ope .1 shall In the 'tier' where"Ope ,•
to be n. comfortto yotOall, so ,G0t1 bless
you all, iny dears, forevet'
• tle got oo furtheir, nor hadmany. at-. •
'tended to he last sentenees. The tad's ,
unavailing' peoteets had ended In Vet, -
!table walling and 'gnashing of teeth
,: -
It was • this that had aroused Vora
from his. lethargy, and lie also Nies.'
ntoo:upo.n the,
.tahle, clanking downthe letsgth of It to where the reader.
Ei
• One or two irtistOok his Intentions.'
"That's It-yoo read it," ettid they, but,
the most of them read Tom's face.
"Give. the that letter," he said' stern,
ly, haltleg before the roan..
"Give ' who it?" roared the. other.
"Oh, it's you, ehr he added a4d seem-
ed in doubt, • • ,
"Lads," tried Toni, 'Seizing .hts oppor,
tunIty, ."this Is going a step MO far.
• •
(TO 13E
CONTINLItii.)
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her from a height Ie .haa himself
Mounted one or the horses and was ens
treating ner to stand aside and let hini
out .
And then she realized how the tattoo
tionolual retersed Inaelf and how he
was now the tele to fly and gallop for
bis life. Witheut a word, she sprang
out of' his way, He clattered under
the lintel and was gone. , She came out:
te see hint gallop.throogh the open
gate. , He bed already vanished, but
net that way, ffe, lied dashed to -the'
AsSiStatiee• of blsraseally mates. •
But a dozen' shots had been tired
already aud blue wreaths were curling
• the glare -like clouds at sunset.
Wall-eye lay 'stretched Upon, his face.
Slipper and the aboriginal were fight -
Ing desperately back to hack, het both
Were wounded and • their moments..
numbered. Troopers surrounded them;.
others were already endeavoring to re,
Store ,order among gni •cenviets, while
one, a, sergeant, was being dragged
and beinpedebout with one foot twist-
ed In his etirrep and his deed face
Smothered with blood.. .
. Tom looked about for Hookey Simp.
son and found him on the verge .of
shaking- Off four troopers and the, en-
sign- One saddle belied emptied with
his pistol.. As Toes came near he hoots •
ed the eusIgn out of his, but was witit
in an 'ace of being dragged • to the
ground In deli* se.. The ensign's,
stock gave. way and saved him. Ere
he. could recover himself a trooper took.
deliberate elle at the little Man. , Tom
saw . him, however,' and tired point
blank at the outstretched twin. It fell,
and the nett Tom knew was that he
and Hookey were galloping neck' end
neck for the gate:with but one pursuer
close upon them. , • •
Hookey had apparently received no"
hurt. Tne battered hat was ofe and.
hls benevolent•forehead rose high and
white above his Mask, It was t� be
Tom's last memory • ef the little .gray
mai.,. He had thrown away•ene pistol, '
drawn another and tuened to fire it .
with every furrow of that. finesbrO'
showing in the glare. But Tote heard.
the Man behind Ore nrat and. sit* those
furrows leap: into .space - like snapped
fiddle strings,' and he galloped through
the gate alone, • . ' • • ' '•'
Whether the slayer Caine to grief
()yet the slain orhow else to account
for.it, Torn -never' knew, but he now
got, gl start Which. he was destinedlo .
keep and to, increase. New also he be
gan, for the first time toapPrealate: the
Plece.Of hard bitted horseflesh between •
Itis knees, • He had •taken the. dead
Italian's- roan, whith• had been; led .
riderless •to the firms and was thus
comparatively fresh. • 'It was a great ,
gaunt brute, With a .mouth like leather,
as Tom . bad discovered to his cost in.
the .sidrmitth.--Once through -the -gate --
however, he felt that no more; the
beast had •run away Without his 'know!.
ng it. .
•
Indeed lie kne*:7Very little •for the
first few Minutes' except that the Moon.
was setting: at his . back and be was
once more heading' for •the sea. ThiS
he gathered from the grotesque Shadow.
leaping 'along between the roan's eare..
Hisdrst conscious 'effort was to keep
that shadow dea4 abend NoW he lost
It where the timber thleitened; now:he,
found. It. in au opee glede.• :At length
theshadefailed and. ventahed, and • it
was 'very datioltaleed,•but oe went the.
roan. with Tom: on Ste 'withets to avoid
invisible boughs: and wtien the sky
lightenedhe could itiirre shouted -tor
joy, for. the rout's- , ears •took shape
Against its lightest point, • • •
* He did -not shout beeause his pursuere
would. hnveheard him; for all thielime
he .hrid beard *them at intervals,. and .
whenever the ground ebanged' from
Ard-40-soft-thelp-hoofS-rang-Aiut-the--
ristant the rOan's Were muffled.
• The. joy of that wild ride through the
gum trees to the. eat': . He forgot the
ittlevalue he had Set upon•his life fled
rode for it now as meg ride for noth-
ng else. Yet he reeked but little of the
result: He knew n� fears and no re. ;.
Motet but instead an exhilaration seeh
as he bed •never known before. It',
reight be his left hour, He reveled In
It the incire-Liviis the mOre grateful for
t -en' that atom:mto have tasted
Such life es this:at life's midi. T6 die'
after this with no more paint To reneh
he sweet so and swiritout to rest!
• And now he. smelt it The. reshing •
ir waS spiced with salt. Even In the
ungent. forest he detected it through
11 the.odors' and was mistaken, le that
e more.: Only one question remained
his mind. Would the roan -hold out?.
Vould the limn hold out? :
Long ago the pace had . slackened.
Long ago Tom lied stooped and ripped
is big boots dowo to the' ankles and •
east them .from him with all :elge that
had been the Italian's. He was now
klieg a light ten stone In his shirt
▪ Ittimetg. His bare feet were
limb from standing In the ' stirrups
o ease the roan. But the trees had
been teshing past in :Myriads half the
tight and still they,•stood agalusi the
morning skyline, like blots of ink upon
slate. in myriads more,
On the other hand, he had heard,
nothing of, his pursuers for Wind time
and Was beginning to wonder whether
they had .given up the chase. Their
hdrsea might well have. stetted less
fresh than his. lInd they given It Up
or had they not?
Tom had anima himself the question
for the twentieth time when some..
thing. happened, and he had his an-
swer sitting stupidly on the ground.
The roan WAS disappearing amid the
trees, With the saddle beneath Its belly.,
its startled gallon died ttway like the
roll of a &tun. But heavier Mots were
eokilug tip behind.
Tom sprang up; hut set down again
With it yelp Of. pain. Mg ankle Was
badly sprained. He felt for It Weapen,
but he bad thrown thein all away,
Bverl his knife he seetned to have. hurl* '
ed atter the long- boots or left In
peeket of the blue jacket, Whitt( .had
been jettieoried'M Its turn. •
Ile Sat Still aild groaned.! haVa
to surrender sitting et1111 What an
end to his Met What a beginning of
thTeee 4ftyle
h1seeofs cense nearer. neer-
er. Tiweb treopers labored into view,
gavea yell and put spurs to ;their tired
booms, but eeased to ever them when
they SSW their men.
"Why, to are you?" cried they,
"The, man Feu want." •
. "1 wish . yon were. Yeu're all we
shall'et with tbese. horses. But you
mustnave beard him parts."
, A light broke over Tom. He said he
d'when It. was darker and he was half
had it,. hut same time ence,
.eard
"And what made yOu think you wee
poui;loly.
man?" aucthOr ..trodper
runaway convict."
"Theo you're' better than nothing,"
cried the fornter speaker. "You'll come
with us, -But the man we've .lost is an
Italian, and there's precious little of
the Italian about you."
There was less than- little. He ,bad
.threwo everything away, but without
:a thought of saving, his neck. by so do-
ing, , Nor indeed, had be saved it yet:
•
. CHAPTER XXIL s
-•
HE stockade smoldered In* the
midst ora hard baked plain
that wes as brown. Its shoe
, leather and as devoid, or any :
sort or kindof vegetation, as though It
were shaved every morning with some
monstrous razor, Trees there were in:
the distatice, marking more time bell
,the 'skyline, as theugh the :place
.been shaved especialls; rot the stock -
ape. but not a solitary hush was with-
in reach. And the sight • of the trees,:
WhOse leaves they hever •heard and
whose shade they never felt; was one.
:more torment to those of the eighty:
Prisoners who still lifted their heads to
look so fat The majority, however,
let theirdint eyes redden by the day,
together on, those .ftw. herd -mid Ned.
ing: Tette whhul Mi.g.ht chance to oc,'
cupy their:picks arid shovels from 5 le
the morning till the going. down et the
• on.. • . • .
' All day they labored In chains be
neath the beireissind bayonets of the
. military. . the eveinn.g • when • they
returned to the•stock.ade loeded • Daus-
kets and'fixed bayonets showed them
• the way. *r•Everi- it the stockade itself
fixed rbayonett and loaded muskets
:gave them their- 'sooner, . .Thereafter
:they, were kicked up • for the night in
:go niauy sznall boes lifted' with ledges
something more specious .than book-
shelves: On theseledges' they lay
down; as clese as 'mummies in cata-
:combs; nutilit itieild be 5'o'cloCk once
more, and perhana after a -time the
• :only sound would be the clank of his
_fetters as An& men or that turned Over.
in the magefficent space •of eighteen
incbes that was allotted to each.
It was the sato stockade of which .
Erichsen had . seen the • outside on. his
Way to Castle, Sullivan In the early
• part of December, XXe saiv the insId.e
bythe end of February When Strachan.
gave: him six. nionths of ,It for. ab:•
geonding and by so doing Made open
.. . • •
enemies .of the •SullIvans, •• They .veatt-:
• ed to havetlialcrealting of Tom's Spirit.
all to ItheniseiVes' andtrled to dictate
another fifty lashes end. the Convict's
••retiirn. to • service. but this time
• Strachan was fire). pegging, Indeed the
mOstmercitel senteece .possible in the
circumstances. ."
The 'six months began on Wednesday,
the last of 'February, In the Year 183:8..
• First they took his name and Made
an inventory of his marks, Scars- and
the • color of his eyes and halt., Then
they cropped the latterand shaved, oft
theyellow. stubble Which had lately
hidden the hollow cheeks and 'softened'
the'.haggiiid Jaw, and It was an old.
man's, face that saw Itself. with sunken'
eyes in the barber's glass, . •
Next they .took 'away 'Ids. farm labor- .
et's •clothes, whieh were not branded.
and Put nini in a Pnr,rrimatta frockand
treusets, Which' were , And now they ,
. • ••• • . •
clasped •arcrimd his' body:a •green hide
belt from. which depeuded in front a
heavy chitin, that been ine two heavy
thains at about the; level of the knees,
and the twO .ehnitis• ended'. le • still hen v -
ler rings around'either ankle. and :the
whole* made a capital. Y upside -down.
In this harness it was impossible:to
Walk, theugh with praetice you. might
Waddle; and it was never struck off for
a Single Instant on any pretext whatso-
ever,. , . •
They now presented him with a
spoon all* to himself,His knife tind
fork, his pannikin and his mess kid he
wag to share with five other felons,
Lastly they'sheWed him his eigilteen
Indies, where he Passed the intoleitable,
night In wondering why he had. net ,
given himself up as, the Indian's nu- .
derstudy andin wondering even more
why he still would not do se If -it were
all to came over again, fettle knew he
Would , not 1114;1yd, one of . the 'most
dreadful features of this present phaike
was the telitteity withwhielt the peer
wretch foetid himself clinging to life
Itt eaeh emergeneY•deSplte all, his cool -
et kingingd for the end, He longed
for that more than slier, tett he sato
no* that deathnoist ceme to hlm.
Be might sink to murder; to self mut,
der he eould eeeer stoop, •
Or so he theught at the beginning of
this' term Of broiling days and fetid
nights, with foul coMpany and heavy
irons Common to both.' Meetwhile
such feeillsgs 95 were left him were
still tolerably keen, and it was a real
thrill that toward' the end of the first
week .he woke up at Ms erotic to hear
the others hooting end turned round to
see Nat Sullivan <Mee More riding
down the.line.
The thrill became a shiver. The blue
eyes wero fixed on Tom, the great lip
weS thrust out at him, dud before Tom
the rid& reined tip.
"ton villein!" said Mr. Net With In.
(e.ixttptit7salble mW alignatiey of 'VOand
look. "You villain -MY foetid you
r
kj,1 tile_ red „Orel! 12,1111ited ttod wa
tared In the sun, then fell with a gnu).
tiler' of luterest froln the ScOwling
horseman to the prisoner itceosted.
TOIll had already piqued such atten-
tion as his lieW compettions were in
the habit of bestowing upon any Id -
low creature, for few there were who
joined that morose and tierce crttw
. with the stamp of such moroseness
. end ferocity already on thew. Those
few were crebbed old bands, but here
was raw youth, and yet In three long
days they had Dot heard. his voice.
Nor did they now. Tom inoistenedhls
Palms and took a new grip of hiS pick,
but that wan not .411. He was seen to
tremble, and he nearly pinned lila own
' foot to the ground. What was it be
had done and been found out in, this
1 cub whose teeth were always showing,
but whose voice was never beard? ,
1,
. A. perspiring sentry strolled up, his
' once red ewallowtall coat hanging
open upon his miked chest and hie
• white trousers sticking to his legs. He
' was the only one whose curiosity went
the lengtb of a word.
"What's he been doing of?" said the
. sentry, wetting his hand on his chest
'• to cool his musket etock. "We've Only
/ad jini 'ere these three days,"
"You won't have him many more,"
said, Sullivan. "The hangman will
haveldni.," .
.,yest, ' • '
"Vs, Look at hint trembling."
'el see." .
"WM.. tremble in the Or before
long."
Torn bent over his pick, . There was
more booting here, but Whether at
himself or at his enemy 'Tom neither
knew nor cared, He wished to appear
very busy and regardless. He was
really intent upon Nat's shadow under
his NA,. wondering •Whetber he could
possibly .sprtng-so far forward in 414,
Otitis and get mien a swinges to Miry .
. the oleic in the substance -Instead. But
this was never known. When the
hooting ;subsided, the Oise �f light
wheels approaching took its place, and
• Nat Sullivan turned round In ids Mid-
dle. • . .
The milltery mat who debasedbino-•
Self by the charge of this iron gong
was a .intijor of gunners; toe 'fat .for
service and too gouty to sustain his
distended. body On his legs. He there-
fore superintended operations from a
„bath 'chair. in. which e •bluejacketed
messinart hed to trall hints alimit the
works. aiajor ItoneYliOne luta •recog-
etzed Nat and lied °veleta(' the -•niese-..
man. to burry to the spot, but not to:
'Seem in a hurry.. The mejor was hino•
self a sufficiently bard and cantanhexs.
tius man, but pont*, Sense of justice he
had, and he considered Castle Stillvan
oue-of the angriest_ plague ;Spots In •It7
plague mit:tiled Ifind. The Present .oc-
elision filled him, therefore .with the
greatest glee. • He had king.desired an
opportunity 'of giving. one or other of -
the S011ivans a piece of his rniud, and
here was young_ Sullivaetrespassing
on the works.. • '
"Go slower.". said the major reeking
Uphig mind whnt to Any and not to 014*
WWI at brim: as Mr. NattOrned In his
. • • ,
"Toe. zilLain-- Pee jettna you out!"
saddle. Their:greeting was in conse-
quence not uncivil; though the major
blandly ignored the coarse, .ringed
hand obtruded by the other.
"Ymi beard of the outrage tbe„other
night n t Castle Sullivan ?" began Mr, •
"By, buehrengers?" observed Melor
Honeybone.. , • '
„"By beshreagers; ..Only, olio • of them
eaceped„, and there he Mr roared Nat .
pointing savagely et Tem.
,•"Reallyr' remarked the Major, 'Will:
fully .unmoved, 'Meer me! It was
from you be came here -like half my
• gang -for. ribicondiug„ I understood?"
i'We didn't -knew it then."
"That be was one of the bushian-
gers?" -
"But. you knew it nietw?"
, "We do se!" •
"Dear mel" °again teittarked' the.
major, whose expression was tendered
Inscrutable by the rich shade of the
gigantic. umbrella Without. which he
rarely ventured abroad, His Mad,
shrewd eyes glanced •ftora the visitor
to Toni, who was still icioking down
and fidgeting with his pick, the speak
Ing iMage of sullen guilt. More repul-,
sive to,the major was the .gloating
ruf-
flan 111 the griddle, but be signed to the
sentry to takettwey Tom's pick and
then favored the other with a slow,
contemplative stare, .
"A very singular thing, I'M Ague," he
resumed, with a &treadle intonation
that punctured even Nat's thick skull.
"Very singular indeed, Upon my word,
Mr. Sullivan," exclaimed the major. "I
find It difficult .to believe what yeti
nay!"
'''"80Sirr,r31 you like, to understand it."
"If you will allo'w Inc to say the teat
and to say it elsewhere"- .
"No, strt Hater died Major Honey*.
bone. "Here or nowhere, which yen
please. This Man ithiletifidti one night,
t gather, and the next night you
are itttaelted by bushrangers. This
man Is found the morning niter that,
and I understand you suggest he was
One of the band thatattneked you.
Yet you never reeognbied him at the
time. Come, now, did 110fitl bt your
"Not then, bitt,he threatened tar
mr awl a female whom we Junta ainee
returned, end Miss Sullivan remember
hearing thri call the female by 'her
name, Now, this inavand that. wow -
en 'kept cootepany," mantled Not in 4
Perfect dame of rage .and spite, "and
Hiss Sullivan will Bwear Pc ealled the,
women by he't name. IIo fell in with_
tite thieves when he abecondea, it's
perfectly clear. lie was the very' man
to join them In an attack on his ewn
masters even If be Instigate
Join In It be did. 1 can prove it
Though not 'one of the original gang Is
lot alive, .1 can prove"--;
"What about that Italian fellow?"
interrupigd the MaJor, and, Tom held
his breath.
"go wasn't In it. I believe he's
dead, and they Put thig BrIchsen in his
clothes. IVO horse was found \u few
Mileis beyond where tbey found this
man, and now hie coat has been die -
covered with Brichsen'sknife in the
pocket Yes, you may vvincer Cried
thhf good hater, "You 0411 swing (o
It yet" •
"EindlyConfine your remarks to Me,"
saki the Major sternly. have
to prove the knife was his,, and nort
Won't prove evowthing. Never heard
such u: story in My life! Yon'll have to
strengthen it up a bit If you mean to
make a muse, What do you want me
to do?" :
'Nothing at all," old -Nat .ungra-
elously. •
"Then why the deuce de you Coma to
Me?"
"I didn't. . was On iny Way to your
superiors." • •
Major .Hcineybone turned to the sen-
try. •
"Cock your piece," said • he, "mid
shoot his horse if he attempts to go
till rye done .with him, Now, you.
. continued the major, "per-
haps iow,dide't kaow sop were. tres-
passing when you came on these
works. But you were, and you'll stop
on • 'em now 'till I've done with you.
You mune to gloat over thetean you've
liountIld, here to tell him you'd hound
him to the gallows, did yon? T� laugh
at •eh? • Gadzooke, 'sir: the boot's
on the ;tiler leg. this thee! TO, whole
cheinSgang is laughing at you, and you.
may. ft0Si'O 111)011 'em as much as you.
like, :but if you touch one You'll be In
hone yourself in ttOo minutes. . I know
. you, sir, We knew all about .batii of
you here, ILAf tlie wee who come bere
have bden thiven here by you and year',
father. .Slignee in the gang! Go on to
Sydney and tell them 'anything you
like about the matt' ,you mean to hang.
But gadrsieks, yon don't get hies .out
of this!. No, afid the governor :himself
sbatn't have him out. of this until he.
knows en whose word he's acting! GO
to my Operiors, 'they'll never listen
.to yoorclumsy yarn. If they do I'll
send down to Sydney myself to tell
'cm whet -I know Of you and yors: And
Castle Sullivan will be swept into the
sea, Mad yOuyou slave driver-yon'll.
be where these -men are now!. Be off,
sir, hate:the:sight of yen! ' Sentry,
let him, go." . • •
About • the middle of :this -tirade Nat
jind been ready 'with a retort as viru-
lent: but the concluding sentences were
:toti:inueh even for his hard nerves and::
,sturdy rndlanism. 'Watering some-
thing unintelligibleabout an "outrage"
and "repOrtIng!' Major Honeybone, he
put spurs to hishorse and galloped'off;
leaving nothing. worse behind him than
41 look. It wag such a leek 'as might be
seen. any day, any; moment evert; iiv,an
-Iron---gang,- yet Tom -never- forgot the
cruel eyes, the low lips, the murderous
seowl nor,the p.ecullarly bestial whole
Which they made on that. occasion.
'the convicts cursed and. cheered him
In 'derision and when he was gono.
were given to ,understand by the ma-
jors that if tbey ever did It again he
should treat the id t of.them as .they
would be treated at Oestle Stillivan-,
to fifty lashes all rant& .
"only 5 give you fair' warning," said •
Pc, ''`aettsyotx don't :catch inc .bielik my
word either Way' • : • •
. the Major; was ,a man Who liked a •
little opposition for the sake of putting
It down,. wItieb be never failed to do •
with the highest bandbut,he had his
chain gang in Stich an exemplary state
of broken apirlted.suhjection that tho.
iron. will within that flabby body was
growing must' from distise: The impu-
dence of piling,. Sullivan ;urns censequelitlY togodsend to this bon, marti:
net It gave • •hlm an appetite, and it
madeJthnsleep FUrthermere, it tited
his eye On Erichsen and to seine ex-
tenthis thoughts also. :The Major was
harsh -1)y habit, but impartial to the
ore, -Hedid not believe it syllable of
Nat Sullivan's story. „But' why had
BriChsen so ta.ken It to heart? IIe
alone had neither cursed nor cheered.:
the major was putzleds but kept
watch. .. •
"Fancy 40i a gentleman," said 'Hon,
eYbone•in a day or two,and be :made
:The result ef the itiquities• was the
information diet Erichsen usnally sulk,
.ed, but When' he ,ias inn.badtemper'
he wos More blasphemous than any
,man in the gang; when io a good one
P0 'wen:more foul.
"He is a gentleman -hem -Was,"
Said the cocksure major. "Only it's
the old story -the" farther they have to
fall, the lower they sink. Poor devil.
Poor devil!" And old Honeybone sigh-
ed. tot he bad sunk a little, too. and if
. •
Itis
. . .
Constience was clear of erfine .it
was more or lase saturated with
a Which theperfume was not it little
Stale end sickly, Whether trine that
eatse or another, the fat majbr found
himself taking it more hutuati Interest
• In ,this. prisoner than in most. "SO
• that's the most profane tongpe in the
stoekedell be would think whenever
• tie looked at Tom, "So that's the'foul;
It was not Ina Thin Was eduented
and had an ethidated Matt's sense,.of
emphasis and of solection. Ills ad
things stuck -that vas ail. .
But If those superlatives Were not
Ilteritfly,jestifled others were, and "be-
fore TOM had been six weeks le cludus
Ltd had Shown a temper" its insubordl.
nate, an atulaCitYns brazen and a eal-
lousness as shocking as anything of
the Ott which the major had yet et -
-
Countered it his preset:It capacity. It
Wart the reaction from the Milky epitit
in Which the convict • had begim his
term. For two Whtile weeks he broke
no rules, but in the 7next "four he Was
three thnea dogged,
On the drat occasion he knocked
down the stourger when .it wns all
over and So brought it nil over again:
Oil the last the major addressed him
from his elude an the tOtiriet positively
Swaggered frem the triangles, with
his fettereicinking and his -Shoes
mote:ening at every step:
"You want to try Norfolk island?
said tile major, "tatt you shatet"
i'OOiehoek hie head. with an ugly
neer.
-"The gallows. theu," said the major,
"la your gaxne.' But yoe're not going
to get there either. I can: fthow yOu as
tgl et/dwell: rItilausa yteheelgt1 inc. ant) we'll
it
rtive aelortetillneoswealese growth, leZtpixtliTatee;
for the exercise. lie began to get
about mph) ou hio leg% .1:its °lily re-
gret was for a palpably line young fel-
low gone So utterly to the had. For the
rest,, he found poor Teta 1W' stituulatiilg
for some weelsa as Nat Seilivati had
proved on the occasion described. Nat
by the wy, hnd sreturnedCretratet, butitoC
uoa
tss
t
lel.e
lotoxlcated as to ride by the Stockade •
again in, daylight. Tile major's au-
perlors'" had coufirmed that officer's
opinion, and Peggy O'Brien, °Unlined "
pit
her oath In Parrainatta factory, had
Perjured herself for Tom in the most
Illusive axle couvineing Manner, 'The
principai ouperintendent bad made a -
uote of the effair, but there wria no
cage, o Nat was pretty plainly told,
and Major Itoteybeue beard to more
.of him for same time, •
As, ti matter of feet, the bones Of the,
'Italian had also been discovered, but
- as there were no clothes upon them •
and the native dogs had left little else
they were never Identified. So TOM
was safer for the moment than he
suPPosed. Meanwhile he had become
e sort of hero among his degraded fel-
lows. Not the Most popular sort how-
ever, for enthusiasm . Is -difficult In
heavy fetters. Begides, he never tried
to iJ0 Iie nITIP;Iiltat.1;;Ive been alter knocking
doWu the scourger, The .man was a
convict himself, who received -I Shilling
0 pence a dey for his unnatural serv.-
ices., -.It was the' Witcher over again,
()illy this' entail' bad eighty others al'.
ways there to loathe 'Min, auds every
bancl•could hate shaket Tom's for that
well alined blew. but the very next, day
they discovered Pc would: s soon titre
cm them as on their cominou enemy,
The Incident brought to slight an in-
teresting feet, 'and it happened on
Totn'a third Sunday In ;the istookade..
About half' the gang were. Incarcerated.
In the ommon mess shed, idling, yarn-
ing, cursing .and preceeding as fast .as "
.pos'siblewith that Mutual corruption'•
'Whieh was .the, Chief fruit' Of this par.
ticular branch of seernidaty punish
ment .Tom • ivaa of the nurober.,.a Con-
spicuous mut. It-wae,the dawn of his..
Prominence. : He was In one of those
good* tempers • alluded.. to already..
Everybody was listeningl'hose who •
could Mogi' still laogh'ed now, and if
Pc had a guardian angel, surely; surely
she Must have been weeping then More -
bitterly than •when he foughtfor the
bushrangers at. Castle &Alvan and*
put a bullet through a trooper's •arm.
' Suddenly solnetbingi an association.
remlnlscence, a ,forgotten picture,
made hire want to weep himself. He.
was; past. that, . however, and Went
back into 'die sums: instead,. . A new di-,
• tersion -beitigs required, One was pro-
vided by the .discovery of a Young con
vict ti mere lad, writing a letter in
dark &Trier on the floor. ;On beingi
detected. the.lad first blushed and then' '
Offered to read Omni what he had writ,
ten, whereupon. he opened *his' lips and
a ribald stream 'Poured 'forth, but the- ,
'endued, sladrened-faltered and was. '
soon cot short ... •
"He's making it up as he goes along,"
eried,several. "He never wrote that at
"Won seewhat he did .wilte,'". said
one who. was , at hand, cuffing . the •lad •
and snatehingthe unfinished- letter, '
Witha cry ,and an uncoittn chime •
frone WS' lions,' the young cenilet at-
tempted to retainhis property. It tore
in his hand,and to.dozet retire held •
him :down Whiie the possesser.dtagged '
his,,tbnins.en to tine of the Jong,' rude
tehies:' and stood up ta.read the letter
in a silence. broken only by. the . pro- .
Mete ot the wretched writer. **.•
"'MY aver clear mother.and 'father.' •
the brute brawled out '.11I repolVed.'• •
your kind and Welcome. letter 'on the .
dint of January, and happy , was ,3 to
read. the delightful' letter which I. re-
ceived froth.. you '.that day,' Ahem!
Can't he -pitch it in? Solo bow 'appy
1 am to 'eer that you are se comfort-
able and well. ON ' my', dear ' -Mother.
and *father, .1. ''ope thy hrothers' -and,
sisters will mind what you say to them .
.bettetthan ever I 'done,: for you see
what it IS to be 'eadattongS• 'End,
stiong, elt ? • ••Stop ' a bit; now: ;We're,
Owning to 'Oh; my dears, I. '01),
7011 will .ma1c0 veiirgelves as comfort.
as Yon can, tot perhaps 1 neve*
may see you again in this warld, but
I 'ope .1 shall In the 'tier' where"Ope ,•
to be n. comfortto yotOall, so ,G0t1 bless
you all, iny dears, forevet'
• tle got oo furtheir, nor hadmany. at-. •
'tended to he last sentenees. The tad's ,
unavailing' peoteets had ended In Vet, -
!table walling and 'gnashing of teeth
,: -
It was • this that had aroused Vora
from his. lethargy, and lie also Nies.'
ntoo:upo.n the,
.tahle, clanking downthe letsgth of It to where the reader.
Ei
• One or two irtistOok his Intentions.'
"That's It-yoo read it," ettid they, but,
the most of them read Tom's face.
"Give. the that letter," he said' stern,
ly, haltleg before the roan..
"Give ' who it?" roared the. other.
"Oh, it's you, ehr he added a4d seem-
ed in doubt, • • ,
"Lads," tried Toni, 'Seizing .hts oppor,
tunIty, ."this Is going a step MO far.
• •
(TO 13E
CONTINLItii.)
4, ------4 •
The Famous Pedestrian.
Gentlemen:- '
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It is • the greatest reeiedy the world
has ever known. 1 do not need it for
my health now but X use it as a
Strengthener for my walking matches,
owe meth of my physical endurance to
PityChine."
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Port /lope
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