A TALE OF THE REVOLT IN RUSSIA. 1 OMAPTER VII.—(Continued,) ‘he drew her head in for a minute, and When looked out again and said: “Are you wure you're only two, lIet’s seo you?" We stood back that could do 50, Vil come down," she said. When she opencd the door the light Ene held revealed to me one of the most forbidding faces I had ever seen on a {| Wonvan's shoulders. You've got horses, have rou 2 ist) Stall them in the shed. he handed me a lantern, } tame with me, When we had (umbled our Way to the shed, and ticd the horses up i =riving them some Day we found in the Pluco—we Went back to the house. She admitted us without more del You and Volna, ) Bid aS Soon as we Were inside, locked q ‘ant bolted the door, — "A lune woman aces 10 be careful,” she Said in expla- nation, aS she Ied us into a Toom at Vhe side where a fire was luring, Two glasses and a spirit bottle were on Whe table, and « smell of rank tobacco ‘inoke hung about the place. Volna went in fitst, and the woman Having placed the light on the table, Sood holding the doot for us to pass. # We ato much obliged to you," 1 aul, and as 1. turned to her T caught Sight of a man’s face peering through ‘the Nali-closed door of @ dar room wcross the passage. Tl do wy for wered. ‘Dry yourselves by the tie. WH be back in a moment." With that she went ott, and 1 heard her turn the ey softly upon tin, It might mean nothing, butwell, wot tell Volna. you,’ she aia CHAPTER VUL WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COTTAGE Volna_ walked up to the weed fool of her fur turban, shook it, Jaughed. | “Were ant j "T wonder if the ‘something ty put on while th, wre dried, What do. you ma! ) “She about fits the place,” Blaneing round the room ; A wooden bench, 4 couple vi wooden fi armchairs, a squite table, « black oak chest of drawers with sone unpainted shelving over it for crockery. pois and pans, constituoed the farmture , and for q decofation a couple of eride coloured q prints, scriptural in subject, and grany with ‘age, hung over the fireplace, with { ® piece 6f broken Tooking glass on a Airing between them fire, and fou ever as Wet deine? Ty rer woman can dint you clothes — lied, i} “Rough.” f said, in’ answer i} took. ‘ “Tt might be dirtier, Eh is ab | ood sigan when a Woman’ care Traces.” “She sul she was a lone woman, co Gy she can't Nave much ele 10 dy except \ Jook after the phice” ‘ Volna smiled. “Didn't you see those *"* . bud pointed (0 & pau ef snen's Boots by the chest of drawers °Plo- hably Wood eniter or charcoal jurner, or something of that sort, viten wy ones people." i Arthur W, sAuther of “The Queen's Advocate,” ‘' A Courier of Fortuae,"’ &o, \ ALL QUEENSLAND RIGHTS: RESERVED, 4 Marchmont, we may as well pretend we sce nothinj odd and suspect, nothing. Wo'te not. really ia, howerer.” ‘fi in to think Poggy’s more won- derful than ever,” suid. T'with a chueste The woman came in then with a hundle of clothes on her manner was very different. ‘She was a hideous creature truly ; the upper. part. of her face seamed with’ what might have ween two Knife slashes, and one cheek quite \isfigured with inarks like those which wittiol leaves. When she spoke or smiled her mouth drew up to. the side, disclosing long yellow teeth. i “Ab, that's right; a hot dein you're making. You're both wet to the skin, aren't you? I've rummaged up some clothes for you. T'll male you as coin: able ax T can, but I'm onl woman ly a poor “You're a very Kind one," said Vol looking at the clothes she had brought. “hey are only rough, you knows hut the best T can mani “Water's hot, Bob,” ered Volna, “Get me 4 cloth to’ wipe’ those glasses,” she said tu the woman, and the moment her hack Was turned Volna slipped the papers from her dress and handed them to me. We mixed some brandy and water and 1 insisted upon her drinking some, hve sel a eandle in the room’ opposite for you,” said the woman, “Call me when vou're ready, Peggy and T went off with the clothes she had brought for ine. 1 hail just completed the change when T heatd a stealthy step in the passage. 1 was listening for it, inleed, and had nol shut the door. Some one tried to shut it for me, 1 stopped that and pulled it wide open, Tt was the man whose face Thad seen before—tong, tin, cadaverous and cunning, with clow set, ‘fercety syes “Come in,” 1 said, cheerfully. He started very uneasily, and mumbled "1 thought you didn’ Ab Was open.” “AU tight’ T suppos: these are your things. I’m much valiced to sou,"” “They're my best.” he answered, You're welcome.” Now be was some four inches than 1, whereas the clothes wei Jong enough for me, and the dis did ot escape ms, nor tend to my. suspicions. He stood watehing me silently finished the change and took out’ thi shorter quite ‘epancy Tessen tents of my pockets. But Tw not ty let Mim see that To had a weas pon Th (hin sitence f eould hear the rain ning down s @ ieariul night," 5 said: “Your wile said you weren't ai home." ‘Just come mn." “You managed to keep dry Ti: pretended nol to Near ome Tt won't last, mucn'longer How did you come here" “We vot of the road in the dark and san a hight in vour window." “Slrangers here, maybe 7" quick furtive glance with a considerable interest in the ‘TP do not think 1 have this particntar spot hetore Know it better whew 1s Vcaught a gleam 0 hilly eves been in but 1 shall it in the a ae T thought, of the man's lute U hatsorn | light Anybody ean get ost in the dar ad and said notli "Going far” f Have you your Mase © f took it] Out for a rd and got caueht in the | out, “Good, “then J shall warm some] storm, Will you see to the horse ier ih Water, aud You must have a gt arink." | me?" ‘ end tn a nnunete she Rad Meet dy sit all have. Couple of good one». One of Sauespon and hed the water on the fie. | them 1s nearly done up. You've come ) ST wish the wotnan would eotie hack,” | far? , T grunblete “L want yo to gel your] At thal, moment Voina opened the door Wet clots. of." of the other room and. called ime She “Fshoutdn’ * rovhed Vali hurst into w metry laugh at the sight of ewhy not? the, and T grinned back at ber ST shouldn't tet her know that we] “'¥ou look as i you were made up as Brow she Tecked the door,” a peasant for theatricals,"" T said, | “Dut you notice that 7” T don't know what. you're like, But) That's deliciously manchke, Uoh OF] Um dry Think of it, Bob, dry onee fourse we're nw Very queer place, hut more HI ) See It Cut Off the Flitch. See It Cut Off the Flitch. | See It Cut Off the Flitch. fi See It Cut Off the Flitch , HUTTON'S \ MILD CURED ? Pineapple Bacon. =— BEATS THEM ALL. 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The woman busiled aiout and put some black bread and vile cheese on the table while the man siood fidgeting about sheepishly by the door “Ta all Tye got to eab; but 1 can make you som ae ‘The very thinz,"" Said Volna. “Betch the collier, Ivan," “said the muta The met esitated, glanced at her, and then shufed away Come on, Bob, Hm famushed," cried ina, siting Mtotvn and eetting some bread “van says _ yous said the woman. * Way from hone Further than you Volna. We're Enslish."* ‘ou didn’t ride from England %** asked stupidly You deur thore’s the sea bee tween Eugland and eve,” “Rut you're strap Some more breail, Bob?!" and vs she bent down to ex IC she whisyered ia French to we: “She's asked that ques horse is done np,” ow must be w long replied thing," she soul, tion 4 dozen tines, trying to pump. me all ihe time,” “ Strangers" 1 said to the woman, "OF course we are. Tourists, — Dun't know a soul for muy a mie about there, and not a soul knows us. But Hyon ‘needn't be afraid. We can pay you ;" {aml Tsta0k out a handful of money and torsed a gold pices seross (a her Ib was Worth the momey 1) sco the ly, avaricious light tit leaps am ber But Volna looked puzzhed, and a Hive alarm at this act of mine, What a time that man is getting the coffee,"* the woman said,“ T suppose he con't find it ("and she‘ went out of the room “Wi did you do thal?" asked Votna “Why non Te wos the acewer she Wanted, and it's quite a 1 to be able to tell the truth.” Do vou suspect amytbing 7 D tinok the man is a ime fint ing such a. thing as coffee they don't kee their eatables The two came pack wranghng ; she scolding lim for his delay , he protesting he did not know where she kept things They were clumsy actors, however The Woman made some ‘coffee then anit and T wonder it here with the rest of set it on the table. I'm thiniing where TH put you to steep," che said You can have our bed and welcome,” she added to Volna, “bul, for your brother Ti have to male o You see We'tle only but” we'll manage, Co T Was stirring my coffec, and put it ta my lips as they “went oub; and the Woman turned and saw ime. "This time, instead of locking the doot upon us, they leit it ajar It was becoming as plain as print. T set, down the cup, untasted, of course, and talked in a fairly loud tone about the Kindnews of the two, and how good the eofiee tasted ; and Valna, taking het cue from me, agreed. ‘Thon We ail but empticd the two cups into 4 jug and hid it away. and went on talking wnconcetnediy. — Presently 1 stole to the door and listened. ‘The two Were in the upper part of the house Voina, T could see now, Was beginning tu grow nervous. “TV's all right, We can ach much better than they, and there isn't g thing to fear.” Her brow wrinkled. °"1 think doesn't want to be Ieft alone, Tob, said “You'll have ( make shit with Unat Wooilen settle ; ut, vou may go lo sleep Without a thought.” “What" de you think uo?" They've halt done what they and we shall soon ow the rest. ‘The coffee 1s draxeed, of course, and they think we've drunk it Now, ‘lie down and Wust_ Go Of to sleep T've ‘dried my last Three Cigars, and am goiue to stoke one of them," | 1 sebtied her on the wooden bench, and ving lighted iy cixat, ruminaged about and “found an oily tag with which cleaned my Tevolver very carefully, — re- loaded it, amd kept it at band T thon’ sat down by the fire smoking and thinking, and waiting. It was evi: Gent enough that we had got into the hands of some yery ugly customers. tealled several strange tales of dark deeds done in there wild and lonely parts of the country, and the circumstances now lent themselves readily to villainy. ‘They hat got from us the fuel that we Perey she they mean ty meant, were strangers, and Thad purposely made no hesitation in showing that we had plenty of money That (hey had tried in their ehmsy Way to drug us, 1 had no doubt whatever’, aint the only question was whal they ineant to ilo hex! The fear in the Woman's first question whether we were the police, atl lier Statement that the man Was hot in the iouse, gave a clue to their character , and the change in mawner, the assump: tion of Irienéliness, the surrestiveness of senting the man to find the coffee , diced, all these citeumstanees fitted togeiher ton well any doubt thot some devilment was an foot T did not feel the least alarmed ever I felt myself more than a mateh for the {Wo in any rough and tumble Chat Was to come: T was thorovehly on my gvard ; aut had a weapon, and knew well howto we it AS a matter of fact, it was we rather than they w Were laving the snate. Somewhere between half an hour ant fan hour passed without a sounil in tiv house. Thad finished “my cigar and toxsed it away, ant was euziig’ int» the | fickering embers of the fire, when T {heard the stairs eteok shehuly. A elance alibwed me that Volna was . asleep, a how- tribute thie, indeed to her trust in me. To be continued Evening Entertainments. HIS MAJESTY'S “THEATRE, WIDOW O'BRIEN, “ FUN ON THE BRISTOL." Mr. John F Sheridaa’s. season of wusi- cal comedy at His Majesty's Theatre is proving a continued success. ‘There was a very “large audi present on Saturday night, to tenew their acquaintance with the Widow O’Brien in "Fun on the Bristol.’ iheaeocey throughout Aus- tralia entertain an undyi lcetion for the buxom, light-hearted, and witty Trish woman who: has helped so materi- ally to make Mr. Sheridan's Feputation. ‘She is as entertaining as ever, and lyoks just as sprightly, which is only natural, for, as someone has said, Father Timo is mot always a hard parent, but often lays Ins banc lightly upon ‘those who have used him well. Mr, Sheridan was reovived with much enthtsasm when he reintroduced bis famous character to the audience, He played the part with characteristic * thoroughness, giving the widow {ull scope for her gitt of repartee, and showing het also in’ her — stormy moods, but Rever overdoing the business, ‘The all-important factor of the makeap perfectly accorded With the role, and the comedian was cqually effective’ in por- trayins the twice witowed ‘lady in her striking style of home dress, and in the perhaps as striking, but more clegant Costuines with wich she sought to th vate admirers, abroad. In the eatllet stages of, the ‘piece, Mr. Sheridan sang “The Kilkenny “Band,” a swinging melody, with well known Trish airs. ae the reirain to each verse. Miss Muriel Williams acted brightly as the widow’ daughter Norah, whose refined instincts taught her that O'Brec'on sounded xo much More polite than the common Irish name of O'Bryen, whieh she thereiore discarded im favour of ‘the French adaptation, Misx Williams's scenes with Mr Curran, who | assumed the role of Tommy Cranbury. » bashiul lov Were very amusing. The pair sali Poor Little Mar an item which was heartily applauded. ‘Mr Curran gave an excellent sketch of an overgrown youth, who, rebelliny at last against tho vole of childlike meekness imposed upon him by his father, asserts himeelf with 4 vigour and determination which com- plete reve:sog (he relations — between them, the erstwhile stern and domineet- ing parent being reduced to a position ‘of subservience, “The once timid youth at the same time transformed into # bold aud ardent suitor. and he proclaims his suit with the dash and eleyuence of a Pastmaster in sich matters. The ubyect of his affceticny expresses her apprec.» tion of the chanre in his demeanour in the words, "At 1. This development Was greeted with much merriment, Miss Heba Barlow was ver successful in’ the pari of the elder dauchter of the Widow O'Brien, Whose elopement with the man of het ‘choles, int not of her” mother’s, leads up to’ some amusing situations. Miss Barlow end Miss Elsie Wison sane aduct, "fo am an Offspring of Adam," tie former being dressed to rearesent a girl im the higher ranks of Hi, whilst Miss Wilson" appe.ted’ in the course hut fantastic eostime of, caster firl, Miss Floris Fanning Presented a voluile nesta serv, retard Bolla Thomioem, who proved a woman of many patis, ‘and-Mr. Jean de w¥ impersonated Bell's hs eward on the steairr Tristol, that, capacity assisted consid ards fon of the pi Wales, alias an Matin covnt and move teneher, who might bet rmed the villain iN © capauly uctel by Mr Fpbert He and Miss Bartow Mss Willams were veiy ¢ relarsai af a singing Is ood characters were thos: of the fieree ‘aptain Cranbury and — the amorous Wehgrd Sparks, which were in the hands ot’ Mr. - Rupery Julion ant Mr Henry Dunmore’ respectively Special fea lures of the periormance were the winsing of a tral solo by Miss Coeilie Stsphano, couple of cone Seoteh items hy Mr Loch ine, « the bellets of the | Dancers. “Run on the Brist ot | repeated Lonizht ant to-morrow, THEATRE ROYALs HOLLAND'S VAUDEVILLERS ‘The old adage phat “nothing succeeil nei etive in thir sou, Other will Kangaroo will be Uke suieeess"” was’ wrain demonstyated on Saturday night by the large and ov r-| flowing avdicnce which axse at the Theatre Royal to witow change of programme ly Jand's company of vaudeville entertainers, ‘Phe management may be conscratulated «ny the quality and variety of entertainment | provided for the samiscunist at the Bris- | hane public, ‘The necasion Was marked by the first. appearance Miss Mabe! | Lynne, a serio-come of dashing appear- mee, Who IMpATIS TAL eM A NOE SOARS, 4 and “of Me doe Charles, comedian, an | end man, who sings his comic songs as i Wo enjoyert “them, as much” as the his audience. ‘bie tiot part apened Witt a chorus by the company, “Our Boy's Coming Home," which was followed hy My, Fred Stanley, who saig "My Cato- hing.” Mr Ale: Stagpoole™ thei sau “One uf the Old Songs," i gad style, and as an encore, ‘The Message trai Home") Miss Mabel Lynne roused up the enthusiasm ef the audience toa Wiel Yanker piteh, with her ttist “The Girl,” which at encore was tously demanded ; she then gave Ann,” with great vigour, again she hail to respond with * Thompson's Cakewalk,"* Which was terminated with a clever cakewalk dance, in which she was a- sisted by Mr. Joe Charles. In the second part, Miss Lynne sang two songs in a matt khaki costume, to ths delight of the authetice. Mi, Fred Stanbridge's con- tribution was a pretty ballad, + With You," sung with great taste, aud when led he repeat the |ust’ verse, Mr. Charles, in bis comic sony Tou." got un ko nee “with his audience, soon be an established “favourite: it second song. was demande, and qiven In the sccond part he sam: ' a comical jockey sons, and stell unothor to salusty his audience This, Will Bring You Baek," a song and dance ly Miss Lay- field, und in” the sceotd part an Amicricon hodt -sdamew Ww I te- wived, Me doe Cowan tn is tdget af danny oun Some People,"' had roval reception of applause greeted Miss Boat on her appearance "When We Mee? 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