The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
FART III.
~CAVESSON'S
,opyrigbt. 1900. b. our Boo'hby
Nv GUY BOOKLET.

.,,s, ros.ihlo that Won may remember
the attempts mad" ly Inspector 'aNrsNoh "l
,be Queensland mounted police TO effect the
c,r,nrc of the Ccu'ip"dc. the notorious bush
sanger. who. for q longer time than 'avesson
over likes - think of now, had kept n" pas
,oral dstrI.'s, within a radius of 800 mites OF
81. ,nv nsIIp ~ Nu,ga Fiat. In n state Of corr
,i,,ial terror one Of the metropolitan raper-.
no, lrarrly. spoke Of him as a criminal will
,-,he-vi-p. and the term describes him A.
vol If no, much better. than ! can possibly
hone 20 do. As n matter Of fact. he was here
to-day and gone tomorrow sticking up a sta
zion on the eastern side of Mulcl Flat one day
and numbering a bank 100 miles distant the
neNi Try how CavesSon would, he could not
lay his hands upon him, and when on several
occasions no thought he had really got hold
oChim. the rascal. Nv some Ingenious means OF
u, own d-vi-ing. managed 20 slip through his
fingers and be- of about his evil business once
more. Meanwhile, a. | have already told you.
Parliament made nasty remarks. the commits
.loner Of police Officially rpprimandod him.
o special magistrate was sent up to take charg"
Of the district while several OF the papers went
So far n TO affirm that he was not only in league
with the enemy. but that his failures to eject
lis capture were only the natural results Of
the brlbe- he had received. A. may be sup
posed. between one and tho other, Cavesson's
ne was mad" about a. miserable ~ n mans
could we'll be Al last, as has been already
narrated he had the good fortune 10 secure
the capture Of the CeptipedeS lieutenant. How
the man con,rived to escape, assisted by his
notorious employer. n perusal Of tho story,
rrritled "Cavcsson's Blunder, will reveal II
T. sufficient for the present that, When the news
reached tho public ears. the inspectors position
became even more unbclrable than il had
-. l..., <I.lI. 10, I.,.. all. Nt.,,a NJ
ket, a. he Wa, he had 70 remember her fathers
own words. which were to the effect that. un-
less he could come To- him and say that he had
captured tho Centipede. he should not dream
az giving him his daughters hand in mar
rage But how on earth was that capture TO
r." cTected' He had tried every conceivable
plan but without success. "" had schemed
and plotted in vain. Not only his marriage.
hnr hi, own good name depended upon his
bringing the outlaw To book, bur. puzzle his
brains as he would, he could not see how it
I've COT $3.50 standing TO my credit at the
hank ne said 10 himself, rs he paced up and
down his oflce one hot suwmcr' morning,
"aud 10y Joyc. I'd willingly plank il down il [
could lay my hand upon the rascal in return.
running my career. What have done that
fa,c should saddl" N. with such a ,logd?'.
He went to the window and looked out upon
IL" street u was bv no means a cheerful
PROSPECT that he saw there. The heat was
NtIillft ana l'r TfHu MAS lntItS deep IN ull-'
The iron roofs ~ the houses opposite ref'ected
the Glare. and when q Scorching blast drove
down the street IT was like a sandstorm in the
And to think that If | could only capture
the fellow | could b" ont Of this forever. he
said glazing AT n small dog who was scratching
Itself against the Nerauda post outside. Then
the sound of wheels attracted his attention,
and a moment later the mail coach. a cumhrous
unwieldy AFFAIR. covered with dust and drawn by
five painting horses. appeared in sight. passed
tho police of1ce and rolled slowly on down the
street toward the principal hotel. Cavesson
touched tho bell upon his desk
The coach has Jus, passed . he said TO the
mons. Go down to the Post ONCE and bring
nethe letters as quickly as possible
Then when n" nan had vanished once NOR.
%spearinc his hlntring pad with his pen
More wigginrs from the Commissioner,
suppose he .aid sl2"miiy More letters
Metropolitan paners. each Of which will refer
10 what they call nv gross neglect Of duty.
insinuate that ] am taking brides to allow him
70 remain at large Oh, lisa beautiful. heau-
tiful world and If it weren't for Mlgnic, by
Jove' could almost wish myself ont of il"
A quarter Of an hour later the sergcqut re.
turned with his snnerior,s letters which he
the vlriois mjssive' AMI then selected ona. the
enve,lon" of which was addressed in n ladv's
d aihnrinwffiIvr piiensInmT' for orP he re,d p the Iet Heys several "sgI
times before he plnced II in his pocket
God bless her; he said, and added 9 moment
~ ~ ''ihhi olHN'ii'N' hhi ''AAbuNl Inv
After, that he turned hi: attention TO the
remainder OF his correspondence
bearing the letters q. II VI s upon its face.
ne m's GneP ne i ou ]. I, the sns sA l4itsri0n qp%n hi ~ face g"
manner, Of means az pleasant "a tho last Il
SIR: / am directed bv the Commissioner 81
Police To inform YOU that In consequence Of
your continual failure 10 effect the arrest
Of the notorious criminal known ~ the Cerii-
lp 10, who for 80 long "A time has hppu rambling
your district. II has been decided tn transfer
Won from Your most 81 MulGa Fiat Ia another
station. lu-ua'tur Dickson will relieve luu on
n" i2th II this present month. when YOU are
directed 10 hand over to him the men II your
Sourobedien, seryan,, = waITTAEEF.BFII.
This is the end 81 everything he said 10
n5miet I'm proved Incompetent and Dick
He brought his f.t down with such n bang
nnon the table that The Ink pc, jumped into tho
air and, came within an ace 81 overt!rning
II he had stood before the irata oNNcor at,l'a,
moment, After a while he picked NJ tho letter
Dickson. viii be here on the 18th " 10 said TO
s,%sel1 a,o ,Is ih nat Is f So: d hHye IS SIN Max 9yS e, d3rI'
Minnie, five DAYS in which Ia. show thom thai
am, not IA incompetent as they suppose mo
only that brute would give me ono clue as 10
his whereabouts I might ACCOMPLISH some
tullt buNs u : u u, U illtEiN as wei ~1ff'fN on'
my hand and try 70 touch the moon ne hope for
such q bit Of luck I'm n miserable begCar II
ever there was one IN this world
That afternoon he Informed Mr. Hahlett. tho
MAGISTRATE In charge of the district. that nc was
10 be superseded, mud could 500 that ~" la'tor
Was hv no means ,lsrlcased IA the turn Affairs
had taken Ever SiuCe his own mi-adyeutGro
with the Centiredc the other had cherished a
dislike to CayeSson, aud, THOUGH n" did moi saw
-, IN" had the satisfaction Of knowing that II
was in a great measure due 70 his communion
ton to headqu1r'"rs that the inspector was
beng recalled
For 'he next thrs" DAYS Cavesson rallopcd
about his district Tx" n mailman, making IN
Quirles in every POSSIBLE direction, and sparing
neither himself nor his men ~ hs andeavorS TO
bring his enemy TO BOOK before the new in
apector should arrive He was no more slc-
cessful, however. than before. and when on tho
Wednestnv night he retired to rest Il was with
the feeling thai. 50 far ~ the Ccntircdo was
concerned, his doom wns sealed According
70 custom, he Sleti with his window oucn Ia
Mulga flat hlI Slhf~ we're unknown %luyurio-,
and. indeed ifthpre tad been a stray gentleman
OF the craft IN N" district. tho bedroom ~ the
Inspector Of 'ollon would scarcely tayo been
the crib he would have boon likely 90 crack
Nevertheless, CaveSSon's bedroom was visited
that al chit bv n stranger from tho outside world,
but who that stranger Was and how ho cot in
without roilstng ihc iuhahitau' has never vet
been discovered When IN" owner ~ tho room