Chapter I: Front Matter

[Frontispiece: "SO YOU HAVEN'T LEFT ME TO THE CROWS" Page 159]

The Bushranger's Secret

BY

MRS. HENRY CLARKE

Author of "The Ravensworth Scholarship"
"The Mystery of the Manor House" &c.

_ILLUSTRATED BY W. S. STACEY_

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

_Printed and bound in Great Britain_

BOOKS OF THIS SERIES

_BOYS_

The War of the Axe. J. Percy-Groves.
Hammond's Hard Lines. Skelton Kuppord.
The Bushranger's Secret. Mrs. Henry Clarke.
The Penang Pirate. John C. Hutcheson.
In the Hands of the Malays. G. A. Henty.
In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers. G. A. Henty.
Dick Chester. G. I. Whitham.
For the Old School. Florence Coombe.
Sturdy and Strong. G. A. Henty.
Marooned on Australia. E. Favenc.
In the Great White Land. Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N.
The Captured Cruiser. C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne.
Westward with Columbus. Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N.
Hal Hungerford. J. R. Hutchinson.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys. Lewis Hough.
Olaf the Glorious. Robert Leighton.

_GIRLS_

The Two Dorothys. Mrs. Herbert Martin.
Susan. Amy Walton.
The Hawthorns. Amy Walton.
Penelope and the Others. Amy Walton.
The Ravensworth Scholarship. Mrs. Henry Clarke.
The Eversley Secrets. Evelyn Everett-Green.
The Mystery of Kittle-Boy. Jennie Chappell.
A Soldier's Daughter. G. A. Henty.
Comrades from Canada. May Wynne.
An Unexpected Hero. Elizabeth J. Lysaght.
The Ferry House Girls. Bessie Marchant.
Meg's Friend. Alice Corkran.

_BOYS AND GIRLS_

Into the Haven. Annie S. Swan.
A Pair of Clogs, and other Stories. Amy Walton.
That Merry Crew. Florence Coombe.
Our Friend Jim. Geraldine Mockler.
The House of the Five Poplars. Lucy Crump.
Three Bears and Gwen. May Wynne.
Tony's Chums. May Wynne.
When Auntie Lil took Charge. May Wynne.
The Eagle's Nest. S. E. Cartwright.
Three's Company. May Wynne.
The Lady Isobel. Eliza F. Pollard.

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

LONDON GLASGOW BOMBAY

CONTENTS.

Chap.

I. A Fugitive
II. Tempted!
III. At Warrandilla
IV. In Quest of Treasure
V. Deadman's Gully
VI. The Treasure Found
VII. Deserted!
VIII. Lost in the Bush
IX. Facing Death
X. A Grim Sort of Picnic
XI. A Ruthless Villain
XII. Under Green Boughs

ILLUSTRATIONS

"SO YOU HAVEN'T LEFT ME TO THE CROWS" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"HERE, GIVE IT ME BACK," SAID THE BUSHRANGER

THE MEETING IN "DEADMAN'S GULLY"

A TREACHEROUS BLOW

THE BUSHRANGER'S SECRET