L A N D A N n W A T ]{ R 
March 23, 1910 
Chaya, a Romance o/ tAf South Seat. 
ililuttraled by Joseph Siaxptom, J<.B A. 
•• Houghton saw an object that made his flesh crawl upon him." 
Tillman, for instance, who had always seemed a butterfly under 
the false conditions of Sydney life, was exhibiting qualities of 
balance and energy that would have astonished liis friends ; 
and Houghton, brought to the test, was showing a clearness of 
vision and a power of reasoning upon obvious facts that 
he had never exhibited fully before. 
The power to reason clearly and justly on the obvious 
facts before us is a power denied to very manv ; it constitutes 
the soul of business and success in lite. It was the secret 
of Napoleon's greatness, and it has been foimd wanting in 
many and manv a philosopher. 
■ Well," said Tillman, " perhaps 3'ou are right. Hull's a 
blundering sort of chap, and there's no doubt he hates 
Macquart as much as Macquart hates him. We'd better lav 
low, we two, and we've got to watch this chap as a cat watches 
a mouse. I'll watch the boat to-night. There's a lot of 
bushes on the bank. I can hide there with a Winchester, and 
you can watch to-morrow n'ght • we mustn't leave him a 
second alone. I'll go off now and see what he's doing." 
He rose up and went off, leaving Houghton still seated 
on the fallen tree. 
So deep was he in meditation, that he did not hear a 
light step behind him. It was the girl of yesterday ; she 
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