The Bushranger's Secret

  Produced by Al Haines

  cover art]

  [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