me to pencil a note to a distinguished gentleman in
town, who was to vouch for his respectability; that after he had
finished writing and directing it, Sam approached him, as though to
request permission to send it by a bearer, but before he was aware of
his intentions Tyrell had garroted him in such a manner that all
resistance was impossible, and when about half dead, he was laid upon
the floor, bound with cords, and then had a handkerchief stuffed in his
mouth, threats being made at the same time that death was certain if the
least alarm was given.

The bushranger then waited until the guard turned his back, when he
dropped from the window like a cat, and made his escape. The officer was
laughed at so outrageously, that he sold his commission and left the
army.

Such was one of the exploits of the "gentlemanly" bushranger whose
actions we were watching, and over whose head a reward of five hundred
pounds was hanging.

"If you must call each other liars, and rush to a fight, why don't you
do so in a gentlemanly manner, at ten paces distant, and not shoot or
cut each other down like dogs? Can I never learn you manners, and be
d----d to you."

The speaker, of whom Mr. Brown had whispered, was Tyrell--he walked
towards the young fellow, who had, but a moment before, killed the old
pirate, and stopped in front of him. From our place of concealment we
could admire the athletic form of the leader of the gang, and as the
flames from the camp-fire blazed up and showed us his features, we could
not help being struck with their stern beauty.

"Well, captin, he began it," cried the young assassin, in a snivelling,
apologetic sort of tone; "I didn't want to hurt him, sure, if he hadn't
told me I lied. I don't take that from nobody, you knows."

"You lie, you dog, you know you do," cried 'gentleman Sam,' in a tone
expressive of profound contempt. "You stabbed old Bill when his back was
turned, and did not give him a fair chance. I'll have no more such
doings. A stop must be put to such kind of work. Do you all understand
me?"

"I'm willing to abide by the regulations," the murderer said, with
alacrity.

"I intend that you shall, for I am about to constitute myself a judge
and jury, and punish you for shedding blood, as I think it should be
punished. Stand up."

The fellow staggered to his feet, and we could see him glance with
apprehension upon his leader, and then turn towards his comrades an
appealing look, as thoug