St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-20


NouI foot goes to sleep.
''Cam yom speak ," inquired Raleigh.
hcmding over me: .'hccauSr if you can
il will save me some trouble. | want
t" know just where you have stored
away that money.
Now | began To realize my Situatiu
His face looked natural again. and the
load WAS of my tongue. also felt that
could move my fingers Il little.
'Gcnrgc Raleigh are You going to
rob me ," | asked, finding my voice at
last
'Wcll. some folks might call it rob
him%. but we dress up the term Il little
10y calling it the only correct financial
way of cqualizing the floating currency
50 that each one is provided for and no
one left out.
~ l"u SlIan't have the money. will
die first" yelled. rising IL little.
".Ah, ! see didn't takrquitr enough -
he coolly remarked. "Wcll, | have
provided for this"
He went to the buggy, procured
ropes and Il gag. and kmcclcd down he
side me. | had but little strength vet.
and he conquered me in Il moment. Ly-
ing on my right side. looking toward
the fence. he tied my hands behind me
and then forced the gag into my mouth.
There. now l"u see You are nice
lN fixed up. and all hrcarlsc YOU acted
like Il fool. instead OF Il sensible Young
lawyer soon to he admitted to the bar. -
While he WAS speaking indeed " lille
he WAS lHing me. had caught sight of
the white face of little girl looking at
u> from between the rails of the fence.
! could see her great blue ewes. and
knew that she WAS trightcIcd. There
were red stains around her mouth and
on the little hand resting on the rail.
and | knew that she was some farmers ;
child >caIchm% fnr straw berries.
could not warn her of her danger. and |
feared that she would br seen or heard.
While Raleigh WAS tying the last knot.
| Wiukcd at the little girl a> hard a> |
could. hoping that she would move
away. But She did not go
'Ncll. NOW for the money - said Ra-
leigh. and he began >caIchin" my pnck
els. He went from ON" to the other.
rrm"\ img all the articles. felt down my
h""t-lcg. and then finally passed hi~
hand oven my h">"m and found the
money.
lila here il is, exclaimed. draw
im@ ont the parkagc~. Il don. hardly
hrIicyr that old Grip will see ANY of
this to day"
He sat down near my head. umdid the
packages. and WIS coal enough /" Z" at
II To count the money ~ hr com
mcmccd the little girl waved her hand
t" me. Ny heart went thumpimg. for
expected she would utter Il word ur Il
shout. but she sank down from sight
and caught glram of her frork ~
She PASSED through the grass
''l"u sec. my Young friend" re
marked Raleigh, ~ hc drew of one ot
his boots and drp">itcd some of the
bills III II. ''thcIc'> nothing like tran
>aCtimg business a> it should hr tIaII-
>:tctcd. Some men would have shot uI
stabbed NuI. hut il i only the appI,n-
ticc> Wh" d" such work. All the real
gentlemen of "ur calling ii" business H.
gentlemen should"
He drew of the other boot. and
placed some '.tttir>" and '.twcutic>" in
it. and then r"ntmurd:
Il have it all planned out how to
deal with Nou ~ soon ~ get this mon
rN disguised of around my person. |
shall lay You on lour back and pnur
the. haIanr,. of this viu, dawn am,
throat. There's enough of it to make
,nu sleep until tn-nnrrnv uiuI,t and
10y thai time shall hr hundreds of
mIlc> away. ~ soon ~ | see thai the
dug has taken effect. ! shall unite
N"ur hands and lcmnNc The 9a". When
l"u com" "ut of N"ur sleep if N"u c,rI
d" l"u had better cIal,I uut rn the
road. Whclc Nou vii! most likely meet
some Traveller soon. want to u>r the
huI>c and buggy otherwise vnuII
lc!,r them tnl >ou.'
How COOL, h, talked, lie treated
the matter ~ if it we've Il regular tram
suction in which fully acpuic>c,d. lie
had me Il fast prisoner. and felt thar
he could do lust H. he pleased. Will.
| was thinking. SIM tI,. GttI. Whit.
face appcar hcturcn the white rails
a.ain. but in Il moment it faded away.
and lis place WI> taken hN the >Iuhurm-
ed phiI al Il farmer. lie looked from
me To Raleigh and back again. and
linked a. him in a W:i\ which he r,..,d
ilN understood. His face di>aunc1r,d
and felt that should hr saved
NO old Grip wont gct hi, tin to-
day.. unused Raleigh. storing away The
bills in his pockets. ..Nnu viii ,n b,rL
To Law y Law feeling put ont and emf
up: but they shouldn't blame ,nu if
is not Your way at all. True. had you
minded l"ur business on the ear and
not been 50 free with Il stranger. this
would not have happened. WAS ON
my WAY To Milwaukee,. and hod mo
Thought of such rich pirkinrs here"
saw uothinmof the farmer R,I,jrL
finished his counting. and | made, m
my mind that the farmer WIS afraid to
interfere. and had runaway. Nv heart