The Van Buren press., 1873-07-22

fixed up, and all because you acted like
a fool, instead Of sensible young law
yer soon to be admitted to the bar.
While be was spcskng--indeed while
be was tying nc--l had caught sight Of
(, the wh!,o lace Of little girl looking at
us between the rails Of the fence.
could see her great blue eyes There
were red stains around her mouth and on
the tt.o hand resting on the rails, and |
knew tAat she was some farWer'e child
searching for straw berries I could not
warn her Of her danger and ! feared She
would be seen or heard while Raleigh
was tying the last knot { uinSed at thc
little girl as hard as ! could. hoping that
she would see ne and move away But
she did Not 81.
"Well, now .'or the money, said Ra
leigh snd he began searching my peck
cts lle went from one to the ether, re
moving all the articles, and finally pass
ed his hand over my bosom and discover
ed the money.
"lIal thore il ~ he exclaimed draw
ing out the packages and he was cool
enough 10 90 at it TO count out the mon
icy. As he commenced, the ij,t.e g,r.
waved her hand to me. My heart went
Humping, fog ( expected she wc1l0 Ut
ter word ora shout but she sank down
from sight and : caught a glance of her
irgck as as she afsed through the grass
" You see, my young friend, " remark
cd Raleigh, as ne drew off one OF his
boots end deposited some OF tho bills IN
Il, there nothing like transacting bus
mess as it should be transacted. Some
men would have shot or stabbed you,but
4 il 8 only the apprentices who do such
work. All tba gentlemen Of our calling
10 business as gentlemen should
y drew off the other boot and plac,
some ijftles and twentics in it, and then
continued
g. | have it all planned how TO deal with
you as soon ms ! get this money dispos
cd Of around ny pesssA. ! shall lay you
OF our back aud pour the balance of
This wine down your throat There's
enough of it to make you sleep until to.
morrow night, and by that time | shall
be hundreds of miles away. Assoc as
| see that the drug has taken effect shall
unite your hands and remove the gag,
When you come cut of your sleep
! if you ever do---you had better crawl out
to the road, where you will be most like
! ly to meet with some traveller. ! wantt to
use the horse and buggy, otherwise |
would leave them for you.
How cool he talked He treated the
matter as if it was n regular transaction
| in which fully acquiesced. He had me
fast prisoner, and felt that he could
do just as he pleased. While | was
| thinking, saw the little white face mp
pear between the rails again, butin mo
ment it faded away and its place was Ia
ken by the sunburned phiz Of farmer.
! lie looked from me to Raleigh and back
again, and | wnked to him in a way that
| he readily understood His face disap
peared, and | felt that ] should be saved
No, old Grip won't get his tin to
/ day. unused Raleieh, storug away the
( bills in his pockets. " lou will 60 back
/ to Law & Law, feeling put out and cut
Iup. But they shouldn't blame you--it is
not your Way at all True, had you
minded your own business on the cars
and had not been so free with stran
ger, this would not have happened |
was on my way to Milwaukee, ana had
10 thought OF such rich puckings here "
"Now, in just about minute we be
| through with this business, he remark
| ed, trying to put the mouth Of the flask
between my jaws.
! rolled my head 10 one side, AID 40
/ did not succeed He was iamming the
| flask against my teeth, whsn ! caught
sound Of soft step, the crash OF q club
and Raleigh rolled Off my body. He
tried to leap up, but three or four farm
ers struck him down, and one Of the
blows rendered him sensoless. Before
he came TO | wus free Of ropes and gag,
and we had him nicely bound.
Over beyond the pasture farmer and
his hands wore raking up hay. Little
blue eyes, only eight years Old, had
wandered off after strawberries, and had
roriunately Witnessed part 81 Raleigh's
proceedings. She had hurried back to
! her father sud told him that a man was
all 4, ed up there, and he had returned
10 Tia fence Understanding the situa
! tigu, lie and his men had moved around
so as to secure an advantage. Ralcigh's
captule was The result.
When the rascal found his senses he
was terribly taken back, and cursed
enough for whole Flanders army We
toek him back 90 Grafton, and when
last saw him ne was on bis way TO the
pententiary TO serve sentence Of fifteen
years.
The mortgage was lifted, after all, and
tie gfJ that Law n Law sent to little
Katie Cray kept her in dresses for many
a year.
MERCURY ~ THE SYSTEM We want
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