, 1880-04-15

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from sight, and l caught CLEAN Of her
frock as she passed through the grass. =,
lie drew on the other boot, and
placed some ffties and twenties in it,
and then continued
have it all planned out how to
deal with you as soon as | get this
money disposed of around my person,
shall lay You On your hack and pour
the balance Of the wine down your
throat. There's enough Of it to make
you sleep until tomorrow night, and by
that time ! shall bo hundreds Of miles
away. AS soon as | see the drug take
effect | shall unite your hands and re.
move the gag. When you come out of
your sleep-if you ever do-you had
better crawl out to the road, where you
will most likely meet some traveller
soon. I want to use the horse and
buggy, otherwise 1 would leave them for
you" ....
How coolly he talked He treated
the matter as if it were a regular trans.
action in which I fully acquiesced. He
had me fast prisoner, and felt that
he could do just as he pleased. While
1 was thinking | saw the little white
face appear between the rails again, but
in moment it faded away and its
place was taken by the sun-burned phiz
of q farmer, He looked from me to
Raleigh and back again, and L winked
at him in a way which he readily under
stood. His face disappeared and 1 felt
as if L should be saved.
You see, my young friend" re-
marked Ra,egh, as he drew of one of
his boots and deposited some of the bills
in it, "theres nothing like doing busi-
ness as it should be done. Some men
would havo stabbed or shot you, but It's
only the apprentices who do such work
All the, real gentlemen of our profession
do the business as gentlemen should"
"No; old Grip won't get his tin to-
day." mused Raleigh, storing away the
bills in his pocket. You will 90 back
to Law Il Law feeling put out and cut
up, but they couldn't blame you; it is
not your fault at sll. True, had you
minded your business on the car and not
been so free with stranger, this
would not have happened. l was on
my way to Milwaukee, and had no
thought of such rich pickings here"
saw nothing of the farmer. Ra-
leigh finished his counting, and / made
up my mind that tie farmer was afraid
to interfere and had run away My
heart went down as Raleigh got up, for
/ saw lie was about to carry out his
plan of further dragging me. He
turned me on my lack, sat down astride
Of me, and then pulled out the flask.
"Now, in just about minute we'll
be through with the business" trying to
put the mouth Of the flask between my
jaws.
L rolled my head on one side and he
did not succeed, He was jamming the
flask against my teeth, when / caught
the sound of a soft step, the crash OF
club, and Raleigh rolled off my body.
He tried to leap up, but three or four
farmers struck him down, and ono of
the blows rendered him senseless. Be-
fore he came to | was free OF ropes and
gag, and we had him securely found.
Over beyond the pasture farmera
his hands were raking hay. "Little
Blue Eyes" only eight years old, had
wandered off after Strawberries, and
had, fortunately for me, witnessed
part of Raleigh's proceedings She had
hurried back to her father and told him
that ga man was all tied up out there.
Understanding the situation, he and his
men had moved around so as to secure
an advantage, and Raleigh's capture was
the result.
When the rascal found his senses he
was terribly taken aback, and cursed
enough for whole Flanders army We
took him back to Grafton, and when
saw him again he was on the way 10 the
penitentiary to serve a, sentence OF ff-
teen years.
The mortgage was duly lifted, and
the gift which Law Il Law sent Katy
Gray kept her in dresses for many
year.
For myself, 1 felt SO humiliated at
having fallen into the rascal's trap, and
so wrathy at the treatment, that | de-
termined to devote myself to thorough
warfare on rogues. | therefore joined
the detective force, and after due study,
took any place as full hegsd detective