Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-04-24
WHOLE NO. 2,317.

, He stopped the horse, got out and
hitched him, and then came around
to the wheel
"You don't feel just right, but ]
guess you'll feel better SOON" he
remarked. ''Ceme, let me help
you down" ~
He reached up his arms and let
i go the seat and fell into them. II
seemed to me as If l weighed ton,
but he carried me along without an
effort, and laid nue. down within
about a rod of a fence which ran
along on one side Of an old pasture
The effects Of the drug were wear
ing off, and l got q faint suspicion
that something unusual had hap
pened. But / was powerIess 10
move a limb; the sensation was
like that when your foot goes to
sleep. t-atgiN $50 $50 iH4H
Cant you speak ?" inquired
! George Raleigh, bending over me.
because If you can it will save me
some trouble / want to know just
where you have stored away that
money" ts.r.ss. .ss,. ,,f..stl
| Now / began to realize my situa-
tion. His face looked natural again,
and the load was off my tongue. L
also felt that | could move my
finger a little. tf .e,a8
George Ry,leighl are you going
to rob me?" l asked, finding my
voice at Inst.
'sWell, some folks might call it
trobbing,' but we dress up the term
little by calling it the only correct
| financial way of equalizing the
floating currency, so that each one
is provided for, and no one left out
'sYou shan't have the money; 4
will die firstH' | yelled, rising q
| little.
tsA All, T see-didn't take quite
enough, heeoollyFemarked. Swell,
i have provided for this.n 10 il is
= lie went to the buggy, procured
ropes and a gag, and kneeled down
beside me. / had but little strength
yet, and he conquered me in mo-
ment. Lying on my right side,
looking toward the fence, he tied
my hands behind me and then
forced the gag into my mouth.
8istThere now You see you are
nicely fixed up, and all because you
acted like fool, instead of a sensi-
Bile young lawyer about to be adj
mitted the bar"
While he was speating-indeed
while he was tying me, had caught
sight of the white face of little
girl looking at us from between the
rails of the fence. could see her
great blue eyes and knew that she
was frightened. There were red
stains around her mouth and on the
little hand resting on the rail, and
l knew that she was farmers
child searching for Strawberries. ]
could not warn her of her danger,
and ! feared that she would be seen
or heard. While Raleigh was tying
the last knot, / winked at the little
girl as hard as / could, hoping that
she would move away, but she did
not go, sf M -rs a
"Well, now for the money!" said
Raleigh, aud he began searching
my pockets. lie went from one to
the other, removing all the articles,
felt down my bootleg, and then
finally passed his hand over my
bosom and found the money,
'Ha! here it isp' he exclaimed,
drawing out the packages. | don't
hardly believe that old Grip will
see any of this to-day"
He sat down near my head, undid
| the packages, and was cool enough
to go at it to count the money. As
he commenced the little girl waived
her hand at me. Ny heart went
humping, for | expected that she
would utter a word or shout, but
she sank down from sight, and |
caught gleam of her frOck as she
passed through the grass. HI
You see, my young friend, said
| Raleigh, as he drew Off one of his
I hoQts and deposited someof the bills
in ii, there's nothing ike TransacI-
! ing business as it should be trans
acted. Some men would have shot
or stabbed you, but it is only the
apprentices who do such work. All
the real gentlemen of our calling do
! business as gentlemen should"
He drew off the other boot, aud
! placed some fiftieS and twenties In
Lit and continued i'"t
l'l-ssI have it all planned out how to
dead with you as soon as / get this
money disposed of around my per-
son. | shall lay you on your back
and pour the balance of the wine
down your thrOat. There's enough
of IL TO make you sleep until to-
morrow night, and by that time |
shall be 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 ever you dO--you
had better crawl out to the road,
where you will most likely meet
the horse and buggy, otherwise |
would leave them for youp
How coolly ne talked. Hetreated
| the matter as it We're a regular
transaction In which fully acqui-
esced. He had me fast prisoner,
and felt that he could do just as he
pleased. While / was thinking, !
saw the little white face appear be.
| tween the rails again, but in a mo-
ment ii faded away and its place
was taken by the sun-bprped 'phiz
of farmer. He looked from me to
Raleigh, and back again, and |
| Winked at him In way that he
readily understood. His face dis
appeared, and felt that should be
saved. 8 ad ls1 aN
80 "No, old Grip won't get his tin
| to-day" nlused Raleigh, storing
away the bills in his pockets. "You
Will go back to Law & Law feeling
put out and cut up, but they can't
blame you; it is not your fault at all,
True, had you minded your business
on the car and not been SO fIee with
a stranger, this would not have hap
Beued, ! was on my way to Mil
waukee, and had no thought Of sach
rich ,rickings here" ttt...
saw nothing of the farmer. Raj
/ eigh finisaed lIis counting, and /
made up my mind that the farmer
was afraid to interfere and had run
away, My, heart went down as
Raleigh got up, for l saw he was
about to carry out his plan OF further
drugging me. He turned me on
mY back, sat down astride Of me,
and then pulled out the flask
"NOw, in just about a ndnate
we'll be through with tho business, %
he remarked, trying TO put the
mouth of the flask between my
jaws. atH.tf.s. eIa
/ rolled my head to ono side, and
he did not succeed, He was jam
ming the flask against my teeth,