Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-24

| IN moment. Laying me down on my rlgh
side, looking toward the fence, he tied m.
hands behind me, and then forced the gal
into my mouth.
"There now! You see you are nicely fixet
up, and all because you acted like fool, in
stead of a sensible young lawyer, soon to b.
admitted to the bar"
While he was speaking-indeed, while hi
was tying me, caught sight of little CIR
looking at US from between the rails of thu
fence I could see her great blue eyes, ane
knew that she was frightened. There were
red stains around her mouth and on the little
hand resting on the rail, and I knew that she
was farmers child searching for strawber
ries. l 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 60.
"Well, now for the money" said Raleigh
and he began searching ny pockets. He
went from one to another, removing all the
articles, felt down my bootleg, and then final
ly dressed his hand over my bosom and found
the money.
"Ho! here it isl" he exclaimed, drawing
the package. 81 don't believe that old Grip
will see any Of this to-day"
He sat down near my head, undid the pack
ages, and was cool enough to 60 at it to count
the money. As he commenced, the little girl
waved her hand at me. My heart went
humping, for expected that she would utter
a word or shout, but she sank down from
sight, and l caught gleam of her frock as
she passed through the grass.
"You see, my young FRIEND" remarked
Raleigh, as he drew off one of his boots and
deposited some of the bills in it, "there is moth
ing like transacting business as it should be
transacted. Some men would have shot or
stabbed you, but it is only apprentices who do
such work. All the real gentlemen of our
calling do business as gentlemen should"
He drew off the other boot and placed some
"6fties" and "twenties" in it, and then con-
tinued:
81 have it all planned out how to deal with
you as soon as 1 get this money disposed
of around my person. shall lay you on
your back and pour the balance Of the wine
down your throat. There's enough of it to
make you sleep until to morrow night, and
by that time I shall be hundreds of miles
away. As soon as see the drug take effect
I shall unite your hands and remove 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. want to use the horse
and buggy, otherwise I would leave them for
you.
How coolly he talked. He treated the
matter as if it were a regular transaction in
which fully acquiesced. He had me fast
prisoner, and 1 felt that he could do just
as he pleased. While 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
farmer. He looked from me to Raleigh
and back again, and I winked at him in
way which he readily understood. His
face disappeared, and I felt that should be
saved.
"No, old Grip won't get his tin to-day"
unused Raleigh, storing away the bills in his
pockets. You will 60 back to Law & Law
feeling put up and cut up, but they couldn't
blame you; it is not your fault at all. True,
had you minded your business on the car and
not been so free with a stranger, this would
not have happened. I was on my way to
Milwaukee, and had no thought of such rich
picking here.
1 saw nothing of the farmer. Raleigh finish
ed his counting and I made up my mind that
the farmer was afraid to interfere and had
run away. My heart went down as Raleigh
got up, for I saw that he was about to carry
out his plan for further drugging me. He
turned me on my back, sat down astride of
me, and then pulled out the flask.
"Now, in just about minute we'll be
through with the business" he remarked,
trying to put the mouth of the flask between
my jaws.
rolled my head to one side, and he did
not succeed. He was jamming the flask
against my teeth, when I caught the sound
of soft step, the crash of a club, and Raleigh
rolled off my body. He tried to leap up, but
three or four farmers struck him down, and
one of the blows rendered him senseless.
Before he came to, I was free of ropes and
gags, and we had him securely bound.
Over beyond the pasture farmer and
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 proceed
ings. She had hurried back to her father
and told him that "a 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 back, and cursed enough for
a whole Flanders army. We took him back
to Grafton, and when I saw him again he
was on his way to the penitentiary to serve a
sentence Of fifteen years.
The mortgage was duly lifted, and the gift
which Law & Law sent Katy Gray kept her
in dresses for many years.
For myself, felt so humiliated at having
fallen into the rascals trap, and so wrathY at