Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-03-18


that something unusual had happened.
But was powerless to move limb; the
sensation was like that when your foot
goes to sleep.
"Can you speak," inquired Raleigh,
bending over me; "because if you can it
will save me some trouble. / want to
know just where you have stored that
money"
Now began to realize my situation.
His face looked natural again, and the
load was off my tongue l also felt that
l could move my fingers little.
"George Raleigh are you gong to rob
me?" / asked, finding my voice at last.
"Well, some folks might it robbing,
but we dress up the term little by call
ing it the only correct financial way of
equalizing the floating currency, so that
each one is provided for, and no one left
out.
"You shan't have the money. I will
die frst F." yelled, rising little.
"Ah, l see-didn't take quite enough"
he coolly REMARKED. "Wcll, | have
provided or this
He went to the buggy, procured ropes
and gag, and kneeled down beside me.
| had but little strength yet, and he con-
quered me in a moment. Lying on my
right side, looking toward the fence, he
tied my hands behind me and then forced
the gag into my mouth.
"There now You see you are nicely
fixed up, and all because you acted like
a fool, instead Of sensible young law
yer soon to be admitted to the bar"
While he was speaking-indeed while
he was tying me, 1 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 rel, and
| knew that she was some farmers child
searching Tor strawberries could warn
her of her danger, and feared that she
would be seen or heard While Raleigh
was tying the last knot, l willked at the
little girl as hard as / could, hoping that
she would move away. But she did not
go.
"Well, now for the money" said
Raleigh, and he began searching my
pockets. He 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 is The exclaimed, draw
ing out the packages. 81 don't hardly
believe that old Grip will see any this of
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 waved her hand at me.
My heart went humping, for l expected
that she would utter n word or shout,
but she sank down from sight and
caught CLEAN from her frock as she
passed through the grass:
"You see my young friend, " remarked
Raleigh, rs he drew off one of his boots
and deposited some of the bills in it,
there's nothing like transaoting busi-
ness as it should be transacted Some
men would have shot or stabbed you,
but its 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, and placed
some ':fifties and "twenties in it, and
then confined:
81 have it al planned out how to deal
with you as soon as | get this money
disposed of around my person. | shall
lay you on your oack and pour the bal
ance of the wine down your throat
There's enough Of il to make you sleep
until tomorrow night, and by that time
| shall be hundreds of miles away. AS
Don as / see the drug take effect, | shall
unite your hands and remove the gag.
When you come out of your sleep---if
you ever do-you had better crawl ON to
the road, where You will most likely meet
some traveller soon. | want to use the
horse and buggy, otherwise | would
leave them for you.
How coolly he talked. He treated the
matter rs if it was regular transaction
in which fully acquiesctd. He had me
n fast prisoner, and | felt that he could
do Just as be pleased While | was
thinking, | saw the little white face APP
pear between the rails again, but III
moment it faded away and its place
was taken by the sunburned phiz OF "A
farmer He looked from me to Raleigh
and back again. and | winked at him in
% way which he readily understood. His
face disappeared, ard felt that should
be saved.
"No, old Grip won't get his tin to-
day." mused Raleigh, storing away the
bills in his pockets. You will 90 back
to Law X Laws feeling put out and cut
up, but they couldn't blame you; it is
not your fault ut all. True, had You
minded your business on the car and not
been 40 free with stranger, this would
not have happened. was on my way to
Milwaukee, and had no thought of such
rich pickings here. y
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