The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-01-22

"You shant have the money; will di,
frstp yelled, raising little.
"Ah, see--didnt take quite enough" h,
coolly remarked. "well, have provided
for this"
He went to the buggy, procured ropes and
q gag, and kneeled down beside me. had
but little strength yet, and be conquered me
in moment. Lying on my right side
looking toward the fence, he tied my hand.
behind inc and then forced the gag into my
mouth.
"There, now You see you arc nicely
fixed up, and all because you acted like a
fool, instead of sensible young lawyer coon
to be admitted to the bar"
While be was speaking-indeed, while he
was tying me, had caught sight of the
white face of a 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 knew that she was farmer's
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, wiuked
at the little girl as hard as could, hoping
that she would move away, but she did not
go.
"Wel, now for the money" said Raleigh
and he began searching my pockets. He
went from one to another, removing all the
articles, felt down my bootleg, and then fn-
ally pressed his had over my bosom and
found the money,
"Ha here it isl" he exclaimed, drawing
out the package. ~ don't believe 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 waved her hand at me. NY heart
went humping, for l expected that she
would utter a word or shout, but she sunk
down from sight and I 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's
nothing like transactng business as it should
be transacted. Some men would have shot
or stabbed you, but it's 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 placing
some "Gfties" and some "twenties" in 1t,
ard then continued:
al have it all planned out how to deal
with you as soon as get this money dis
posed of aronnd my person. I shall lay you
on your back and pour the balance of the
wine down your throat There's enough of
it to make yon sleep until tomorrow night,
and by that time l shall be hundreds of
miles away. AS soon 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 out
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 as If it were regular transaction in
which fully acquiesced. He had me fast
prisoner, and felt that he could do Just as
he pleased While was thinking, I saw
the little white face appear between the
rails again, but in Il moment it faded away
and its place was taken b. the sunburned
phiz of farmer. He looked from me to
Raleigh and back again, and l winked at
him in a way which he readily understood.
His face disappeared and felt that should
| be saved.
mo, old Grip won't get his tin to-day"
mused Raleigh, storing away the bills in
his pockets. "You will go back to Law &
Law feeling put out and cut up, but they
couldn't blame you, it is not the fault of
yourself, at all. True, if you had minded
your business on the car and not been SO
free with a stranger this would not happen
ed. was on the way to Milwaukee, and
had not thought of such rich pickiLgs here" ."
saw nothing of the farmer Raleigh
finished his counting and l made up my
mind that the farmer was afraid to inter
fere and had run away. My heart went
down as Raleigh got up, for | saw that he
was about to carry out his plan for further
druggng me. lie turned me on my back,
sat down beside me, and then pulled out
the flask.
"Now, in just about a minute well 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. lie was pressing the flask
against my teeth, when l caught the sound
of soft step, the crash of a club, and Raj
oigh rolled Off my body.
He tried to leap up, but three or four
farmers struck him down, and one of the
blows rendered him senselcss. Before he
came to, I was free from ropes and gags, and
we had him securely bound.
Over beyond the pasture a farmer and
his hands were raking hay. "Little Blue
Eyes," only eight years old, had wandered
off after strawberries, and hnd, fortunately
for me, witnessed part OF Raleigh's proceed.
ings. She had hurried back to her father
and told him that ga man was tied up out
there" Understanding the situation, he
and his men had moved around so as to se-
cure un advantage, and Raleigh's capture
was the result.
When the rascal found his senses he wai
terribly taken back, and cursed loud enough
for whole Flanders army. We took him
back to Grafton, and when | saw him again
he was on his way to the penitentiary tc
serve a sentence of fifteen years.
The mortgage was duly lifted, and the
gift which Law & Law sent Kate Gray, kept
her in dresses for many a year.
For myself felt so humiliated at having
fallen into the rascal's trap, and so wrathy
at the treatment, that determined to de-