The Ottawa free trader., 1882-01-07
aYou. see, my young friend. y remarked Ra-

"YOua see. my young friend" remarked Ra-
leigh, drawing OIL one of his boots and putting
some of the bills In it, there's nothing Ike
trsnsactlng business as II should be transacted
some men would have shot or stabbed you,
but It's only the apprentices who 90 snch
work All the gentlemen OF our calling DO
business as gentlemen should
He drew of the other boot and placed some
fiitles and twenties in 1t, and then coniinued'
"I have il all planned how to deal with you
as soon as get this money disposed OF around
nv person. shall lay you on your back and
pour the balance of this wine down your
throat There's enough OF il 10 make you
sleep TIL tomorrow night, and by that time
shall be hundreds OF miles away As soon as
| see that the drug has taken elect shall uh'
tie your hands and remove the gag. Nheh
you come out of your seep-if you ever do
You had better crawl out TO the road, where
you will be most likely to meet WIN some
traveller. / want 10 use the horse ana buggy,
otherwise | would leave them Tor you.
How coolly he talked! lie treated the mat
ter as If 1t wasa regular business transaction
in which | fully acquiesced. He had me
fast prisoner, and lclt that he could do just
as he pleased. While was thinking, saw
the little white face appear between the rails
again, but In moment 1t faded away ana It's
place was taken by the sunburned phlh of a
farmer He looked from me 10 Raleigh ana
back again, and | winkod to him IN way
which he readily understood. HIS lace as
appeared, and felt that should be saved.
mo old Script won't get his TN to-day,
mused Raleigh, storing away the bills IN ms
pockets. You will 90 back to Law u Law,
feeling put out and cut up. But they should
nj blame you-it IS not your way at all. True,
had you minded your business on the cars ana
not been so tree with stranger, THIS Would
not have happened. was on my way to MI J.
waukec, and had no thought of such rich
pickings here"
Now, in Just about Il minute well be
through with this business" he remarked,
irving to put the mouth of the flask between
my jaws.
| rolled my head to one side and he did not
succeed He was jammlng the flask against
my teeth when | caught the soNGd OF sol'
step, the crash Of u club, and Raleigh rolled
of my body. He tried to leap mp, but three
or four farmers struck him down, and one of
| the blows rendered him senseless. Before he
came 10 was free of ropes and gag, and we
had him nicely bound.
Over beyond the pasture farmer ana ms
hands were raking up hay. Little blue eyes,
only eight years old, had wandered OH alter
Strawberries, and had fortunately witnessed
part of Ralclghs proceedings. She had har-
ried back to her father and told him that &.
man was all tied up there aud nc had re
turoed to the fence, Understanding the sit.
uation he and bis men had moved around so
as to secure an advantage. Ralelgh's capture
was the result
When the rascal fourd his senses he was
| terribly taken back, and he cursed enough
| for whole Flanders army.
We took him back to Grafton, and when
last saw him he was on his way to the peni
tentary TO serve a sentence OF fifteen years.
| The mortgage was lifted, after all, and the
gift that Law & Law sent to li'tc Katie Gray
Kept her in dresses for many year--Lefrod
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