The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-01-20

the fence, he tied my hands, and then
forced gag into my mouth. RV
"There, now, you see you are nicely
fixed up, and all because you acted like
fool, instead of q sensible young law
yer soon to be admitted to the bar"
While he was speaking--indeed while
he was tying mel had caught the
sight of the white face Of q little girl
looking at MS between the rails OF the
fence. I could see her great blue eyes.
There were red stains around her mouth
and on the little hand resting on the
rails, and l knew that she was some
farmers daughter searching for straw.
berries. could not warn her of her
danger, and feared she would be seen
or heard. While Raleigh was tying the
last knot, winked at the girl as hard
as | could, hoping she would see me
and move away. But she did not no.
"Well, now for the money" said
Raleigh, and he began searching my
pockets. He went from one to the
other, removing all the articles, and
finally passed his hand over my bosom
and discovered the money.
"Hal there il isl" he exclaimed.
drawing out the packages, and he was
cool enough to go at it and count out
the money. As he commenced the girl
waved her hand to me. My heart went
humping, for I expected she would
utter word or o shout but she sank
down from sight, and caught glance
OF her frock as she passed through the
grass. - e .. -a
You see, my young friend" re.
marked Raleigh, as he drew off one OF
his boots and deposited some of the
bills in it, "there's nothing like trans
acting business as it should be trans
acted. Some men would have shot or
stabbed You, tut it's only the appren.
tices who do such work. All the gen.
tlemen of our calling do business as
gentlemen should" .etr
He drew off the other boot and placed
some fiftieJ and twenties in IL and then
continued: rt i
"I have it all planned how to deal
with you as soon as get this money
disposed Of around my person. shall
lay you on your back and pour the bal.
ance of this wine down your throat
There's enough of it to make you sleep
till tomorrow night, and by that time
shall be hundreds of miles away. As
soon as / see that the drug has taken
effect I shall unite your hands and re.
move the gag. When you come out Of
your sleep-f you ever do-you had
better crawl out to the road, where you
will be most likely to meet with some
traveller. I want to use the horse and
buggy, otherwise I would leave them
for you" ....-
How coolly he talked He treated
the matter as il it was regular business
transaction in which fully acquiesced.
He had me fast prisoner, and I felt
that he could do Just as he pleased.
While was thinking, saw the little
white face appear between the rails
again, but in Q moment it faded away
and its place was taken by the sum
burned phiz Of q farmer. He looked
from me to Raleigh and back again, and
I winked to him in Q way which he
readily understood. His face disap
peared, and I felt that- I should be
saved. M ..qr t
"No, old Script won't get his
tin to-day" unused Raleigh, storing
away the bills in his pockets. "You
will go back to Law & Law, feeling put
out and cut up. But they shouldn't
blame you-it is not your way at all.
True, had you minded your business on
the cars and had not been so free with
q stranger, this would not have hap.
pened. I was on my way to Milwaukee,
and had no thought Of such rich pick.
ings here"
"Now, in Just about a minute we'll
ho thrNrOh MIL, kksc l.
marked, trying to put the mouth of the
flask between my jaws.
I rolled my head to one side and he
did not succeed. He was jamming the
flask against my teeth, when I caught
sound of soft step, the crash of club,
and Raleigh rolled of my body. He
tried to leap up, but three or four
farmers struck him down, and one OF
the blows rendered him senseless. Be-
fore he came to was free Of ropes and
gag, and We had him nicely bound.
Over beyond the pasture farmer and
his hands were raking up hay. Little
blue eyes" only eight years old, had
wandered off after strawberries, and
had fortunately Witnessed part OF Ra-
leigh's proceedings. She had hurried |
back to her father and told him that ssa |
man was all tied up there" and he had |
returned to the fence. Understanding |
the situation, he and his men had moved |
around SO as to secure an advantage.
Raleigh's capture was the result.
When the rascal found 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 penitentiary to serve sentence |
Of fifteen years.
The mortgage was lifted after all,
and the gift that law & Law sent to |
little Katie Gray k,pt her in dresses |
for many year.--Devoit Free Press.