Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-07-26
We'll, now for the money said Ra-

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removing all the articles, and finally
passed his hand over my bosom ant
discovered the money,
lila there II isr he exclaimed,
drawing out the packages, and he wal
cool enough to 90 at II aud count out
the money, As he commenced the girI
waved her hand to me, My heart went
humping for ! expected she would utter
u word or q shout but she sank down
from sight and ! caught glance of heI
froek ~ she passed through the grass.
You SEQ, my young friend, re-
marked Raleigh as he drew of Que OF
his boots aud deposited some Of the
bills IN Il, there's nothing like trans
acting business rs II should DO irons
acted. Some men would have shot or
stabbed you, but It's only the .appren'
tees who do such work, All the gen.
tlemen Of our calling do business as
gentlemen should
lie drew of the other boot and placed
some aiiies and twenlieS in Il and then
continued;
Il 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 aud pour the bal
ancc of this wine down your throat.
There's enough to make you sleep till
tomorrow night aud by that time !
shall be u hundred miles away. AS
soon us | see that the drug has taken
effect ] shall unite your hands and re-
move the gag. When you come out OF
your slcep-if you ever do-you had
better crawl out to the road, where you
will be most likely to meet with some
traveller. want to use the horse and
buggy, otherwise | would leave them
for YOU.
How coolly he talked! lie treated
the matter us il it was Il regular busi-
ness transaction in which l fully acqui-
esced. He had me fast prisoner, and
| felt that he could do just as he
pleased. While | was thinking l saw
the little white face appear between the
rails again, lut in moment it faded
away and its place was taken by the
sun-burned phiz Of farmer. Ho
looked from me to Raleigh and back
again, and / winkcd to him in way
which he readily understood. His face
disappeared, and l felt that | should be
saved.
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 stranger,
this would not have happened. l was
on my way to Milwaukee, and had no
thought Of such rich pickings here
'Now, in just a minute we'll be
through with this business he re-
marked, trying to put tho mouth of the
flask between my jaws.
rolled my head to one side and he
did not succeed. He was jaming the
flask against my teeth, when | caught
sound of soft step, the crash of a
club, and Raleigh rolled off Of my
body. He tried to leap up, but three
or four farmers struck him down, and
one of the blows rendered him sense
less. Before 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 wauderad off after strawberries
and had fortunately witnessed part of
Raleigh's proceeding. She had hurried
back to her father and told him that "a
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 ad-
vantage. 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 l last saw him he was on his way
to the penitentiary to serve a sentence
of fifteen years.
The mortgage was lifted, after all,
and the gift that Law & Law sent to
little Katie Gray kept her in dresses for
many year.
Jealous men are ever displaying to
,,o,, tho stroputh of their belief while