Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-05-16

Master Randolph; bless you, sir. I am
sorry about it all. You and vour ma
Will De frightened nearly to death. We
vii! drive on quicker. Come mo. Sail"
and he whipped the gray mare with
vigor. Sail was amazed at the unusual
9lash, ard started off quickly. Mrs.
Longton, good soul, made room for me
between her and the farmer, wrapping
me up in the folds of her capacious
shawl.
But you must not drive Lome," I
exclaimed breathlessly, "until you see
II help has come. There are three such
desperate men there, AMI one has prom
lsed to shoot you and Mrs. Longtop.
Papa and more men will be arriving to
help, and-and-1 broke dowr. Icould
not say all I would.
There are two, Master Randie, as
can come that game" declared Mrs.
Longton proudly. "My husbands been
prepared for an attack many long day.
1 can help too, and we will 20 and see
what we can do. There's one comfort.
we've no money about ue, even if We
should he shot. Nancy's gone home,
that's good thing, poor lass; and then.
there's Job II want looking after. OH!
my! am sorry about forgetting taat
turkey OF your'n. Steady father, not too
quick; Sail thinks you are angry"
Farmer and Mrs. Longton were of the
type of the good oll.fashioned farmer,
dying rapidly out. Hard working, indus
trious people, kindly to everybody, rich
yet uDassuming. like them immensely,
but was in dreadful state of mind as
l thought OF tt'at danger they were en-
countering in veDtuting near Grecngage
Manor again. Besid.s, if they were
hunt what better would mamma be?
You must not vent ure near the lrm
! alone. o. you must not" beggf
earnestly. "Not until the villagers hav .
! arrived"
~ am dyirg to have shot at them,
and that's the ,rutb," exclaimed Farmer
Longton. Let me get there first and
pay them out for their impudence,
alarming and ipjurirg honest folk. MY
fingers fairly itch to be pulling the trigger.
And SO all my entreat,es were powerlesa.
! The farmer was eitl er not frightened or
would not let himself be, and it was easy
to see that Mrs L ngton thought more
of his word than OF anybo ly else's, ans
relied on bis opinion accordingly. How
ever, I might have saved myself all aux.
ieties. We drove up to the house with.
out the slightest int rluptiop. No brutal
faces, no barsh voices, and more, no
| shots to greet Us; and when we reached
the door papa met ue.
"You have had narrow escape" lie
exclaimed. "Thank goodness you are
safe. It is all right, Randie, my boy;
mamma, too; and the fellows are cap
tured."
"l'm real sorry to hear it," said MIR.
Longton, throwing down the reins and
getting out. "Real sorry. Your hand,
missus. I'd like to have had shot at
them myself. There's my wife, bless
her she's gone in to see how Job is; but
law, how I should have liked to have
peppercd the wretches."
at is better as it 49," replied papa.
"They were notorious thieves; desperate
fellows, who stopped ct nothing-two oil
thu IN at any rate, and the third not much
better. Alb, Randie, 60 in and see
mamma. She is lying down near sub.
stantial fire. l see you are all impa-
tient to be eff"
[ needed no second bidding. but bolt
ed iuto the very room where few hours
before, Jobs PROSTATE form had lain,
but was now gone; and where also
had hidden in mortal fear of my life.
The place was very different now. There
were plenty of the villagers sympathet-
ically looking on. women as we'll rs men.
A chee1ful fire burned in the CRATE but
scarcely noticed that. I looked at the
sofa, and rushed to mamma.
"My brave boy, my good Rardie, .
she exclaimed, bursting into tears. 'You
we're too late to be the one to bring as.
sistance, but you did not know that
when you started"
I then learned that some time before
mamma and visited Greengage Manor
a man from a neighboring village
had been sent, probably on a message
by some one. He, like US, had won
de,ed at the lack of life and movement
alb ,ut the old farm; but with greater
caution he had waited in an clubhouse
and watched. He caught sight of the
three men. and actually saw one Of them
shoot Dash. That was quite sufficient.
He made eff for the learest town and
got two policemen. and another man OF
two to return with them. They did no,
want to raise an alarm, but resolved to
seize the thieves. And it was actually
one of them whose eyes saw glaring al
me through the hedge, where they were
waiting 6r their prey. The burglars,
however, did not come out. againp and
the farmer was long in coming; so creep.
ing along stealthily, they gained the
house. Then the commotion was dread
full, hand-to-hand fight, and tn, odds
were actually turning against the police
when a reinforcement. headed by papa
rushed in and completed the capture.
$50 was not too late to help, after
ALL" l exclaimed. But, oh dear, am
tired. Mamma, have you spoken about
Il do not think I have; but Mrs.
Longton will save it, I daresay. She
will be here in a minute. She amused
me just how by running off with Jobs
bottle of medicine. Poor fellow, he is
S"AAJ OAA0Noe0NS OuV papa eAA0Ao A0 WALL
come round in time. He is. however, de-
cided!y too weak to take medicine. II
it had not been for his bidding me run
away, daresay I should not have es.
capped. Ny experience was not so start.
ling as Randie's, for I never saw the
men. But am thankful they are taken
to prison. And now, papa, can we not
go home ?"
We did not leave until after tea, but
tor that day and many another We we're
looked upon as great heroes. I do moi
remember whether the wonderful turkey
turned up after all; but I know this, that
then and ever since We have been truly
grateful for our marvellous escape.
What CuriOsities Earn.
(From the st. Louis Post-Dtspatch.]
"There are probably dozen first
class giants in the business" said j. E..
Sackett, in answer to o question, "and
they get all the way from $50 to $500 a
week. Colonel Goshen gets $75; Brush.