The bee., 1884-03-08

the little girl waved her hand at me. My
heart went humping, for I expected she
would utter word or shout; but she sank
back from sight, and / caught gleam Of
| her froek 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 transaeting business
as it should be transacted Some men would
have shot or stabbed you, but it is only ap-
prentices who do such work All the real
gentlemen of our calling do business as
gentlemen should"
He drew off the other boot, and placed
some "fifties" and "twentieS" in it, and then
continued:
II have it all planned out how to deal
with YOU as soon as / get this money dis
posed of about my person. l shall lay you
ON your back and pour the rest of the
wine down your throat. There's enough
of it to make you sleep until tomorrow
night, and by that time / 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 0
your sleep-if you ever dO-you had bet
ter crawl out to the road, where you will
most likely meet some traveller soon. i
want to use the horse and buggy, otherwise
| would leave them fer you"
How cody he talked. He treated the
matter as if it were a regular transaction
| in which fully acquieseed. He had me o
fast prisoner, and / felt that he could do
Just as he pleased While 1 was thinking,
| saw the little white face appear again,
| but in a moment it faded away and its
place was taken by the sunburned phiz Of
farmer He looked from me to Raleigh
and back again, and winked back again
in a way which he readily understood His
face disappeared and 1 felt that should be
saved.
"No, old Grip 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
cannot blame you; it is not your fault at
all. True, had you minded your business
on the car and not been free with astranger,
this would not have happened. / was on
nv way to Milwaukee, and had no thought
of such rich pickings here.
l saw nothing of the farmer; Raleigh fin
ished his counting, and made mp my mind
that the farmer was afraid to interfere, and
had run away My heart went down as
Raleigh got up, for saw that he was about
to carry out his plans for further drugging
me. He turned me on my back, sat down
astride of 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 be-
tween my jaws.
rolled my head to one side, and he did
not succeed. He was jamming the flask
against my teeth, when caught the sound
of soft step, the crash of a club, and Re-
leigh rolled off my body. He tried to leap
up, but three OF four farmers struck him
down, and one of the blows rendered him
senseless. Before he came to was free of
ropes and gag, and we had him securely
bound.
Over beyond the pasture farmer and
his hands were making hay. Little Blue
Eyes" only years old, had fortunately
for me, witnessed part of Raleigh's pro-
ceedings. She had hurried back to her IA
| ther and told him that "a man was all tied
up out there" Understanding the situation,
he and his men had moved around so as to
secure an advantage, and Raleigh's capture
was the result
When the rascal found his senses he was
terribly taken back, and cursed enough for
q whole Flanders army. We took him back
to Grafton, and when l saw him again he
was on his way to the penitentiary to serve
q sentence of fifteen years.
The mortgage was duly lifted, and the
gift which Law & Law sent to Katie Grey
kept her in dresses for many year.
For myself felt so humiliated'at having
fallen into the rascals trap, and so wrathy
at the treatment, that determined to de
vote myself to thorough warfare ON all
rogues therefore joined q detective force,
and after due study, took my place as full
aad0ed 6atnntiye.