The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-05-17

destrians. We have just come from the
camp, and we are going to get some
thing to eat. !"
II must have more satisfactory am
swer than that. !" b
.tWell, here you have it, then, !" an
swered Yates, pulling out his folded
pass and handing it up to the horse
man. The man read it carefully.
""You find that all right, expect?' %
Fright enough to cause your inn
mediate arrest"
"But the general said we were not to
be molested further. That is in his
own handwriting.
IT presume it is, and all the worse
for you. His handwriting does not run
quite as far as the queens writ in this
country yet. I arrest you in the name
of the queen. Cover these men with
your revolvers, and shoot them down
if they make any resistance" So say
ing, the rider slipped from his horse,
whipped out of his pocket a pair OF
handouts joined by a short stout steel
chain, and, leaving his horse standing,
grasped Remarks wrist.
'T'm Canadian said the professor,
wrenching his wrist away. you
mustn't put handouts on me-
"You are in very bad company, then.
am a constable of this county, and if
you are what you say, you will not re-
| sist arrest
II will go with you, but you mustn't
| handcuff me-"
ooh! mustn't I?'' And, with quick
movement Indicative of long practice
with. resisting criminals, the constable
deity slipped on one of the clasps,
which closed with a sharp. click like a
burr.
Remark became deadly pale, and
there was a dangerous glitter in his
eyes. He drew back his clinched fist,
in spite of the fact that the cooked re-
volver was edging closer and closer to
him and the constable held his strug-
Cling manacled hand with grim deter
mination.
Hold on!'' cried Yates preventing
the professor from striking the repre-
sentative of the law. "Don't Shoot"
he shouted to the man on horseback;
sit is all little mistake, that will be
! quickly put right. You are three
armed and mounted men, and we are
only two, unarmed and on foot. There
is no need of any revolver practice.
Now, Remark, you are more of a
rebel at the present moment than
| O'Neill. He owes no allegiance, and
you do. Have you no respect for the
forms of law and order? You are an
anarchist at heart, for all your profess
sions. You would sing God Save the
Queen!' in the wrong place awhile ago,
so now be satisfied that you have got
her, or, rather, that she has got you.
Now, constable, do you want to hitch
the other end of that arrangement on
my wrist? or have you another pair for
my own special use?''
I'll take your wrist, if you please"
''All right; here you are.'' Yates
drew back his coat-sleeve and pre-
sented his wrist. The dangling cuff
was speedily clamped upon it. The
constable mounted the patient horse
that stood waiting for him, watching
him the while with intelligent eye.
The two prisoners handcuffed together
took the middle of the road, with a
horseman on each side of them, the
constable bringing up the rear, and
thus they marched on, the professor
gloomy from the indignity put upon
them, and the newspaper man as joy
GUS as the now thoroughly awakened
birds. The scouts concluded to go no
farther towards the enemy, but to re-
turn to the Canadian forces with their
prisoners. They marched down the
road: all silent except Yates, who en-
ivened the morning air with the sing
ing of "John Brown
"Keep quiet,'' said the nstable,
CURLY.
"All right, I will. But look here; we
shall pass shortly the house Of friend.
We want to 60 and get something to
eat"
"You will get nothing to eat until I
deliver you up to the officers of the vol
unteers.''
''And where, may ask, are they?"
"You may ask: but I will not an
swer.''
"Now. Remark said Yates to his
companion: 1.-The tough part of this
episode is that we shall> have to pass
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