The suburban citizen., 1902-08-30

'Glad to know you, Trlggy! ] heerd
about you. Always been wantin' TO
meet up with the feller what owns the
whole worldg'
get out of my orchard, you blamed
fool" reared the superintendent,
clinching his fist and trembling with
the rage that seized him.
"Whoa, Triggy," QuOth the mover,
stepping back as the smile faded from
his brown face; don't get sassy, OF
I'll have to use force. Come now,
you'd better come along with me up {
the 'sylum. l been told to fetch you
in. | know you own the whole world,
got it fenced in an all that, but 4
you'll come along with me l think
mebbe we kin give you a mortgage Oh
the moon, too. Come"
For answer the infuriated Trlgg;on
leaped at the throat of the stranger.
Too quick for his assailant, however,
the vagabond had grabbed the iron
skillet and with one quick swing
brought it smash upon the head OF
Triggton. The men behind the manure
pile saw him waver, stagger and fall.
The mover bent over him for an in
stant, said, Don't git up, Triggy." and
as the PROSTATE man jumped up again
struck him full in the eye with his
clinched fist. "Guess that'll hold We
fur awhile" said the stranger, going
into his tent. They watched him come
out with a rope and tie the fallen
tyrant hand and foot. Then, by a
great effort, he loaded his victim into
the wagon, and Denny and Lee, un.
willing to remain longer, made off
through the twilight, laughing with
delight. They stopped at the widows
house long enough to see the mover
come galloping up the road, his wagon
rattling behind and Triggton sitting
helplessly in the rear, his yells and i'm
precautions drowned by the clatter of
the jolting vehicle.
Denny ran into the house, much to
the wonderment of Hank, but the
mover drew reins at the gate and
cried:
Jedge Tuftsses' house. l got tie
'scaped lunatic here. Captured him
single handed down FOUNDER in the
orchard. Don't be skeard o. him.
got him tied as tight as a yearlln'
bull"
Hank not trusting himself to lock
at the prisoner, jumped up on the seat
and away they dashed for Judge Tufts
house. That grave if not learned per
sonage happened at that moment TO be
presiding over a political mass meet
ing in the square of Kildee, surrounded
by a glare of oil torches, and in the
act of introducing the speaker Of the
evening" The laundering arrival of
the wagon with Hank and the mover
on the seat and the raving, disheveled,
dirty captive in the rear, created an
uproar that put an end to the judges
speech. He jumped off the stake
wagon, elbowed his way through the
crowd, and catching sight of the Woe
begone superintendent, asked: "What
does this mean"
That's your escaped luratic, Jedge,"
explained the mover, while the crowd
roared in irrepressible delight, that's
him, Triggton. / ketched him single
handed down in the orchard, he jumped
me-"
Whose orchardY asked the excited
Tufts, fumbling to release the crest
fallen superintendent.
"Why, Denny's. Mr. Denny told me
l could camp in that orchard"
But this gentleman, what in Gods
name did you do to himT'
"Why, he's the escaped lunatic,
Triggton. MIR. Denny told me about
him, said he was bug-house about own.
in the whole world, 'scaped from the
'sylum, and that if ketched him an
turned him over to Jedge Tufts I'd git
the Reward. He fetched me a wallop,
an l Jest fetched him a couple aside
o. the head, and yonder he isw
The dsgruntled captor of the Kildee
tyrant looked around for Hank Lee
for corroboration, but that worthy was
then running as fast as his legs could
take him to the Widow Denny's cot
tage
where's your son, Mrs Denny"
he painted, as he bolted into the
Kitchen.
Hes gone on that 8 O'CLOCK train
for Chicago She said quietly.
"Do you know what he's doneT'
eyes, Hank, l know 1t was the
least he could do, don't you think ~
John II. Raftery, in the Chicago Rec
Ord-Herald.
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