The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-21

was tnere on busineHH. Sne ma u
wire from the crook or one of his pals.
"She pumped herself into the vacant
seat right I'm front OF us-we were In
the asst seat I'm the Garland then. Gu
rious to,Eee what she thought she was
going to do. LStakked I'm to snoring real
hard. The train was hardly more thar
a mile cut OF the little station where
h got ON before. without turning In
her seat. she passed my scratcher. over
the top of her seat. n bunch OF handcun
keys. which he nailed with his loose
hand.
Landed the Pair.
First looking me over carefully. and
| probably figuring that I was as good
as temporarily dehd. he began to try
the keys that she had slipped him-on
his " cum, OF course. Well. l let him
pick Il Dose. l wanted the chance TO
use both OF my hands. He was just
stepping over me. when l put him To
the bad with the best l had I'm stock.
square on the point OF the Jaw. He fell
ack into the seat, limp. and then i
grabbed the womnn and snapped the
tapping bracelet. u cun OF which i
was still wearing myself. on her wrist:
b tried TO puncture me with n knife
that she had In her loose hand. but i
twisted the knife away from her. loos-
ened the cum from my wrist. and then
cuffcd tho two OF them together. The
result OF the womnn's slnmfning In was
that l brought two OF them Instead or
one TO New York. ans copied out, some
thing easy. the $1,000 reward which the
jewelers. Protective association
been o~fTering'for n courle of years for
the womnn's apprehension. The wom-
an had the nerve to set up the long
wall about my kidnapping her. as she
called Il, out OF the state OF Iowa, but
she got and had To do her little i've
spacer all the same.
"All OF which isn't saying that I
haven't along with the rest OF EN-.
done bonchcadcd things In fetching I'm
prisoners. About the sappicst thing l
ever did I'm that line was when / let
n prisoner treat me for neuralgia. He
was q young New York dentist who
had allowed drugs OF different kinds
to get the bulge ON him. and who'
when he found himself losing out on
account of his habits. had scratched n
lot OF phony paper. n then ducked.
| got him Ia jacksonville, Fla, n
he consented to come along without the
governors papers. lie was n slender
chap and weak as n Kitten from mon
krying with the dope. and so ! didn't
iron him n I'm starting out. He wasn't
In shape To run half a block, even "
he got loose. and I knew that all / a
to do was TO keep half awake.
And there wasn't any troublc about
that part OF Tiny keeping awake. II
was mean. damp December weather.
ms sailing through South Carolina !
! picked up a laundering vicious attack
l OF neuralgia OF the face. The train
wasn't properly heated. n i was al
most n bug from the pain OF the thing.
My dope-cating dentist prisoner mo-
/ ticed the shape I was Ia. n he asked
me IL wanted him TO fix me up.
rive got everything going In the
..aluI.Na. .I.AwN - NNNH Aan y hn told NNnN
and I can stop those jumps FOR you
81 don't doubt that. PAL l told him.
with "A crouch. both hands claspcd to
my face, and I guess you could come
pretty nigh stopping me altogether
with what you've got In that same
medicine chest. That a be nice. too.
What's your treatment for neuralgia
n normal solution OF ground glass and
prusslC acid
"roh. well. II you take IL that way.
/ all right he said. looking "A hull lot
hurt. and that ended the subject for
a time.
In tho Grip Of Neuralgia.
when the train was about half an
hour from Charleston, =. G., the face
ache had me ciomping up n down the
aisle OF the car like "a d. I. patient In a
bug ward. The pain was 80 fierce that
u must have warped my Judgment. and
/ couldn't see anything else In life but
some chance tn get rid OF u.
Get out yopr kit. u dope me
along I said To my prisoner. The
way | feel about IL right now. Ia as
lief take a ChHnC or losing you " l
could lose this internal misery at the
same time.
"He got out his dope cabinet. un-
shipped a vial thHt contained some VA
tcr-lookiug stun. and gave me a dose
OF Il IN the gliss OF water ! got from the
cooler. Then I Sat down alongside him,
and about a quarter OF an hour later,
"A few minutes before the train was luc
TO haul into Charleston. my eyes De-
gan to- droop. IL came OF all OF "a sud
den and left me powerless. although |
WAS perfectly conscious. l felt ms II l
hadn't seen "A bunk for "A ycar,-4Lnd With
that was a pleasant numbcd sensation.
that Causcd me 10 reflect idly that II
didn't make a particle OF difference Ito
me whether. my prisoner slipped mo or
not. But I fought that and struggled
10 my PROPS and began to gropciup and
down the car isle In he EFFORT to keep
awake.
1T vas u good thing for me that the
train was Just slowing up nt the Char
lesion station. ] got a feeble clutch on
he prisoner who had put tho job up ON
me. He tried To break away. but was
just able. In my drowsy condition, To
hang on TO him. aud | pulled him out on
To the platform and down the steps OF
the car. was right on the verge Of
going under when the uncomfortable
desire To sleep when l saw the station
detective, "A mani had met before. hik-
ing toward me. ! could see that his
first thought was hat l was drunk, but
rs he swung alongside OF me he got that
notion out OF his head.
Take this dope, chum,' ! said TO
him. handing the prisoner over To the
station detective. and keep the hatch
over him for me a bit. ! fell for "A bolus
that he rugged up for me for the rcu-
ral=ia.' 80
II was just able TO unreel that much
and l was all I'm. The station detective
hiked my prisoner. over To- Charleston's
headquarters. 40 be kept there over
night. FIRST hasipg me lugged To The
station masters office n t~elephonlng
for n doctor. This doctor. Il seems
didn't know anything about II at the
time-Rot n couple OF Ewltchmen 20
dance me up and down the room for a
couple OF hours. and when ! finally
swung around he old me hat ! must
have gulped down enough choral "a
have sent n battalion OF Hassan Ben
Ais to the happy hashcesh grounds.
Fellow with the MARRYING Habit.