The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-05
The Abduction of a Justice
By PHILIP VERRILL MIGHELS

| 'Tain't time, | say! What do you
want? You don't want me now, you
young scounGrel?"
'Yes-now," said Maggie, as roughly
as possible. Hurry up, or Well be too
late!"
He disappeared and slammed the
door,
Magic feared he had returned to his
| bed. She took out her pistol and was
about to batter the door again, when
the man came out, fully dressed. He
chartered in the chill air.
Where is m-m-my horse" he
| demanded. Didn't you fetch me
h-h-horse? Do you expect me to
get out the blackboard alone at
| this"
Get up on my horse-it's the best
we can do, and the quickest way" in
terrupted Maggie.
She boosted the man astride the sad
die in hurry, sprang up behind him,
with the reins in her hand.
Where you heading, young -
man." he said, disjointedly. This
amt the way to Tarnahan's Bari"
mo, it isn't" assented Maggie.
Then what-wnat-what- do
you mean? What are you doing?
| Here, you, let me-F
BE still" conmanied the girl. "You
can feel my pistol against your back.
You are not going To the Bar this
morning."
But the wedding" cried the old
fiend; 'the wedding this"
There will not be any wedding,
she told him, shortly.
He comprehended with pain, then,
that he, the high and mighty justice
of the peace sin and for said county
and township" had actually been abb
Quoted bodily. In polyglot moods, OF
rapid succession, he threatened, rant
ed, reasoned with his captor, and en-
treated that she permit him to go and
perform the wedding.
Maggie was as grim as she was firm.
Her horse was in a reeking perspira-
ton, but she could not afford to spare
him now. Straight away into the
mountains she rode. Three miles from
Nichols she came upon the dim form
of a shanty, in a lonely ravine, fal
from the travelled trails. It was all
that remained of mining excitement
which the hills had enjoyed. Here
she forced her prisoner TO dismount
after which she tied his hands behind
him, compelled him TO enter the
shanty, and there secured his feet, in
a manner highly satisfactory to her
self. For the binding she employed a
slender tethering-rope which she car
ried in addition to her braided lasso
Then she shut the door on mixture
of threats, life sentences and pleadings
and started for Tarnahan's Bar. She
arrived there some hours later dressed
in her own clothes.
..
"They had great oil time at the
Bar" said the girl, concluding hel
story to her mother the following day
ED. Hickey rode around after poor
old Mr.. Carey like a rooster without
his head, got horribly drunk, and you
never saw Carrie cry so much in al
your life when I told her about Mrs
Jorda1's cattle. She cried and laughed
together. I wouldn't have believed 6
girl could be so happy to give it al
up-after getting all those lovely
dresses and presents. Poor dear Carrie
its funny she didn't know better
herself, at first"
But" said Maggie's mother, 81 hope
everybody hasn't left poor, dear Mr.
Carey up there all this time, pining IL
that cabin"
ooh, no." replied the girl, "he gc'
loose and came in to Tarnahan's Bal
by himself late in the afternoon. Aft
err he told his story, they got up
wonderful romance about daring
young fellow who rode 70 miles, from
Pizen, in the night, and stole the jus
tice to save his lady-love from Hickey
Some call him Hickey's rival, and some
call him Carries mysterious lover"
Copyright. by joseph B. Bowles.)