Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-10-04
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-noS. j." said Maggie, as roughly
as possible. Hurry up, or well be too
late!"
He disappeared and slammed the
door.
Magic feared he had returned 10 his
bed She took out her pistol and was
the man came out, fully dressed. He
chartered in the chill air.
where is Mummy horse" he
demanded. Didn't you fetch me a
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 -
MANI" he said, disjointedly. This
amt the way to Tarnahan's Bari"
mo, 1t isn't" assented Maggie.
Then what-what-what- do
you mean? What are you doing?
Here, you, let me-"
BE still" commanded 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 lin and for said county
and township" had actually been alb
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 Arm
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
Nicholas she came upon the dim form
of a shanty, in a lonely ravine, far
from the travelled trails. 1t was all
that remained of a mining excitement
| when 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 a 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 a great old time at the
| Bar" said the girl, concluding her
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 all
your life when l told her about Mrs.
Jordan's cattle. She cried and laughed
| JOScJutl. WOuluH udNC O
girl could be so happy to give it all
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 MT.
Carey up there all this time, pining in
that cabin"
"Oh. no." replied the girl, he got
loose and came in to Tarnahan's Bar
by himself late in the afternoon. Aft
err he told his story, they got up a
wonderful romance about a 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)