The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23

traced my steps 10 lue 0oiNid ON
but, judge my surprise when Tom met
me at the door and shaking his fist In
my face, angerly, forbidding me ever
to enter his house again. Said he:
EFF you or that damn doctor ever
comes hyar agin I will kill both Of
YOU. / shant take my own flesh an
blood out fur the Worl to poke 1un
at"
understood instantly. Ga1lops'
wonderful sixth sense had manifested
itself and he had informed his father
of nv intentions. But the doctor?
Tom had referred to him also. EVIL
IDENTIFY DR.. Rayfeld had under consid-
Grafton some kind of a proposition
relative to Gallops and since the doc
tor was a Yankee of the old school 1t
left no doubt in my mind that such
proposition meant money for the doc
tor, and I started Immediately for
Lake WaccamaW to consult him.
Upon my arrival he, at first, was ad-
verse to telling me anything, but when
[ had convinced him that Gallops had
informed him he confessed that he had
the same scheme in view that l was
considering myself.
The next morning at sunrise we
were still undressed and had spent the
entire night in conclave. I found DR..
Rayfield to be as void of feeling as a
goat. Before I took my departure
we shook hands over a compact that
could have been equaled only through
one drawn up by a couple Of pirates.
We were going to kidnap Gallops. The
doctor was going to get in touch with
a northern friend and rrange the de-
tails Of our route. I was to secure a
light surry and a swift pair Of horses
with which to spirit away the freak.
DR.. Rayfield furnished me with money
to employ Pete Bray, a notorious
moonshiner, who had fled to the
swamps lodging the revnue officer in
the western part of North Carolina,
to shadow Tom Calvin and his family
lest they would hide Gallops, for we
knew not to what extent the boys
wonderful power would enable him to
keep track Of our movements. We
were we'll aware that we were antag-
onizing one Of Gods creatures, who
was endowed with a supernatural gift
rarely bestowed on earthly m~ortals,
and how far we could cope with his
power we could not tell, but we were
going to taxi our chances and do all
we could to stop Calvin and his wife
in any effort on their part to battle US
in the stealing of their child.
It took nearly a week to complete
the details necessary for the accom-
plishment Of our In the
meantime I was in a fever of excite
ment; was unable to sleep except when
under the influence of a drug that the
doctor gave me, yet he was as cool as
an iceberg and went at the prelimin-
aries Of our crime as calmly as if he
was treating a patient for a simple
malady.
The night came at last when all was
ready. Pete Bray had been instruct
ed to meet US at one o'clock at a GER
tain point not far from Galvin's home.
We drove noiselessly to the appointed
place. My nerves were at their high
est tension, Ill my heart beat to
suffocation and but for the kindly
drug that the doctor administered T
think that I would have collapsed, but
| had stifed my conscience for the or
deal and intended to see the finish. let
come what would
One o'clock came, yet no Pete. It
was SO dark In the swamp where we
had driven that I could scarcely see
the doctor VINO sat 1t my side. Half
past one and our accomplice had not
shown himself. The doctor, with an
oath cache back in the surry for his
ch1oroform and rope which we had
rough in case of an emergency, and
suggested that we get out and steal
up to the cabin.
Just then the scream of a woman
rang out through the swamp. For a
moment a graveyard stiffness prevail
ed then. Pete Bray came running
along the narrow cart road that led to
where we sat in the surry. When he
came up he was shaking like one with
a chill and SO excited that, al first,
what he tried to say just came out in
jerks:
"Gent1emen," began Pete, with the
appellation that ought not to have
been applied to either Of us. IAN awful
thing has happened down yonder. For
the last three days Calvin and his wife
have been crazy about "Gauops." I
have been in the cabin two or three
times and I have never witnessed such
a sight. He refused to wear any
clothes, said they hurt him. He