The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

mcnacing frown. you are from Can
ada" he said sternly
The teacher raised his hands In in.
dIgnant protest
Il am not" he exclaimed, and turn.
ing to the children addressed them
rapidly in German.
Run quickly and bring your fathers
here at once" said he. Tell them
there are robbers here and to fetch
along their guns"
Unfortunately for the successful
carrying out OF these instructions Muir
ray understood German perfectly, and
executed a counter stroke.
Stand by that door and don't let
anyone out" he said TO Deputy Mar
shall Richardson" who took up his
station as ordered. The frightened
children began to cry aloud.
That's right" shrieked their
teacher. scream as loud as you can
Keep on shouting for help"
The scholars obeyed promptly. They
howled aloud In united chorus and the
sound of their voices drifted far away
on the air. Murray stepped over to
the teacher.
You come with me-" he ordered
calmly
Il will not" responded the man say.
agely. tearing of his coat and throw
ing himself into an attitude of defense
The next instant Murray was upon
him with n tiger.llke spring and caught
his shoulders in grip OF iron. De
spite his apparently slight build HERES
proved to be wonderfully active and
strong He writhed and wriggled with
cat.llke agility, struggling desperately
and colling his legs around the detec.
tive. AS Murray's sinewy hands
forced him relentlessly backward, his
knees gave way suddenly and he went
GOWN with his assailant on top. Even
on the floor he continued to resist,
and It was not until Murray com.
pressed his ribs In girdle that threat
ened TO break them, that he relaxed
his efforts to free himself.
Keep the children in" said Murray
to Richardson, as he hauled his pro.
testing captive to the door. and don't
move until fire q shot, then run as
fast as you can to the wagon"
Outside the schoolhouse HERES,
having recovered his breath to some
extent. again began to resist furiously,
but by this time Murray's blood was
up and he handled his troublesome
captive with such tremendous energy
that Heres collapsed and submitted
to he handcuffed without showing any
more fight. Murray dragged him to
the wagon and tied him securely to
wheel while he hitched up the horses.
That done, he lifted his prisoner into
the wagon and fired the warning shot
as a signal to Richardson to leave his
post.
Never was n signal more promptly
obeyed Richardson was only too glad
to be relieved from his duties and
came bounding across the space inter.
vening with the speed Of race horse.
Out of the schoolhouse rushed the
crowd OF excited children, screaming
for help and running In all directions.
Half way to his goal Richardson
tripped over a briar bush and fell, but
was I'd in an instant and reached the
wagon painting.
you have had fine run for your
money. deputy" laughed Murray. But
we haven't any time to lose. Whip up
those horses and drive like the devil
to the nearest railway station. Those
German farmers will be swarming
around here like bees presently and
don't want any argument with them"
Richardson grGsped the reins, his
whlplash Kissed through the air and
the horses plunged forward on the
road to Royalton, 80 miles away. II
was none too soon. Looking back
Murray saw the figures Of armed men
dotting the horizon here and there.
They were the parents OF the scholars,
summoned from their farms by the
children to aid the kidnapped teacher.
But pursuit was out of the question
Just then for none of the farmers
were mounted and the team OF horses
which Murray had selected was In
splendid condition and covered the
ground at top speed. The cries of the
children were dying away in the dis.
lance and the detective heaved sigh
of relief and turned to his prisoner.
Il am afraid those friends of yours
will be disappointed by your leaving
them SO suddenly" he said cheerfully.
Heres scowled vindictively.
'J'll make you pay FOR dragging an
innocent man about like this" was
his response. Murray only smiled, al.
though in his heart he realized that
he had greatly exceeded his official
powers. He had not much doubt as to
the identity of his captive, but chance
resemblances play strange tricks
sometimes and IL HERES turned out to
have n double, very pretty legal tan.
gle was tolerably certain to ensue.
But having bluffed through matters at
the start, there was nothing better to
do than go straight ahead. Taking
more or less desperate chances had
come TO be accepted by the phllosophi.
cal Murray an all In the days work.