St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-04-17

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dered Murray, and Richardson, arising,
walked. humbly beside his newly ap-
pointed chief to the schoolhouse. They
pushed open the door and entered.
There stood the teacher, dapper and
with dropping mustaches, but instead
of being "chet-black" his hair and mus
| tache were brown. In every other
particular he answered the descrip-
ton of the missing man. He was a
| b1eached HERES. Murray scanned
him closely, and just then the suspect
raised his hand and twirled his mus
tache nervously. That one action
clinched the Identification in the Of
ficers mind 1t was surely HERES.
There were about 80 children, mostly
girls, in the room and they eyed the
strangers curiously.
Teacher, how long have you been
here?" asked Murray.
For some time, ever since school
opened" he replied in sing-song
voice.
What is your name?"
John Walker"
when did you leave Canada?" in
CURED the detective.
II have never been in Canada in my
life" ..'
Murray examined some of the school
books which lay on the teachers desk.
All of them were marked John Walker.
Are you a German?" asked Muir.
ray.
! Eyes, am German" was the reply.
John Walker is not a German
name" commented Murray. The
teacher only smiled.
Murray turned upon him with
menacing frown. "You are from Can
ada he said stern1y
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 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 saw
agely, tearing off his coat and throw
ing himself into an attitude of defense.
The next instant Murray was upon
him with a tiger-Ike spring and caught
his shoulders in a grip of iron. De-
spite his apparently slight build HERES
proved to be wonderfully active and
strong. He writhed and wriggled with
cat-like agility, struggling desperately
and coiling his legs around the detec
tive. AS Murray's sinewy hands
forced him relentlessly backward, his
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, land don't
move until l fire 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 be handcuffed without showing any
more fight. Murray dragged him to
the wagon and tied aim securely to a
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 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 briar bush and fell, but
was up 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 grasped the refns, his
whip-lash Kissed through the air and
the horses plunged forward on the
road to Royalton, 80 miles away. It
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
we're mounted and the team of horses