Year: 1873

tying the last knot, winked at the little
girl as hard as could, hoping that she
would see me and move away. But she
did not go.


Well, now for the money" said
Rtleigh, and he began searching my
pockets. He went from one to the other,
removing all tho articles, felt down my
boot leg, and he finally passed his hand
over my bosom and discovered the mo-
ney.


"Ha there it Isl" ne exclaimed. draw
ing out tie packages; and he was cool
enough to go at it to count out the money.
AS he commenced the little girl waved
her handkerchief to me. My heart went
humping, for expected she would utter
a word or a shout; but she sank down
from sight and | caughta glance at her
frock as she passed through the grass.


/" You see, my young friend" remarked
Raleigh, as he drew off one of his boots
and deposited some Of the bills in it,
" there's nothing ike transaeting business
as it should be transacted. Some men
woult, have shot or stabbed you, but it is
only the apprentices who do such work,
All the real gentlemen should.n


"He drew off the other boot and placed
some g ffties" and twentieso in it, and
then continued:


al have il all planned how to deal with
you as soon as | get this money disposed


around my person. shall lay you on


our back and pour the balance of this wine


own your throat. There's enough of it
to make you sleep from now until to-
morrow night, and by that time | shall
be hundreds of miles away. AS soon as
see that the drug has taken effect | shall
unite your hands and remove the gag
When you come out Of your sleep-if you
ever do-you had better crawl out to the
road, where you Will be most likely to
meet With some traveller. 1 want TO use the
horse and buggy, otherwise [ would
leave them to you.


How cool he talked He treated the
matter as if 1t were regular transaction
in which | fully acquiesced. He had me
fast prisoner, and felt that he could do
Just as he pleased. While was thinking
L saw the little white face appear between
the rails again, but in a moment 1t faded
away and its place was taken by the sun
burned phiz Of d farmer. He looked from
me to Raleigh and back again, and I
winked to him in a way which he readily
understood. His flce disappeared, aud I
felt that should be saved.


"No, old grip won't get his Tia to-day"
unused Raleigh, storing away the bills in
his pockets. "You will go back to Law
& Law feeling put out and cut up. But
they shouldn't blame you-it is not your
way at all. Tue, had you minded
your business on the cars and not been
so free with a stranger, this would not
have happened. [ was on my way to
Milwaukee, and had no thought of such
rich pickings here"


"Now, in Just about minute we'll be
through the business" he remarked, try
ing to put the flask between my jaws.


l rolled my head to one side and he did
not succeed. He was jamming the flask
against my teeth, when caught sound of
a soft step, the crash of club, ,and Raleigh
rolled off my body. He tried to leap up,
but three or four farmers struck him
down, and one of the blows rendered him
senseless. Before he camet to 1 was free of
ropes and gag, and we had him nicely
bound.


Over beyond the pasture farmer and
his hands were raking up hay. Little
blue eyes," only eight years old, had wan
dered off after strawberries, and mad un-
fortunately witnessed part of Raleigh's
proceedings. She had hurried back to
her father and told him "that man was
all tied up out there" and he had returned
to the fence. Understanding the situation
he and his men had moved around so as
to secure an advantage. Raleigh's capture
was the result


When the rascal found his senses he
was terribly taken back, and cursed
enough for a whole Flanders army. We
took him back to Grafton, and when |
last saw him he was on his way to the
penitentiary to serve Il sentence Of fifteen
years.


The mortgage was lifted after all, and
the gift which Law & Law sent little
Katie Gray kept her in dresses for many
q year.