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THE SUN FOR 1873.
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I was sitting in a passenger coach,
on a Wisconsin Railroad, one day,
years ago, when a good-looking,
pleasant-spoken man came along,
stopped at my seat, and the above
conversation took place, the latter
part of it after I had given him part
of my seat.
Now, I am regarded as a social
man, I like a joke) a good bit, and
I tliink a sour, morose man, who uses
his tongue only when forced to, is
bound to die of'some terrible disease,
and to go to some place of red-hot
punishment.
On entering a railroad car I always
look about for a talkative man, and
then I get as close to him as possible,
and drain him dry, if the journey is
long enough.
And I want to state one thing
more. Left an orphan before I could
realize the event tjiat made me oik;,
I got kicked out here and cuifed there,
and “grew up between folks,” as
they say. I ‘ought to "have had at
the time of which I write a pretty
thorough knowledge of human nature,
and have been enabled to read evil til
a man’s face if He intended me evil.
I did not pride myself on being over
keen or sharp, but the knocking
around among strangers ought to
have given any one a good expe
rience.
'Well, the stranger and I fell into
an easy strain of conversation, as we
rode together, and in ten minutes
I began .to enjoy his coinpany.
(He was a well-made fellow, finely
dressed, and he wore a fine watch
and a simon-pure diamond ring. I
never saw a man who could talk so
easily and pleasantly. It keetned
that he had but to open his mouth
and the words fell right out,
I bad traveled in the South, so had
he. I had heard the loud roar of th'e
Pacific, he knew all about it. I had
been up in a balloon, down in a mine,
blown up, smashed up and repaired
again and again, my new friend had
experienced all these things and was
wishing for something of a more
startling nature. Wo agreed on poli
tics, neither had any religion, and ,1
had never met such a railroad com
panion.
Did yon over meet a man, though
a stranger to youften minutes before,
could wrest tVom*you secrets which
you had sworn to yourself not to re
veal? Well, he was sucli a man. It
was not long before he commenced
asking me questions. He did not
seem trying to quiz or draw me out,
but he asked me tjiiesf otis.iii sucli a
sly, round about way, that before I
knew it, 1 was giving him my his
tory.
I was at that time on the point 5f
being admitted to the bat''of Wiscon
sin as a student of Law & Law, of
Briefville. The firm were old law
yers with a lucrative practice, and it
had been talked over that in about a
month I should be the “Co.”'of the
firm. A year before, a farmer named
Preston,-down about four miles ft'Ofti
Grafton, had died, and His matters
had been put into the hands of Law
& Law for settlement, Preston had
road stock, mortgages, etc., and
everything was settled up to the sat
isfaction of the relict and the father
less.
About a year before his death, bo
ing. pinohed for money, and nqt wish
ing to sell anything at a aaciafice,
Preston had given a mortgage on his
farm for three thousand dollars.
While the papers l’ead “f6f ohe year
from dale,” there was a verbal
agreement that it should he lifte'd
any day when Preston desired. A
month after, when, having the funds
to clear off the paper, the old money
bags holding Jt refused to secure his
interest for a year.
I was ou my way to ascertain the
dale of expiration. A fire among our
office-papers had and stroyed the. mem
oranda, and I must go down and get
the date from old Scrip, who lives
South of Grafton about five miles.
The stranger pumped all this out of
me in ten minutes, and yet I have
never once suspected that ho was re
ceiving information.
I am not positive,” I added, “but
I am pretty sure that the time is the
thirteenth, which would be Tuesday
next.”
“And then your folks will send
down the money and discharge the
mortgage, of course,” he queried.
“Oh, yes, I shall most likely bring
it down,” I re;died, and it never oc
curred to me how imprudent I was.”
He turned the conversation into
other charincls, and did not once at
tempt to pump tne farther. We got
to Grafton at 10-50, and to my great
surprise lie announced that he w as to
stop in ilie town on business for a
lew days. I had not asked hisnariie
or vocation, while he knew every
thing about me.
We went to the hotel, had dinner,
and then I secured a livery team and
drove out, getting through with bus
iness, so that I was back to take 3:20
express east. My friend was On the
porch of the hotel as I drove up, car
rying the same holiest, dignified face.
“Well, did you find out?” he in
quired in his pleasant way.
“ Yes, it is on the 13th, as I ex
pected,” I replied.
We had lunch together, and when
wo shook hands and parted, I had no
more idea of ever meeting him again
than I have of knowing you. Jii
fact, he told me that he should sail
England within a week or ten days,
and should not return to America.
At parting he gave me his card. It
was a modest piece of pasteboard and
bore the name of “ George Raleigh,”
in old English script.
Everything in the office went on as
usual, and the thirteenth came at
length. Law & Law had arranged
for me to go down with the money,
and I looked upon it as a business of
no special importance.
“Wc know you aro all right,’.’ re
marked the senior partner, as I was
about to go; “but I want to give
you a word of warning, nevertheless.
Don’t take any stranger into your
confidence until you have passed' out
the money, and look but %iur sits
next to you.’,’
It was something new for him to
caution mo, and I could not "but won
der at it; but in tfib bustle of getting
aboard the train I forgot what he had
said. Ordinary prudence had in
duced me to place the money, which
was ajl in bank bills, and divided into
three packages, under my ’shirt and
next my skin, where the left hand of
a jiick pocket could not reach it.
Interested in a newspaper, time
flew by, as the train flow west, and
at lenghth the hoarse voice of the
breakman warned me that I had
reached Graftou. I had leaped down,
arid was making for the livery stable,
when I heard a familHar voice, and.
looked up to see Raleigh. He
seated in a buggy, and bad seemingly
waited for me to come up.
“ Don’t express your surprise,” he
began, as I stopped at the wheel.
“ 1 did intend to go away, but changed
my mind, and like this section so
well that I am going out to-dny ty
look at a farm, with a view of pur
chasing Come ride up to the hotel.”
Werode up, ordered lunch, nnd
while we were discussing it, Mi - .
Raleigh discovered that the farm he
was going to see was just boyonfl
that of old Grip’s,
“ llow fortuunte! I could ride out
with him, see the farm return in,his
company;” and he was gredtly
pleased.
I was also pkased. If any one had
told me, as we got into the buggy,
that George Raleigh itteant'to return
with my money in his pocket and my
blood upon his hands, I should have
Relieved him' a lunatic. And yet
George Raleigh had planned that
very thing. ,
It was a lovely day in June, and
the cool brerizo and the sight of
meadows and green groves made my
heart grow larger. My companion
was very talkative, but, he didn’t ev6h
hint at my errand. lie talked as far
away as lie could.
“O! excuse me!” he exclaimed,
after we had passed a mile beyond
the village, and ivero among the
farm-houses. “.'I should have offered
you this before,”
He drew from from his pocket a
small flask of wine and handed it to
tne. Now I was temperate in regard
to drinks. In fact, I detested the
sight and smell of anything iutoxiea
tiug. But I had not the moral cour
age to tell him so and to hand hack
the flask undisturbed I fe'arod to
offend to him, and so I drank perhaps
three good swallows. Ilf called my
attention to the woods on the left, as
lie received back the flask, and when
l looked around again lie was just
removing it from his mouth as if ho
had drank hearty.
In about five minutes I began to
feel queer. The fence along tlio/osyl
seemed to grow higher and the 'trees
to grow larger; something got into
my ears so that the rattle of the
buggy sounded a long way off.
“flow strange!” Why, I believe
lam going to be sick! ” 1 exclaimed,
holding on to., my seat with all my
might.
“You do loqk strange, ’’ he replied,
a snaky sibile-stesljng over his face;
“ I shouldn’t wonder if it was apo
plexy.”
I did not suspect the game he had
played. IJis words were like an
echo, and bis face seemed twice as
large as it was. My head began to
spin and my, brain to snap and crack,
and I was greatly frightened,
“You are bad off,” he continued,
looking into iny face. “I will''drive
as fast as possible and get a doctor.”
My tongue was so heavy that I
could not reply. I clutched the seat,
shut my eyes, and he put the horse
at bis best pace. We tnct a farmer’s
team, and I can remember that one
of the occupants of the wugou called
out to know what ailed that man.
Raleigh did not reply, but urged the
horse forward.
About three miles from Grafton
was along stretch of forest, and this
we soon reached. The pain in my
head was not so violent, and I was
not so badly affected “when opening
my eyes. I had settled into a sort
of dumb stupor, with a brain so be
numbed that I had to say to myself,
’“This is a tree, that is a stump,” etc.;
before I could make sine that I was
not wrorg. Half a mile down the
road after wo struck the forest, and
and then Raleigh turned thg horse
into a blind road leading back into
the woods. 1 could not understand
what'he intended. I tried to grap
ple with the question, but could not
solve it.
“Well, lie'e we are 1” exclaimed
Ralei&b, when he had reached a
point forty rods from the main road.
_ He Rtoppod the horse, got out and
hitched him, and then "came round to
the wheel.
“ You don’t feel just right, but I
guess you will be better soon,’’ be
remarked. “Como let me help vou
down,’’ ‘ ■
He reached up Ills arms and I let
go the seat and fell into them.’ It
seemed to mo as if I weighed A ton,
lint lie carried me along" without an
effort, an'd laid me down within about
a rod of a fence which ran along on
one sido of an old pasture. Just
now I began to get a little better.
The effects of the drug weie wear
ing off) a faint suspicion that some
thing itnAsuiii had happened. But I
was powerless to move a limb; the
sensation was like that when your
.foot goes to sleep.
“Can you speak?” inquired Ral
eigh, bending over mo; “because, if
'you cattail will save me some trouble.
I want to know just where you have
stowed away that money.”
JSTfIW I' began to realize my situa
tion. Ilis face looked natural again,
and the load was off my tongue. I
also felt that I could move my lingers
a little.
“ George Raleigh f are you going
to rob me?” Tasked, findiifgmy
voice at last.
“Well, some folks might call it
robbing, but wjp dress up the term a
"little by catling’ it the only correct
financial way of equalizing the float
ing currency, so that each one is pro
vided for, and no one is left out.”
“ You shan’t have the money. I’ll
die first! ” I yelled, rising a little.
“ Ah, I see —didn’t take quite
enough!” bo coolly "remarked. “Well,
I have provided for this!”
He went to the buggy, procured
ropes and a gag, and knelt down be
side me. I hud but little strength
yet, and ho conquered me in a mo
ment. Lying on my right side, look
ing towards the fence, 'he tied thy
hands behind me and then forced the
gag into my mouth.
“There, now! You soe you aro
nicely fixed up, and all because you
acted like a fool, instead of like a
sensible young lawyer soon to be ad
mitted to the bar.’’
While ho was speaking—indeed,
while he was tying tne, I had caught
sight of the white face of a little girl
looking at us from betWerin the rails
of the fence. I could see her great
blue eyes, and knew that she was
frightened. There were red stains
around her mouth and on the littlo
hand resting on the rail, and I knew
that she was somo fanner’s child
searching for strawberries. I could
not warn her of her danger, and I
feared that she would ho seen or
heard'. While Raleigh was tying the
last knot, I winked at her as hard as I
could, hoping she would move a,/f.y.
But she aid not go. '
“ Well, now for the money 1 ” said
Raleigh, and he began searching my
pockets. He went from one to the
other, removing all the articles, felt
down tny boot-leg, -and then finally
passed his hand over my bosom and
found the money.
“ Ila 1 here it is 1 ” ho exclaimed,
drawing out the packages. *“1 don’t
hardly believe old Grip will see any
of this to-d.iy.”
1 Ho sat down near my head, undid
the packages, and was cool enough
to go at counting the money. '• As he
commenced, the littlo girl waved her
hand to me. My heart went thump
ing, for I expected she would utter a
word or a shout, but she sank down
from sight, and I caught a gleam of
her frock as she passed through, the
grans.
“You see, my young friend,” re
marked Raleigh, as he drew off one
of his boots and deposited pome of
the bills iu it, “there’s uolliiug
transacting business ns it should be
transacted. Horne men would have
shot or stubbed you, but it iu only
the apprentices who do such work.
All the real gentlemen of our culling
do business as gentlemen should.”
Ho drew off the other boot and
placed some fifties and tweulieain.it,
and then continued:
'* “ I have it all planned out how to
deal with you ns soon ns I get this
money disposed of around my per
son. I shall lay you on your back
and pour the baldnce of this wine
down your throat. There is enough
of it to irmko you sleep until to-mor
row night,'and by that time I shall
he hundreds of miles away. As soon
as I see that the drug lias taken ef
fect, I shall untie your hands and re
move the gag. Whferi ybu come out
of your sleep—if you over do—you
had better crawl ont to the road,
where you will most likely meet some
traveler soon. I want to use the
horse and buggy; otherwise I would
leave them for you.”
How coolly he talked 1 He treated
the matter as if it were a regular
transaction, in which I fully acqui
esced. He had made me a fast pris
oner, and'l fe t that he could do just
as he pleased.
While ! was thinking, I saw the
littlo white face appear between the
rails again, but in a moment it faded
away, and its place was taken by the
sunburnt phi/, of iii farmer. He looked
from me to Raleigh and back again,
and 1 w inked at him in a way which
lie readily understood. His lace dis
appeared, and I felt that I should be
saved.
“No, old Grip won’t get bis tin
to-day,” mused Raleigh, storing away
the bills in his pockets'. “You will
go back to Law ifc Law, feeling pul
out and cut up, but they should not
$2 A YEAR.
"“’’"‘it
biame you ; it is not your fault at all. '
I ttiid you minded your busings
on the car, and not been so free with
a stranger, this would not have hapt
pened. I was on my way *0 Mil
waukee, and hid no tliought'Of such
pickings here.” :"•• • a-
I saw nothing of the farmer. Raff
eigb finished his counting, and I made
up my mind that the farmer was
afraid to had run away*!
My lioai't ; <V(ilVt'(tb\rti as Raleigh got
“IN for I saw that lie was about to
carry out his plan of An ther drugging
me. He turned me on'my back, sat
flown astride of me, and then pulled
out' the'flask. r ‘ so
“ Now, ill just about a minute We’ll
ho through with this business," Jiilj ,
remarked, trying to put the mouth
of the flask between my lips. Jv ”
1 rolled my head to one'sidte,*mifl
heNlfd riotf succeed. He w& jam
ming the flask against my teeth, wheu
I daoght the sound of a soft step, the
otiibh of a club, and Raleigh rolled
off my body. He tried to leap na
but three or four farmors struck him
down, and one of them rendered hiift
senseless. Before he came' to, I waft
free of ropes and gag, aud we had
him nicely bound. , ’ 'T F -
Over bey find the pasture a farmer
nnd his hands were raking up hay,
“ Little Blue Eyes,” only eight yearo
old, had wandered oft" after strawber
ries, and had fortunately witnessed
part of Raleigh’s proceedings. Shh
had lhirrie 1 back to her father and
told him that‘“a Ybab was tied tip
out there,” and lfo had returned td
the fence. Understanding the situa
tion, .ha'artd his men had moved
ai'ound so as to secure an advantage,
and Raleigh’s capture was the reunite*
When the rascal found hia, senses*
ho was terribly takeu aback, and
cursed enough for a whole Flandprs
army. We took him back tp Gral
toif, and when I lat saw him he Was,
on iiis way to the penitentiary to
serve a sentence of fifteen year*.* •
The mortgage was lifted, after all,
and the gift which Law & Law font
little Katie Gray kept her in dreasbH
for many a year.
What to (lo iu Case a) AecideuC
Professor Wilder, of uornoll Uni.
vorsity, says Moore’s Rural New Yor
(ker, gives the following short rules,
folr action in casts of accident, which
will be found useful to rehiembcr;
For dust in the eyes, avoid rutfbftlor)
dash water in them; removd
etc., with the round point of a pencil.
Remove water from the oar by te
pid water: never pat a hard iostruS
incut in the ear.
If any artery is cut, compress above
the wound; if u vain is cut, compress
below.
' If cholipd, get on all fours
cough. v ’ f f
For slight burns, dip the part in
cold water if the <fein is destroyed,
cover with varnish.
Smother a fire with carpets, etc,,
water will often increase the danger;
Before passing tli rough smoke titS6
long breath, and then stoop low; but
if a earbonio acid gas i* suspected,
walk erect. . ’■
Suck poisoned wounds, unless yout
mouth is sore; enlarge the wound ;
; ttr, better, cut out the port without
delay; hold the wojinded as long
as can be borne lo a liof'cbld, or the
end of a cigar.
In oaso of poisoning, excite vomi
ting by tickling the throat, or by
warm water anu mustard.
For acid poisons, give alkaliea; for
alkaliue poisons, give aeijs^—White of
egg is good in most cases! ,Jh * emu*
of y>vMu poisoning give strong ’coffee,
and keep moving, < •
If ill water, float on the bag*., wi,
the nose arid mOuth projecting;
For apoplexy, raise the head and
body; for taiuting, lay the person
flat.
— 1 1 1
O.vk liv Marriage.-—Joe W. wmi
never dtiink blit oilee. arid that tibia
tie was “drunk as a fool. Conse
quently, his wife, who was < very
pious woman, wan veiy much shocked
when, one night, he staggered houie
under the influence of liquor.
After remonstrating wub him about
the folly of drinking, *
"Joe, when wo were married, ana
became one, ten yeai’s *ago, I
thought I should ever see you in litis
condition.”
Who cun imagine the devoted wife's
thoughts when Joe luaflCh’cr fhefol
io wing reply ; ' ' ** >
“ Well, Mary, dear (hud, I know I
am pretty drihik (hie).; that’s a foe’*
But, Mary, us we (hie) were made
one by marriage, then (fiic) you' tilpa*
be pretty drunk, too (hie! ”) v ’
ZW Go to bed with warm feet,
an empty stomach, and' an uWexcittxl
brain. Be sure and keep a clear con
science. Then shall your sleep be
dreamless, and-your days bo tong hi
the laud. cm.
Homo inischiovoiifLwagagend
night, pulled down a turner’s sign
and put it over a lswyer’s door. In
the. morning it rend: “All sorts of
twisting and turning donohere I”
ZW “ I say, Jim, which would you
rather—that a lion tore you iu pieces,
or a tiger ? ” “ Wby, you goose, of
course I’d rather a lion tore a tiger
in I >ig^”
CSC Fruiters’ ink way be block!
but it sheds mote 1 ighl'tbwn any other
luminary, however bright. '• *-