Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-19

| s,F-.T " '- "Ga no; 1m yet. >.'hai ae vou tn | 1 they wani ye to do: "I is a-gysinc to tell all ahoai e'' business; I cant be ha ntcd dis W. = I bin feelin fo' long me dai m.- tell de trufe befo' l die, and when misery gifts in my hade an in my brea@ I feel I caia't die; but l is reItpte i. is sho ly. V
 "But if you tell all you kuow Of t, matter, nel;lah, you will clear your O soul of complicity---l mean O. :n,y in crime. If you die without eoni'sa ], what becomes of youe "Reckon l gets cIl-iah. but II Miss Eleanor's boy Si:e showed -. of collapse again, and Ciinler gaft another dose of the remedy with Miii@ had provided himself, but she beeat.s : lent and sullcn. In perplexaT. ft. i went away. The next evening it, NC again to see Delilah; she seemed na- chcerful and was garrulous.
 II done had a dream las night. l !. sNo now lak it . wrong fur to hide tain; l ddn do no harm, an didn t mc l none. Miss Alice an Miss Eleanor bo come las night an tell me to say VI { I knows, but done warn Marse Richa fur 10 70 'way--I warn him lak l kno how.''
 "The game is up, if Richard has b, varned,' thought Clinker,
 "Do You mind friend coming in V: me to hear your storys Ii is just 2 story, isn t its''
 "t Faint no story, it E God $ trufe, all Is bouu' to tell it. I isn't gwiue to Iii | it 10 mo-; Is mos dsde now, an a-gvins to glory, an Marse Richard do' called too; he won t never be in no jail 80 Il tell I don Y want 10 see Miss Alice no mo
 ClinlSer beckoned through the window, and his confederate came in. Old Delilab regarded him indiiferently. He sat down a little behind her and took out a ,ablet and pencil. The pencil made no sound perceptiblc to Delilah s b]unted hearing,
 "you's been good to me, Marse Tom --I done forgt your other namo.
 "Dc night bofo' Miss Aieen and Marse Ge 'ald done married Marse Richard he des come in dis room arter dark, and said he was a gwine to proiick Wid Marse Gc 'ald, is fo fun. aud de man wid him didnt say huff fin.
 "What did Richard cal} the man that was with hnu
 ssometimes Joe, aud sometime. Bates
 Glnker nodded. ..Go on.
 "Well, Matse Richard, he tell me ts so 10 de big house, and slip into Marso Ge 'ald s room and fetch his clo SC dat he done war all day fur ter hunt in an l did Marse Ge 'ald was soun' asleep, fur he bin trompin all day, and he Was bout trazzled out. ".
 "What kind of clothes were they? ' asked Clinker. not betraying mach inter- est.
 Obey wuz corduroy, blue, an dey wuz kMered Wid little burrs, stick tights an beggar-liee. l done said, you isn t gwine to play no tricks wid dem ole elo 'es, and Marse Richard he laiI an say T I'll put 'em on, Joe; dey des bout fit me.' Dey went out arter he done put on de clo 'es When he got on a hat an all, 'elal you couldn t tell him from Marse Ge 'alo fo size--eo SC his eyes ain't lak hisen Marse Richard laf mighty mean lak, an say. T look mo lak him dan de ham. Nritin now.
 "Well, in bout hour dey done come back, an Marsa Richard, he a'n t pro, jickin no mo. Delilah, nanny, he say. you des take desc yer clo 'es back again an put 'em jes whar you foun' 'em we'll wait fo' you to see if you done do it. I did des take '&m back,