The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-07-16

And had sorrow not blurred the girls
perception. rendered her Indifferent TO
everything. she would instantly have
suspected her brothers ingenuousness.
for. hot headed and impulsive. he was
not one to heed advice. accept the pas
siye course that she had outlined.
AS the months passed and nothing
was heard Of Kirby the possibility of
his being alive and ever claiming the
plantation was finally abandoned by
Adele. But young Randall. although
carefully processing to the contrary.
still entertained the suspicion that his
enemy lived In time the thought be-
came so insistent that he determined to
quietly set on foot a thorough investi-
CATION. Visiting in person the town in
which Kirby had fought his victorious
battle against death. he eventually sue
ceeded in tracing the physician who
had attended the wounded gambler.
and by him the boys suspicious were
verified beyond the possibility of a
doubt. His intuition was vindicated.
Kirby lived and. SO far as the doctor
knew. was dl tudt LuOiuSht Justly Gu
gagged with his chosen profession.
Young Randall returned home, care
| fully conceaIing from his sister all hint
of his mission. The girl had but lately
expressed desire to visit their aunt in
New Orleans. for the plantation was
pregnant with memories and sorrows
that were fast growing unbearable.
Taking advantage of this opportune
desire and keeping his real purpose in
the background, Tom now suggested
| that the house be temporarily closed
and the long contemplated visit paid.
Securing Adele's assent to this and
satisfied that Kirby was alive and that
/ Justice had yet TO be meted out. young
Randall, as was the custom in such
matters, promptly set about informing
his male relatives and friends. Among
the latter was Judge Pleydell, a neigh
Dor, whose plantation adjoined on the
west that of the Randalls and to whose
daughter. Ann. the boy was engaged.
Toms sole surviving relative was an
elderly cousin. Aaron Randall. who.
ignorant Of the details connected with
his uncle's death. had for over year
been detained by business interests lis
the north. TO him Tom now urgently
wrote, requesting that he come to the
home of their mutual aunt In New Or
leans, and the following morning the
pleydeIl and Randall families set out
for the same destination. In the Cres-
cent City there resided another gentle
man. NJ Anatole veaudry, who, hav,
ing for years sought an alliance with
the Randall family through the medi
nm of Adele. would naturally be ex
ppcted TO concur heartily in the plans
for the annihllation of Cameo Kirby
Four to one were heavy odds, but the
scapegrace gambler In his day hat
accepted greater.
In due time the Randalls and Pley
dells arrived at the home of Nine
Davezac. but the weeks passed ant
AS yet no information had been re
ceived tending to show that Kirby con
templated securing the property. Ii
fact, Tom Randall. securing the cit.
for the gambler. positively learned tina
. the latter aud his partner, Bunce, hat
, left. This was indeed the case, fo
, Kirby's sole motive in coming to New
, Orleans had been the desire to rul
, down rumor to the effect that Jac
r Moreau had returned to his old haunts
' The rumor proved authentic. but tn
r colonel had already left for Bato
9 Rouge. from which town he agai
: headed for the Crescent City. Kirb
= and Bunce close upon his heels
0 And then the inevitable happened
o for one day In the streets Of New o.
9 leans Tom Randall came face to fac
with Moreau On both sides the nee
ing was an affecting one. the astut
d colonels momentary alarm turning
B. relief when. from the boys effusiy
greeting. he ascertained the other