Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-07-23


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''THE sCoUNDRrL HAS ALREADY PAso FOR
1T WITH ms LIFE
maud me. sub As an old soldier
beg OF yoh 20 meet this calamity with
the fohtitude Of Christian gentle
man. with which admirable and pious
ADMIRATION the good colonel fourished
his handkerchief and helped himself
90 a generous pinch OF SNUFF
IL thank YOU. Colonel Moreau. fli
an you have done" said young Ran
DAN stonny. looking on the hudd'eC
thing at his feet "You-you saw sou
witnessed my fathers dcathT
mot exactly. sub. fob hc shot him
self iu his stateroom. However hard
90 bear I think yoh should know who
and what prompted his death The
scoundrcl, sub. was the notorious
Cameo Kirby. of whom. perhaps. yoh
have heard"
Young Randall nodded duly. ana
Morcau. entering into the spirit OF thc
tale. continued. Il rohmcd an acquanf
ance sub. with yoh poh father when
be came aboard mo New Orleans. To-
condded 90 every one that DE had sola
his sugar crop foh Cen thousand ANA
had the cash with him. and De was
Ia mighty high spirits because he was
on his way back home 90 see bis chu.
drcn. Poh gentleman, As dcucatcly
as ! can ] must state that DE was 200.
quite himself. and by that. sub. I mean
that DE had been imblbing little too
freely. ] don't have t0 tell yoh. sub
that there are certain characters ON au
the biz boats who keep pretty sharp
lookout foh gentlemen witk money who
are In the condition yol p0h father
sub. WAS ln tonight and ] expect there
was more thau one river gambler on
board who would have likeJ-to get his
hands on Mr. Randall Bdr the one
who got him was the slickcst aud cIcv
crest or the Dot. the Cameo Kirby
whom ] have mentioned. This rasca.
sub. invelglcd yoh poh father into .a
private stateroom. piled him with mol
liquor and won from him not only al.
his moHey and personal enects-cvcu
Including n miniature OF yoh dead
mother. suh-but also a deed % his eu
tire plantation and an his slaves. every
thing which he owned. I was too la,c
70 save Mr.. Randall but ] knew Kirby
by repute. and ! was so scream. iugIy
outraged by the whole affair that ! de-
nounced him fob the low nc0uudrc
be was. Thereupon he drew on me. hY.
was the quicker and shot him down
Ike n dog. They Carried him ashore
sub. az the landing below this. and the
river is cleaner foh his death"
'You have taken vengeance ont OF
my hands" said young Randall IN
steadily. The coward and villain
For stranger. sir. the attitude which,
you have displayed toward my family
MS been most conslderate. and / VIII
never forget H. The-the hospitality OF
a house in mourning
''No, no. my boy" interrupted Mo-
reau. again employing his fatherly
hand. Il am sensible Of the honor
but ! couldn't think Of 1t. This is a
time when yoh all must wish 10 be
alone, and business calls me north.
merely stepped ashore in yoh interests
as any gentleman would have done
There goes the bell, and / must run
for IT, HOnored, sub. 10 have made
yoh acquaintance. though OF co'se
deeply deplore the necessity which oc-
casfoned II. I Will venture to pay my
respects 10 yOh family when / return
south, and pray command me in any
occasion yoh may have Yoh servant.
sub" And with a magnificent bow
the colonel turned and raced for the
gangplank. boarding the Shotweu with
a leap that shamed his fifty odd years.
Meanwhile Cameo Kirby, a bullet
through his right lung. was making
desperate battle against death, fight
ing for the life which he had consld-
cred little better than worthless. In
bis efforts he was materially assisted
by the crude but faithful Bunce, his
gambling partner. with whom he had
played up and down the Mississippi
Tor years. For two weeks this COM
bat ragged, Kirby lowering between life
and death. but at the end he emerged
triumphant as. over the gaming table
when the odds were as heavily against
him. be had emerged from many
holly contested conflict.
To those who judged Kirby's charac-
ter from the evil reports which gossip
had spread concerning him and to 9TH
ers who. In their righteous ignorance.
considered all gamblers legitimate chill
cren OF the devil bis remarkable re-
covery would have been accepted mere
~ as another proof that the evil one