Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14

~ PARD DESCHAMPS MO
W5t REAU, to give him his full
ls&g title. doing all things thor
oughly. as befitted one of his honorable
character was not satisfied with. as he
thought. disposing of Klrby's physical
existence, but considered II his pleas
urable duty to effectually ruin what
ever little reputation had survived dur
ing the others downward career.
Kirby. presumably fatally wounded.
had been carried ashore by Bunce at
the next landing, and, in those days
shooting and stabbing affrays emanat-
ing from card games being only too
common. but little. attention had been
paid to the affair Cameo Kirby was
notorious the length of the river, and
such an abrupt AMI tragic termination
of his career had not only been fire.
quently and cheerfully predicted. but
was. moreover. expected of all such
members as graced his questionable
profession. Indeed. for them a sober
and respectable death would have been
considered bad form. Among the gam
bling profession there existed a certain
code, which IN manner served to link
those at the top. who. like Kirby and
Bunce. wooed fortune honestly, to the
AlOreau type, gracing and disgracing
the lowest rung in the gamblers social
ladder. This code. if so 1t may be
termed, was an understanding to the
effect that in no instance. however
great the provocation. should the law
be invoked. Wrongs. fancied or au-
thentic. were TO be redressed solely by
the bearers thereof the join: office Of
judge arI eNHCutiOner being vested in
each separate ana distinct individual
In view Oi this accepted understand
Ing, Larkin Bunce had accordingly
made no mention of the fact that a
probable murder had been committed.
and, the passengers and steamship Off
cials dismiSSing it as a gamblers quar-
rel. which WIS none of their affair. no
stigma =" -ety was attached to the
:-hod Co nreau. who claiming to
., an valued friend of Mr..
.lnda gone to the latter's state
room aud brazenly assumed charge of
the body Bunce's laconic statement
was too pitfully true. for the old plant
sr hal ciIc.'lally ended his life.
Agniu ,rr'ng to Colonel Moreau's
nppy faculty ~ doing all things we'll.
il was quite Characteristic that to COM
plete h. revenge against Cameo Kirby
be now did not hesitate to assume
charge OF Slr Randall's body, did not
hesitate tu meet the son OF the man
TT whose J-ith he had been directly
va -Iiusru.l "Ousible for young
Tom Randall had ridden over to the
tlaquemiue landing in order to greet
his father. while over at the old home
Stead all was hustle and excitement in
honor Of the masters homecoming.
AnXiously Tom Randall waited TO
see the jovial and we'll known figure
Of his father march down the gang
plank, waited to catch a glimpse of
the familiar and weather beaten green
portmanteau which the planter always
carried The moments passed Other
and numerous passengers stepped
ashore. to be eagerly welcomed and
claimed by their own, hut John Ran
iall was not among them A curious
md seemingly pregnant hush had sue
ceeded the landing of the freight, ard
off somewhere in the darkness a child
whimpered shrilly. The boys nerves
were set on edge Perhaps his father
was having a farewell talk with the
captain and would come dashing out
ar tha last rOOmant with all his Old dis
regard for time and place 1t was time
the bell was changing. the signal for
backing away, for by now the landing
of passengers and freight appeared to
De terminated And still no John Ran
dali. The boy walked along the string