The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-11
CHAPTER xvi.
The End of the Game.

The End of tne Game.
 E~a ALKING back toward the little fME tavern the doctor says.
 U Danny, this is the end of
 this game. These people down here and that half cracked, half crooked old bishop have made me see a few things about the Afro-Amer- lean brother. Itswasn't good scheme In the firRt place And this V asnat the place to start it going. anyhov--I should have tried the niggers in the big towns. But I'm cut of it now, and I'm glad of it What we want to do is to get away from here tomorrow-go back to Atlanta and fix up scheme to rob some widows and orphans. or some thing halfway respectable like that < Well. I drew a long breath I was with Dr- Kirby in everything he done. fur he was my friend, and I didn't in- tend to quit him. But was glad we was out of this and hadn't sold none of that dope We both felt better be- cause we hadn't All them millions we was going to make-shucks! We didn't neither one of us give a dern about them getting way from us. All
 we wanted was jest to get away from there and not get mixed mp with no nigger problems any more. We eat supper 4I4 We 56L AE0unu 3 " 11i6e ana we went to bed purty n1iddling early 20 ss to get q good start in the morn Ing
 We got up earlys but early as it was. the devil had been up earlier in that neighborhood About o'clock that morning a white woman about a half B uiIe from the village had been at tackled by a nigger-
 The countryside was up with guns and pistols It wasn't no trouble guess ing what would happen to him when they ketched him.
 -sAnd' says Dr. Kirby when we hearn of it, -I hope to high heaven they do catch him.
 They wasn't much doubt they would, either. They was already beating up the woods and bushes. and gangs was riding up and down the roads, and ev- cry nigger's house fur miles around was being searched and watched.
 We soon seen we would have trouble getting hosses and a rig in the village 10 take us to the railroaa- Many of the hosses was being ridden in the man hunt. and most of the men who might have done the driving was busy 1t that too The hotel keeper himself had left his place standing wide open md went out. We didn't get any breakfast. neither.
 Danny says the doctor. well just Rut enough money to pay the bill in an envelope on the register here and strike out on shanks' ponies It's only nine or ten miles to the railroad-we'lI walk"
 . 'sBut how about our stuf?'' I asts hIrn We had two big cases full of sample bottles of that dope, beside our suit cases e Hang the dnpe.~ says the doctor. q non't ever want to see it or hear of it again. We'll leave it here. Put the Ehings out of your suit case into mine, and leave thsst here too. Sam can carry mine. I want to be on the move.'' ' So we left. with Sam carrying the one suit case. It wasn't 9 in the morn ing xet. and we was starting ont purity empty fur a long walk. st sam says the doctor, as we was passing that there Big Bethel church -swere you at the meeting aere last ui9htT''
 s'Yass suhy'
 "T suppos%-it was a pretty tame af- fair -assSr they found out their Elisha -@ssnst coming after alI?''
 Sam he walled his eyes. and then he kind of chuckIed-
 well. suh.'' he says. q 'spicions de mos on lem don know dat yft!''
 The doctor -asts him what he means.