The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-31
Danny's
Own Story
BY DON MARQUIS
Copyright. 1912. by Doubleday. Page
CHAPTER XVI.
BY DON MARQUIS
Copyright, 1912. by Doubleday. Page
& Co.
The End Of tho Game

.... The End Of tho Game.
E.Tl ALKING back toward the little
M tavern the doctor says:
1VIf Danny, this is the end Of
this game. These people down
here and that half cracked, half
crooked old bishop have made me
see few things about the Afro-Amer
lean brother 1t wasn't good scheme
in the first place. And this wasn't the
place to start 1t going. anyhow-l
should have tried the ntggers in the big
towns. But I'm out 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, drew long breath. was
with DR.. Kirby in everything he done,
fur he was my friend, and didn't in
tend to quit him. But l 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 dern
about them getting away from us. All
we wanted was jest to get away from
there and not get mixed up with no
niger problems any more. We eat
supper, and we set around awhile, and
we went to bed purity middling early
so as to get good start in the morn
ing.
We got up early; but, early as it was.
the devil had been up earlier in that
neighborhood. About o'clock that
morning a white woman about half
a mile from the village had been at
tackled by niger.
The countryside was up with guns
and pistols. 1t wasn't no trouble guess
ing what would happen to him when
they ketched him.
And" says DR.. Kirby when we
hearn of it, II hope to high heaven
they do catch him"
They wasn't much doubt they would.
either. They was already beating ur
the woods and bushes. and gangs was
riding up and down the roads. and ev-
cry niggers house fur miles around
was being searched land watched.
We soon seen we would have trouble
getting bosses and rig in the village
to take us to, the railroad. Many Of
the bosses was being ridden In the
man hunt. and most of the men who
might have done the driving was busy
at that too. The hotel keeper himself
had left his place standing wide open
and went out. We didn't get any
breakfast, neither
Danny" says the doctor, well just
put 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-wel|
walk"
"But how about our stuff?" asts
him. We had two big cases full of
sample bottles Of that dope. beside our
suit cases.
Hang the dopew says the doctor, 81
don't ever, want to see it or hear Of II
again! Well leave it here. Put the
things out of your suit case into mine.
and leave that here too. Sam can
So we left. with Sam carrying the
one suit case. It wasn't 9 in the MORN
ing yet, and we was starting out purity
empty fur long walk.
SAM" says the doctor, as we was
passing that there Big Bethel church.
''were you at, the meeting here last
night?' .,
"Yass. suhy'
II suppose it was a pretty tame at
fair after they found out their Elisha
wasn't coming after alp
Sam he walled his eyes, and then he
kind of chuckled. :. r
"Well. subj he says, Il 'spicions de
mos on 'em don know dat yit!'
The doctor asts him what he means.
It seems the bishop must of done
some thinking after we left him in the
road or on his way back to that church.
They had all begun to believe that
there Elishyah was on the way to 'em.
and the bishops credit was more or
less wrapped up with our being it. 1t
was true he hadn't started that belief:
but it was believed, and he didn't dare
to stop it now. Fur If be stopped it
they would all think he had fell down
on his prophecies. even although he
hadn't prophesied jest exactly Us.
He was In a tight place, that bishop.
but bet you could always depend on
him to get out Of it with his flock. So
what he told them niggers at the meet
ing last night was that he brung 'em
q message from Elishyah. Sam says.
the Elishyah that was to come. And
the message was that the time was
not ripe fur him to reveal himself as
EMshyah unto the eyes of all men, fur
they had been too much sinfulness
and wickedness and walking into the
ways Of evil right among that very
congregation and .disobedience Of the
bishop which was their guide. And