The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19

ffke her an Blithsrs a been sweethearts
afo' he done ler homo, an she hadn't
never been married. g fur . ca learn
she hadn't never Aw Blithers I'm that
time till she come on the River Belle
the time I'm a-speakin' on, but when
she seen him she went a. white an q
sheet an I thought she was gwine to
faint. To- I was a-lookin' at her. But
'peared like Bllthers never seen her, an
abe drawed herself UP quick an walked
away into the s'loon while her brother
stepped UP to the capn's office TO- to
settle.
"Gurley seen her, though, an 'peared
like he was Just a-gwine to speak to her
when somepin 'peared to stop him sud
dlnt. an he turned away. o. co'se he
reelized how twa'n't nttin' To- q PIES
sional gambler to speak to no quality
lacy. But anyway she done went to her
room soon's her brother come to her In
thC sloon, an they want nobody seen
nothin mo- Of her till we got to New
Orleans.
"Young spotswood didn't pear to be
no p'ticlar good. reckon he was feelin'
his oats tolable strong an want no
ways displeased 70 to have his sister
often his hands 10 n SPELL Anyways
'twa'n't no time afo' he was settin'
into a game o. poker long Of another
sucker with Gurley an Blithers both
into the game.
20 co'se that want RELY important
He had c'nsid'able money with him, but
he was out To- to get get rid Of II, an
II didn't make no p'tic'lar difference how
he done 1t, but 'peared like he was In
too much Of a hurry 70 his own good,
TO- he set In drinkin' at the same time,
stead o waitln' till the game was over,
like he'd "a did II he'd a had mo- sense.
An the mo- money he lose in the game
the mo- he drinked till he was nigh bout
all in.
"Tother sucker quit when he seen
how things was gwine, but O co'se they
couldn't nobody say nothin' to Spots
wood. bein's Southern gemman had
the right to 20 to the devil any way he
wanted to. an wouldn't stand To- no.
body to interfere. Anyways. Blithers and
Gurley win heap O. money often him
afo' he got 20 . Z he couldn't hold the
cyards In his hand. an his niger took
him away to his room.
when We come to New Orleans they
was cnsid'able a.diddin', but nobody
'peared to understand 1t rightly till later
on. Miss Spotswood come out a-lookin'
TO- her brother, but him an his Niger
was In his room an 'peared like she
had some trouble hndin' out where he
was. Then long come Blithers. an
when he seen her he went right up an
spoke to her. They want nobody
knowed what they said. but they had
c'nsid'able OF a talk atween 'em. an
then all Of suddint they walked of
together an goin asho' they done got
into carriage an drove away.
Fur IS / ever heerd. this here Miss
Spotswood hadn't never been nothin' to
Gurley no mo n Just q quaintance. He
hadn't never tried to be her sweetheart
nor nothin', but Just nachully he'd
knowed her ever since she was horned,
him bein' raised in the same parts where
she was. 50 yo' wouldn't "a reckoned It'd
"a been no mo- to him what Blithers done
to her n II It d "a been some other
woman. but 'peared like he didn't take
II thataway.
HE come out on deck Just alter they
done drove away an Just nachully be-
gin to look round To- Blithers. Feared
like he was c'nsid'able s'prised when ne
done heerd he d went asho', an he done
asst one O. the Mggers on the boat some-
pin bout It. an the niger done told
him how Blithers an Miss Spotswood
had went together.
HE 'peared 10 be nigh bout stunned
when ne done heerd 1t, an he went alter
| young Spotswood immej!t, but 1t didn't
take him no time TO- to see how he
wouldn't be no good to nobody To- a
while. Pears he done got UP alter he'd
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dr!nkin again. an he was wuss of n
he had been when he quit the game.
He sho got quick action TO his money
that trip.
go co'se Gurley knowed he'd be
token care OF. seeln how his own mig
ger was along, but peared like ne didn't
give a boot what become o. him when he
found he want in no c'ndition to go
alter his sister. He gave one look at
him an done some talkin' what'd sho' a.
meant fight IL Spotswood d understood
Il. an then he went asho' like the devil
done kicked him.
II seen him go up to one o. the hack
drivers on the levee an talk with him
TO a minute or so. an then he jumped
in the hack an drove OF full speed.
Feared like he must "a knowed tol'able
we'll where Blthers was liable TO to go
onder the circumstants. an 1t sho was
lucky. TO 'cordin to what the woman
that KEEP the boarding house done told
me after they want no greet amount O.
time to lose.
She said Blithers done told her how
the gal thought he was gwine to marry
her an he'd went out 70 to git some
body to play preacher. She didn't like
the Job, but she was some skeert a.
Blithers. an he promised to pay her
well, so faint likely she'd "a did nothin'
II Gurley hadn't arrove when he did.
81 dunno what Gurley give her, but
pears she'd ruther earn her money that
away n t'other, an him an her done
told Miss Spotswood what was up.
Just nachully she wouldn't b'lieve II
first Off, but later she broke down c'm-
plete an didn't make no 'bJections when
Gurley done put her in the hack n
sont her to the st. Charles.
HE done took other hack his own
self an went there his self an told the
p'prietor enough TO to make sho' how
Blithers couldn't git at her while she
was there, an then he came back to
the boat, where Spotswood had been put