Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-11


"Sure; he bed the other by law
Wal. when they all got thar, nobody
wus home, 'cept one O the gurls, who
claimed fer ter be Rene-the one
who wus q nigger, thet Kirby owned
Nobody know'd which wus which, an
so they he'd ter take her word for 1t
They cu2n't do nuthin' legal till the!
found the other one, an they WI:
slttio rouni waitin' fer her ter turf
up, when the Niger girl they Wis
watchin' got away" :,
How'd she do thet?"
'Dor't nobody seem ter know.
Damn funny story. Way they tell it,
sumbody must'r knocked Kirby down
an run off with her. Whoever did 1t,
stole the boat in which Kirby an the
sheriff cum up the river, an just natur-
ally skipped out-the sheriffs nigger
an all. 1t wus slick job"
!"Of course they chased them"
sBest they cud, not KNOWN which
way they'd gone. They reckoned the
who'll bunch must'r got away tergether,
so the sheriff he started fer Saint
Louee, an the others got onto a troop
boat what happened ter cum long, and
started north. Long bout the mouth
Ov the nlinoy they caught up with a
nigger-stealer named Shrunk. They
he'd O fight in an about his cabin, an
sum killin'. Two ov the womin got
away, but Kirby an Tim got hold O.
this CURL what he'd claimed ter be
Rene, an a mulatto cook who wus
a.workin' fer Shrunk. I reckon maybe
yer know the rest"
81 know they wus run down by the
Adventurer, an hauled aboard. But
how did Kirby learn his prisoner wus
white? Did she tell him."
"I should say not. 1t wus the mu-
iatto cook who told him, although, 1
reckon, he he'd his doubts afore tibet.
I knew she wusn't no niger the furst
minute I got eyes on her-they CANT
fool me none on niggers; wus raised
'mong 'em. But so fur's the gurPs
concerned, she don't know yet tibet
Kirby's found out" He emitted a
weak laugh. ut sorter skeered Joe
ter be caught way up yere in this kim
try, kidnappin' white gurl. He didn't
know whut the HI ter do till give
him q p'irter."
"You were the one who suggested
marriage?"
oval, I sed she cudn't do nuthln'
'gainst him Onct he wus married to
her. I thought O. thet right away.
Yer see this wus how it happened
Kirby sed he'd like fer ter marry her,
an I sez, why not, then? Thar's an
OF bum ov q preacher yere at Yellow
Banks, q sorter hanger-on ter one O.
them militia companies, what'll do eny
d-n thing I tell him to. got the
goods on him, an he knows it. d.
"But she wouldn't marry me- he
says; yer don't know thet gurl.'
"Don't II asked sarcastic. 'WaT,
thar amt no gurl ever see yet tibet
won't marry q man if the right means
are used. How kin she help herself:
Yer leave it ter me-" ~
"And he consented?"
"He wus d-n glad to, after / told
him how it cud be done. But Tim
he wudn't go in with us, an thets
why we got ter have anuther man
Come on over ter the bar an have q
drink, Moffett; them other fellers are
goln' ter eat now"
The diversion gave me opportunity
for moments thought. The plan was
a diabolical one, cold-blooded and des
perate, yet 1 saw no certain way OF
serving Eloise, except by accepting
Rale's offer. I did not even know where
she was concealed, or how could lay
hands on Kirby. The genial Rale
pushed out a black bottle and we
drank together.
"Wal," he said, picking up the con-
versation where it had ended, quite
satisfied with his diplomacy, and wip'