The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-12-04

tall each act Of the grim tragedy. The
two revengeful traekers-rif there were
only twor engaged. afor others might
have been recruited onIthe steamer
must have crept up TO the; hut In the
-Aight--er--eafly-- merRit.gs---Pessibly
eleaspeAa es eseps ether
Anyway the fact that Shrunk had
been trapped within the cabin would
indicate the final attach: was sur
prise. The negro might have been
asleep outside and met his death in
ant attehpt .at escapes ssut the ptd
White man, finding flight impossible.
had fought desperately to the last and
had killed one antagonist before re-
ceiving his death blow. This was all
plans enough! bat 8jatlhRd Become of
Kirby, Of the two YomentE7Elolse and
the quadroon rnother?S "' D4i''
B Uncertain whatsto9dp Or how to acts
! could only. turn to the waiting girl
and the negro to tell them what had
foundrGf Tied1 10 st9UbOYn Yof
They listened as though scarcely
comprehending, Sam uttering little
means Of horror, and appearing help
less from fright, but Rene quiet, mere
ly exhibiting her emotion in the white
ness Of her face ahdfquickened bfeathA
ing. Her eyes. wide open, questioning,
seemed To SENSE my ahceftamtH ASH
ended the tale and concluded with my.
theory as to- what had opcprred, fob
lowing the deed of blood. her quick
mind asserted 1itself3i b,9t19C2e
"But this must have happened very
lately; the fire still smoldered, you
said. When do you think that steamer
IcouH havey landed herer 80" z
4 Why, p%h$psl early hast evening. Il
4 "And it b rs hotpecpried to you tbas
she $cat<nAgh{ ha<e waited here WINE
the man Kirby went ashore?"
*Np; that ,eoutd sc9ecelgbeStrue, If
theI steamer was, ira sAortiRgliroops
whit WIS At YOU were thipkihg sdbout?"
Ne N an .dark. Acfcofse," She said
slowly, 1--WE can only guess at what
happened. But to me it seems impos-
,sible thet tbs.ipppy Kirby tqapla) bayeI
accomplished this alone-wfthout as
Sistanee, Tho boat ,Yh ,ssW at the
sis IT stsss 5 iaSds esSs s a az
river. II, as YOU imagine, he knew
tie septdR il fha9 sfeShtr, Gid sbSe
Of the other men aboard were Missou-.
HAAS ah6 defa8d& sl BID 1latkrJo he
would have no trouble ip enlisting
tAsN Shqip ltoj phpyafl his x1paway
slaves. They would be only too glad
R9 b1eaks up IsP, ebolttienisss) pest.
That Is what believe has happened;
tIeSm sfR aa ssssf III p ( Ba s9d 4f
"And you think the prisoners were
taken along? Yet Kirby would not
SYant to transport them up the rvgr."
Ato thm"fssfssFFaf'Fs tohld
away quickly, and there were no other
means available. He could only hope
b&A}d on 1Mtpt5 retli1." snlSfh
Is Sor rs s S2n eyas,nd "
"But what, can we do?"
tShs nbdked atyha tkbf0a chfulIal z
"You should not ask that Of a girl"
Tbsyqds 9uRg ms.i2 Vl99rg.
"No; this is my task. was
.tthSAEhtle3sly lcrusl. Q Neither can Eve
remain here, only long enough to bury
ne tss's f ss sslis A" IL
eggs e 1ffRlnf ~ ssfIIlf ' the esR!PwBf||h
He started on his mission reluc-
tadfiS5 ehduM III EahlhEG coAs SANITY
backward over his shoulder to. insure
himself or DIR tpfesehde ahd carethAy
avoiding any approach to the open
door.
Unpleasant. as our task was It
;prpysd9 tot be- Jesse diHaguft of accom-
pIlshment than 1 had anticipated.
There, We're a blankets, IN the Icabln
hunks, and In these I wrapped the
bQdlasl fheys WERE tool hea1sJ how
ever, for me to, transport alone, and 1t
required ssoine Threatening ito5 induce
Sam to give me the assistance neces-
sary to deposit them in the shallow
grave. Only the fear that / would
lhst have hfmNVftr{ps lohgdt tohBened
IMs jbinjnk mS De was moro fight
ened at the tfoagft of beng sieft AY6he'
than Of contact with the dead. Sam
I }sp s e II I389Sf II se1 "s .ssa It
above the fresh mound, our bent
heads barred to the sunlight, while 1
,epdeayored to repeat brokenly a few
Mory Of prayer. bwRur first neces-
s sssas af$$ ID sa f1l fl
melke hasA,ly 4ke AnR wlrnak3taf
over the open fire. 1t was eaten with
out, no one Of us desiring to remain
in the midst of that scene Of death |;
and the very knowledge that the