Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-07

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along wild me he dug the bullet outer
yer shoulder. an left some truck fer
me ter Civ yer. He's done been yere
three times, sah."
"From Beaucaire Landings that
town."
"a sorter town, sab; bout four miles
down ribber."'
The mentioning Of this familiar
word brought back instantly to my
darkened understanding all those
main events leading up to my pres
ence in this neighborhood. Complete
memory returned, every separate Incl.
dent sweeping through my brain
Kirby, Carver, the fateful game OF
cards in the cabin Of the Warrior, the
sudden death Of the Judge, the mob
anger I sought to curb, the struggle on
deck, my being thrown overheard, and
the danger threatening the two limo.
cent daughters Of Beaucaife. And ]
had actually been lying In this negro
hut, burning up with fever, 4helplessly
delirious, for ten days. What he'd
already occurred in that space OF
time? What villainy had been con.
cocted and carried out?"' 81
"Now see here, Pete" / began ear.
nestly. "How did you learn what my
name was?" -
"De doctah he foun' dat out, sah
He done looked through yer pockets,
sah, an he took two papers whut he
foun' dar away wild him. He done, toll
me as how yer wus an offercer in de
army-a leftenant er sumthin'-an'
tibet dem papers ought fer ter be SIM
ter de gop'ner at onct. De las time
he wus yere he to' me thet he wint
down ter st. Louee hisself, an Done
gif bof dem papers ter Gov'ner Clark.
$50 yer don't need worry none bout
dem no NOR" ar
/ sank back onto the hard pillow,
greatly relieved by this information,
, The burden of official duty had been
taken from me. / was now on fur.
Tough and free to act as ] pleased.
"Have, you picked up any news late
ly from Beaucaire plantation?'
81 heerd dey done brought de body
OBJ de OF jedge home, sah--he died
mighty sudden sumwhar up de ribber.
Thet,s bout all know"
aWhen was this?" EES.s a &
Bout as week, maybe MORN dat.
ago. De Warrior brought de body
down, sah."
"The Warrior? Did anyone &c
ashore with it?"
"'Pears like thar wus two mer
stopped off at de Landin'. I disre
member de names. but one oh 'em wus
an OF friend OBJ de jedge's."
7 turned my head away silently, but
only for moment. The two men were
in all probability Kirby and his satel-
lite, Carver. Doubtless the .Beaucaire
property was already legally in Kir-
by's possession, and any possible
chance I might have once had to foil
him in his nefarious purpose had now
completely vanished.
To be sure I had reasoned out no
definite means whereby I could Cir
cumvent his theft, except to take legal
advice, confer with Governor Clark,
and warn those threatened girls of
their danger. But now 1t was too late
even to do this. And yet 1t might not
be. If Kirby and his confederate be.
lieved that I was dead, were con-
vinced that I had perished beneath
the waters Of the river, they might
feefs Safe in taking time to strengthen
their position; might delay final ac-
tion, hoping thus to make their case
seem more plausible. If Kirby was
really serious in his intention of mar
rying Beaucaire's daughter he would
naturally hesitate Immediately to nc
knowledge winning the property at
cards, and thus indirectly being the
cause of her fathers death. He would
be quite likely to keep this hidden
from the girl for a while, until he
tried his luck at love.-If love failed,
then the disclosure might be made to
drive the young woman to him-a
threat to render her complaisant.
'Do ybu know a lawyer named
Haines"
"Liyin' down at de Landin'? Vas,
sah."
lifted myself up in bed, too deeply
interested to lie still any longer.
'Now listen, Pete" explained ear
nestly. "I've got sufficient money to
pay you well for all you do, and just
as soon as you get me something to
eat I want you to go down to the
Landing and bring Lawyer Haines
back here with you. Just tell him a
sick white man wants to see him at
once, and not q word to anyone else"
"Yas, sah," the whites of his eyes
rolling. "He done know OIL Pete, an
I'll sure bring him back yere."
1t was dark when they came, the
fire alone lighting up the interior Of
the dlngy cabin with fitful glow Of
red flame. I had managed to get out
of bed and partially dress myself, feel
ing stronger, and in less pain as ex-
ercised my muscles. Haines was a
small, sandy-complexioned man, with
q struggling beard and light blue