Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-10-24

SumeQ. Some Keller Dy Jlle name ON
McAdOO, down ter Saint Louee, who's
just COM down from the lead mines,
tor him tibet Joe Kirby got all this
we're property in a game O kyards on
the boat, an tibet it want no square
game either. l didn't git it all straight
| reckon, but accordin' ter the deal
handed me thar wus two dead men
mixed up in the affair-Beaucaire, an
a young army officer. Seems ter me
his name was Knox"
81 didn't hear that"
"Well, enyhow, that's the way Bill
told it. Beaucaire he naturally fell
dead-heart, er som0thin'-an' the
other Teller, this yere army man, he
went out on deck fer ter see Kirby, an
he never cum back McAdoO sorter
reckoned as how likely he was slugged,
an throwed overheard. An then, on
top all that, we're sent up yere in the
night like a passed. O. thieves ter take
these niggers down ter Saint Louee.
What do yer make ov it, Jake?"
"Wal," said the other slowly, his
mouth evidently loaded with tobacco.
81 amt never asked no questions since
wus made sheriff. I'm dom whit
the court says, Klrbys got the law
on his side-no doubt bout that-but
| reckon as how he knows it wus a
durn mean trick, and so he's Sorter
skeered as ter how them fellers liyin'
down ter the Landin' might act. Thets
why we tied up ter the shore below
town, In the mouth o tibet crick, an
then he'd ter hoof it up yere in the
dark. OF course we got the law with
us, but we wanter pull this job off an
not stir up no fght-see?
"Sure," dlsgustedly. 81 reckon l
know all that; l heerd the jedge tell
yer how we must do the job. But
why's Kirby in such a sweat ter git all
these niggers down ter Saint Louee?"
"Ter sell 'em, an git the cash. Onct
they're outer the way there won't be
no row. He'll let the land yere lie
idle fer a year or two, an by that time
nobody'll care a whoop how he got it,
But he's got ter git rid O. them mig
gers right away
"Well, who the h-s goin' ter pre-
vent? They're his'n, amt they? Thai
amt no Black AbolitiOnists round
yere, l reckon"
"Seems sorter queer ter me-" admit
ted the sheriff, "but did get little
outer that Teller Carver comm up
Carver is SOM sorter partner will
Kirby-a capper, reckon. 'Tain't the
niggers tibet are maxim the trouble
leastways not the black 'uns. No
bOdy's likely ter row over them. II
seems that Beaucalre kept quadrOOr
housekeeper, slave, O course, an
while back she Civ birth ter a child
the father o the infant bein' Judge
Beaucaires son. Then the son skipped
out, an amt never bin heard frun
slnce-dead most likely, fer all this
wus twenty years ago. Course the
child, which wus girl, Is as white as
| am-maybe more so. / amt never
set eyes on her, but Carver he says
she's good lookin. Enyhow, thu
jedge he brought her up like his owl
daughter, sent her ter school in Sain
Louee, an nobody round yere ever
suspected she wus a niger. l reckon
she didn't know it herself"
Eyer mean the girls a SLAYER
Eyer bet That's the law, amt itT
"And Kirby knew about thlsT'
81 reckon he did. sorter Judge
Tim, frum whut Carver sed, that h
wus more anxious fer ter git tibet cir
than all the rest o. the stuff an IT.
her he wants ter git away frum yer,
on the dead quiet, afore Haines e
any o. them others down at the Landlr
kin catch on"
"They couldn't do nuthin'; II tina
amt no papers, then she's his, &C
cordin' ter law. I've seen that trle,
afore now"
"Of course; but what's the use Q
runnin' eny risk? A smart lawye
like Haines could make a devil ov 10
O. trouble just the same, If he took
notion. That's Krby's idee-ter cum
up yere in a boat, unbeknownst to eny
body, tie up down thar at Saunders
an run the whole bunch O. niggers OF
in the night. Then it's done an owe
with afore the Landn' even wakes NJ
l reckon the jedge told him that WI
the best way"
|, There was a moment of silence, tn
first man evidently turning the situa
ton over in his mind. The sheriff ben
across the rail, and spat into the dark
= ness below.
t THE joke of 1t all is" he continue
/ with a short laugh, as he straightene
4 up, this didn't exactly work gu
. 'cordin ter schedule. When W
a dropped in yere we rounded up tn
+ niggers all right, an we got the gil
whar there's no chance fer her ter gi
e away"
as that the one back in the house?
a 81 reckon SO; leastways she to
t Krky her name was Rene BeaucairC
/ an that's how it reads in the paper;
s But thar amt no trace ov her mother
e ner Ov the jedge's daughter, The
amt in the house, ner the nigge
1 cabins. Leaves me in a deuce oy
fix, fer can't serve no papers less W