Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-22

nobodyTl care whoop hovshs got Il.
But he's GOT ter ~ nd = then ais'
gers right away"
"Well. who the h--s goin' ter PR.
vept7 They're his'n. amt theyf Thar
amt no Black Abolitionists round
we're. reckon"
"Ssems sortsR quesr tse me-" admit
ted the sheriff, ''but I did get . little
outer that Teller Carver comm up.
Carver IL SOM sorter partner with
Kirby--a capper, I reckon. faint the
nlggers tibet are maxim the trouble
leastways not the black 'uns. No.
bodys likely ter row over them. 1t
seems that Beaucaire kept . Quadroon
housekeeper. slave. O. course, an a
while back she CIV birth ter q child,
| the father o. the infant bein' Judge
Beaucnire's son. Then the son skipped
out, an amt never bin heard frunl
sincc--dead most likely, fer all this
wus twenty years ago. Course the
child, which wus girl, II a. white a.
I am---maybe more SO. ] amt never
set eyes on her. but Carver he says
she's good lookin'. Enyhow. the
ledge he brought her up IKE his own
daughter, sent her ter school In Saint
Louee, an nobody round yere even
suspected she wus, a niger. ] reckon
she didn't know It herself"
"Yer mean the girls q SLAYER
eyer bet That's the law, amt iti''
"And Kirby knew about this2"
II reckon no did. I sorter Judge,
Tim, frum whut Carver sed, that he
wus more anxious fer ter git tibet girl
than all the rest o. the stuff; an It's
her he wants ter git away frum yere
on the dead quiet, afore Haines er
any o. them others down at the Landln
kin catch on" ti 80
"They couldn't 40 nuthin', II thar
amt no papers, then she's his, &C
cordin' ter law. I've seen that tried
afore now"
"Of course; but what's the use o
runnin' eny riskf "A smart lawyer
like Haines could make devil ov lot
o. trouble Just the same, II he took a
| notion. That's Kirbys idee-ter cum
up we're In boat. unbeknownst to eny-
body, tie up down thar at Saunders
an run the whole bunch o. niggers off
in the night. Then IT'S done an over
with afore the Landin' even wakes up
I reckon the. jedge told him that wus
the best way"
There was moment Of silence, the
| first man evidently turning the situa.
ton over in his mind. The sheriff bent
across the rail. and spat into the dark
ness below.
"The joke OF 1t all Is" he continued
with a short laugh. as he Strengthened
up, ",his didn't exactly work out
| 'cord!n' ter schedule. When we
dropped in yere we rounded up the
niggers all right, an we got the Cir
whar there's no chance fer her ter gil
away 'tE
| rs that the one bnck in the houseT
II reckon so; leastways she toll
/ Kirky her name was Rene Beaucaire
an that's how It reads In the papers
But thar amt no trace ov her mother
ner ov the jedge's daughter. They
amt In the house. ner the Niger
| cabins Lenyes me In q deuce ov q
fix. fer can't serve 40 papers less We
find the daughter Her names Eloise
she's the heir ct law, an amt got nc
legal right FER ter take them nlggers
away till I DO. Looks ter me like
they'd skipped out. Thar's Kirby an
Carver. comm now. an they're
alone; amt got no truce ov the girl Of
her mother, reckon"
| Where crouched In the shadows
could gain no glimpse of the approach'
| Ing figures. but heard the crunch OF
their boots on the gravel OF the drive
way, and a moment later the sound OF
their feet as.fhey mounted the wooden
steps. Kirby must have perceived the
forms Of the other men as soon as hi
attained the porch level. and his nat
urally disagreeable voice had snarly
ring.
"Thst you. Donaldson! Have either
of those women come baekf"1
NO" and l. thought the sherihfi
answer was barely cordial. 1--WE Amt
seen nobody. What did you learn
down at the Landin'r'
Nothing" savagelH Haven't found
a d trace except that Hainei
hasn't been home sibce before dark
some niger came for him then. Il
that girl safe insldeT
"Sure; just as you left her. but she
won't talk. Tim, tried her again, but
It's no use; she wudn't even answer
him." p
"Well, by Heaven I'll hnd way Il
make her open her mouth. She knows
where those two are hiding. They
haven't had no time to get far away
and ri bring her to her senses before
l am through. Come, on, Carver; I'll
show the wench who's master here. Il
have to lick hef Ike . common mig
ger" az
The front door opened, and closed
leaving the two without standing ir
silence, the. stiffness between then
finally broken by a muttered curse.
drew back hastily, but in silence
eager to get away before the sheriff
and his deputy should return to thei
seats by the porch rail. Ny origina
plan Of warning the women of tn
house Of their peril was blocked, com
pletely overturned by the presence o
these men. Beyond ali question thos
had hoped. to serve were alread
aware Of their position--someone ha
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