The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-04-22
CHAPTER xfl-c.-tl-g.s.

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t-s- E1t FER -s- t= [--s q Tie dead
G-.=- az u g-=s--- zsE=L II tel
TeE a-l -e- need -=- E---. -Isl--t such
long story. Iris ye-e joe E.r-y hes
q t-e-. O. nine: Tve E-5~'d hin
long tine. an Res l- e h- O.. IL
Here how @: eli happened. I-e- ---s
e. o. planter Ev.-' down l- Mss---y
a. Place called Bez--z l-=s Ls-+.-.
H-s -e--= E-s Bzz--z--=. z-' Il t=- e
son Ls-=- Bet e C-1+-tz------
c-ssr ] r=-E--- Wa this Ben ----s1
s~ay long =1.le lE1. an 1zvs- c--
tlcz t-t b lstr bar7 azAl11 hin
6 E-rl tstT--1.-a c-zE-o-l slave
give bi--h @. The c-st-1--'s name
F-s Della. an the kid -Cs called
Isele. Git them names In ysr head
OF B@a1-zl-= be knew TIE E-ri WIS
Us so1 : baby, 50 be brought hs- u
long with his C=- LzuE1-s-. =ho WIS
cEE=1 E1-sz. T1=y E-s both r---
ther sane age. an 1ctcty seemed -er
Know r1et Rene v-s niger. Fer
SUI reason C. Bez-clIr= -eTer 81.
n=r fee, Le- The g-a1-0c1 neither.
wal h---y Ls heard tel a. all this
s----7lz- down the river. Te- Sc Il
az Ben B=s--z--e ---- -e-z=-ter f=y
& While. I'll Bert r.. killed 10 e rc-
u New Orleans. reckon be -cv him
Narr o. Tie Story. sI' the rest he picked
up -- Saint L--e=. E-yE1-. II looked
Ike q G. Eac1 thing Ter E.-tT. who
amt Iass.-' 10 many bets or Beau
ca-rs "-s r.-l. an c--s-lz-a be Ov
sport; people who he'd seed The gu-ls
sec they -us h1-L cT EN- beauties an
E-o-s=--he white r-e-lz5 an 5-5=-
pendent fortune left ha- through her
mother. So Kirby. De an feuer
Usuel Carver t.1-hr-----ar-a5 i-
OUT be-wiLr 'eu ter copper or Beau.
CARES coin, an pick up them gur.s
along with IT,"
But how cud they DO the,F"
Luck mostly. ! reckon. an El-fv's
brains The plan wus Ter c.- Beau
ca-rt inter poker game. ease him
long q biz an then break him. land
niesers. an al. They didn't figure
this wud be hard fer be rus dead
game gambler. an played fer biz
stakes II was luck. though. what gfv'
EN- their chance. B=aucal-e he'd sum
mimi claims UP OF the Feyre. an he'd
ter 60 up thar. It's a long I0nes1m-
trip, I reckon, an SO the other two
they went long. They GOT the ou
chap gol1' and comm. an finally cod
died him long TILL be put UP his big
bet on a sure hand. When be found
out whut he'd happened the OF gent got
so excited he flung ft. an died"
Leaving Kirby ownlu' all the prop
ertyf7
Every picayune, niEgers an au. L
wus SUN sweep, an he he'd signed
bills O. sale. want nobody cud eit II
away frum him. Wal Joe be didn't
want fer ter make no fuss. uer scare
the gurl none, SO he went down ter
Saint Louee an made proof o. owner.
ship ofore O 5edge he E10w'd. Then.
with the papers all straight he. an
the sheriff. with Tim yere, the deputy.
run up the river az night Ter serve en-
quietly on 1he dauca-er--hg white
one, E.o.~e. Kirby De didn't aim ter
be seen ar an, bur Just wen. long So
thar wIlut De no mistake. Yer see.
them papers had ter De served afa-e
they cld take away the ul-cers Kir-
by Wus ru.l Ter sell them down river.
an NOT bother bout -Le land fer
awhile. tlu after he'd he'd chance Ter
shine up Ter this yere g.-l E.o.sa. He'd
never seen Aer-a-- elyagH. be got
ther notion l1 bis he'd"
she w-s Tie daughter; the white
cneE
"Sure; be- he'd tile other by law.
Wal. when rley all got thar. nobody
wIs home. Cept one o. tile gur.s. who
claimed fer ter be Reu-rhe one
who WIS niger, rhet Kirby owned.
Nobody Euow'd which vus which. an
80 they he'd ter take her word for il.
They cudu't do uurhln' legal IN they
found the other one, an they Wus
sitrn round waItln' fer her ter turn
up, when the niger CUR. they wus
Watchlu got away
How'd she do lhetT"
Don't nobody seem ter know.
Damn funny story. Way they tell II,
sumbOdy must'r knocked Kirby down
an run of with her. Whoever did II.
stole the boat IN which Kirby an the
sheriff cum up the river, an Just natur-
ally skipped out-the sherif-s niger
an all II wus a slick Job"
"Of course they chased themf"
Best they cud, not KNOWN which