The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-02
CHAPTER xII-continued.

break the law, fer as | know. IT..
Jsist got fer ter be done on the deaC
quiet an no question asked. I'll tel
yer all yer need ter know. 'Tain't such
long story. This yere Joe Kirby he's
frien' O. mine; I've know'd him q
long time, an he's in a h of fix
Here's how it all happened: Thar wus
an OF planter Twin down in Missoury
at a place called Beaucaire's Landin.
His name wus Beaucaire. an he he'd a
son named Bert, gOod-fer-nuthins
cuSs. | reckon. Wal. this Bert ruined
away long while ago. an never cum
back but he left baby behind him
a CURL baby-which a quadrOOn slave
give birth to. The quadroOn's name
WIS Della. an the kid wus called
Rene Git them names in yer head
or Beaucaire he knew the CURL wus
his sons baby, so he brought her up
long with his own daughter, who wus
named Eoise. They wus both bout
Their same age, an nobody seemed ter
know tibet Rene WIS a niger Fer
sum reason oil Beaucaire never set
ittt lltts utf lHt QuduIOOl DGllilCis
Wal. Kirby he heard tell o. all this
sumwhar down the river. Yer see he
an Bert Beaucaire run tergether fer
a while, till Bert got killed in a row
In New Orleans. | reckon he toll him
part O. the story. an the rest he picked
up in Saint Louee. Enyhow. it looked
like d good thing ter Kirby, who
amt passin' up many bets. or Beau
caire wuS rich. an considerable Ov a
sport; people who he'd seed the gurls
sed they wus both ov 'em beauties an
Eloise-the white one-hed an indie
pendent fortune left her through her
mother. So Kirby. he an Teller
named Carver-a tin-horn-planned it
out betwixt 'em ter copper oil Beau
CARES coin. an pick up them gurls
along with it,"
'But how cud they do thet?"
Luck mostly. | reckon. an Kirbys |
brains. The plan wus ter git Beau
caire inter a poker game, ease him
long a bit an then break him, land. |
niggers. an all. They didn't figure |
this wud be hard, fer he wus a dead |
game gambler. an played fer big |
stakes. II was luck. though. what Civ
'em their chance. Beaucaire he'd sum |
mimi claims up on the Fevre. an he'd |
ter 20 up thar. It's a long. lonesOm'
"trip. I reckon, an so the other two
they went long. They got the OIL
chap goin' and comm, an finally cod
died him long till he put up his big
bet on sure hand. When he found
nut whut he'd happened the Of gent got
so excited he flung fit. an died"
Leaving Kirby ownin' all the prop
ertyr
Every pfcayune. nlggers an all. II
wus sum sw eep. an he he'd signed
bills O sale. Want nobody cud git II
away frum him. Wal Joe he didn't
want fer t,'r make no fuss. ner scare
the CURL none. SO he went down ter
Saint L0uee an made proof o. owner
ship afOre a iedge he knOwd. Then
with the paners all straight. he. an
the sheriff. With Tim we're. the deputy.
run up the river at night ter serve 'em
quietly on the daughter-the white
one. ElOise. Kirby he didn't aim ter
he seen al all. hut just went long so
thar wudn't he no mistake Yer see
them papers had ter be served afOre
they cud take away the niggers Kir-
ny WIS gOin' ter sell them down river,
an not bother bout the land fer
awhile, till after he'd he'd chance ter
shine up ter this we're CURL Eloise He'd
haIs-htf OH he
.bet notion in his he'd"
she wus tie daughter; the white
Dne?"
Sure; he he'd the other by law.
Val. when they all got thar. nobody
was home. 'cept one O. the gurls. who
claimed fer fer be Rene-the one
nhO was a niger. tibet Kirby owned 4
Nobody knOw'd which wuS which. an
so they he'd ter take her word for il.
They cudn't do nuthin' legal till they
found the other one. an they wus
sittin round waitin' fer her ter turn
lp when the niger gurl they wus
N&:chin got away"
How'd she do thet?'
Don't nOboddy seem ter know.
Damn funny story. Way they tell it,
muSt'r knocked Kirby down
an run off with her. Whoever did it.
stole rhe boat in which Kirby an the
sheriff cum up the river an just natur-
ally skipped out-the sheriff'S Niger
m ALL II wus slick job"
"Of course they chased them?"
Best they Gid. not KNOWN which
way they'd gone. They reckoned the
yhol' bunch must'r got away tergether, K
% the sheriff he started fer Saint /,
once. an the others got onto troop n,
,oat what happened ter cum long. and
rarted north Long bout the mouth Of
" the Illinoy they caught up S'ith ii
named Shruno. They II
led fight in an about his cabin. an n
uln KILN. Two ov the wOmin got "
way. but Kirby an Tim got hold o N
his CURL what he'd claimed ter be oi
tene. TN muatto cook who WIS 81
workin' fer Shrunk. | reckon maybe
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