Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-01-09

give birth to. u
wus Della. an
Rene. Git them
or Beaucaire Ifez
his sons baby,
long with his ON
named ElOise.. I'll
Their same age, an
know thet Rene VI
sum reason OF Bel
her free, ner the a.
Wal, Kirby he heard
sumwhar down the rive
an Bert Beaucaire run
a while, till Bert got i
In New Orleans / reck0
part O. the story, an the re-
up in Saint Louee. Enyhow,
like a d good tf1frg, ter Kir
amt passin' up many bets.>~Ol
caire wus rich, an considerably
sport; people who he'd seed the gS
sed they wus both ov EN- beauties>}
ElOise-the white. one--hed an ind
pendent fortune. left her through b
mother. So Kirby, he an fel
named Carver--a .tin-horn planned
out betwixt -'em ter copper oil B
CARES coin. an pick up them
along with it" -.
But how cud the |thetw
Luck mostly, re nan' =
brains. The plaa~ y
caire inter- poker
long bit, an they
niggers, an all.
this wud be hard. fe
game gambler, an
stakes. 1t was luck, q ~
'em their chance. Bed |lm
minin' claims up on the rVUlNg( he'd
ter go up thar. It's a long, l1Hesom'
trip, I reckon, an so the Other two
they went long. They got the OF
chap goin' and comm an finally cod
died him long till he put up his big
bet on sure hand When he found
out whit he'd happened the OF gent got
so excited he flung fit, an died"
Leaving Kirby ownin' ali the prop
erty?"
Every picayune, niggers an all. 1t
wus sum sweep, an he he'd signed
bills O. sale. Want nobody cud git it
away frum him. War Joe he didn't
want fer ter make no fuss, ner scare
the CURL none, so he, went down ter
Saint Louee an made proof o. owner-
ship afOre a jedge he know'd. Then,
with the papers all straight, he. an
the sheriff, with Tim yere, 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
be seen at all, but just went long so
thar wudn't be no mistake. Yer see,
them papers had ter be served afore
they cud take away the niggers. Kir--
by wus goin ter sell them down river,
an not bother bout the land fer
awhile, till after he'd he'd a chance ter
shine up ter this we're CURL Eloise. He'd
never seen her-but. enyhow, he got
thet notion-in his he'd"
"She wus the daughter; the white
one?"
Sure; he he'd the other by law.
Wal. when they all got thar, nobody
wus home. 'cept one o the gurls, who
claimed fer ter be Rene-the one
who wuS niger, tibet Kirby owned
Nobody know'd which wus which, an
SO they he'd ter take her word for it.
They cudn't do nuthin' legal till they
found the other one, an they wus
Sittin' round waitin' fer her ter turn
un when the niger gurl they wus
rSyI taI Sr,s or,,fs oveaxrtt
How'd she do thetT'
"Don't nobody seem ter know.
Damn funny story. Way they tell it.
sumbody mustr knocked Kirby down
am run off with her. Whoever did it,
stole the boat in which Kirby an the
sheriff cum up the river an just natur-
ally skipped out-the sheriff's niger
an all. 1t wus a slick job"
"Of course they chased them?"
BEST they cud, not KNOWN which
way they'd gone. They reckoned the
Who'll bunch must'r got away te-gether,
so the sheriff he started fer Saint
Louee, an the others got onto troop
boat what happened ter cum long. and
started north. Long bout the mouth
oy che Hlinoy they caught up with
nigger-stealer named Shrunk. They
he'd fight in an about his cabin, an
sum killin' Two ov the womin got
away, but Kirby an Tim got hold q
this CURL what he'd claimed ter be
lone, an mulatto cook who wuS
ker Shrunk. reckon maybe
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