The Arvada enterprise., 1920-02-05

lust COM down from the lead mines,
tol' him thet Joe Kirby got all this
yefe property In q game O. kyards on
the boat. an thet II want NO square
game either. didn't git 1t all straight.
I reckon, but accordin' ter the deal
handed me thar wus two dead men
mixed up in the affair-Beaucaire, an
q young army ohicer. Seems ter me
his name was Knox"
II didn't hear that"
"Well. enyhow. that's the way Bill
dead-heart. q somsthin'-an' the
other feller. this yere army man. he
went out ON deck fer ter see Kirby. an
he never cum back. McAdoo sorter
reckoned rs how likely he was slugged,
an throwed overheard. An then, on
top all that, we're sent up yere in the
night like passel O. thieves ter take
these niggers down ter Saint Louee.
What do yer make ov 1t. Jakef'
"Wal." said the other slowly. his
mouth evidently loaded with tobacco.
II amt never asked no questions since
I wus made sheriff. I'm doin' whut
the court says. Kirby's got the law
on his side-no doubt bout that-but
reckon AZ how he knows 1t wus a
durn mean trick. and 30 he's sorter
ekeered As ter how them fellers livin'
down ter the Landin' might act. Thet's
why We tied up ter the shore below
town, in the mouth o thet crick. an
then he'd ter hoof It up yere in the
dark. OF course We got the law with
rs. but we wanter pull this job OF an
not stir up no hght-seef"
"Sure," disgustedly. II reckon I
know all that; I heerd the jedgs tell
yer how We must do the Job. But
why's Kirby In such 4 sweat ter git all
these niggers down ter Saint Loueer'
'"Ter sell EN-. an git the cash. Onct
they're outer the way there won't be
NO row. He'll let the land ysre lie
idle fer q year or two. an BY that time
nobody'n care 4 whoop how he got 1t.
But he's got ter git rid o them mig.
gers right away"
"Well. who the h-s goin' ter pre-.
ventf They're hls'n. amt theyf Thar
amt NO Black Abolitionists round
yere. I reckon"
Seems sorter queer ter me-" admit
ted the sheriff. "but did get Q little
outer that feller Carver comm up.
Carver Is SOM sorter partner with
Kirby capper. I reckon Taint ~
nigGers thet are maxim the trouble
leastways not the black 'uns. No
body's likely ter row over them. 1t
seems that Beaucaire kept q quadroon
housekeeper, q slave. o. course. an .
while hack she Civ birth ter q child.
the father o. the infant bein' Judge
Beaucaire's son. Then the son skipped
out. an Amt never bin heard frum
sInce-dead most likely. fer all this
wus twenty years ago. Course the
child. which wus girl, II ~ white ~
am-maybe more 20. amt never
set eyes ON her. but Carver he says
she's good lookin'. Enyhov. thu
jedGe he brought her up like his own
daughter. sent her ter school In Saint
I.ouee. an nobody round yere even
suspected she wus Niger. reckon
she didn't know It herself"
"Yer mean the girls . SLAYER
eyer bet! That's the law. aln't itr'
"And Kirby knew about thisl"
~ reckon he did. I sorter Judge.
Tim. frum whut Carver sed. that he
wus more anxious fer ter git thet girl
than all the rest O. the stuff: an it's
her he wants ter git away frum yers
on the dead quiet. afore Haines er
any o them others down at the Landln'
kin catch on"
'"They couldn't do nuthin'; II thar
sln't no papers. then she's his. &C
cordln' ter law. I've seen that tried
afOre now"
"Of course: but what's the use O.
runnin' eny riskf A smart lawyer
like Hainex could make q devil ov lot
o trouble just the same. II he took Q
notion. That's Kirby's idee-ter cum
up yere In = boat. unbeknownst to eny-
body. tie up down thar at Saunders.
an run the whole bunch O. niGEers OF
In the night. Then it's done an over
with afore the I.andin' even wakes M.
reckon the jedss told him that wus
the best way"
There was . moment Of silence. the
nrxt man evidently turning the situn.
tion over In his mind. The sheriff beat
across the rail. and spat into the DART.
ness below.
The Joke of Il all H." hs eootnued
with . sheet laugh. % b straightened
sp. This didn't exactly work out
'coedia' ~ schedule. When We
dropped b ysrs ~ rounded up the
niggess oil right a. ~ got the giri
wha5 tAsesb ~ chance fss hsf ter 1T
away"
"Is that the ess back 10 the houss1''
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