Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-01-02

soldiers are all CUluluS UP AlpAA IAS
South and are bound to force Black
Hawks warriors to the other bank of
the Rock. There will be nothing but
barren country east Of here. What do
you say, Miss Eloise|
Her eyes met mine bravely, without
shadow of doubt in them.
q shall go wherever you say" she
replied firmly; 81 believe you Will
know best"
'Then I decide on this route. Once
we get beyond the swamp those fel-
lows are going to have a hard task
following US, unless they have an In
dian trailer along with them. We
have been here several hours; the
horses must be rested. Let's eat what
we can again and then start"
Kennedy stood up and stared about
us at the disoIate scene, the expires
ion of his face proving his dissatisfac-
ton with the prospect.
90 course, I'm a goin' long with
YER cap" he acknowledged, dryly. y
neger wus no gutter, but this we're
trip don't look so id easy ter
me, fer all thet. I'll wake up tibet
Clark CURL an then saddle the hosses."
| watched him round the corner Of
the cabin, not wholly at ease in my
own mind, then gathered up the map
and replaced it in my pocket aware
that EIoise had not moved from her
position on the grass.
~ he right?" she questioned, look
ing 70 st me. rs there any real dan
ger Of Indians"
"Some, perhaps; It is all Indian
country, north and east Of here-or
has been. l am not denying that but
this danger does not compare, in my
= mind, with the peril which confronts
us in every direction. l am trying to
, choose the least. Our greatest diff
) Guilty will be the lack Of foOd-we
possess no guns with which to kill
game, only pistols, and an exceedingly
| small stock Of ammunition. That ia
. what troubles Tim; that, and his
eagerness to get back down the river
: He fails to realize what it would NEAR
: to you to fall again into Kirby''
e hands,
= do you realizeY
+ ''Do l? It is the one memory which
y controls me. Tell me, am not right
!. You despise the fellow; you are will
y ing to face any hardship so as to es
It cape him?'
IT would rather die than have hin
F.; touch me. Surely you cannot deem /
possible that l could ever forgiven
e No; that would be hard to con
: ceive; and yet wished to hear tn
d words from your own lips. VIII yo'
l. answer me one thing more-why di
you first assume the character Of
d Rene, and why did you repose sue
o instant trust in me?'
:. 'I think I myself hardly knew" sh
e admitted timidly. ut all happened
IT was born of impulse, rather tina
through any plan. Perhaps it was jus
g the woman in me, After my fathe
died, Della thought 1t best to tell u
t, the story of Rene's birth. Ihis-thi
I was such a terrible tale, and later W
a sought all through his private papers
d hoping he had taken some action t
y set those two free, There was n
proof that he had, no mention indeed
n except q memorandum Of intention
l refer the matter to Lawyer Haines 6
the Landing. This merely served
~ confirm what Della had told Us, am
lie as HaiDes had gone to st, Louis, "
were unable to see him. We were q
Of us nearly crazed. So I suggested th'
we run away, and drew money cut {
my private account for that purpos
My only thought was to take q steam
, er up the Ohio, TO some place whci
II we were not known, and begin lii
"a over again. Oh, you cannot undo
4 stand-I had no mind left; only
a blind impulse to save them"
II l caught her hand in mine and he
q it firmly.
Il perhaps I do understand. It w
" my knowledge of this very conditil
II which first brought me TO YOU
U "You heard about rs on the boat
the Warrior? Did father tell yOu|
mo; it was Kirby. He was actuc
ly proud Of what he HAD done-boas
e ed to me of his success. l have new
known a man so heartlesSy concoite
y, Elolse, listen. You may have thong
y this was largely an accident. 1t W
not; it was a deliberately planne
cold-blooded plot. tell you that j
Kirby is of the devils own breed;
is not human. Rcne's father told hi
" first of the peculiar conditions at Bea
al caire."
or, "Rene's father! Does-docs he ST
le- nve?"
re mo; but he did live for years aft
as he disappeared, supporting himself
i'm gambling on the lower river. AT o
re, time he and Kirby were together. I
d. ter he died Kirby Investigated
story in st. Louis and found that
en- was true. Then he laid this plot
ere gain control of everything, includl
ed both of you girls. The man dream
red Of owning Beaucaire, Of possessing
/ it contained. He was willing to ri
everything to carry out his hell-bo
,rd echo,nn and IN rt,in oVprVonp who