The Arvada enterprise., 1920-01-29


Beaucaire, the Judges only son. No
one knows where he is, dead or alive"
"De good Lordl An de OIL jedge
never set her freef
The lawyer shook his head, words
evidently falling him.
"But are you absolutely certain of
this7' broke in impatiently. .Have
you searched the recordsr'
'Not only searched them, Knox, but
before he left for the north on this
last trip Beaucaire was in my ONCE,
and practically forced him to ac-
knowledge the negligence. He even
authorized me to draw up the neces-
sary papers for him to sign on his re-
turn-for both Della and the girl.
They are In my desk now, unexecuted.
There is no mistake-Rene Is legally
Q slave, together with her mother"
NY God" I exclaimed. "Could any
one conceive more horrible position
Here IL young girl, educated, refined,
Of more than ordinary attractiveness,
Throchmorton tells me, brought up
amid every comfort, and led to he
lieve herself the honored daughter of
the house, awakening in an instant to
the fact that she Is slave, with ne
gro blood In her veins-a mere chat
tel. owned body and soul by q gam
bier. won in a card game, and to be
sold to the highest bidder. Haines,
I tell you Kirby knew all this-he
either suspected. or had discovered
through some source that Rene Beau
caire had never been set free. For
some reason he desired possession of
both Beaucaire girls: they meant
more to him than either the money or
the property. This card game gave
him one; the other"
"Eloise. you mean9 Did the fellow
threaten herf"
Here Is what he said sneeringly
you can Judge yourself what he meant :
She's worth nifty thousand dollars BY
her mothers will, and I intend to win
her II I can, fair means or FOUL"
Haines did not speak for some mo-
ments. his eyes on my face. Then he
paced back and forth across the floor,
finally stopping before the IRE.
This il ~ near hell ~ anything /
ever knew" he said. land 70 far as
I can see there il no legal way out
Of II. We are utterly helpless to a.
sist,"
I'VE are not" answered hotly, '1f
We are men. There may be no legal
way in which we can beat this villain.
but there Is an illegal one. unless We
are already too late. and I propose
to use 1t, whether you Join me or not.
You are sure the girls are still at tho
plantation house-that they know
nothing Of this condition.
II have reason to believe 20. Della
was buying provisions at the Landing
yesterday; I talked with her Q mo-
ment."
"And you said that Kirby and Car
yer were only In town for one night.
leaving the next morning ON q keel.
boat for st. Louis. My idea Is they
were not quite ready to take poised
don that they have gone to st. Louis
to 6le the papers. and will come back
with officers prepared to execute
them. This means that We must work
fast to get out Of their way"
"What do you propose doingf'
et me ask q question nrst. II It
true that Eloise Beaucaire il heiress
to fifty thousand dollars through her
mothers estatef
"Yes; I invested most Of it."
"In whatr'
"New Orleans property principally" !"
'"Then It Is safe enough whatever
happens. The only thing we can do
IL this: tell those girls and the mother
the whole truth-tell them at once. be.
fore Kirby can return, and then help
them to get out Of this country. II
II not necessary for Eloise to 20. un-
less she desires to. but there Is NO
other safe course for Della and Rene.
They must reach . northern state BE-
fore Kirby can lay hands on them.
Could Della pass for white wOmanr
"Not In the South: still she could
travel ~ Rene's maid. But do not
believe It is possible for the two to
escape in that way. Knox. Understand.
I'd be willing to risk 1t II there wsre
any show. How can It be donef On
the average at this time Of year there
isn't a steamboat along here once =
month. II We did get them onto q
boat they would have to travel
straight south as far as the, Ohio.
Kirby wouldn't he more than 4 day
or two behind them, with friends on
every boat on the river. Illinois In no
free state for fugitive slave~-they
might Just M well be- caught In Mis-
souh as over there. There is not one
chance In q thousand that they make
IT,"
"And less than that II they remain
here for Kirby to get his hands on"
retorted bitterly. "Now look here.
Haines. am going to carry out this
plan alone II you will not back me in
II. am not talking about steam
boats: they could travel by night. and
hide along shore during the day. All
they would need would be two negro
oarsmen. xuficient food. and q boat
big enough to carry them safely. You