The Arvada enterprise., 1920-04-01
cnAsrEa x,'-cs"sl"ssl.

II, thar amt really - names
. Fisk ct oil. Yer dea't even hav' To
brssk he law. fer - ! know. 1T
5ust st ssr ter be done On the dead
quiet. - - question asked. III tell
ysr ~ yer need ter know. 'Tain't such
Isag story. This yers Joe Kirby hs'a
Q fEAan' . nine: I've know'd him Z
Isag t1De. ~ he's b b. Of Q ax.
Dsesis Asw II an happened: Thar wua
a. ~ plastss nvin' down in Missoury
ct Q Daaes called Bsascairs's Lasdin',
His saDs W. Bsaseaifs. an ~ bed q
sea nana1 Bert . eeedEsr-suthins
eaas, ! naGkoa. Wal, tAls Bert ruAned
away Q lsag While 80. a. sever csm
bsek ). ~ be ~ . baby behind Min
Q suss baby-wAieA . suadrooa slave
g1ve I'M 70. TAs Quadroon's name
We 0o11a. a. tie kid wus called
Rsoe. q thsu names In ysr head.
or 2aansaiss b knew the guri wus
bic seo's baby. - ~ brought her up
1ssg With ~ OWE daughter. who wus
na0a1 Dleiss. They wus both bout
thsF aaDs sgs. ~ nobody seemed ter
know TT Rene wus . Niger. Fer
su0 soaosa e. Bsaucaire never ~
her ~. ssr ~ quadroon neithss.
Vel, kitty ~ heard tell o ell this
Gsmwhaf 1ewn tie river. Yer 80 be
a. Bsft Bsavcalrs run tersether fer
Q W10a. ~ Bert got killed In . row
b New Orleans. reckon hs tol' him
Dase . ~ aeesy, an The rest b. picked
- u 1nlnt Losee. Enyhow, II looked
M. g. esod tAing ter Kirby. who
aio4 Haala' up nasy bsts. or Beau
ea1ss Wss rich. an Considerable ~ q
ssst: Dssoas Who bed SEED he ssria
81 ~ vUs both ~ EN- beauties an
1e6oe-tAs white eos-hed A inds-
pan1nt fsstuss lsft hsf through hss
na0se. b kitty. he ~ q Teller
no0ed CaFvsr-a tin.horn-planned II
81 be4Wixt EN- ter copper a. Bsau.
ea1Fofe oslA, an pick Up them gurls
alsog M n"
~ NV ed they DO thstr'
Lea Dssay. reckon. en- Kirby's
Asalns. TAe paaa wus tse sit Beau
caiee ln1as q pskse game, ease him
1eaG Q 1T. a. thsn break him. land.
aAoDosa. ~ ah. Thy didn't figure
~ W. - hard, fer he wus q dead
OaOs oAnbass. a. played fer big
staksa. II Was lsek. though. what CIV
- tAoif chance. Beaucaire he'd sum
0en4D' c1alas up o. the Fevrs. an he'd
~ - - thar. It's Q loas. lonesom'
~ ] FeeAsa. a. - the other TIVE
~ weat 1eag. They got the o.
dAaD 0sia' ~ esnia'. an finally cod.
~ M 1oas tili he put up his big
~ - . ssFs Aaad. When he found
81 WApt hsd Aappened Tie OIL gent sos
- s9Gbesd - AsAg Q q. an died."
"LseviAg' Kirsy swnis' oil he prop
.srUw
'Dvesy picayvas. aiggers an all. Il
90 sua swsap. IN ~ he'd signed
bllls . saja. Ws's't sebody cud GIT Il
ovaa fsH0 hin. WAL Joe he didn't
Woat ~ ~ mako ~ fuss. ner scare
~ ~ .Hsas. - he went down ter
0a1De kssss an made proof o owner.
senD aesrs . jedss be know'd. Then.
Nm tAe papers oil stFaight. he. an
~ shsfi6. WITH Tim yers. the deputy.
~ - TIE river at night tsf serve EN-
0uooe1y - the daughtsr-the white
80. Dleise. Kirby he didn't aim ter
~ sesa At all. but Just went long 10
thar wDdn't b no mistake. Yer see
thB0 papers bad ter be served afors
tbey cad take away the nigsers. Kir-
~ WIS gsin' ter sell them down river.
~ ~ bother bout the land fer
aWhtle. till after he'd he'd q chance ter
chine up Ter this yere guri Eloise. He'd
ssver seen her-but. enyhow. be got
thet notion In his he'd"
"0Ae wus the daughter: the white
oasr'
"0sre; he he'd the other BY law.
wei. when they all got thar. nobody
wug home. 'cept one o the surls. who
clAl0ed fer ter be Rene-the one
who wus niger. tibet Kirby owned
N0body knsw'd which wus which. an
10 they he'd ter take her word for Il.
they cudn'i do nuthin' legal till they
foaad the other one. an they wus
sittiA' round waitin' fer her ter turn
UP, when the Niger guri they wus
Wotcnln GOT away.
How'd she do thetr'
Don't nobody seem ter know.
Daun funny story. Way they tell It.
sumAs1y must'r knocked Kirby down
a. run on with her. Whoever did II.
stoie the bos, In which Kirby an the
sheriff cum up the river an Just natur-
ally skipped Out-the aherifYs Niger
90 all. II wus slick Job"
''Of ceur*e they chased them?"
"Beei they cud, not KNOWN which
way they'd gone. They reckoned the
Who'll bunch must'r got away terEether.
- :he sheriff he started fer. Saint
l.oaee. an' the others got onto q troop
beat what happened ter cum long. and
started north. Long bout the mouth
% the lllinoy they caught UP with .
nieger- stesler named Shrunk. They
bed . aght In an about bis cabin. m
sam klilis'. Two ov the womin got
AVay, but Kirby az Tim got bold o.
THE gvrl what he'd claimed ter be
14oA. AZ . mulatto cook who wus
49, -