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CHAPTER XI.
Th Story of Eld Clark.
The next two hours dragged dread
fully alow. In spits of my pretenae at
steady work, aud the fact that my
thought were continuously occupied.
A cautions .whlaper, anundlne almost
at my very ear, caused me to glance
up quickly, startled nt the unexpected
sound. I could perceive nothing, al
though I Instantly felt convinced that
whispering voice had Issued from be
tween the narrow slats defending the
small stateroom window. No one was
in sight along the deck, and the rag
I R8 wielding hung limp In my hand.
"Who was It that spoker' I ven-tur-sl,
the words barely audible.
"Ah did the prisoner in the state
room. Have both those men gone?"
Tea; I am here alone. You are a
woman? You are Rene Bonuealre?"
"No, Ah am not her; but Ah know
Whnr Bene Beauralre Is."
"Yon know Tell me first who you
re."
"Elsie Clark. Ah am a mulatto, a
free negroes. Ah bin helpln' Mussa
Shrunk, an' cookln' fer him. Yer
know whut It wus whut happened
v down tharf
"I know part of It, at least that
Shrunk has been killed. I was at
Shrunk's cabin and found the bodies.
Tell me exactly what occurred there."
"Whut's yer name?"
"Steven Knox; I am a soldier. Rene
must have told you about me."
"No, sah; she never done tol" me
nuthln'. Ah didn't much nior'n see
her enyhow, fur as thet goes."
"Not see her! Then she Is not con
fined there with you?"
"Wlv me? Dar ain't nobody con
fined yer wlv me. Ah Just ain't st)t
eyes on nobody since Ah done got on
board, 'cept de cook. Ah reckon dem
white men aim fer ter tote me soufe.
an' sell me fer a slave; dat's why All's
locked up yere dls way. But Ah sure
does know whnr dls yer Bene Beau
calre wus."
"Where?"
"W'al, sah. It wus "boot like dls:
Long 'bout three o'clock In de mau
nlng ol' Bill Sifces com up'fruin de
lower pint, a-drivin' his kivered wag
on, an' made Hassa Shrunk git up out
er bed fer ter git him anoddpr team o'
bosses. Don dey done routed me up
fer ter hustle up sum grub."
"Slkes; who was Sites?"
"He lives down by de lower pike,
sah ; he's an abolitionist, sah."
"Oh, I see; be and Shrunk worked
together. He helped with the runaway
slaves."
"Yes, sah. Ah's bin called np thet
way afore. So Ah Just nat'larly went
tt-r work cookln', an' purty soon dey
all ov 'em cum stragglln' In ter de
cabin fer ter eat. Dar was four ov
'em, ssli," her voice a husky whisper.
"Bill Slkes, tot in' a gun In his han', a
free nigger whut dey called l'ete. an'
two wluimln. De bigger one was a
quadroon., maybe 'bout forty years ol',
an' de odder she wan't much more'n
a gal ; an' dtir wan't nuthln' ov de nig
ger 'bout her, 'cept It raought be de
hair, an' de eyes dem was sure bluck
'nough."
"You learned who they were?"
"Course Ah did. Slkes he 'xplulned
oil 'hont 'em ter Massn Shrunk, an' Ah
heerj whut he Red. Ah was a waltln'
on "em. We nil ov us helped fer ter
put 'em In de wagon, hid undeh a lot o'
truck, an' den Slkes he done drove 'cm
out thro' de bluffs. Ah done walked
wlf de gal, an' she tol' mor 'bout her
self, an' wluir sha cum frunv; an' dat
wus her name, sah."
"Her name? What name?"
"Hene Beaucalre; de quadroon wom
en, she wus her mother."
I could scarcely voice my surprise,
the quick throbbing of my heart threat
ening to choke me.
"She claimed that name? She actual
ly told you she was Hone Beaucalre?"
"She sure did. Why? Wan't thet
her name?"
"I do not know," I confessed. "Per
haps I shall understand better. If you
go on. What happened after they
left?"
"Why, we Just went back ter bed,
an' 'long 'bout daylight, I reckon, sum
fellara cum ashore off a steamboat, an'
done broke Inter de house. We never
done heerd 'em till dey bust in de dore.
One oh dem tie knocked me down, an'
den Ah saw Hassa Shrunk kill one,
nfore dey got him. Ah don't know
Just wnnt did cum oh de free nigger;
Ah reckon mavlic he run awav. Dar's
b foliar on hoard yere whut killed
Mussa Shrunk; an' he's de same one
viiut made me cum 'long wid him. A
smooth-faced man, sorter tall like, all
dressed up, an' who never talks much."
"Kirhy Joe Klrhy, a river gambler."
"Dat's de name Kurby. WaP, he's
tie one whut wag lookln' fer dls yere
gnl, Rene Beaucalre. lie wanted her
pow'ful bad. Dey hunted all 'round
fer ter git hoi' her, cussln' un' llireut
cnin', an' a hnulln' me round; but
'twnn't no sorter use. So Anally dey
took me 'long ter n boat In de crick a
keclboat, run by steam. Most de odder
men disappeared ; Ah never did know
whar dey went, but dls yere Kurby
done shut me up In dc cabin. Ah don't
know mi"-!) vvlint did lisi'GSP. after
Devils Own,
ABomottwof & Black Htwk War
JUiKor of CWJ,a" SJ. of O-IBrJ
dat. til "bout de time de steamboat
done hit us; an' "bout-it next thing
Ah wus yanked up yere on deck."
"But there was another woman on
the keclboat when It was sunk a pris
oner also. Surely you must have seen
her," I Insisted.
"Ah saw her yaa." eagerly. "But
Ab don't know who she wus, sab, nor
whar she ever cum frum."
"Then alio Is not there with you?"
"No, sah; Ah's yere all 'lone. Ah
reckon, thu', she sure mus' bo on board
sumwhur. All what Ah docs know Is,
dut de gal called Bene Beaucalre sure
ain't on board; fer she, an' her mat),
am at Boardstown long fore ills, an' a
headln' right smart for Canady; while
Ah's headln' fer down soufe. Ah's Just
told yer all dls. Mister White Man,
'cause you'8 a frlen" oh de Beuurutres
yer wus, wusn't yer?"
"Yes," I said soberly, "I am; and. If
I can find any chauce to help you. I
am going to do It, Klsle. Don't talk
any more the captain Is Just coming
out of the pilot house."
As greatly as this brief, hastily
whispered conversation had served to
clear up certain puzzling mutters In
luy mind, the total result of the Infor
mation thus Imparted by Klsle Clark
only rendered the situation more com
plex and punllng. Evidently the other
prisoner had not been confined on the
upper deck, but had been more secure
ly hidden awny below, where hr pres
ence on board would better escape de
tection. For what purpose? A sinis
ter one, beyond all doubt the expres
sion of a vague fear In Kirhy's heart
that, through some accident, her
identity might be discovered, and his
plans disarranged. I comprehended
the part he Intended Elolse Beaucalre
to play In his future, and realized that
he cared more to gain possession of
her. to get her Into his power, than he
did to obtain control of the slave. This
knowledge helped me to understand
the predicament which this revelation
put hlin Into, and how desperately he
would strive to retain the upper band.
If, in very truth, she was Judge.Beau-
calre's white daughter, and could gain
communication with others of her
class, bringing to them proof of her
Identity, there would be real men
enough on board the Adventurer to
rally to her support We were already
jailing through free territory, and even
now he held on to bis slaves rather
through courtesy than law. Once It
was whispered that one of these slaves
was white, the daughter of a wealthy
planter, stolen by force, the game
wonld be up.
Bat would she ever proclaim her
right to freedom? If she was Indeed
Elolse Beaucalre and even as to this
I was not as yet wholly convinced
she had deliberately assumed to be
Rene, doing so for a specific purpose
that object being to afford the other
an opportunity for escape. Why, she
bad not so mnch as trusted me. From
the very beginning she had encouraged
me In the belief that she was n ne
gress, never once arousing the faintest
suspicion In my mind. Nothing, then,
I was convinced, short of death or dis
grace, could ever compel her to COB
fess the truth yet. Klrby might sus
pect, might fear, but he had surely
never learned who she was from her
lips that she was Elolse Beaucalre.
The conviction that this young wom
an was white, educated, refined, the
daughter of good blood no fleeing ne
gress, cursed with the black strain of
an alien race, a nameless slave
brought to me a sudden Joy In discov
ery I made no attempt to conceal.
"Elolse Beaucalre, Elolse Beaucalre"
the name repeated itself on my lips,
as though it were a refrain. I knew
instantly what it ail meant that some
divine, mysterious hand had led from
the very hour of my leaving Fort Arm
strong, and win; Id continue to lead un
til the will of God was done. It was
not In the stars of Kate that such vil
lainy should succeed; such sacrifice ns
bers fall of Its reward.
Nevertheless. In spite of this re
solve, and the fresh courage which had
been awakened within me by the faith
that from now on I bnttled for the love
of Elolse Beaucalre, no Immediate op
portunity for service came. I coulC
only wait patiently, and observe.
I was convinced that Klrby, whar
ever might be bis ultimate purpose
regarding the girl, bad no present In
tention of doing her further Injury. He
contemplated no Immediate attempt at
forcible possession, and would be well
satisfied If he could only continue to
bold her In strict seclusion. The thing
he was guarding against now, and
while they remained on board, was es
cape or discovery.
It was about the middle of the fol
lowing afternoon when the Adventurer
poked her blunt nose around a point of
land, nnd came Into full view of the
squulld hamlet of Yellow Banks. A
half-hour later we lay snuggled' up
against the shore, holding position
amid several other boats made fust
to stout trees, busily unloading, and
their broad gangplauks stretching from
forward deck to bank. The roust
abouts began unloading cargo at once,
a steady stream of men, black and
white, burdened with whatever load
they could snatch up, moving on an
Pollys rn arrow tti" stHT. plunk, and
up the low hank to :h drier summit
It chanced lo bo my good fortune to
escape this labor, having been detailed,
by Mapes to drag boxes, bales and bar-'
rcls forward to where the hurrying
bearers could grasp them more rend.
fly. This brought me close lo the for
ward stairs, down which tho departing
passengers trooped, threading their In
secure way among tho trotting labor
ers. In an effort to got ashore.
Reynolds' troops, nil mllltln, and tho
greater part of them mounted, were mi
extremely sorry-looking lot sturdy
enough physically, of the pioneer type,
but bearing little soldierly appearance,
and utterly Ignorant of discipline. The
men had chosen officers from out their
own ranks by popular election, and
these exercised their authority very
largely through physical prowess.
We hod an excellent lllustrntlon of
this soon after tying up at the landing.
A tall, lank, ungainly officer, with a
face, so distinctly homely as to Instant
ly attract my attention, led his coin
pany of men up the river bank, and
ordered them to transport tho pile of
commissary stores from where they
had been promiscuously thrown to a
drier spot farther back. The officer
was a captain, to Judge from certain
stripes of red cloth sowed on the
shoulders of his brown jean blouse,
but his men were far from prompt In
obeying bis command, evidently hav
ing no taste for the Job. One among
them, apparently their ringleader In
Incipient mutiny, un upstanding 'mlly
with tho Jaw of a prize fighter, took It
upon himself openly to defy the officer,
excliiimlug profanely that he'd be d d
If he ever enlisted to do nigger work.
The others laughed, and Joined In tha
revolt, until the captain unceremoni
ously flung n.T bis blouse, thus divest
lug himself of every vestige of rank.
and proceeded to enforce his authority.
It was a battle royal, the soldiers
crowillrix eagerly about, and yelling
encouragement Impart tally first to one
combatant, nnd then another.
"Kick him In the ribs, Sam!"
"Now, Abe, you've got him crack
the d n cuss' neck."
"By golly ! that's the way we do It In
ol' Salem." -
'He's got yer now, Jenkins, he's ,"ot
yer now good boy, Abe."
Exactly what occurred I could not
see, but when the circle of wildly ex
cited men finally broke npart. the big
rebel was lyln? flat on his hark In the
yellow mud, and the Irate officer was
Indicating every Inclination to press
him down out of sight.
Hnv yer hed 'nough, Sam Jen
kins?" tut questioned breathlessly.
"Then, blame ye, say so."
All right, Abe yer've bested me
this time."
"Will yer tote them passels?"
The discomfited Jenkins, one of
whose eyes was closed, and full of
clay, attempted a sickly grin.
"H I yes," he admitted, "I'd sure
admire ter dew It."
(To Be Continued.)
SPEECH OF DE VALERA
(Continued from Page 3.)
"We are revealing that imper
ial power for what she is, and we
are here asking the American peo
ple to stand by the principles that
are enshrined in American tradi
tions since America became a
nation, to stund by the principles
of Jefferson and Washington.
Remember Washington's message!
Washington was called a traitor,
just as we' in Ireland are called
traitors. Washington was called
disloyal, and there was more ex
cuse for calling Washington and
Jefferson traitors and disloyal
than there are for calling any
Irishman a traitor. U.oud ap
plause.) Ireland Is not a British
colony. Ireland never owed any
allegiance to any king of Eng
land. And so there is a big dif
ference, even, and altogether in
favor of Ireland, between our posi
tion, as far as loyalty and dis
loyalty is concerned; a big dif
ference. It was pointed out In
the debates of '76 in England's
Parliament, it was pointed out by
English Judges there, that Ire
land's case was different from the
colonies.' These Judges held that
England could tax tho Colonies,
because they were Colonies. The
same judges held that they should
really, in justice, not tax Ireland
because Ireland owed them no al
legiance; Ireland wan a separate
nation. But they did. We did not
want to make any difference. We
are willing to stand even where
Washington and Jefferson stood
and they were called traitors.
And do you not think that It was
a noble name to them, that they
rejoiced in It, that as rebels, as
they were called, that they rejoic
ed in it, because they were not
traitors to America? (Applause.)
Washington's Message to Ireland.
"Washington's message to the
people of Ireland at the time
comes to my - mind. He said
"Patriot of Ireland, Champions
of Liberty in all lands, be strong
in hope. Your cause is identical
with mine. I was calumniated
and misrepresented by the loyal
ists in my day. You are misre
presented by the loyalists In yours.
Today my enemies do mo honor.
I have succeeded, and because I
have succeeded they do mc honor.
Hud I failed, I would have de
served the same honor. My honor
comes frdm the fact that I was
faithful to my cause; even when
It appeared to be In defeat. . If
you want to succeed, you must do
likewise.' And the Irish people
have kept to that advice of Wash
ington's. They have been ' faith
ful, even In defeat, because they
know that though they have Buf
fered a number of Bunker Hills,
thoy ahull yet win thulr Yorktown,
too. (Applause,)
,"Aud so toiluy wo are simply
oppoacd by the aamo nilsrepresou-
tatlon, We nru said to bo traitors;
Wo uro said to be disloyal. Oh,
It looks today as If everybody who
loos not love to put Britain mis
tress of thu world Is disloyal.
(Applause.)
Our position, then, with the
American popple Is simply this:
Tho Irish people Imvo voted the
map was there, you saw the re
sult; you huve aeon the cane we
put forward, nnd you know, you
have stood by the principle of
self-determination. We auk you:
whut oxcuse is there for denying
tho Irish people the right of Self
determination today? What rea
son can you give why yon should
not recognize tho Republic of
Ireland? Is It not established
clearly and well by the Irish peo
ple? Tlieso Republican repres
entatives, when thoy were elected,
met In the Parliament in Dublin,
declured tholr Independence, even
us Jefferson and Washington de
clared theirs. Thoy ratified the
proclamation of the Itepuhllc
which was proclaimed In I HI 6.
Aye, and sealed with the truest
seal of sincerity that ever u docu
ment wus sealed by, the blood of
everyone of Its signers. ( Ap
plause.) That document was
sealed with their life blood, lias
been ratified by tho free suffrage
of tour-fifths of the people of Ire-
laud. 1 usk you, how can you he
Americans and deny that tho Irish
Itepuhllc Is established on the only
foundation on which legitimate
government run hu established, on
the will of the Irish people? You
have to decide whether you recog
nize the rule, the Imperial rule,
of England In Ireland, which Is u
usurpation and which Is maintain
ed In Ireland solely by brute
force. You uro tho champions of
right aguiust might. Are you go
ing now, to give your Judgement
In favor of might, when a cuse
such as that of Ireland comes be
fore you? If you do, you set
back the world, fur behind what
It was before the icciint war be
gan. For centuries and centuries
there has been an International
law accepted, a law which Is a
glorification of brute force, a law
which is a ruhhera law. a law
which Is simply canons of ex
pediency devised by robber na
tions to enable them the better to
keep their possessions without dis
turbance ono from another. That
international law In tho past Is a
robbers' law based upon might
und the recognition of might. if
you want lo bring about a reign
of right and Justice, your first
net must he to deny Hint the law
no In w nt all. You know thul It
no lawat All. You know that It
is opposed to the fundamental
human law of right nnd Justice,
which even Jurists, not to say mor
alists, which even Jurists admit Is
more fundamental than any posi
tive law. You have got to destroy
that law. and yqu can destroy It
by incorporating Into it. the principle
that all of the plain people of the
world prayed for during the war.
the principle of self-determination.
(Applause.) You can put that
principle now into international
law by recognizing the Irish re
public and so establishing the first
precedent to It. I mean the first
In order thut there may not bo
a misunderstanding. I mean by
precedent' there, establishing a
prlnclplo by your acting on It the
first time. You know that it Is In
vain to establish artificial coven
ants and It is in vain to estab
lish courts, if the law which these
courts are supposed to administer
is un unjust law. Do you know
thut the more Just the Judges the
more, injustice will they mete out
if tho law which they faithfully
administer is unjust? And so
he beginning must be with this
law, and tho beginning must he
for you to establish, this principle
of self-determination. If you arc
o want, if tho world, wishing
for this, were lo Invent a case, a
better case for action could not
io invented than the Irish case,
and your action means .for the
world very much more than the
freedom of one smull people. It
means that for the first time In
history a positive . step will have
been taken, a positive step along
the lines , of Justice on interna
tional questions. You will be es
tablishing justice as the basis for
settlement of international dis
putes. Why shouldn't you do It?
Isn't it thut England would be of
fended? I have said repeatedly:
Of course England would be of
fended. Whenever wasn't there a
robber that was offended when
justice came along and said that
he must give up the goods that he
stole? (Laughter and applause.)
Of course England will be offend
ed, but are you to be prevented
from doing in your own right
that which you chose, simply be
cause England threatens to be of-'
fended What would you think of
the man who, seeing a straight
course of justice before him, were
going to be prevented from doing
it simply because somebody had
the impertience to tell him that
he shouldn't do it, that if ho did
this other person would be of
fended? Well, If tho man was a
weakling, If he was a smull man,
he might excuse himself by saying,
'I'm afraid;' and if you were a
small nation I would have very
little hope that you would recog
nlzo the .Republic of Ireland, be
cause I would have said, 'Well,
you miirht be willing to do it, but
you will have ' to face superior
force, and you might be afraid.'
Hut. thank Cod. this nation, the
biipreme. Court of the world today,
to whom we ure coming with our
cane, is no small nation. (Loud
applause. ) .You can't bo deterred
from doing that which you consid
ered right, whim you huvo uiljudg
ml It to ho right, You can't ho
deterred from doing Justice simply
because you will ho afraid, You
are a nation of over u hundred
millions. Whet) we worn usked
why wouldn't wo enter the war
and fight (or freedom, and then
when the fight was over, nee thai
we got It, I said. Thfnrtutintoly,
we ure a small nation. We, If we
fought, could hit cheated at tint
ouil.' i on w hen you fight. If yon
a ro determined (hut you will not
ho cheated, you cuiiunt lie itheuted,
You are a power today, und you
know It, ho great Hint no nation
In Europe would dure to attack
you. (Loud applause.) You know
thut England, particularly would
not duro uUack you, (Applause)
An American said to me inuro than
mice, Them la no fear that Eng
land will declare war on un. In
order lo fight us she would first
have to borrow tho money from
us.' ILuiighlur and applause,)
So that you run ho Just, bm'iiiise
you can be Just without fear,
What Amei'lciiii Money Is I'mhI For
I hnvo spoken of money. Eng-
land has got much money from
you. You guve It as a fight for
liberty. Did you mean It to be
applied, sixty million dollars of It,
to be used to support u sliiuilliig
army In Ireland to crush liberty
In the Irish nation? (Cries of No,
No. No, from I lie audience.) Did
you give, many inure millions of
It, to maintain standing armies In
India? or to starve, In ono year,
thirty-two millions of Indians?
Are these Indians not human be
ilias. 'as well as we are? Is tin
Indian mother, with her dead child
on her breast starving, not a hu
man being us well us any mother
here? We In Ireland know whut
It Is lo be starved by Englunil. We
too. were starved In a land of
Plenty, whim that land wus pro
ducing more than was needed for
our people. Today your money In
used not merely In Ireland, hut II
is Hied In India to starve these
Indians thut huve a right to their
country; and your money Is used
to maintain an army of occupation
In Egypt that Egypt which Eng
laud stole that Egypt which she
got to fight for her und then as
a reward herumc Egypt's protec
tor. Cod help Egypt with such
a protector! (Luughter and up
pluiisui. Aye. and the kind that
protection has been, that since the
armistice a thousand Egyptians
nave been murdered by British
bombing planes. Did you give
your money for that? (Cries of
"No. No." from tho audience.)
We know that you didn't give
your money for thut. anil wo know
thul'you wouldn't lend your money
to Englund to fight yourselves,
and certainly there Is no fear thut
England would declare war upon
you.
"What I would like to Impress
upon you all tonight Is that in
this question it means the begin
ning of a new era If you take the
step which Justice and your own
hearts will dictato to you that you
should take. You will do the
greatest thing. tint was ever done
In history to stop wars. Your
president said that the foundation
of wars must be swept assy, and
he pointed out that that founda
tion was the holding by empires
of nations in political servitude
against their peoples' will. You
sen It all. then. You sou I hut you
will end urs If you do that which
wo ask you to do und which I
think every person, fair minded,
here, who hus not been prejudiced
by misrepresentations of Ireland
und the Irish people will do;
everyone of you remember that
you havo got BrllNh propa -andii.
you have Imbibed without knowing
it; for five yenrs Ireland was cm
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Ida thing hern, so tiny things In
Ireland by Hie press have been A
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Quality.
Our Workmanship Is Careful
and Efficient.
Let Us Convince you it
pays to have
SHOE REPAIRING
done properly
CHAMPION
SHOE SHOP
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Wright H'llol Wdr
To Car Owners
If your car noeds repair
ing, why not have it done
.by an experienced mechanics-one
who has had
years of experience.
My aim it to kae every euitonttr &
fu-d. Gve ne a trial.
A. W. BONTRAGER
J. '15 Greenwood Ave.
Phone Red 'Ml