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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1910)
mi CAMEO BY BOOTH and MARRY LEON WILSON NOVELIZED FROM TIE PLAY W W.B.M.FERCSUSON Subtle humor, tear impelling pathos, dueling, lynch law, sui cide, attempted murder, gam bling, heart entanglement- and realistic character drawing com bine to make "Cameo Kirby" an unusual play and an unusual novel a cameo of modern fic tion finely graven, richly set; a word cameo by those master craftsmen Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson, whereon are shifting pictures of the old days along the Mississippi when the Natchez ami the Robert E. Lee raced to New Orleans with for tunes at stake; old days when 'gamblers, amateur and profes sional, won and tost almost un believable sums on the river steamers; days when Mark Twain was a pilot and when the real life prototype of Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle held "her noz xle ag'in the bank till the last galoot" was ashore. A well born, well intentioned young man through- association with , bad companions becomes'an accom plished' gambler. Falsely ac- i cased of murder, he meets a I young girl, with whom he falls in love. How vital complications baffle him, how conspiracy places his life in the balance, how the love of a pure woman may work wonders in the regen eration of a man these themes and others give "Cameo Kirby" its thrill, its fascination, i:s pow erful heart interest. ' CIlArTEtt I. JNE card." suld John Randall. quietly, extending a blind an tii' in as wus Ills .voice. iU Tor tue first time lu twen ty-four bourn the debt of Intoxication was paid solely by his eyes. Perhaps the pile of double eagles strewq before 'bliu on the greeu bnlze table conveyed a fugitive mid sobering realization of , t. .!,. h.t.o th fn..f. ns only hard earned money can. that this , tune of making yoh acquaintance sub delightful levltatlon of the senses, this ' rw that, all lu all. my trip to . genial warmth of body and soul, this : New Orleans this year has been very impression that he was a nabob who j lucky-very lucky. sulH-fob I have sold might hazard wlih a care free baud. I my sugar crop foh ten thousand, a was purely fictitious and that the j much higher figure than I reckoned, morning would find him a sepulcber considering the poh price of cane, filled with I lie decaying bones of dead And my luck still follows me by per emotion, -jutf the living worm of re- 1 "'l"1" tllls Indulgence of my favorite morse. Thai pile of gold twiuuimg uuder'tlm i ll lumps In a private state- room of ilit! John W. Shotwell repre sented oue-tenth of his yearly Income, and yet be was blithely staking It on the turn cf a single' card at poker, for that vwu tl game that was bolng plnyed staking It as indifferently as be bad slaked and lost Its predeces sors. lie pulled himself together with the air of one who. guilty of a false start, 1. but the more confident of the fu- pride that his extended band was as ' steady at that of bta Impassive oppo- j nent As the cards lay be was beaten. but luck must eventually change, and four card "Inside straight" was his weakness weakness and strength, for when be drew to one he "filled." "Here'a luckl" said Colonel Moreau k'srtlty. extending the pasteboard. "It's bound to change some time, suh, and even a niggab could beat a measly pair of deuces. I'll take three." Raudall glanced at bis card nud as be laid It far itown nn thn tV Professional Diiectory of Wallowa County TH08 M. DILL ATTORNEY-AMAW f .nt ice first door south of New k Fraternal Uldg, Enterprise, Ore. 1 J , BURLEIGH & BOYD 1 ATTORNEYS-AHAW 1 Practice la all State Courts and J i Interior Department. Careful at-1 T tention to all business. D. W. SHEAHAN LAWYER ENTERPRISE Fractlce In State and Federal X Courts and Interior Department. How about that new suit for the 4th? Funk A Co. are ready to help you out at their sale, June th Don't pats this up. itrove to keep the sudden exultation ' drenTsuB. have "life relklty to regard" from his eyes. But as Moreau spreud j me as the most guileless creation that out his draw, disclosing trash, the the Almighty ever turned out. Bless planter lost bis momentary self con-' their Innocent hearts! They never sus (rol. ! pect wnat 8 thoroughpaced man of "Drew to an Inside straight and . the world 1 am. Why. sub. the advice filled it, by gad:" be cried excitedly, i they give me when I start out on these' "There's the turn in the tide, colonel! ' trips would cover the late Lord Cbes It rarely ever goes back pn me. That's i terfleld with confusion, sub. They what I've been waiting fob. Let me j warn me especially against gambling, draw to a four card Inside straight My son Tom, you know. Is Just: at that and I'll bet my immortal soul that 1 , age when be thinks his father an ama (111 her. Yes, sub." i teur in sin, sub. and. according to him, A satiric gleam flickered in Moreau's 1 the river is a paradise foh pirates" black eyes as be indifferently shoved bis lost bet across the table. "Oue thousand to yoh. sub," be said courteously, stifling a yawn "a most remarkable .example of good fortune A SATIBIO GLKAM FUCKKRED IN MOItKAt's BLACK KY1S. and one that was a-comlng to yoh. Allow me, suh, to drink to the turn 4n the tide." And. tilling the other's glass, he bowed with the most admi rable courtesy and good feeling. "Yoh health, colonel," replied the other thickly, mopping his face with an immense silk handkerchief, "and-' my compliments foh the sentiment, suh. I can return them by adding that the tide hud already turned even oeroa I nu uie incubuio uu bu " -""-" rn mi, fe.ltl, n-ant itmnn anh tnh standing,. My plantation is at Plaque- mine, and" "The Randalls are well known, suh," Interrupted Moreau. with delicate def erence, which went to the point of re- Oiling the other's glass "the Randall, I presume, suh, who so distinguished himself at the defense of the Alamo?" This was stated as a known fact rnthoi Minn a plinnna ahnt. whlrh In . realItv lt w(u j M ' brotncri 8llh.. graVely replied the plttnteri tnr,plng bla ample bren8t as If in order to convey the sentiment that the same noble spark of heroism . but as a man of the world, of co se. smoldered therein, awaiting but a fit- ( yoh would Instantly recognize them." ting opportunity of burning Its own- "Of co'se. suh." heartily agreed the er'a name on the Immutable pages of other. "Aside from all else, yoh pro history. "Peace hath ber victories no fesBlonal gambler may be remarked less renowued than war." be added oracularly, Instinctively reaching for bis gluss, "and It was my fortune to stay ut borne and took after the planta tion while my brother bad it out with the Mexicans. If the Randalls are well known, suh, it is not through me. My yearly trip to New Orleans Is the extent of mi traveling, and mj ch.ll- mmam J, W. McCarmak of Walla, Wall, aftor a few da) a spent In Enterprise, returned to hi home Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis re turned Tuesday' evening from an extended visit to several Washington cities. They came home direct fronn Y'aklma. John L'egga, formerly mayor of Chlco, but recently of Westbrldge, British Columbia, in bore visiting friends and ohl time acquaintances for a week or ton day. Friday he went to Lostlne to visit the mineral prospects. Mr. Peg3 was mining up In British Columbia, CHARLES THOMAS LAWYER ENTERPRISE, ORE. J Practice In State and Federal Courts and Int. Dept. Abstract J BUlg., opposite' court house, someinmg new Klrsh curtain rods and portler poles for the first time in Enterprise. Come In and see then at F. '8, Ashleya. Well, I don't think he Is far wrong." ktterruptcd Moreau, Idly shuffling the cards. "Naturally, this is the great est waterway in the world. , Did yoh ever think of the wealth that passes down here from St. Louis'' to New Orleans, the fortunes that ere lost and won?" "Every one gambles on the Missis sippi, snh, foh here the ladles my compliments to them must tempo rarily yield dominion. And of co'se. is a thoroughpaced man of the world, luh, and one who has lived on the .'..iivr; m wi'nwib -mm . ...... .... .v ... v. . .fc , . ........ v. .. CAM SO KIBBT EXUVED k DKUONAIB AMD BAKISH ATMOSFHKKB. river foh "over fifty years, I recognl-.e that yob professional gamblers are an institution; but, bless me. I don't take my son Tom's view of them. They gamble ftih a living, yes. but I believe they do 80 honestly, as yoh or I. We are a gambling nation,' suh. fob we are young, red blooded and prosper ous, but our couutry is incapable of giving birth to a mun.who deals off the bottom of the pack, who is afraid to meet fortune eye to eye. lob agree witn me, sub?" "As a fellow patriot, yes as a sane man. no." replied the other, the sa tirlc gleam again smoldering In the dead slug of hU.eyes. "Yoh have yet to be picked by a brace of these river vultures they generally travel In pairs foh his lavteh display of diamonds. "Yob pardon, snh. but not always. I calculate that as a man of the world yoh have heard , of Cameo Kirby?" smiled Moretru. again paying atten tion to bis companion's glass. I "Kirby? Tbara an oia ana nonorea . name In riuquemlno, suh." replied Mr.. .Randall, openluj; his coat and t DENTIST - ENTERPRISE j independent Phone. I . ' C. T. HOCKETT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON T Office UDStalrs in Rank Build. Z lng. Ind. Home phone In office j j ana resilience. j DR., C. A. AULT PHYSICIAN AND Sl'RGEON Office in Bank Building. X ! $ it Home phone both office and! i X residence. Our entire stock of men's and " boy's clothing gos on sale at great- ly reduced prices. Sale now on. W. U. Funk & Co. 3 S S:S;;iS;.t W&WB li--"''.' : ' fanning Inflamed cheeVs with his huge ltcrs.ns-nolIicuslomrl-u?-slouch hat. "Kirby was my neighbor. sure you tQ d0 g(J wUb grangers"-, suh. and I knew his folks well. - 1 bad j Now now Wr. ' Randall, sub." in the honor to be of some slight assist- j terrupted the other, puttlng'the plant ance when he went under during" I er.B urm, ..yh pardon, suh. If I have the panic years. Crops fulled, banks offended. I am nn old soldier." twirl went to smash, but yoh remember, J ins nUi mustaches, "and perhaps owu I reckon. Well. suh. Mr. Klrby's : an exaggerated and touchy sense of son, Eugene, came borne from school. I honor. When yoh mentioned imperil- to find biS poh father dead nud a bankrupt everything swept away. That was a bard homecoming, suh. Very sod case. I have oftou wondered what became of the boy, fob he bud all his father's pride and refused to let me exert my privilege of an old neighbor and friend. That was twen ty years ago. and since then 1 have heard In a roundabout way that he had become wild, drifted 1n with bad companions and token to the river for a livelihood. In fact, become a com mon gambler. But of co'se 1 don't be lieve lt for no Kirby could ever do that, suh fall so low. Yet the name Is uncommon. Have you ever met this gentleman of whom you spoke?" Not socially, suh," replied the other dryly. "I calculate he is no relative of the folks you mentioned, foh his reputation, suh. Is the worst on the river: knowu from New Orleans to St. Louis and back again. He and bis side partner, suh a dam carpetbag glng Yankee by the name of Bunce are the most reckless characters on the river. .It Is scum like them. suh. who give our fair Mississippi her evil name. Yob speak of no' man dealing off the bottom of the pack. Why, suh, I assure yoh on my houor they're so crooked "tbey have to sleep In a roundhouse. I merely mentioned Klr by's name because of the fact that. man of the world. as you are, suh, you would never pick him foh a profession al gambler. Never wore a diamond In his life. The cameo Is his favorite stone, foh they say lt once saved his worthless life, and from it he gets bis name, suh. But shall we continue the game? I am still five hundred ych master, and we have fob hours to kill befoh we make yoh landing." ' Randall accepted the curds with un steady bands. "I assure you, suh. yoh are betting against a foregone conolu sion.V be said, "fob there Is no stem ming tne turn in tne tide. I ll bet you five hundred on this showdown, and then we'll pull stakes, suh. all square. foh further play would be sheer rob bery. You can't beat the Randall luck when once It has turned." "I never believed lu luck," replied Moreau. "foh life has demonstrated to me that there Is no such abstract. Foh Instance, If a coin1 falls bead ten times out of ten it is still an even bet foh heads or tails on - the next toss. Tbut Is the law, sub, and all the su perstition in the world, cannot revoke or change It " ' - "My dear sulj," replied the planter, waving an Impatleut band, "that Is all nonsense for I hold that our entire existence Is greatly controlled by luck and not law. I believe In a Supreme Being, sub, and I attend church regu larly, but I do not believe, sub, that our poh mundane affairs are regulat ed by a celestial corporation, especial ly such affairs as card games. Yob know yohself, colonel, that the best playing In the world can't stand against a run of blind luck, and as a man of the world I've seen mob fortunes lost on high hands fob barmaids topped by foh kings every trip just because their holders hadn't sense enough to realize that the tide bad set In against them. And 1 give yob my word, suh." he finished, thumping the table, "that when I fill 'a fob card inside straight the Randall luck Is sitting Into the I game right with nie, and yoh simply can t win. uu. yon may g oue ui two little pots, but yoh'H finish dead broke. Call It what yoh like-luck or lilt? HUUIUIUK oi lue urn "Now, suh. yoh're bucking right against my pet hobby." replied Mo reau, leaning across the table and growing as earnest As his companion. eOf co'se I accept yoh word foh past fxperlences, but It is the old case of the colh. Though yoh may have turn ed beads a hundred times In succes sion, as I said,' the chance of It being talis is still an even bet. Yoh luck may have changed, but I'm willing to lay ten thousand that 1 1 hold the best hands In two out of three. There's a sporting offer, suh, that will test yoh theory." Randall blinked at his glass. Agahi he was momentarily sobered. "No, suh." he said decidedly.' pluck tn t his frilled shirt. "Those are wealth hlirh stakes, colonel, for. as goes nowadays. I am not a very rich man. and 1 cannot afford to jeopar dize the welfare of my children for the sake of proving my point Again, suh, 1 consider It would be takbig an unfair advautage of yoh"- "Cotne. Yoh statements don't agree. Mr. Randall." laughed the other. What do von leopurJlxe. sun. u you consider the advantage entirely with yohself? However, be nnisneu, nuu some coldness; "this Is but a suh. aud I bad no Idea that yoh were at all tmpcrlliug yob welfare" -. "The Randalls, suh. never Incur an Sbllgatlon which they cammt mreu" hotly Interrupted the other, the Urlnk showing In his eyes. "Yoh pardon, lutk. If J iinve touched on bcrsoual ing yoh welfare It seemed as If we were no longer indulging In a gentle men's game merely foh the sake of passing the time. I have a very deli cate seuse of honor, suh. and perhaps I am too ready to buck my opinions with sums which 1 consider mere tri fles. I hope this difference of opinion will not Impair our but newly formed friendship. Mr. Randall." "1 wus too hasty, colonel," replied tbe otner- "fob 1 on tn-v Pride to as loucny as yon own. tome, nu uu you glass, suh. Yoh're a pood fellow,-nd I'm a good Ifellow. We're both good fellows, suh. A Randall never yet re fused to back bis opinion, and ten thousand is ias much a picayune affair to me as toiyoh. If yoh persist In go ing broke. Til take yoh bet. sub. The best two out of . three. . My cards, I reckon. There's my money, 'sub." And he thumped a buckskin bag on the table. '''.' "Covered..suh." replied Moreau, care lessly peeling off ten $1,000 bills. By now the unconcern which Mr. Randall 'displayed was entirely au thentic, for his Incessant attention to his glass bud lent him a bibulous cour age and defiance of the future. In which lurked no wholesome leaven of caution. Moreover, his pride had been delicately touched to the quick, and rather than appear a "piker" before this magndflcent acquaintance be would readily have hazarded bis en tire estate. Pride of family was bis fetich, and a Randall, be considered, was an Admirable Cricbton, who could be beaten at nothing. All this was quite aside from bis desire to uphold bis self bestowed reputation of man of the world and the Immutable convic tion that his luck had turned. There was do doubt that if be had. not sold bis sugar crop for such an unexpect edly high figure ' be would not have embarked on bis subsequent gentle carouse, nor, although of a jovial na ture, so quickly formed a friendship with the magnificent and highly esti mable Colonel Moreau. owner of the very delicate sense of honor. Although In that period, a decade or so before the war v? blch severed the country, but to ultimately knit it the more firm ly together, the punch bowl was an Institution in every southern house hold. Mr. Randall was not' what Is termed a drinking man, and lt was solely on bis yearly business trips to the Crescent City that he permitted himself any latitude in that direction. W. if illllf . -A 4! i xU ' S!liff?'iii! . s "CAMXO KIKBI-THR WOHST tNB OH TBI HIVXK." fled, dealt aud lost the first showdown. The next, however, he won, only to lose the third and last 1 ' "1 calculate." observed Moreau. care-' lessly sweeping toward him the buck skin bag. "that I have proved my the ory, suh. Yob tide has not turned, ex- iP1 fou tne worse- An even tnat yob lose tne oesi out ot me next six hands. We'll make lt that number In order to give yoh Randall luck a chance to come In. fob It really seems as if It was very bashful, sub. Do yoh take me? Of co'se yob are the doctor, suh. as I am the winner." The bird belug plucked, the vulture was uo lonc-r scrupulously careful re jgarding Its c.-portment. and. In fact If Mr C. '"tin II bad been himself he couii' t "i have noted the contempt and u. iision In tbe estimable colonel's voice and eyes. "Yes. I am the doctor, snh.". replied the planter thickly, "and a Rsndatl never quits. Never, suh! I take yob, and I raise yob bet Fifty thousand that I beat yoh foh out of six. ' That't the way I play! auh. Now. do yoo take me. Colonel Moreau?" . 4 . A momentary astonishment flickered In the other's eyes, for It seemed as If the bird bad not been picked so clean ly as be had supposed, "l reckoned yoh cleaned out. suh." he said cau tiously. "If yoh're serious, of co'se 1 take yoh." -TfiTTiandall, awaylng unsteadily, promptly slammed a green morocco wallet on the table. "That and a deed to my plantation, colonel, against yon winnings and fobty thousand. ' I am about to show yoh, sub, bow a Ran dall plays poker. I stake everything I own on the fact that yoh leave this table dead broke, sub. Here's to the Randall luck, and to the devil, sun, with everything else!" And, drinking to LUlo uumiruuie bcuuujcui, uc mioru bis glass, drained lt at a draft and sent it crashing to the floor, o A lupine twist came to the other's lips as be produced pen, Ipk and par.. per, "xob just make out tnat aeea now, suh," he said suavely. "My name "I IHMT THIS IS NOT AM ONTIMSLT IB , TB0S1OH." "j'v 13 vuiuuei uv;t4UC9 unojuiu LTKUBiuya Moreau, and very much at yob service, suh"- He stopped and whirled about, the pen extended In his band, as the door of the private stateroom opeued, giv ing admittance to a man of perhaps thirty-five, who exuded a certain de bonair aud rakish atmosphere, At the neck of this gentleman's elaborately frilled shirt there gleamed a . huge cameo, and companion stones fastened the cuffs at his wrists. "Gentlemen, your servant, and my humble apologies.' hesaid, with an elaborate bow. "I trust this is hot an untimely Intrusion.",. ''f ' TO BE CONTINOTCD. 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