Kirby wus goin' ter sell them down river, an' not bother 'bout the land fer awhile, till after he'd hed a chance ter shine up ter this yere gurl Eloise.

He'd never seen her--but, enyhow, he got thet notion in his hed." "She wus the daughter; the white one ?" "Sure; he hed the other by law.

Wal', when they all got thar, nobody wus home, 'cept one o' the gurls, who claimed fer ter be Rene--the one whut wus a nigger, thet Kirby owned.

Nobody know'd which wus which, an' so they hed ter take her word for it.

They cudn't do nuthin' legal till they found the other one, an' they wus sittin' round waitin' fer her ter turn up, when the nigger gurl they wus watchin' got away." "How'd she do thet ?" "Don't noboddy seem ter know.