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MTH ILLUSTRAT10N5 BY DON C WILSON
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CHAPTER XXI
Having emerged from the building
Lafitte saw as he was locking the
door that many of his men armed
with guns had f thered within the
stockade the greater number of them
standing around another loghouse at
the lartbermost end where two of his
sub captains Beluche and Dominique
You had their quarters
He went to the end of the stockade
and not seeing Pierre amongst the
men gathered there asked if anyone
knew of the latters whereabouts
He was outside my captain when
ast I saw him He was sitting on the
bluff smoking and swearing that the
men should do no harm to that boat
load of beauties lying off shore re
plied Dominique You his swarthy face
wrinkling with a grin
The shadows were falling fast and
the dampening air was melodious
with the notes of the mocking birds
that filled the trees about the fort
while faint but sweet came other
fluting voices from the deeper woods
mingling with the occasional cry of
an owl or the reiterative note of a
Whippoorwill and now and then the
maniacal scream of a loon came from
the sedges
On the edge of the bluff was Pierre
a gun across his knees and looking
like a sentinel on guard except that
he was stretched upon the ground
smoking
Pierres head turned quickly at the
sound of footsteps behind him and he
sprang upright as Jean said We
must row out there and send those
fellows back to their ship The offi
cers will remain here for the night
Nothing more was said until a small
boat had been pushed off Jean sat in
the stern and Pierre laying his gun
across the seat picked up the oars and
began to row with long steady strokes
that sent the light craft speeding out
toward the English boat showing
black in the gathering dusk
Jean now tied a handkerchief to
an extra oar and raised it making a
white flutter in the shadows
Offered they a generous bribe
Pierre inquired softly turning his
head in order to make sure of the
other boats exact position while his
are to return to the brig and report
here at noon to morrow
Aye sir replied the boatswain
Eight oars touched the water as one
and the English boat went her way
Pierre soon began to row more slow
ly and Jean asked in continuation of
their recent talk Heard you ever of
a more dastardly plan for white men
to map out
Not I growled Pierre Even La
ro scoundrel as he was never did a
worse thing And if we decline this
Jean then what is it to be or did they
not do us the honor of doubting our ac
ceptance
Barataria is to be overrun by the
English our ships and property con
fiscated and you and I together with
our men put to death as pirates who
have merited the vengeance of Great
Britain by our seizure of Spanish ves
sels
So But Pierres laugh had little
of mirth in it Louisiana offers a
price for your head and England
threatens to hang you if you will not
help her destroy New Orleans so that
she may have Louisiana by the throat
A fine choice of favors this to select
from
Unf the low cane thatched roof
coveiiiijthe abode of Beluche and
Domini je You they and the two La
fittes ate supper in comparative si
lence owing to the coming and going
of the slave Juniper who waited upon
them But the meal over with pipes
and bottles upon the cleared table
and Juniper shut apart in his own do
main they proceeded to discuss the
matter whose contemplation had
made their silence seem sullen
When they were all seated Lafitte
in a low tone and to the accompani
ment of occasional angry comments
and imprecations read the two papers
omitting however all mention of the
money offered to himself
Now tell us Captain Lafitte spoke
up Beluche who like Pierre had been
smoking contemplatively apparently
revolving what had been read tell us
what you advise as the cause to be
pursued But first of all I declare
that never will I take up arms for
England against America or any other
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Pacing up and down with the hounds for company
powerful arms worked with the
smoothness of a piston rod
Indeed yes They offer me the
rank of captain in the English navy
and thirty thousand dollars in cash
Pierre gave a low whistle
And the price of all this honor and
wealth he asked taking another
backward glance
Pull a bit more to larboard we
will stop at easy hailing distance
said Jean after turning half way in
his seat Then in an entirely dif
ferent tone one of concentrated rage
The price is that we are to sell our
selves to the English and lead them
by our own paths and waterways so
that they may fall unexpectedly upon
New Orleans and burn the city after
pillaging it They are also to buy the
slaves with promised freedom and
then add to the ruin by an insurrec
tion
Pierre although of not so fine a
mould as Jean shared the latters dis
like to profanity and rarely indulged
in strong language But he now ut
tered a terrible oath
This was his only comment and it
was followed by silence until Jean
announced Here we are and well
lie on our oars
He sent a challenging shout over
the water It was answered at once
then came the sound of working oars
and Lafitte called again Come no
nearer Captains Lockyer and Mc
Williams will remain on the island
for the night and have sent you writ
ten orders Stop where you are and
I will bring them to you
A short pause succeeded then a
surly Aye aye came across the
water and the rowing stopped just as
a fiery thread of the rising moon was
lifting above the sea
Pierre soon brought his boat along
side the other one and Jean laying a
hand on its gunwale inquired Who
is in command here
I am sir replied one of the men
rising so that his powerful form stood
out above the others Im bosn of
the brig
Here are your orders said Lafitte
handing the sealed paper to the near
est man who passed it along You
nation As to that I can count upon
enough followers to make it Avorth
my while to sail away southward and
stop there until this trouble is over
I will tell you that my idea is to
communicate promptly with the au
thorities in New Orleans offering
them for the citys defense our ser
vices which the English appear to
value so highly The price I shall de
mand is the granting to us of- pardon
for all past offenses or supposed of
fenses To such of my officers and
men who may suffer materially I will
promise all the help my private purse
can give What say you to this
He glanced around the circle his
eyes resting or Catalon and Dominique-You
I say my captain that is all very
much to my taste replied the latter
and Catalon added as emphatically
Mine as well
And you Beluche what say you
Beluche replied slowly I say with
out reserve that I am with you in
everything that is for America as
against England and I know that my
men will be with me
Aye added Catalon we can all
fight with a better stomach for Gov
ernor Claiborne than for King
George
And what if Governor Claiborne
refuse us the opportunity of fighting
for him
The question was from Pierre who
had left his chair and was knocking
the ashes from his pipe into the fire
place
He cannot afford to refuse us de
clared Beluche with unusual anima
tion before Jean could speak And
Not he exclaimed Catalon and
Dominique You speaking as with a
single voice
This then is our course said La
fitte as if Pierres question had been
fitly answered and which for the
present must be kept strictly to our
selves as our men need not be told
for several days to come Meanwhile
In the morning I will answer Lock
yer and McWilliams as I find it best
to do And Catalon remember you
and Dominique see to it that the men
are kept quiet and that nothing oc
curs to prevent my returning the two
officers safely to their boat
Several times during the night Jean
and Pierre singly or together went
outside to reconnoitre but the hours
passed without disturbance
Once while Jean was pacing up and
down beneath the bright stars with
the hounds for company the sound
of a far off wolfs cry changed as
would have the blast of a trumpet
the current of his thoughts
Was it really coming and so near
as it seemed the day for which he
had longed holding for him the
chance of redeeming himself in the
estimation of the Island Rose And
were not events seeming to shape for
enabling him to fulfil the promise
made upon Elba that he would erase
the stigma from the name of Lafitte
in Louisiana
A thrill of hope made new life
spring within him and with an un
voiced prayer he lifted his wilful face
to the heavens from whence there
seemed to descend a strange peace
CHAPTER XXII
At sunrise a change had taken place
in the appearance of things about the
stockade Before the now opened
gates a brawn Irishman one of Be
luches trusted followers fully armed
paced to and fro and Lopez stood
guard before the locked doors of La
fittes house
As Pierre Jean and the two under
captains were finishing breakfast a
messenger came to tell the former
that the Star of the Gulf had corae
to anchor in the harbor and was fly
ing a signal for his presence on board
It is Zendanner from Mexico at
last he said glancing at Jean and
I am glad to know of his safe arrival
He should have been in a week ago
Will you go or shall I Pierre ask
ed as Jean remained silent
The latter like Pierre knowing the
full meaning of the signal replied that
he would go aboard and leaving
Pierre in charge of matters at the
stockade he took his way to the har
bor
Returning in an hours time he was
coming up the path from the beach
when he heard unmistakable sounds
of tumult followed by the roar of the
gun mounted upon a pivot in front of
his own house as a protection against
possible disturbances
Pierre Beluche and Dominique You
were standing upon the steps of the
house shouting angrily at the rioters
for such they were who armed and
filled with murderous lust crowded
before them demanding The two
English spies
To be continued
ARE BLONDS TO DISAPPEAR
Probability That in the Future We
Shall All Be Brunettes
The somewhat startling statement
has been made that the blue eyed
golden haired and light complexioned
variety of the human race is in the
course of extinction and that within
a few more generations blonds are
likely to become so rare in the worlds
population that they may be looked
upon as curiosities somewhat as al
binos are to day The blond type has
been so often chosen by artists and
poets to represent their noblest con
ceptions of human beauty that no one
can regard even the bare suggestion
of its extinction -without dismay
Moreover some of the worlds great
est races and many of its most mas
terful personalities have belonged to
this type and its admirers have some
times gone so far as to aver that light
complexions and in particular light
colored eyes are the favored livery of
the highest genius
This is undoubtedly an extreme and
untenable claim yet it cannot be de
nied that history shows an extraor
dinary number of men and women of
the first rank in all the higher fields
of intellect who possessed the charac
teristic marks of the blond and this
not only in countries where the light
type prevails but also in lands like
Italy where the general complexion of
the population is dark Success
Flowers and Character
That which surounds us forms our
character If we live in the midst of
filth we cannot keep it secret The
world turns its knowing eye on us
looks beneath the surface sees our
inner selves our degraded minds and
our cold cruel hearts
If we live surrounded by the beau
ties of life the world knows too Our
hearts grow kind and sympathetic and
our thoughts high and pure
We all know that this is true Then
is it not our plain duty to surround
our little children with every lovable
uplifting thing the world affords Is
it not our duty to ourselves to sur
round ourselves with everything
which will refine our thoughts and
help to form within us an admirable
character We owe it to our children
to ourselves and to society
Probably the purest and most beau
tiful things on earth are flowers Can
you not imagine a character grown in
the midst of a garden of flowers
Montreal Herald
So He Could Sleep
A guest at one of Kansas Citys
large hotels surprised the key clerk
Tuesday night by stepping up to the
desk at 10 oclock and saying I am
going to bed now Please call me at
midnight
The clerk couldnt understand why
the man wished to get up at that hour
Going out to night he asked
No replied the guest You see
Im always called in the morning at
home and I can always go into a
sound sleep after the call To night
the fact that Im in a strange bed
may keep me awake so I thought Id
try to get to sleep through the call
method See Kansas City TimAS
WAR WILL GO M
EMPEROR OF RUSSIA DECIDES TO
CONTNUE THE FIGHT
WILL PRESS JTJflTH ENERGY
Advices to the German Court from
Russia Czars Advisers Think
Chance for Great Victory in Man
churia Is Good
BERLIN The emperor of Russia
has elected to continue the war
His position is absolutely firm and
the German court has been advised in
that sense
The war will be pressed with the
utmost energy the domestic situation
being now within the control of the
authorities
Those who have advised peace and
suggested inquiries for japans terms
the French and British governments
are for the present silent and are like
ly to remain so unless events of an
extraordinary character shake the
Russian emperors resolution The
considerations that led to the emper
ors decision as understood here are
First The judgment of the chiefs
of the army that Field Marshal Oyama
not only cannot defeat General Kuro
patkin but stands in danger of defeat
himself How cowardly therefore
for Russia to ask for mercy with all
the men and money essential to a suc
cessful war
Second All the forces of criticism
now directed against the government
for having fought rather than yield to
legitimate interests and for having
failed to win victories would be con
tinued with added fury against the
government that accepted war and
then betrayed the country A govern
ment that would crave peace of Rus
sias enemy while still capable of win
ning victory would be giving the party
of change genuine grounds for revo
lution The facts of the military situa
tion love of country and arguments
of expediency were all against peace
and for pressing the war hopefully
ST PETERSBURG A second day
has passed without dispatches having
been given ou from General Kuropat
kin which is interpreted to support
the rumors that great events are in
progress in Manchuria The war of
fice however steadfastly maintains
hat there is no important news and
ihat there have been no developments
since the last dispatches made pub
ic in which the commander-in-chief
reported all quiet with the exception of
minor actions to the eastward The
Associated Press dispatches from
Mukden made no mention of a battle
and the retirement of the Russians
JAPAN WANTS INDEMNITY
Has Spent 350000000 in Upholding
Principles
PARIS Rusia has not given any
indication to France that she is ready
to take up the question of peace and
therefore the authorities here do not
feel qualified to discuss the St Peters
burg reports giving the precise terms
The reports are explained substantial
ly as follows
The peace sentiment has lately
been steadily augmenting throughout
Russia particularly outside of St
Petersburg and within recent days
some of the most influential person
ages in St Petersburg have come out
favorable to peace and have sought
to impress responsible officials that
the time has arrived to take definite
action However those having the
chief responsibility such as Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff have not yet
shown willingness to accept peace ar
guments Therefore so long as the
Russian foreign office is not prepared
to accept the peace view it is consid
ered doubtful of accomplishment In
spite of this the peace reports are
considered a hopeful sign of a tend
ency in the highest quarters towards
peace The Japanese leglation points
out that peace negotiations require
certain definite steps between parties
and as Russia has not yet made the
slightest overture to Japan concern
ing terms Russia is not in a position
to elaborate pacific conditions The
officials of the legation incline to the
view that St Petersburg reports were
designed to sound official sentiment
in Japan What Tokio will say is not
known
TO PUSH LAND FRAUD CASES
President Roosevelt Determined to
Go to the Bottom
WASHINGTON As the result of
conference held at the white house
with President Roosevelt further de
velopments in the land fraud cases in
Oregon and California may be expect
ed at no distant day Since the first
steps were taken looking to the prose
cution of the alleged offenders the
president has shown a keen interest
in the investigations which have been
made and in the indictments which
followed With the view of acquaint
ing himself with the situation as it
exists up to the present time the pres
ident was in close conference with
Secretary Hitchcock Attorney General
Moody and Special Attorney F J
Heney who discussed with him the
evidence so far gathered Later in the
day he held a second conference at
which were present Secretary Hitch
cock Mr Heney and Secret Service
Inspector William D Burns who was
active in bringing about a number of
arrests At this latter meeting it is
understood a plan of action was
mapped out and the statement was
made that it need not occasion sur
prise if further arrests are ordered
A MINE DISASTER
Over One Hundred Men are En
tombed
BIRMINGHAM Ala By an explo
sion in the Virginia mines about
eighteen miles southwest of Birming
ham at 4 oclock Monday afternoon
between 110 and 135 union minora
are entombed and it is believed that
the entire number suffered an awful
death Scores of vigorous rescuers are
at work digging into the mine to re
lieve their friends and comrades on
the inside
The explosion is believed to have
been caused by an accumulation of
dust although the mine has hereto
fore been noted for being entirely
free from gas It is also believed that
as the entire quota has probably been
killed the details of the cause of the
disaster will never be known
The news spread like wildflro
through the whole district The camp
is almost isolated from the rest of
the world as there is no telephone
station at Virginia and the only wire
running to the place is a dispatchers
wire of the Birmingham Mineral rail
way on which Virginia is located
Details are slow to come In but each
man who arrived in the city from the
scene told a more gruesome story of
the horror
Since the strike has been on in the
Birmingham district many of the
most industrious and thrifty miners
of Pratt City and other important
mining points have removed to the
Virginia mines so that the mined
were bing worked to their full ca
pacity by the most skilled minors in
the community
Relief trains with surgeons and
workmen were dispatched from both
Birmingham and Bessemer as soon
as the news of he disaster was learn
ed They began the work of succor1
in earnest before G oclock and at
midnight had not gotten half way
through the mass of debris It is
thought it will be 10 oclock Tuesday
before the interior of the slope is
reached The slopes are well arrang
ed and there has never been the least
trouble in the mines before They
are owned by he Alabama Steel and
Wire company but are leased and
operated by Reid Co
BIRMINGHAM The scene at Vir
ginia mines on Tuesday where a ter
rific afterdamp explosion occurred
imprisoning 100 men 700 feet below
the surface was the most gruesome
and sorrowing that has ever been
witnessed in this section of Alabama
Of the miners who entered the mine
so far only forty five bodies have
been recovered The recovery already
of so many dead bodies precludes the
idea that any living men remain
among the unfortunates still in the
mine The corpses are frightfully
mangled and disfigured and identifica
tion is almost impossible
OSAGE OIL LEASE
House Resolution Asks Pointed Ques
tions
WASHINGTON Another chapter in
the Osage oil lease incident developed
Wednesday when Representative
Stephens of Texas introduced two
resolutions in the house addressing
inquiries to the secretary of the in
terior regarding the Foster lease of
oil and gas lands belonging to the
Osage Indians One resolution calls
on the secretary to furnish the house
with a copy of the Foster lease and of
all subleases under the lease giving
the dates of the approval or rejection
and all correspondence on the sub
ject
The other resolution asks under
what act of congress the Foster lease
was made and under what authority
of law the subleases were approved
The secretary is asked whether ho
did not ratify the sublease to the Al
meda company and whether this was
not the first sublease so ratified and
whether he had not previously re
fused to ratify subleases The reso
lution asks not only for the late o
the ratification of the Almetla sub
lease but also calls for a list of the
officers directors and stockholders of
the Almeda company with informa
tion as to whether any of these per
sons are personally known or in any
way related to him the secretary
and if so the name of such person
and how related
The resolution directs the secretary
to say whether he did not on Febru
ary 13 last in a letter addressed to
the chairman of the committee on In
dian affairs write that the commis
sioner of Indian affairs also shows
that there is no necessity for the pro
posed legislation in order to protect
the existing rights of the parties who
hold under the said Foster lease and
it is not deemed advisable nor in
deed would it be just to renew and
extend the said lease for a period of
ten years or any other period with
out the knowledge and consent of the
Indians
The resolutions continue
And if you did write this letter
please state to this house what infor
mation you have since received that
has caused you to recommend the
adoption of the senate amendment to
the Indian appropriation bill extend
ing said lease for ten years on 680000
acres of said Osage Indian lands with
out first securing the consent of said
Indians
The statement recently given out
by Secretary Hitchcock is cited in
which he said that the original Fos
ter lease was an unheard of monopoly
and nothing short of a public scandal
and the resolution asks the secretary
if he was correctly quoted and if so
to state why he now recommends ex-
i tension of the lease
IS Ifl THE BLOOD
Neither Liniments nor Ointments
Will Reach Rheumatism How
Mr Stephenson Vas Cured
Peoplo with inflamed and aching
joints or paiuful muscles peoplo who
shuffle about with tho uid of a cano or a
crutch and cry Oh at ovory slight jar
nro constantly askingWhut is tho best
thing for rheumatism
To attempt to euro rheumatism by ex
ternal applications is a foolish wusto of
time Tho scut of tho disease is in tho
blood and whilo tho sufferer is rubbing
lotions and grease on tho skin tho poison
in tho circulation is increasing
Dolaysin adopting n sensible treatment
nro dangerous bocauso rheumatism may
at any moment reach the heart and provo
fatal The only safocourso forrhoumatio
sufferers is to get tho best possible blood
remedy nt once
Mr Stephensons experience with this
obstinate and distressing afiliction is
that of hundreds Ho says
About a year ago I was attacked by
severo rheumatic pains in my left
shoulder The pains wero worse in wet
weather and at these periods caused mo
tho greatest suffering I tried ti number
of treatments and ointments but thoy
failed to alleviate tho pains
Then he realized that tho causo mnsfc
bo deeper and tho pain only asurfuco in
dication Ho adds
I had heard Dr Williams Pink Pills
for Palo Peoplo recommended as a euro
for rheumatism and when I found that
I was getting no relief from applications
I iniido up my mind that I would try
them Before tho first 1kx whs gono I
noticed that tho jHiins wero becoming
less frequent and that they were not so
sovero as before After tho second box
jnd been used up I was entirely freo
from discomfort mid I have had no truces
of rheumatism since
Tho change in treatment proved by
almost iiiuiicdiato results that Mr
Thomas Stephenson who lives atNollV
Greenwood street Springfield
had found the true means for tho purifi
cation and enrichment of his blood
Dr Williams Pink Pills are without
doubt the btst of all blood remedies
They eftec t genuine and lusting uures in
rheumatism They do not merely deaden
the ache but they expel the poison from
tho blood These pills are sold by all
druggists
Spread of English Language
New Zealand Samoa Hawaii most
of Polynesia and various small states
have permanently adopted our mother
tongue and there is every reason to
believe that the 10000000 of Filipinos
will be using it in the course of time
With the construction of the Panama
canal Central America also will prob
ably yield to its influences to a large
extent
Definition cf Railway Ticket
A little school girls definition of a
railroad ticket is worth repeating In
a composition written in one of tho
Boston primaries on A Railway Jour
ney the little one says among other
things You have got to get a ticket
which is a piece of paper and you
give it to a man who cuts a hole in it
and lets you pass through
Have Strange Beliefs
Strange beliefs linger in many out-of-the-way
corners of Britain In Dev
onshire for instance the country folk
still make cramp rings out of old
coffin handles and bracelets forged
out of nails on which suicides have
hanged themselves are worn by gouty
people and deemed singularly effica
cious
Cured Her Diabetes
Halo Ind Feb 27tn Special
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many physicians say then Dodds
Kidney Pills will cure any form of
Kidney Disease For Mrs L C Bow
ers of this place has proved that
Dodds Kidney Pills will cure Dia
betes
I had Diabetes Mrs Bowers says
my teeth all became loose and part
of them came out I passed a great
deal of water with such burning sen
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about 40 pounds in weight I used
many medicines and doctored with
two local doctors but never got any
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Kidney Pills They cured me so com
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no return of the disease I am a
well woman now thanks to Dodds
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them and you will never have Brights
Disease Diabetes or Rheumatism
Lake Chad is gradually drying up
and recent researches tend to show
that its complete disappearance is only
a question of time
CUTICURA GROWS HAIR
Scalp Cleared of Dandruff and Hair
Restored by Ona Box of Cuticura
and One Cake of Cuticura
Soap
A W Taft of Independence Va
writing under date of Sept 15 1904
says I have had falling hair and
dandruff for twelve years and could
get nothing to help me Finally I
bought one box of Cuticura Ointment
and one cake of Cuticura Soap and
they cleared my scalp of the dandruff
and stopped the hair falling Now
my hair is growing as well as ever I
am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap
as a toilet soap Signal A W Taft
Independence Va
Tho trouble with remorse- is thax it
never turns up till next morning
