r a s gf Jj5 4 LAHTE ep w BY MARY 0EVEREUX WTH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DON C VYJL50N CCopyrrgfit 03 6y I We Sronp arx Company C4J Pgfij PtXTKKJ CHAPTER XXX Lafitte -while waiting for Baptistino to return with implements for making a grave left Shaplra to look after the prisoner and drew Barbe aside in or der to question here more closely He was after hearing what she had to say convinced that she was not mistaken in her statement although there were no papers nothing in the way of further identification found upon the dead man Barbe acquiesced readily in Lafittes decision that Rose de Cazeneau should neyer be told the truth Great was the disgust of Shapira and the two men who returned with Baptistino when they found that it was Lafittes wish to bury the Eng lishman as well as Zeney Even Bap tistines black brows went up in a sur prised disapproval which he wisely refrained from putting into words The dead were soon laid in the hastily prepared graves the earth was shoveled over them and some pieces of fallen trees placed above to guard against any disturbance from denizens of the woods In the sunset bathed clearing Bap tistine stood near Lafitte as the latter gave Shapira some parting orders He was to take the English sailor to the neighborhood of La Tetes des Eaux and let him find his way from that point to his comrades It was comparatively early when La fittes party weary from the excite ment of the day and the fatigue of their long march through the woods betook themselves gratefully to such accommodations as Baptistines small craft afforded for rest and sleep The night had closed in darkly as the boat slipped away beneath the starlight made dimmer by the wall ing forest lining either bank of the baou It was some time after this that The girl sat with bended head her eyes fixed on the open fan she could see but indistinctly Can you read it he whispered lowering his face to look into hers and again possessing himself of her hand At the sound of his voice with his lips so close that his breath stirred her hair at the thrill of his touch at the mere realization of their being alone together a strange exultation possessed the girl lifting her spirit from its bodily enthrallment and half swooning yet acutely sensible she read as surely as though he had uttered them No words may say how I love you It was as if an angel voice spoke to her inner senses and dropping the fan into her lap she covered her face with her hands Can you read it he whispered once more feeling that she was quiv ering as from a nervous chill No she murmured faintly but adding woman like and in a stronger tone Tell me He laughed and rose to his feet The laugh came from his exulting heart and extending his hands to her he said with a new decision of man ner Come little Rose this is very delightful but not at all good for you What would Madame Riefet say to me if she knew where you were at this moment I will take you below and then you must go to sleep like a good child He took her hand and she permit ted him to lead her down the narrow stairway to the cabin below Some day and soon he said as he left her at the door of her little stateroom I will tell you if indeed you know not already what the fan said There was a smile in his voice and something else as well that made Can you read it he whispered Lafitte while picking his way along the deck a lighted lantern swinging from his hand came upon a cloaked female figure sitting well astern upon a coil of rope and his foot struck sharply against a small object send ing it swiftly toward her Holding his lantern lower to see what this might be the rays struck across the white hand and wrist of Rose de Cazeneau as she reached for ward and picked up an exquisite ivory fan whose jeweled sticks caught the ligt glimmeringly Oh it is Madame Riefets pet fan one Monsieur Laussat gave her in nlace of one he broke when she danced with him at the governors ball Her voice sank lower and a flutter ing like that made by the wings of a startled wild bird sounded in it Lafittes hand had stolen over one of hers and now held it close Why are you here little Rose and not asleep like the others as you ought to be You must be -very tired I was but I could not sleep and came up here for some air She stopped abruptly and he felt the shiver that ran through her shoul der wien it touched his own The suppression made his voice tremulous as he asked forcing a laugh and taking the fan from her hand Do you understand the lan guage of the fan Somewhat she answered wonder ing at his apparent change of mood Lazalie has told me of it Ah said Lafitte with a touch of what might have been either play fulness or sarcasm then you have had an excellent teacher Yet I doubt if she ever evolved for you a sen tence I should like you to read What is it let me try she re plied her thoughts as he intended they should be diverted I wonder if there are enough sticks in this small bauble he con tinued not seeming to have heard her and bending his face closer he counted them One two three four yes here are the eight and five to spare for all the fan is such a tiny one Then having placed it in her hand he added speaking more softly There are the eight sticks little Rose Can you read what they say to you from ne her lashes droop to touch the flushed cheeks is Madame Riefet found little to cavil at in the neat and comfortable if somewhat primitive arrangements at Shell Island which Lafitte and his party reached the afternoon follow ing their departure from La Tete des Eaux Madame and the two girls were quartered in his own cabin the pre vailing atmosphere of which was owing to the jumble of foreign fur nishings that filled it teak wood and lacquer Rose de Cazeneau was beside La zalie on one of the settees with the Spanish girls arm around her and the two were watching the flames be fore which sat Madame Riefet After the excitement of the pre vious day and not yet having recov ered from their fatigue the ladies were disposed to be more silent than usual but presently Lazalie re marked glancing around her How cheerful and pleasant it seems here It is almost as if Captain Jean had known we were to come and had pre pared for our reception If so then I wish he might have known still more so that my brother would have prepared for our protec tion at La Tete des Eaux and thus saved us from this wild flight said Madame Riefet as though determined to be dissatisfied For my own part I am so thankful to have escaped them that I cannot muster up the slightest regret over anything else declared Lazalie who had been thinking of that other flight when she left the Barra de Hierro and escaped to New Orleans Mademoiselle de Cazeneau had so far as appearances went nothing to say upon the subject which was now dropped I cannpt understand Capt Lafitte said Madame Riefet with the air of being somewhat annoyed at the fact how you came to have such a cor rect opinion in regard to the possi ble movements of the English so much clearer ideas than those of any one else even my brother They were at the table upon which Scipio and his coadjutors had placed the preliminary courses of a most ap petizing meal and the old negro was devoting much of his attention to Mademoiselle de Cazeneau urging her to let him put the various dainties upon her plate Jes yo please try dese bit ob feesh 111 Missy wid a hit ob dese hominy an after dat a nice slico ob venson he said coaxingly evident ly wishing to air his English or else supposing that she did notunderstand French La Capitalne he say ole Scipio done know bes in dey worl how cook eem She smiled up into his face but of fered no objection to his helping her and Lafitte who was watching the two did not appear to have heard Madame Riefets remark which was now repeated rather sharply as if that lady were bent upon acquiring the information she sought I beg your pardon madame ho said starting slightly and turning to her I wish you to tell us how you hap pened to entertain the opinion which has resulted in such benefit to us I mean in regard to what the English were going to do Her tone was quite caustic and her sharp dark eyes regarded him specu latively over the rim of her sherry glass I had for some time felt a mis giving that something of the sort was likely to occur and I therefore pre pared for it that was all madame He spoke hurriedly and as if the matter held little interest while his eyes went back to the violet ones now looking at him But if you thought this why was it that others my brother for in stance did not Madame persisted putting down her glass and taking up her fork with a vigor suggestive of an inclination to enforce an answer by sticking the silver prongs into La fitte rather than into the juicy veni son steak upon her plate That madame is a matter I can no more explain than can you your self he replied smilingly but scarce ly glancing at her But you warned Gen La Roche by telling him what you thought de clared Lazalie for he told us so himself Yes senorita I informed Jiim of it several weeks since And what did he say asked La zalie ami Madame Riefet answered with You remember Lazalie that he like others declared such a thing to be impossible Gen La Roche smiled at the idea answered Lafitte with a careless shrug of his shoulders Well I for one am thankful for your forethought which has saved us from a meeting with those hateful Englishmen said Lazalie with a flashof her eyes that bespoke the in heritance of her uncles hatred of that nation Indeed yes Capt Lafitte all of us have cause to feel most grateful to you Madame now admitted in a more amiable tone But to think she added of that cave being on the plantation and none of us knowing anything about it Rs secret was given to me some years since oy an Indian chief said Lafitte and then as if wishing to drop the matter asked Madame Riefet if she wished any message taken to her brother as that night must find him returning to New Orleans in order to report to Gen Jackson If you can go why may not we she inquired with alacrity Surely Capt Lafitte you do not intend to go off and leave us alone in this deso late place Here is surely the safest place for you at present madame He smiled encouragingly at Rose de Cazeneau who was looking perturbed while La zalie shot a scornful glance at Mad ame as if impatient at her show of fear Madame with a sigh sought reliei in a silence that was acquiescing and she could not but admit to hersell that in the present annoying predica ment the mysterious life of Bara taria had proved to possess certain advantages To be continued Big Alaskan Bear Alaska is particularly rich in bears and most of them belong to a group known as the Alaskan brown bears of which the Kodiak bear is one So wide is his reputation that sportsmen irom all over the world spend thou sands of dollars in order to add a skin to their collection of trophies The weight of a full grown Kodiak bear is not known although specimens have been killed that were estimated to weigh between fifteen and eight een hundred pounds and some hunt ers claim that they will go as high as twenty two hundred While at Ko diak several summers ago I measured the skin of one of these huge animals which stretched the tape nine and a half feet from the nose to the tail and ten and a half feet across the outstretched front paws Mr A C Goss who handles all of the brown hands of the Alaskan Commercial Company at Kodiak told me that he had seen skins that were three feet longer J Alden Loring in Recrea tion Odd Newspaper Names The names of American newspapers are a study in nomenclature In Ar kansas are the Buzz Saw and the Back Log California the Condor the Wasp and the Tomahawk Colorado the Rattler and Yesterday and To day Iowa the Postal Card the Unit the Nucleus and the Firebrand Ken tucky the Salt River Tiger the Push the Boomer Missouri the Missing Link and the Cyclone Nevada the Rustler Oklahoma rejoices in the Dinner Bell and the Plain People South Dakota has a Plain Talker In West Virginia is the Irrespresible Missouri has the Crank and the En tering Wedge Wyoming reads Bill Balons Budeet TREATY OF TRADE GERMAN TARIFF AGREEMENT ENDS IN 1906 FORMAL NOTICE FROIVl BERLIN New Treaties Negotiated with Other Countries Cause of the Action Contention Raised that the Benefits Are Not Now Reciprocal BERLIN The imperial government preparatory to excluding the United States from the privileges of the new reciprocity treaties signed recently with seven European states has for mally notified the American govern ment that the tariff agreement be tween Germany and the United States of July 10 1900 will terminate March 1 190G the day the new treaties go into effect but that Germany stands ready to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States This notification made by Foreign Secretary von Richthoff March 11 after the decision of the cabinet said that the treaties concluded with Rus sia Italy Belgium Switzerland Austria-Hungary Roumania and Servia form a new basis so reads the text for the commercial relations of Ger many and the imperial government holds itself prepared to enter into ne gotiations for the conclusion of a new commercial treaty with the United States The German view as held at the foreign office and at the ministery of the interior is that the United States cannot reasonably expect to share in special benefits given by Germany to certain European states in exchange for other specific tariff reductions Should the United States have the same advantages without giving any thing in return the treaty countries could justly complain that they were in effect discriminated against because from them certain things were exact ed by bargain which were freely given to the United States But if the United States desires to take up the general tariff question and arrange a recipro cal against the German government will be very glad to do so Otherwise Germanys new general tariff which also goes into effect March 1 190C will be applied to Imports from the United States The government in terminating the present modus Vivendi has done what agrarians have steadily asked for since the new commercial treaties were con cluded Public opinion in Germany has also been fully prepared for the gov ernments act by publications of the Commercial Treaty association and the Central European Industrial league and articles in the principal financial periodicals written by persons in affil iation with the ministry of the inter ior although the news is not yet pub lished here Washington has not yet replied to Germanys proposal WASHINGTON It is admitted at the State department that pourparlers have been in progress for the last three months between the American embassy at Berlin and the German foreign office respecting the effect up on the existing reciprocity agreement America and Germany of the opera tion of the new trade treaties conclud ed between Germany on the one side and Belgium Italy Austria Hungary Roumania Russia Switzerland and Servia on the other but so far Am bassador Tower has not notified the department that the German govern ment has decided to terminate the existing agreement The effect of a formal declaration of that kind would be very serious it is feared Trouble Ako at Medina CONSTANTINOPLE Advices re ceived here from Hodeida say the re volutionists have surrounded the town of Manakha an important strategical position between Hodeida and Sanaa Disturbances have broken out among the Turkish troops at Medina be cause the only food the men received consisted of biscuits A caravan of Egyptian pilgrims returning from Mecca was attacked recently by nu merous bands of Arabs near Yambo Araba 125 miles from Medina Seven teen Egyptian soldiers escorting the pilgrims were killed Union Pacific Line Open RAWLINS Wyo After forty eight hours of herculean work the Union Pacific completed the construction of three bridges and a track around Ed son mountain where the big rock slide occurred last Sunday and two passenger trains which had been held at Rawlins and Laramie were sent on their way Agreements Are Made WASHINGTON The Canadian gov ernment has practically concluded ne gotiations which have been pending for a time looking to a reciprocal ex emption of vessels for inspection by both the United States and the Can adian governments A similar arrange ment has been made with Great Brit ain and the formal acceptance of the terms by the British board of trade is expected in a few days President Kills Big Game GLENWOOD SPRINGS Colo President Roosevelts hunting trip has been crowned with success far be yond his expectations or those of the most sanguine of his guides Three bears were killed by the party Tues day and two Monday one by the pres ident and one by Dr Lambert P B Stewart of Colorado Springs one of the presidents hunting companions arrived here accompanied by Courier Chapman They brought the story of the hunt The killing of the three bears was telephoned to them A BANK DEFAULTER President of the Institution Goeo Wrong MILWAUKEE Frank G Bigelow until now president of tho First Na tional bank of Milwaukee was arrest ed charged with the embezzlement of over 100000 of the banks funds The arrest of Mr Bigelaw followed his con fession to the board of directors of the bank that he was a dafaulter to the extent of 1450000 Following Mr Bigelows confession he was removed from the presidency of tho bank and the facts in tho the case were laid be fore the federal authorities The complaint was sworn to by United States District Attorney H K Butterfield It charges that Bigelow as president of the First National bank embezzled a sum exceeding 100000 A complaint and warrant identical with those in Bigelows case wero made out to Henry G Goll assistant cashier of the bank but Goll could not be found up to 7 oclock last night President Bigelow was taken before United States Commissioner Bioodgood lie waived hearing and was held to tho federal grand jury under 25000 bond Dr Horace N Brown and Arthur N McGooeh certified as sureties and Mr Bigelow was re leased The next federal grand jury lias not yet boon summoned but it is expected it will meet some time next month President Bigelows confession was made at a special meeting of tho board of directors held Saturday even ing and continued Monday In address ing his fellow directors President Bigelow said he had a painful state ment to make a confession that ho had misdirected the funds of the bank and that an examination of his books and a comparison of figures would show that he was indebted to the bank to the amount of over 51150000 This money he said had been lost in spec ulation in what and stocks Not a dollar of it could be recovered and tho only sum he could offr toward re compensing the bank were pergonal securities valued at approximately 300000 The confession of President Bigelow astounded the directors of the bank Mr Bigelow had been recognized as one of the foremost financiers of tho northwest He has been associated with the bank in various capacities for more than fifteen years and his busi ness connections trust companies manufacturing concerns real estate deals an dother similar ventures number scores He was honored a year ago by election to the presidency of the American Bankers association and by its members was looked upon as a leader in financial matters In making his statement to the di rectors of the bank Mr Bigelow said he had become involved in speculation several months ago This was on Wall street More recentlv he had been a persistent bull in the wheat market and recent loss there had added to heavy reverses on Wall street ROJESTVENSKY WILL WAIT Evident That He Will Not Proceed Until Reinforced TOKIO The movements of the squadron commanded by Admiral Ro jestvensky and the intentions of the Russian commander continue to be the subject of general interest and spec ulation The last Japanese reports are con flicting and confusing They do not in dicate definitely the purposes of Ro jestvensky but it is evidently the in tention of the Russian admiral to await a junction with the division commanded by Admiral Nebogatoff which increases the probability of his intention of giving Admiral Togo a decisive battle It is assumed that Kojestvensky will bring all the ships and guns pos sible into action if he intends to fight decisively or that he will detach and abandon his slow cumbersome and useless ships if he intends to run tho gauntlet to Vladivostok It is believed that the location and date of the en gagement will depend entirely on Ro jestvensky JAPS WIN A BATTLE Russian Force Attacks Advanced Cavalry Position Near Kaiyuan TOKIC The following announce ment was made tot ay On April 24 a Russian force con sisting of five battalions of infantry sixteen squadrons of cavalry and one battery of artillery in pressing our advanced cavalry attacked them in the vicinity of Kaiyuan Our Kaiyuan force attacked the Russians in return defeated and pursued them north to Meinhauchieh Our casualties were 38 The enemy left about 200 dead on the field Two other Russian forces one con sisting of six battalions of infantry and sixteen squadrons of cavalry the other of twelve squadrons of cavalry and one battery of artillery attacked Changtu and Siaotatzn respectively but retreated north when the other Russian force was defeated at Kai yuan Merger 3ill Is Vetoed DENVER Governor McDonald on Friday vetoed the railroad merger ex pansion bill passed at the late session of the leg suture the purpose of which as represented was to enable the Colorado Southern Railway company to extend its lines to tho Gulf of Mexico and in other directions There has been a biter fight over this measure between two factions of the republican party and it was an im portant factor in the gubernatorial contest between Peabody and Adani3 last fall STRIKE GROWING Great Industrial Upheaval in Chi cago CHICAGO With 3100 tcamstera on strike with constant accessions be ing made to their number and with tho express determination of tho em ployers association to take a firm stand for the open shop and fight tho teamsters union to a finish Chi cago to all apearances stands on tho eve of one of tho greatest industrial upheavals in her history There was rioting In various parts of tho city Thursday despito tho strong guards of pollco and tho num ber of private detectives hired by tho employers association to protect Its wagons During the troubles threo persons were seriously Injured two of whom will probably die The Injured are Richard dimming pollco sergeant run over by an omnibus driven by John Ceresa a union driver Cum mings will probably die Ceresa has been arrested Samuel Jackson a colored teamster employed by the J V Farwell com pany attacked by a mob numbering 200 He was badly beaten and his head cut by a blow with a shovel Mark Moran a district messenger boy struck on ihe head by a board thrown at non union teamsters from a building at Van Iluren and La Salle streets His condition is critical The declaration made Thursday night by tho members of the employ ers association that they would promptly discharge any teamsters who refused to deliver goods or call for them at the establishment of Montgomery Ward Co brought out the teamsters in many downtown mer cantile houses during the day and tho number it is said will be increased largely by Friday morning Strikes have boon declared against twelve leading firms and 3100 team sters have gone out In addition to these firms the teamsters employed by a number of smaller firms wero called out late in the evening The business agents of the teamsters union declareu Thursday night that by Friday they will call on striko 1000 truck drivers and thereby crip ple to a large extent the entire trans portation business in Chicago It was declared also that drivers for grocery houses which delivered goods to any firm where a strike exists will bo or dered to join in the lockout While the labor leaders were in conference delegates of the Chicago Employers association the Commer cial Exchange and representatives of outside industrial organizations met at the Union League club and declared that they would fight to a finish for the open shop in Chicago Subscriptions were taken up during the day to strengthen the Employers Teaming company the weapon with which tho teamsters union is to bo actively fought and Thursday night President Marie Morton of the com pany who is a brother of Paul Mor ton secretary of the navy had over 1000000 at his disposal and had ample assurances from business men that he could have as many times that amount as was necessary NO CHECK ON LIQUOR SALES Federal Government Has No Authority on Land Under Reclamation Act WASHINGTON Assistant Attorney General Campbell handed down a de cision in which he holds that the In terior department is without power and cannot interfere in the traffic in alcoholic beverages on lands tinder government irrigation projects throughout the country The decision was handed down at the request of the reclamation service which insists that land under irrigation projects is lining entered upon by bootleggers for the sole purpose of selling spirituous liquors to men engaged in reclamation work The service claims that its force is greatly demoralized by this traffic Secretary Hitchcock promises to call the attention of the state au thorities to the matter This decision immediaely affects the Mindakah pro ject in Idaho where liquor men have already established themselves TRANSPORTATION IS REDUCED E S Benson Aopointed Auditor on the Isthmus WASHINGTON The executive committee of the Panama Railway company has decided to reduce the rate charged for the transportation of the employes of the isthmian canal between New York and Colon from 25 to 20 Chairman Shonts has appointed T S Benson general auditor of the is thmian canal affairs and of the Pana ma Railroad company Mr Benson is a native of Massachusetts and com menced his railroad career on the Chi cago Burlington Quincy in 1871 He was for ten years auditor of the Oregon Railway and Navigation com pany but more recently has been sta tioned at Houston Tex as auditor in general charge of the accounts of the Southern Pacific lines in Texas Find Rich Placer Diggings RAWLINS Wyo Miners arriving from Baggs near the Wyoming-Colorado line state that rich placer ground has been found near Iron Springs in Colorado Work has been going on in a small way there for more than a year but recently the dirt became very rich L Calvert ono of the men reporting the find recent ly panned out sufficient gold to make a nugget as large as a walnut in fif teen minutes sluicing Dredges will be placed at work and the owner3 think they have a bonanza