IAHTTJ& BY MARY DEVEREUX ftTTH fLLUSrRATiONS BY DOtN C. W1? shn CCop)rr£*t &a2, //Wl iS/Xjn/> anrf C4// JPtQify f?42 talk that when Gen. Jackson arrived — I “And is his granddaughter with him?*’ r confinement which must have proved scare* y pleasant, to say nothing of the disturbance outside, the noise of ' which you doubtless heard. S^me of my men made an attempt to molest you: but. happily for myself, as well as for you. 1 have made them abandon the idea. You will now. I trust, ac knowledge the propriety of my having restricted your liberty while you were or. the island.” He paused, as if expecting a reply from them. But they only bowed, and resuming the air and tone he had as sumed during their former interview, he continued: "It is not necessary, neither is it proper, that I give any reasons for my present decision. But. if you still require a final and definite answer from me. it will be given you on the eighteenth day of this month, at noon, upon an island called 'The Turtle,’ lying off the mouth of the East Pass. I have selected this place because— j and you will doubtless agree with me \ —I fear it will not be well for either j of you to come again upon Grande Terre.” Both officers began to remonstrate > and expostulate at the length of time I.afitte had named; but be checked j »hem by saying firmly, "Knowing best what I have to do, gentlemen. I ven ture to assume that I am the proper i judge of the time needful to decide such fin important matter.” This the Englishmen were com pelled, although with very bad grace, to accept as a finality. They were, not long afterwards, taken to the beach, escorted by La fitte and a body of his trusted men. while the unruly ones hung about with lowering looks and threatening eyes, but offered no further violence. Beluche and a crew of picturesque ly looking outlaws rowed the officers out f *o meet their own boat; and Lafitte and Pierre watched them from the sho-e until they w ere well away from the island. Then Lafitte said, speaking in a low’ tone. “We must, for the present, guard night and day against surprise, and that will be all to occupy the men until I can hear from the gov ernor in regard to the proposition we will lay before him.” “Who will take it to New Orleans?” inquired Pierre, adding quickly, as he saw his foster-brother hesitate, “Sure ly not yourself. Jean; never think you of such a thing Do not risk trusting Claiborne so far; but let me taka the message.” he would find but scanty support, and the little man ended with: “If. mv cap tain, the foois begin to fight among themselves, what will hinder the Eng lish from stealing in upon them, while they are busy calling one another names." He spoke in French, and Lafiite re plied in the same tongue, "Truly they are fools, to quarrel among them selves at such a time as this. Of course," he added, dropping generali ties, -you saw our men before you left the city.” “I did. my captain. They arrived rhe second day before I left, and told me I was to pick up Mato ou the Owl's Pomt. Captain Beluche went ashore with Lopez as soon as ‘The Lady Inez’ dropped anchor, and neither of them had been heard from when I left.” "Now. let me hear—if you know— of what Naro has been trying to tell me. It seems that Shapira has sold his place to Count Cazeneau." "Shapira has not sold—only rented it, to M sieur le Comte, for the winter, as the count is far from well and does not wish to return to the city until matters there promise less of excitement." “And his . granddaughter is with him?" inquired Lafitte. in a tone giv ing Baptistine no hint of how the questioner's pulses were thriiling. "Yes. my captain: she. and all his household—every one. He has brought all his slaves from New Orleans and come to live at Kanauhana. It was Shapira himself who told me this when I saw him at the Owls Point. He said he was tired of playing plant er. and would sooner be back here at Barataria. He told me that he in tends offering his services to Gen. Jackson; and. being so fine a shot, he can surely render a good account of himself." Lafitte nodded and again asked. “But where is he living, now that Count de Cazeneau occupies his place?" "I asked him that question, my cap tain, but he laid a finger along that hooked nose of his, and winded at me as he said that if ever I sought him. he would not be found intruding upon the hospitality of M’sieur ie Comte. Of course, the men had to hear us talk, with me on the boat, and Shapira standing upon the Owl's Point; so I take it that he intended me to under stand he was living below, in the Raven's Cave. You know, my cap tain—” ‘‘Never mind speaking of the Colon neh,” LaStte brok* in. with a w anting gesture. “'Be careful.” he continued in a low voice, ‘how that place is mentioned; we may before long, have need of it for important purposes.” Baptistme said nothing, but nodded wisely. The so-called Colonneh, meaning Ra ven. was the Cherokee name fora hid ing-place known to but few of Lafitte's ; men; and Cherokee also was the name—Kanauhana—of the plantation, ! taken from the hominy produced | there, “Ka-nau-ha-na” being the In- | dian term for the crushed corn, cooked to the consistency of paste. The night it was of the seventh day after Beluche's departure mat Lafitte left Grande Terre for Gen. La Roche's I plantation, with sundry bags of silver ! hidden in the cabin of the polacea that was to convey him up the narrow j water-way to I^vke Bargne, whence 1 his course la;- westerly, up Bayou j Bienvenue, an obscure stream, at whose head was the plantation. Now and again a panther's scream, or the whining cry of a wild-cat. made the darkness seem still more dismal; j and the booming note of the alligator \ was heard along the sluggish water. But little cared I^afitte ' as • to the nature of hi* surroundings, for, from out the darkness, he seemed to see the pure face and violet eyes he was about to look upon after all these eventful months. (To be continued.) AND THE BEER WAS LOST. Unfortunate Combination of Thirst and Icy Sidewalk. There Is one resident of the respec table South Side who now- rests in an easy chair at home with a cracked el bow swathed in lint. Tuesday even- 1 ing his beer thirst sent him out to a near by groggery with a pitcher and a nickel. When he left the saloon with Ms brimming pitcher there was a smile on his face that would have j graced a nargoyle. The resident was about half way home when his feet ! went out from under him. He turned two or three somersaults in the air. ■ and then made an inglorious attempt to cave in the sidewalk. In the opera tion he shattered the pitcher, and ; broke his elboV. When a barbe r shop | porter and some kind old gentleman carried the resident home and sent for a doctor the resident turned feebly on his couch, looked pitifully at his j half hysterical wife, and =aid: "What did you do with the beer?” Wife nave him a look, the Mars came to her eyes, and she said: ! "Dear, yon are hurt. Your arm is broken. You fell." "Did I spill the beer.” ‘ No. you broke the pitcher, and it just ran out.” | “Didn't they save a bit of it?” "Not a drop.” “That’s what a man nets for living in a town where they never clean the ice off the sidewalks. I’ve got my opinion of the old place, anyway.” And he turned over with a groan.— Chicago Inter Ocean. Beggar and Business Man. John La Farge. the painter, talked t in New York at the Arts club of the wit of beggars. "Beggars need to be witty." he said. I "They live by their wits, you know. It isn't strange that they should be quicker than the solid ar.d respect able business man in repartee. “A solid and respectable business man was hurrying along Broadway the other night when a beggar accost ed him. "The night was cold and very raw. A strong wet wind was blowing from j the sea. Now a few snowflakes fell, j Now there fell a few heavy and cold drops of rain. "The beggar was shivering. He had on no overcoat and no gloves. His hands and wrists stuck out of his tight, short coat sleeves, red and stiff and cold looking. His cheeks were hol low. “ ‘Can you give me a little help, sir.” he said. “The husiness man took a dime from his pocket. “ Look here.’ he said, ’if l give you ! this dime you won't get drunk on it, [ will you?’ “ 'Oh. no. sir.’ said the beggar. ‘I i shall go at once and dine at the St. Regis.’ ”•—San Antonio Express. Young Mathematician. This new version of “easting out devils’’ is given by Senator Latimer of South Carolina: “A class of Sunday school boys and girls were being talked to about the j miracle of the easting out of devils j who entered into a drove of swine j and ran into the sea. During the I elucidation of this interesting subject ! it became apparent that one youth was engrossed by anxious thought, | and that for him the twist was not wholly untwisted. “ ’There must have been a lot of j 'em,' said the youth, eyeing the teach er. “‘A let of what?’ he was asked. “ ‘Lots of devils.’ “ ‘No: only cne.’ “ ‘I figured that there must have been a devil for each pig.’ ”—Nash ville Banner. Sad Waste of Cat. Jacob Riis was talking one day of j the importance of early training for i a boy. “Many a boy originally of the best stuff.” he said, “is spoiled from hard knocks when he is at the im pressionable age. One of my neigh bors had a little girl, a half-grown puppy and a family of kittens. They were great playmates One of the dog’s tricks was to bury ? kitten in the sandneap back of the hour.# *nd watch it scramble out. He did it once too often one day. and the little girl found one of her pets dead. Boiling with indignation, she brought the rat to her mother in her apron. ‘There, mama,’ she said, ‘isn’t It a shame! A perfectly good cat spoiled!’ ” Consolations of the Fallen. Adam considered his advantages. “At any rate.” he remarked. “I nev er had to wear anybody’s cut-dowa trousers.” With a happy smile he watched Eve fix over a fig leaf pair for little 1 Abel.—New York Sun. _1 Largest American Cattle Owner. John Sparks, governor of Nevada, j is the largest owner of range cattle in the United States. j 1 "..."" — .. ■'... V9&SS& White for Shirtwaists. White will probably be the most popular color in summer shirtwaists. Some colored waists are shown, of course, but the finest handwork and the best designs are seen developed in white. Plain and embroidered linen, the mercerized materials and poplins are the materials most favored so far. Pre-eminent among the white waists will be the lingerie ones. They are shown in bewildering variety, and for the woman who is to have but two or three the matter of choice is no easy one. Sheer handkerchief linen is usu ally chosen for these beautiful bits of daintiness, and handwork is lavished upon them. The woman w ho has the time and patience to do her own hand work will find she has been repaid, especially if her means be moderate, for the prices .charged in the shops are appalling. Night Gowr for Ladies and Misses. Dainty lingerie is desired by every j woman of refined taste. Soft, dura ble material should be the first consid- J eration, and the, trimming selected dainty and fine, but not too elaborate. In the accompany ing pattern the quaint Dutch yoke is smoothly fitted on the shoulders. the joining to me j > skirt portion being concealed beneath the soft ruffle, ^ which is trimmed with a narrow lace ; edging. The chemise gown, slipped over the head, has a sleeve banded or Cowing freely. i Colors for Spring. In the new spring tailor-made gowns helios and lavenders and plum shades are well to the fere, and there is a marked tendency toward simplicity and fitted effects. The coats of these early suits run the gamut of length from the bolero that ends well above the high girdle to the redingote that reaches well-nigh to the skirt hem. But all the coats, be they brief or lengthy, define the lines of the figure clearly. Many of the wooltex suits have trimly fitted coats shaped with the French dart seam, and finished with basquines which follow the Lou is XV lines, tapering to nothing in front, or are of even length all around. The vest or waistcoat is a feature of these coats. The skirts of these wool tex suits show slightly less fullness than marks their immediate prede cessors. Waist of Ytl'ow Silk. Blouse of pale yellow silk, forming a sort of draped bolero, trimmed with a fancy applique j composed or tucked bands and motifs of the silk. The neck and fronts are finished with an edge of .black velvet, the I’atter ornamented ; with tiny buttons : •and buttonholes ■and opening over a frill of white ace. The chemisette or guimpe is of gui pure. The girdle is of black velvet, over which the trim ming from the bottom of the blouse extends. The sleeves, forming double puffs, are trimmed to correspond and finished at the elbows with lace ruf fles. Spring Skirt Models. The advance spring models for skirts decree that the skirts shall fit the hips closely, gradually flaring out to the extreme limit of the width about the feet. One stylish model is cut with seven gores, finished at the foot with nun's tucks. At the knees the gores are overlapped and slashed, to allow for the insertion of wide ; pleats which make the required full ness about the feet. The trimmings of this brown broadcloth skirt are I large buttons covered with the same 1 material. Another pretty model is developed j in champagne chiffon broadcloth, and is in two pieces, slightly circular, with a seam down the center front. The fullness at the waist is gathered in to the band. Bias folds of the ma terial. edged w ith pipings of a darker shade of silk, are placed about the very full skirt and give a quaintly old fashioned note to this ultramodern design. Still another model is in the new panel effect, developed in five gores, and has two inverted pleats on each hip and one m the back. Small revers turn back at the bottom from each gore, cf velvet of a darker shade of green, covered with Russian lace. For the Spring. Every day nearing spring sees more of the sort of dresses women term “little,” irrespective of size or style— those lightweight woolen gowns of voile, etamines. eoliennes and the like. For these stuffs have proved them selves so satisfactory that they’re strong again for spring, and they have gotten themselves up in new little ways that are charming. Odd checks, sr-.all dots, checks and Jots together and small invisible plaids have come—the very prettiest sort of things for the walking suits ind shirtwaist suit3 they are being nade up in. Most of them have skirts of the lew length—just touching all around. \nd that length is the hardest of all o wear, for it seems too short to hold ip, is actually harder to hold up than t trained skirt, yet aggravatingly ‘cuts” around th® edge unless you !o continually lift it Dame Fashion >aa premised us a change in skirts. but nothing radical seems to be forth- | coming, just more and more astonish ing ways of getting fullness in about the feet. Short coats are more favored than iong in these light materials for the suits to wear with blouses. But everything is made of them; they’re even threatening to share honors with silk, which has had every thing its own way for the shirtwaist suits that everybody wears. Blue and brown—especially blue— are "staple” and will be worn a great deal, b it a dozen shades of violet are promised for the earliest spring days. Violet has been hinted at, pretty strongly, ail winter. jgsScudoir » ]f|pConS idences It is said that a sound, ripe apple placed in a tin cake box will keep the loaves from drying or crumbling. Sweeping with the carpet sweeper will be more effectual if the sweeper is pushed in the same direction as the warp of a rug—not against it. A cement made by adding a tea spoonful of glycerin to a gill of glue is a great convenience in the kitchen and is especially good for fastening leather, paper or wood to metal. Milk will immediately and effectu ally extinguish the flames from gaso line or any form of petroleum, since it forms an emulsion with the oil whereas water only spreads it. Fried oysters are considered un wholesome, because, as usually pre pared. they become soaked with fat. To avoid this, immerse them com pletely in hot fat. so that they are in stantly seared over and the absorption of fat prevented. A frying basket fa cilitates the process. Mew Triple Skirts. That the separate waist has indeed teen promoted must be admitted when one sees the elaborate white silk and 'ace affairs worn by social leaders at the musicales. where the sar prima donnas “assist.'’ These shirt waists appeared on the removal of coats—mostly of the three-quarter length and matching the skirts—the hats either matching the costume or en suire with the furs worn. But there are delightful exceptions. One youDg matron in a skirt and coat of purple cloth wore ermine and a tur ban of pale blue taffeta with white plume flecked with black. Another notable costume was of white serge, with a plumed black velvet turbau and lynx furs. The coat was trim med with black velvet and gold strap pings. Sparkles Are in Vogue. Fashion decrees that we shall once more bespangle ourselves, fill our hair, as it were, with fireflies, w. ar trimmings, and ornaments and em broideries that, shine, and carry little shimmering bags and sparkling fans, and set our feet in shoes that are en crusted with golden and metallic beads. It is a good sign that social life, too, will have some sparkle and glitter, and that for a season, at all events, we are going to look on the brighter side of everything. Uses for Huckaback. Huckaback is used -or a number of articles dear to the heart of the fancy worker, book covers, cushions—sofa and pin variety being included in the list. Mercerized thread is used for the decoration which is in undulating rows formed by darning. The work is very easy. Fancy a redingote of yellow Vene tian lace. Cuffs flare upward, with upstanding frills of lace. Colored embroideries will be much used on white dresses. Harmony from hat to shoe is the main point to be aimed at. Princess gowns are to be the smart est of spring and summer frocks. Soft, fluffy and dainty are the blouses made entirely of Valen ciennes. The waistcoat or vest Is almost uni versal on this season's tailor mades. The surplice waist runs riot. Almost every new frock is finished off that way. The long redingote is so close fit ting and so elaborately trimmed that it appears less like a coat than a gown. White mull and lace gowns are well trimmed with lace and delicate inset embroidery of the handkerchief order. """ • Washable Silk Underwear. It is very smart these days to have all one's underwear, even to one’s cor set, washable, and the best of fancy silk petticoats are now made of wash able silk. The new washable silks are triumphs in the art of silk making and the wash silk shirt waistJ and wash silk dress skirts would surprise the old fashioned dressmaker cf a few years ago, who labored under the im pression that silk would spot if wet. Two-thirds of the summer silks are washable. They are promising many novelties in the wash silk line and all women should do well to watch out for them, for they will be handsome and well adapted to nice wear as well as te common wear. Accessories fcr Gowns. Waistcoats, collars and cuffs are all accessories of the tailor-made cos tumes that give the charmingly femi nine touch that is so attractive with the rather severe styles. The coats are made so that the waistcoats may or may not be added and the sleeves and collar are also so finished that they are complete without th ? extra collar and cuffs of leather, linen or pique, as the case may be. On the white serge coat collars and cuffs of black velvet and then a narrow collar and cuffs of plain pique, fastened fb the coat with small fancy buttons, are extremely smart and give a distinctly I individual touch that is most desir able. The pique or duck collars and cuffs launder well and can easily be put on. New Theater Waist. Blouse of soft silk or crepe de v.iiilitr, lxji iiiui5 a sort of fichu shirred at the B shoulder, draped bordered w ith a rag' lace ruffle and fin ished at the bottom with a double fril Sgg| which is trimmec SIB with narrow black )3 velvet. The chemisette ** is tucked crosswise and trimmed wilt \ lace, which also * forms the collar The girdle is ol velvet. The ful' sleeves are finished at the elbows with velvet-edged frills | o£ the material and with lace ruffles. Popular Lingerie Blouses. The tremendous vogue for lingerie | blouses is a wiser mode than it seems at first thought. They are always fresh and dainty, not at all perishable and as warm as any of the lighter weight silks when worn over one ol the well-cut linings of heavy India silk Then again they may be worn aii through the year, and in character ol ! fabric answer a certain hint of infer j mality in the nature of the blouse j proper. At any rate modish women are buying them by the wholesale. [ Scents for Milady’s Locks. Just a hint of vioiet or white rose j perfume adds to the attractions of the dainty girl. Her shining hair, too, gains by suggestion of sweetness. There is a new powder, straight from Paris, made for scenting the hair. It is nothing more nor less than a finely powdered sachet, and comes in tints to match any shade of hair. It is dusted into the pompadour and over the bun by means of a powder puff, and imparts to the tresses the faintest and most facninating odor im aginable. Trimming Materials. Both cloth and velvet gowns show a varied assortment of trimmings, and none of the importations are pl^in, but display two or three different trimming materials. Silver and gold braid and embroidery done in the twc metal shades adorn the heavier gowns, while gaiioons of all widths and varieties are applied to the mixed cloth fabrics. More Material Called For. The amount of goods necessary foi a dress to-day is almost twice the number of yards used in the gowns of two years ago. the full sleeves taking a vast amount of material, and the shirred and plaited skirts demanding an amount of colth astonishing to the man who has to pay for it by the yard. FOR AFTERNOON WEAR. 1. House dress, of palest green silk crepe, embroidered in wreaths of for get-me-nots. tied with white ribbon bows, over a foundation of changeable green taffeta. 2. Fashionable reding ote of brick red lightweight broad cloth, the tucks of the skirt stitched down below the knees. Trimmed with sable to correspond with toque. 3. Heavy corded siik visiting toilette, the shirred bodice buttoned o***- * cream lace vest and collar. Fuli gath ered skirt falling from shirred hip yoke. 1 — CARRY TREASURE IN SAFETY. Ships With Specie on Board No Long er Fear Pirates. An ocean steamship carrying near ly $10,WO,000 in gold is advertised to sail this week from New York to Eu ! ropean ports. A few weeks ago an other steamship carried $7,000,000 Li | gold to Europe, and heavy shipments j of gold from Europe to America or from America to Europe are of com mon occurrence. Many a vessel sail ing from Alaska to San Francisco car ries more of the precious metals than did the famous galleons of Spain in the eighteenth century. The vessel to sail this week with | gold as ballast will carry three times 1 as much bullion and coin as was car ried by the whole fleet of Spanish treasure ships captured by the British , in 1S04. This one modern vessel car I ries ten times as much gold to Europe | %s was carried by any treasure ship 1 that sailed the Spanish main in the time of the old buccaneers. In the seventeenth and eighteenth | centuries the treasure ships sailing from Mexico and South America and from the Indies were objects of inter est to nations at war and to buccan neers and pirates. Freebooting expe ditions were organized to capture them and fleets were maneuvered with the treasure they carried in mind. The sailing of a treasure ship brought the buccaneers of American waters into action, and there was no safety even when the treasure ships were guarded by war vessels. The Western seas were then a high : way beset with pirates and freet>oot ers, acting often in the name of Eng land, France or Holland, but always with plunder in mind. These free I hooters became so strong that they not only conducted campaigns against the treasure ship3 of Spain, but or ganized governments and captured and held cities. Nothing affords a sharper contrast between the conditions of a hundred ; or two hundred years ago and now than the sailing of the modern trea ure ships from American ports. No secret is made of their sailing, and the amount of gold and silver carried :s published to the world. No expe di tions are organized to waylay them, no plots are concocted to destroy oi ; capture them. X'nder the rules of the nations gov | erning ocean traffic, the treasure ship is as safe at sea as is the fishing smack. There are no outlaws of rh« sea. and there is no outlawry on (he sea. because civilization united to sup press piracy in all its forms, and tc i make the ocean safe for all commerce ________ CLOTHING MAKES THE MAN. Historical Personages Stripped of Ac customed Raiment Seem Unreal. A meeting of the Custom Cutters’ Association of America was held in Philadelphia the other day. J. O. Madison of New’ York, in explaining the part that clothes play in making the man, said: “An undraped Caesar never could have quelled rebellion with a speech, nor could, undressed, our great Wash i ingtcn have awed his friends with his impressive dignity. What do we ^ know of Moses, not knowing how he was dressed? And how much greater | would our interest be in Aristotle if we knew the kind of clothes hd was in the habit of wearing? “What do we know cf Nero or of | Judas, ignorant, as we are, of what ! their clothes were like? And if we knew how St. Patrick clothed him self how much more feelingly would the Christian world do reverence tr his memory. We know that Adam wore a fig leaf, and he seems, because of this historic fact, more real than ! if we knew him only as the nun whose appetite for apples made tail | oring necessary.” The Optimist. Laugh with me. quaff with me, mtka merry chaff w ith me; Fill up your glasses and raise th-m with mine. | Drink to the nearest one. ay, and th« dearest one; I give you Pleasure, and pledge it with w ine. Think not of sorrow, nor yet of to-mor row. Bask in the sun of the Present's bright smile; ! Woes will com®, foes win come, what, ne one knows will come Laugh while you may and make merry the while. ; What Is ahead of us, who w ill instead of us Revel to-morrow, light-hearted and fre® ? Warm life is calling us, beauty enthrall ing us. Now !s the time, lads, for you and foi me. .We've tim® without measure—let's give it to pleasure; My secrets are yours and your secretf are mine: I’p with your glasses, lads, drink to th# lasses, lads. I give you Love, and I pledge It with wine. —Ruth Bassett, in Boston Globe. . To Banish Inebriates. The Glasgow corporation is consid ering a scheme under which the city ? chronic inebriates shall be banished to the Islet of Shura, one of th® He brides group. This islet is leased tc a farmer and has been practically for gotten by the corporation of Glasgow, who have owned it for a century.—SL James’ Gazetfe. _ London Railway Stations. In an address to the Society of Arts In London, January 25, the Hen. Rob ert P. Porter said there would sood be six hundred railway stations in London, and that from $125,000,000 tc 1150,000,000 was now being spen* there in electrifying roads and in th« extension of tubes. Power of the Press. Complimentary to the power of the | press is the letter of a Buenos Ayres i woman who writes to the editor of a | London evening paper asking him to use his influence to prevent the earth's orbit from being changed. To Test Dirigible Balloons. Gen. Greely. chief signal officer, U. | 3. A., will convert the Omaha tXeb.) j barracks into a signal corps post, where experiments will be made with ! tirships and dirigible balloons. Work for Unemployed. To meet the unemployed difficulty In Manchester, a new industry, col lecting scrap tin from rubbi -.h heaps, has been started. *