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CHAPTER XIV
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The island of Grande Terre off the
const of Louisiana runs parallel vitli
the mahiland and at its western end
is a secure harbor readied by the
Great Pass of Barataria whoso water
is from nine to ten feet in depth
Here on Grande Terre were sold
-the captured cargoes and pri7es and
people from all parts cf Louisiana
came hither to purchase them with
no apparent attempt or desire to con
ceal the ouject of their mteston
Jean Lafltte was with Piene Fit
ting in the dining room of his own
house of which however the latter
was nominal master
And so Laro is dead and the Earra
de Hierro in English hands Pierre
was saying
Tell me ol thy plans and what is
to become of the lovely Senorita Lu
zalie
At this Jean putting aside his for
mer mood sketched out clearly all his
intended operations telling in detail
of his interview with Philip La Roche
who with his widowed sister Madame
Riefet would take the Spanish
beauty into their charge
It was now some two months since
the governors edict had been issued
against the introduction of African
slaves and he had followed this by
an address To all whom it might
concern in the territory stating that
It had rome to his knowledge that
well laid plans existed to defeat and
evade this edict by way of Barataria
and as Jean now learned from Pierre
a rumor was afloat that the governor
contemplated setting a price upon the
head of Jean Lafltte smuggler slave
trader and pirate
It is oniy a rumor as yet an
swered Pierre with no sign of anxi
ety and together with the stories
of bad feeling growing between these
states and England it gives the people
a little of the excitement they ever
seem to crave
theVvcning sky was glittering
in the days gray ashes
It was the li Jand Uohe and the
sc ng one her mother had taught
her one Lafltte had heard the girl
sing during thfir jonrncy from the
Choctaw com try
Mademoiselle Rose he said
speaking very softly as the sweet
voice died away breathing the fimil
words like a sigh from a breaking
heart
Wlios it what io jou wish she
inquired timidly and not a little
startled
It is I mademoiselle Do you not
remember me
Ah
It was a cry of joy and two small
hands white as her snowy draperies
were held out to him
It is my Captain Jean And oh
how glad I am to nee you
Are you was all he was able to
say in reply as he took her hands
and wondering to himself for being so
tongue tied in the presence of this
mere child
Surely I am So often have I
asked myself during this long summer
where you wore and what doing Oh
Captain Jean I am so very glad you
have come back And now you will
stop in New Orleans
She spoke eagerly fearlessly as if
happy in showing her liking for him
I fear not mamselle 1 am here
for a few hours only on business and
came to see your grandfather You
speak of the summer being long
Were you not happy mamselle
She moved uneasily and her head
drooped but she did not reply
Tell me little Island Rose were
you not happy he asked again tak
ing her hand Remember that it was
I who brought you here I who loved
and revered your mother And I must
feel the deepest regret to have been
the means of bringing her child to un
happiness Is not your grandpere
kind to you
Will you promise to do this
I wish there would be war declared
against Great Britain declared Jean
with sudden animation as he nodded
bis acquiescence in Pierres reason
ing She has been sneaking around
this country ever since her whipping
here trying without appearing to try
to obtain another hold upon it She
never seems to really know when she
is well thrashed
It was now Pierres turn to nod
If war came continued Jean his
eyes sparkling as if with satisfaction
at the idea do you know I think I
should go to the governor and offer
all I have for his assistance
Ah said Pierre with a slight
elevation of his heavy eyebrows
Yes for you and I with our men
could then fight like any respectable
citizens in defence of this country
against the English
That might be was Pierres spec
ulative remark But his tone changed
as he added bending his eyes filled
with a meaning look upon Jeans im
passioned faco aglow with a new and
better enthusiasm And England
liates Bonaparte
Hates yes but fears as well
Oh if I can but help lay low his most
hated enemy I shall feel in dying for
it the greatest happiness I ever
Knew
Pierre whistled softly and reaching
for a flagon of wine filled two glasses
Here Jean he said lifting one of
them let us drink to the overthrow
of English power in any land wherein
wp may abide and long life and pros
perity to him you love
Twilight was coming when Jean La
fltte took his way to the house of
Count de Cazeneau
Up the avenue of live oaks upon
whose branches the gray moss draped
filaments looking ghostly in the twi
light he passed to the pillared portico
and as was
residence
of the counts
entered its widedoor
his privilege
unannounced
The low strumming of a guitar from
footsteps toward
a near by room drew his
ward it and he was soon standing on
its threshold
No candles were lit but a womans
trom the far
gleamed
white drapery
windowed re
ther end in nn alcove
cnis looking out to the western sky
Oh yes was her hasty reply
He has been means to be very
kind I am sure He has given me
many pretty things clothes and jew
els and books things of which I
never knew before in all my life
Yet little Rose I feel that some
thing is troubling you Lafltte de
clared confidently I wish you would
tell me what it is and perhaps I can
find the way to make you as happy
and contented as I want to feel you
are in this new home to which I
brought you
His voice with its gentle insist
ence the firm pressure of his hand
upon her small fingers these im
pelled her after a brief hesitancy to
say speaking very softly There
seems to be some mystery about my
surroundings something in my
grandpere s life I cannot understand
and this makes me uncomfortable
And he has such strange associates
It was well for both the girl and the
man that the darkness hid the look
of the face when he heard these
words
On the island where we spent the
summer such rough dreadful looking
men came to see him and then disap
peared suddenly I never spoke with
them for he bade me keep out of
their way but they frightened me for
they looked wicked and cruel and
many of them were as dark skinned
as our slaves Some of them were
dressed so oddly with red caps on
their heads and rings in their ears
I could not but wonder why he should
permit such men to enter his house
and what could be their business
with him
There are many strangers and
rough looking men about New Orleans
little Rose and we are obliged to
come into contact with them in busi
ness matters said Lafltte I know
those of whom you speak and I know
they would never harm you And he
patted reassuringly the hand she had
not offered to withdraw
But he added you had better
keep away from such men as your
grandpere bade you for you must be
lieve that he loves you and knows
what is best for yon Remember too
that so long as I live you can rely
upon me to keep you safe from what
ever might harm you or make you un
happy
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All that is pleaaant for me to heai
and to know Captain Joan she re
plied with childish frankuoas roloas
lag hr hand and lajiug it on his
arm Hut now with some auxlet
iiw can ou ever be able to do much
for mo should I ned yu It is long
since 1 have seen you or known
where 3011 were and now jou tell me
jou are lure but fo a few hours and
wi Mien go away again I know not
where
Although seemingly twixt smiles
and tears she spoke with an arch
naivete that afrected Uifltte most
You know Zeney the one called a
witch your grandperes slave he in
quired with apparent irrelevance
Ye of course answered Roselle
surprise showing in her voice She
s a dreadful looking old woman with
big black eyes At fin t 1 was afraid
of her but now I am not for she knew
an loved my mother and has talked
to me of her
So Well that is quite as it
should he And now little Rose
again taking her hand remember al
ways what 1 say to you now Should
you ever wish to tell me anything or
need any service you think I can ren
der all you need do is to tell Zeney
and then allow three days to pass in
which to sec me or hear from me
Will jou promise to do this
lie bent toward her with an earnest
ness in his manner that caused her to
wonder at the time and afterwards
Yes I promise and I thank you
she answered softly and left him
A few moments later the Count de
Cazeneau entered the room and greet
ed Lafitte with a cordiality he accord
ed to few men but the Island Rose
did not return
To be continued
WRITTEN BY MARSHAL BLUCHER
Interesting Letter From Great Soldier
to His Wife
There has just been discovered in
the family archives of a landed pro
prietor in Mecklenburg a hitherto un
published letter written by the cele
brated Marshal Blucher to his wife
on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo
The letter is couched in the unique
style and spelling peculiar to the old
soldier which however are partly
lost in the following translation from
the German
Comprenne June 17 1S15
Here I sit in the room in which
Mary Louisa spent her bridal night
It is hard to imagine anything more
beautiful than Comprenne What a
pity that I must part from here to
morrow because within three days I
must be in Paris
It is possible and most probable
that Bonaparte will be handed over
to me and Wellington Do not think
I can do anything better than to have
him shot liis would be a service to
mankind In Paris he is wholly de
serted everybody hates and despises
him
I believe this will all be over in a
short while and then I shall hasten
home There are many pretty things
here but I must not take anything
away BLUCHER
Dundee Advertiser
Hard on Foreigners in Mexico
Once while sojourning in the City
of Mexico I happened to call upon a
friend at one of the principal hotels of
that capital said Representative
Southard of Ohio
While in his room I noticed a very
fine revolver and making some com
ment upon it he picked it up and be
gan to explain how although it was of
single action he could fire it as fast
as though it were double action In
some way his hand struck the ham
mer causing the weapon to explode
In a second my friend turned deathly
pale and became so agitated that he
could scarcely speak
Having noticed that the bullet
struck a rug and took a downward
course I didnt see and cause for ex
citement and lifting up the rug
showed him where the lead took
lodgement He became calm pretty
soon and then he explained his agita
tion Had that bullet gone into the
court all the hotels down there open
into a court instead of the floor and
had it struck any Mexican my life
would not have been worth a ten cent
piece I have lived down here long
enough to know how swift is the pun
ishment meted out to foreigners even
in case of accident where a native is
injured Indeed had I been unfortu
nate enough to have caused the death
of one of them it is quite probable
that you as well as myself would
have been executed The fact that
you had nothing to do with the shoot
ing would have been of no avail for
your presence here would have con
demned you Washington Post
Three Balls and Out
So you refuse to give me the
money eh said the profligate son
Yes replied the stern parent
Not another cent of my hard earned
coin for you
Then here goes cried the youth as
he seized a silver mounted pistol from
his fathers desk
Unhappy boy exclaimed the old
man as he sank helplessly into a
chair what would you do take your
life
Not so you could notice it re
plied the wayward offspring as a dia
bolical grin chased Itself over his
beardless phiz Im merely going to
loan this lead pill dispenser to my
uncle see
The Real End
Yes he was killed by a blow from
a policemans club
Sort of hard wood finish eh
Puck
Not to His Taste
Visitor Ard are you unhappy
Convict Kind of that way This
ire simple Hfe is sorter monotorou
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Holcomb and repeated after him a
I solemn oath of office The men who
1 invoked God to attest that they swore
truly were the members of the twenty-
ninth session of the legislature and
this is what they swore
I I do solemnly swear that I will
support the constitution of the United
States and the constitution of the
state of Nebraska and will faithfully
discharge the duties of member of the
legislature according to the best or
my ability and that at the election at
which I was chosen to fill the said
office I have not improperly influenced
any vote of an elector that I have
not accepted nor will I accept either
directly or indirectly money or other
valuable things from any corporation
company or person or any promise
of office for any official act or influ
ence for any vote I may give or with
hold on any bill resolution or appro
priation so help me God
The business to be transacted was
that of organization only and was car
ried out strictly along the lines deter
mined on in the republican caucuses
i The house was called to order by
Secretary of State Marsh The roll
was called by C H Barnard of Pawnee
county who was later made first as
sistant clerk of the house
R B Windham of Cass county was
unanimously elected speaker pro tem
and John Wall was made temporary
chief clerk
For the election of permanent speak
er the vote stood Rouse 91 Hunk
er 9 and on motion of the latter the
election of Mr Rouse was made
unanimous
The oath was administered by Chief
Justice Holcomb and was repeated by
the members standing with right
hands uplifted and afterwards was
signed by them
The house then proceeded to per
manent organization electing George
L Rouse of Hall speaker John Wall
chief clerk and the other officers and
employes as agreed on in caucus last
night
The nine fusion members supported
for speaker F D Hunker of Cuming
county
The speakers and officers were
sworn by the chief justice
Mr Rouse was escorted to the
speakers chair by Burgess of Lancas
ter Caseberr of Gage and Perry of
Furnas He addressed the house
briefly informally and in a very gen
eral way
A committee of five was ordered ap
pointed on legislative supplies The
rules of the twenty eighth session
were adopted as the rules cf the pres
ent session
Windham of Cass Anderson of
Douglas and Burns of Lancaster were
appointed to act with a senate com
mittee to wait upon the governor and
inform him the legislature is ready to
hear from hini
Casebeer of Gage moved that the
clerk be instructed to furnish requisi
tion blanks which should he exclu
sively used by the members in calling
for supplies and that such requisi
tions be permanent preserved in the
record The resolution was voted
down
Windham of Cass chairman of the
committee to confer with the gover
nor reported that his excellency had
fixed 2 oclock Thursday as the hour
when he would convey his wishes to
the legislature in the form of a mes
sage
The house thereupon adjourned
In the senate work began at noon
Lieut Governor McGillon called the
body to order
Rev J H Presson led in prayer
He invoked the divine blessing on the
legislators and asked for harmony and
peace throughout the session
A roll call showed that all the sen
ators were present except Hart of
Adams county He was detained by ill
ness
Senator Wall moved that Senators
Begthol of Lancaster Saunders of
Douglas and Jackson of Gage be ap
pointed a committee on credentials
They reported there were no contests
Senator Saunders of Douglas moved
that the 1903 rules be adopted until
new regulations were formulated and
the motion prevailed
Senator Haller of Washington
moved that Senator Jennings be elect
ed president pro tem Senator Wall
of Sherman moved as a substitute
that all the senate caucus nominees
be declared elected The latter motion
prevailed Wall then moved that Sen
ators Epperson of Clay Tucker of
Richardson and Sheldon of Cass wait
on the secretary of state and ask him
Discretion
You never laugh at young Mr Bliz
zlns jokes
No answered Miss Cayenne I
like Mr Blizzins I am afraid he will
get to trying to be clever every time
he meets me and become a nuisance
Social Economy
One Sinco poor Jack Waring died
his widow really seems to be on the
decline
The Other Declining Is she It
will be safe to ask her to dinner then
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LEGISLATURE
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A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty -Ninth Gen
era Session
In the capitol building shortly after
noon on the 3rd 132 citizens stood
with uncovered heads and with right
hands uplifted before Chief Justice
dUtasuMw
1 to swear in the senate employes This
was carried Secretary of State Marsh
could not he found and Senator Mock
ett of Lancaster moved that the lieu
tenant governor administer the oath
This was adopted and the employes
were sworn in
Begthol of Lancaster moved that the
committee on standing committees
and the committee on employes se
lected by the caucus be chosen by the
senate The selections were approved
Senator Jones of Otoe asked that
the pay of the enrolling and engross
ing clerks be fixed at 4 a day This
was done Senator Wall of Sherman
moved that Senator Cady of Howard
Fries of Valley and Nlelson of Doug
las compose a committee to notify
the house that the senate had organ
ized The motion carried and the com
mittee notified the house
Without transacting further busi
ness of importance the senato ad
journed
WEDNESDAY JAN 4
The senate held a short session The
body was called to order by Lieuten
ant Governor McGllton A committee
composed of Beghtol of Lancaster
Fries of Valley and Shreck of York
was appointed to confer with a house
committee to set a time for a joint
session to canvass the vote on execu
tive officers and fixed the time at
11 CO Mockett of Lancaster moved a
resolution that was unanimously car
ried to furnish representatives of the
newspapers in tho senate copies of
the Cobbey statutes for use during the
session The board of secretaries of
the state board of health sent in a
communication requesting the favor
able action of the senate in the mat
ter of providing a home for the epilep
tics An invitation was read and
placed on file from the National Live
Stock association for the legislature
to attend the meeting of the associa
tion in Denver January 10 or to send
a committee Adjourned until Thurs
day when joint inaugural ceremonies
will take place
In the house complaint was entered
against the railroads for the length of
time they take to get lumber into Ne
braska and the way in which they treat
the dealer Lumber is sometimes on
the road a month with the dealer un
able to locate it When it does arrive
unless it is unloaded within forty
eight hours the purchaser has to pay
1 a day demurrage Frequently the
cars stack up on the dealer and In many
cases shippers have been unable to
unload the cars within the prescribed
time and have had to pay the demur
rage charges when it is all the fault
of the railroads Should a measure be
introduced to regulate this evil it will
have the support of the lumber deal
ers who two years ago were tied up
with the railroads The following
members were excused from attend
ance for the remainder of the week
Jouvenat of Boone Jackson of Antel
ope Bacon of Dawson Peabody of Ne
maha Livingood of Franklin McAl
lister of Deuel Richardson of Madi
son and Smelser of Sherman Roberts
of Dodge offered a resolution directing
the chief clerk to furnish to the re
porters of daily newspapers regularly
represented in the house a copy each
of the compiled statutes for use dur
ing the session the resolution being
seconded by Perry of Furnas The
question was put to a viva voce vote
and the speaker was in doubt as to
the result Burns of Lancaster then
explained to the members the neces
sity for furnishing statutes to the
newspaper men after which the re
solution prevailed Following this ad
journment took place until Thursday
THURSDAY JANUARY 5
Brilliant and elaborate ceremonies
marked the inauguration of Governor
Mickey and the state officers The
capitol building was decorated from
top to bottom with flaunting bunting
Fern9 palms and flowers were in all
the offices and there was an Inter
minable receiving line leading up to
Governor Mickey who was surround
ed by his colonels their uniforms
ablaze with gold lace There was a
reception in the senate chamber
which lasted from 8 to S30 oclock
Several thousand marched through
the chamber and into Representative
hall After this there were receptions
in the various offices by the new offi
cers The First regiment band fur
nished music and Adjutant General
Culver of the national guard had
charge of the ceremonies But little
business was transacted beyond Inau
guration ceremonies Jennings of
Thayer reported the standing commit
tees Giffen of Dawson moved that
WTall of Sherman Laverty of Saun
ders and Gould of Greeley be appoint
ed a committee to represent the
Nothing to Say
Cholly I suppose she doesnt like
me because I never flatter I always
say what I think
Miss Sharp Ah Is that all Per
haps her dislike then is due to the
fact that you never say anything
The Remarkable Thing
He Miss Elder tells me shes only
22 That seems remarkable doesnt
She Not at all It would have been
remarkable if she had told the truth
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hers of the senate at the meeting of
tho National Uve Stock association
at Denver Tho committee on em
ployes reported these names to tha
senato and they were sworn In and
placed on the pay roll MI33 Olivo Utt
secretary to lieutenant governor
Charles E Furay copyist F J Bene
dict custodian of tho Bunate Edgar
McCrea custodian of tho gallery
Mrs E S Camoron copyist Tom
Wright clerk J A Pollard messen
ger Jerry Wllholm night watchman
H A Hober janitor
In the house tho session was very
short lasting but ten minutes Chair
man Perry of the committee on ad
journment reported that an agree
ment had been reached with the sen
ato committee for an adjournment un
til 11 oclock Tuesday The report wan
adopted McClay of Lancaster moved
that a committee of three be appoint
ed to arrange for tho securing of
mimeograph copies of the house jour
nal one to be placed dally on tho
desk of each member and that the
committee bo given power to act The
speaker seemed to regard this as en
tailing unnecessary expense and tho
motion was dofeated The house then
went into joint session and on recon
vening adjourned
No Sign
Ethel Are you sure the count was
Intoxicated last night
Edythe Positive Why he couldnt
pronounce hia own name
Ethel But you must remember that
he is a Russian count
It All Depends
Giles How far Is it from your
house to the nearest saloon
Smiles Well it i3 three minutes
walk from my house to the saloon and
about thirty minutes walk back
Didnt Want a Change
Nell He seems to bo devoted tT
you
Belle Yes
Nell Why dont you marry him
Belle Oh I like to have him de
voted to me
A Loss Indeed
Jakey What makes you so blue to
day Ikey
Ikey I I was fired yesterday
Jakey Fired And you had no in
surance
Long Felt Want
Customer Say what kind of a
crazy novel is this anyway It begins
with the last chapter and ends with
the first
Bookseller Oh that edition is In
tended for ladies only
The Usual Size for Him
Little Elmer Papa what is a hv
pochondriac
Professor Broadhead A hyper
confidence man i3nt he Catholic
ease but many complaints Puck
Tells Why
Aunt Julia Why did you break off
your engagement with yOUng Hug
gins
Pretty Niece Because he got a fcoi
notion in his head that intended Jo
marry him
The Retort Proper
Ah you poor chap3 of bachelors
Now when a married man gets a liltfu
rent in his clothes
Hes got to pay It to the landlord
I see
Some Think So
Willie Pa what does trust mean
pa Well trust means confidence
for one thing
Willie Then a trust magnate is a
condence man isnt he Catholic
Standard and Times
Proof Enough
Oh mamma I know theres a flea
on me cried little Ethei
How do you know it is a flea
dear asked mamma
Why because I cant catch it
Parental Promptitude
Willie Mamma I thlak 1 like God
better than I do papa
Mrs Slimson Why Willie
Well papa punishes me a great
deal quicker than God does Colliers
Weekly
Criminal Offense
Lawyer Did the defendant to your
knowledge ever incite another to
perjury
Witness Yes once I heard him ask
a woman her age
Measuring Ingredients
It is useful to know that sixty drops
are equivalent to one teaspoonful
three teaspoonfuls equal to one table
spoonful A gill is four tablespoon
fuls One cupful of liquid is equal to
one half pint Two cups of butter or
sugar weigh one half pound and six
teen tablespoonfuls of liquid are equa
to a cupful
Day of Heaviest Rainfall
A celebrated aeronaut asserts after
patient investigation that the ninth
day of tho moon is the most rainy oi
the whole twenty eight and fou
oclock in the afternoon the rainieri
hour of tho day
To Procure Sound Sleep
Unrefreshlng but sound sleep near
ly always shows that tha blood does
not leave the brain by the veins at
the normal rate Soaking the feet in
hot water and uaiag high pillow
will be beneflcIaL
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