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CHAPTER XXIII
The twelve months elapsing since
the September afternoon that witness
ed Rose de Cazeneaus disillusion in
regard to her trusted Captain Jean
had been uneventful ones for her
until very recently when she had
met Lazalie under Gen La Roches
Vospiiable roof and for the first
time in her life found a girl friend
The dark beauty and indifferent
manner of the Spanish girl possessed
a strange and powerful attraction for
the gentle natured Rose and Lazalie
feeling the others admiration and
liking had reciprocated in a way that
brought to the surface her better
and more womanly self
The general had for a guest at this
time the son of an old friend Col
Thomas Stewart of Kentucky who
sending young Harold to New Or
leans upon a matter of business had
asked for him La Roches hospitality
La Roche and the two girls were
breakfasting when Lafitte arrived
Erigida who was superintending cer
tain domestic matters in a front room
of the house was the first to see his
approach
Gen La Roche with the impetuos
ity of a much younger man sprang
from his chair and crossed the room
to grasp Lafittes hand welcoming
him in words which were but careless
ly heard for the npweomer glanced
from Lazalie who had followed her
bests movements to the childish fig
ure still seated at the table to the
lovely face flushing and paling by
turns while the violet eves with a
startled and yet not altogether dis
pleased light showing in them were
raised to meet his own
Not offering to touch her hand he
said with a bow I hope mademoi
selle that I find you quite well
She answered ift a low voice her
manner with the color still going and
coming in her cheeks suggesting I
nothing more than usual shyness I
wish to present you to my friend
Captain Jean who has come to see
mo upon a matter of business Mr
Stewart now speaking to Lafitte as
the young man rose and took the for
mers extended hand is the son of
an old friend whom I think you have
met in past years He was then En
sign Tommy Stewart but now he is
if you please Col Thomas Stdwart of
Kentucky a member of General Jack
sons staff
I remember having met him in
New Orleans some years ago and I
am pleased to make the acquaintance
of his son
As the breakfast proceeded accom
panied by a general and inconsequent
chatter Lafittes keen eyes took note
of the way in which the young man
looked at Mademoiselle de Cazeneau
and it seemed to him that not only
was she conscious of Stewarts atten
tion but that it embarrassed her
A fury sudden and savage possess
ed him at the thought of this hand
some young stranger daring to covet
what was to him who had Known her
so long the most precious thing in
all his world
By Jove exclaimed Harold Stew
art By Jove Senorita Lazalie what
a fascinating fellow this Captain Jean
is
The two were sitting in a shaded
summer house Mademoiselle de Caze
neau having disappeared immediately
after breakfast making as Brigida
told Lazalie the excuse of wishing to
see her grandfather at Kanauhana
Have you known him long he
inquired
Yes for several years she an
swered carelessly adding as though
feeling little interest in Capt Jean
I wonder why Rose slipped away
alone She always likes to have me
go with her
If Lazalie could have seen her lit
tle friend her wonder would have been
increased
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And why should you and every one
dreadful
Turning from her and while Albert
the butler showing as much pleas
ure as he thought it dignified to mani
fest was by his masters order pre
paring another place at the table
Lafitte told Gen La Roche o the sail
ors who were waiting outside with
their burdens and the general pre
ceded by Lafitte started to leave the
room as a cheery whistling accom
panied by the sound of footsteps upon
the oaken stairs announced that Har
old Stewart was coming down to
breakfast
Lafitte was already in the hall and
Li Roche pausing a moment turned
back to say in a carefully lowered
tone Senorita
Rose I must warn both of you
to have a care how you mention the
name of Lafitte in the hearing of
young Stewart Remember he add
ed with unmistakable emphasis he
must be Captain Jean and no one
else so long as he is here with us
Lazalie nodded with a smile of ap
preciation but Mademoiselle de Caze
neau looked with troubled eyes at the
general as he hurried out
She was greatly puzzled as indeed
she had been more than once during
the past year to understand how it
was that people for whom she could
hr ve nothing but respect should seem
to find no objection to fraternizing
with the dreadful Lafitte and she was
beginning to wonder how much of un
truth there might be in the terrible
stories she had heard concerning him
It was all a perplexing puzzle and
the girl sighed as she stirred her
chocolate
Lazalie hearing the sigh laughed
ao her white teeth bit into her toast
Why do you sigh so woefully my
little Rose and look so tragic These
gentlemen have their secrets to pre
serve especially just now when one
cannot be sure that his neighbor will
not betray him for a chance to curry
favor with the governor or he is not
scheming for opening the way to the
English
Roses reply whatever it might have
been was checked by the entrance
of Gen La Roche and Lafitte and
young Stewart stared suprisedly at
the tall straight form following his
host
Stewart said the general I
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like him so much such a wicked
man
Up in the room assigned to her at
Kanauhana and made invitingly cozy
for their beloved young mistress by
Barbe and Zeney the latter by the
way never failing to show her jeal
ousy of the French womans closer
relations with Mademoiselle Rose
was that young lady lying a tumbled
mass of pale blue draperies upon a
large old fashioned divan Her head
and face were buried in the pillows
and she was sobbing convulsively
It was thus that Zeney found her
and the old negress pausing on the
door sill exclaimed shrilly La-la-la
What is this Precious bird tell Ze
ney who it is that has brought tears
to the light of her eyes
She spoke in the French patois of
her fellows but with a better accent
and choice of words
The sobs ceased but the face buried
itself still deeper in the pillows and
a little hand waved her off impa
tiently
It is that proud Spanish missy
exclaimed Zeney with sudden anger
I dont like her She has made you
cry Come home my honey dont
you stay where she is
Lazalie has nothing to do with it
was the reply uttered with a spirit
and emphasis that appeared to re
store the speakers composure She
knows nothing of it I tell you It is
with manifest indecision only that
I felt unhappy and I cannot tell my
self why But as if determined to
find a reason I wish that Capt La
fitte had not come to see Gen La
Roche this morning
La la said Zeney a new light
creeping into her shriveled face while
she nodded her turbaned head until
her long earrings clicked against the
string of gold beads tightly encircling
her skinny neck Then good Capt
Jean is still alive and well I am
glad so glad
Why should you be glad What
makes every one love him so de
manded her mistress petulantly as
she wiped her face and eyes with the
morsel of cambri and lace serving
her as a handkerchief
Why should I not be glad my pret
ty one Aye so long as Zeney lives
she has reason to be glad when ali
is well with Capt Jean
But why should you be repp4ii
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Mademoiselle do cazeneau her man
ner softening somewhat at Zeneys
evident sincety And why should
you and every one like him so much
such a wicked dreadful man
The adjectives were indisputably
harsh more so than the manner ini
which they were uttered and the
let eyes held a suggestion that the
speaker would not object to knowing
that her application of thorn was mis
placed
Wicked dreadful echoed Zeney
shaking her head violently No no
never Is Captain Jean either of
these
But Mamman Zillah once told me
said Mademoiselle de Cazeneau with
the air of one seeking to remove un
pleasant doubts from the mind that
years ago when she belonged to a
man up at Contraband Bayou she saw
Capt Lafitte and two other men go
Into the woods with a horse They
had shovels and picks and she fol
lowed them to see what they would
do She saw them digging a hole
like a grave but it was a big chest
they dug up And there was gold in
the chest for she saw it when the
men began filling some bags Then
she was so frightened for fear they
would see her that she ran home to
her cabin And here Mademoi
selle d Cazeneaus eyes opened wide
to their full width and her voice took
a minor note while her manner be
came imbued with horrible suggest
iveness a few hours later she saw
the horse come out of the woods with
the bags across its back but only
Capt Jean came out of the woods
with the horse
Zeney laughed derisively and again
shook her head
That story came on horseback
Missy along with the others you have
heard and Zillah ought to be well
whipped for telling such a wicked lie
If she ever saw such a thing then the
two men had gone off in some othei
way to look after their own business
which was what Zillah ought to have
been doing
But Mademoiselle de Cazeneau was
although apparently against her
own will still unconvinced
for she added impressively
Zillah said that they afterward
found the two men dead in the woods
And I have heard other stories too
of how he has made men jump intc
the sea when he burned or scuttled
their ships and took all they had on
board
Capt Jean steal Capt Jean mur
der cried Zeney her eyes flashing
with indignation Such things he
never did and all such stories are
lies black lies How can you be
lieve them or think of them my
honey when you once thought him
so good and noble
The question was unanswered and
Zeney after a moments pause added
If there is any truth in such talk
it was wicked Capt Laro who did
these things but Capt Jean never
Laro Capt Laro said her young
mistress with a puzzled little frown
and raising a hand to push back the
clustering hair from her now cooled
cheeks Ah yes it comes to me i
have heard my mother speak of him
it was he who brought her from
France
It was he too who brought Capt
Jean here to Louisiana
He did the girl asked in sur
prise And did you know him then
when he was a boy
The negress nodded He seemed
a comrade then young as he was ol
the captains a comrade in business
He was a wicked very wicked man
a scallerat this Capt Laro and it
was surely he and not Capt Jean
who did the wicked deeds you have
heard about my honey
And where now is Capt Laro
do you know Zeney
Dead and gone Missy so Ive
been told And if so then ne is down
with the devil I reckon answered
the old woman grimly rising to her
feet as Lazalies voice was heard from
the hall below calling Rose my lit
tle Rose where are you
To be continued
SUPPLIES DURING A SIEGE
Primitive Incubators Used When Gib
raltar Was Beleaguered
Some months after the siege of Gib
raltar began Admiral Rodney reached
the rock with twenty one ships of the
line and brought in vast quantities
of supplies In April 17S1 about a
year after Rodneys visit Admiral
Darby with the British grand fleet
also anchored at Gibraltar and
brought in supplies On one occasion
a vessel from Naples was driven to
the rock with G000 bushels of barley
which the garrison found of unspeak
able value Then too while the bom
bardment destroyed most of the
houses the English found it possible
to raise large amounts of vegetables
and garden supplies
They even raised chickens follow
ing out an original method of incuba
tion the forerunner of the process in
vogue to day Eggs were put in tin
cans and kept heated by water until
they hatched In order to get the
brood cared for it was necessary to
take a capon pull out the breast
feathers scratch the fowls breast
with nettles until it bled and then
settle him upon the downy chicks
The relief given the smarting wounds
by the soft down of the brood was so
great that adoption speedily followed
Chicago Chronicle
Wheels Used as Alarm Bells
Locomotive drive wheels can still
make a racket even after having
been worn out for traveling purposes
The railroads give them to small
towns as fire alarm bells They are
framed nnd hung up for that purpose
being capable of alarming a wide
territory when properly pounded
Mcjt of the smaller towns in New
leissy have them
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BY MJARY EVEREUX
YITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DON C WILSON
CHAPTER XXIV
Zeney who had little liking for the
Spanish beauty now took herself off
and the two girls soon went down
stairs together to see the Count de
Cazeneau whom feeble and emaciat
ed they found lying back among the
pillows of his chair
On the floor near the counts chair
were two sacks which both girls saw
were the counterparts of those
brought to Gen La Roches house that
same morning and an old negro one
who seemed trusted in his masters
affairs was on his knees having just
finished tying the mouth of one of
them
His master then as Lazalie and
Rose entered the room making a
motion for him to desist he had sub
sided to the floor apparently waiting
for the call to be ended and Made
moiselle de Cazeneau felt that her
grandfather was desirous that his vis
itors should leave him
This they did and were half way
across the first field when Lazalie
put an arm about the shoulder of the
slight figure beside her
Little Rose when I found you I
saAV you had been crying and Ive
been wondering about it ever since
Will you not tell me what has been
troubling you
Rose lifting a pair of earnest eyes
to the dark brilliant face asked
Tell me Lazalie have you known
Capt Jean long
Lazalie came to a halt and her lids
narrowed as they dropped over her
srarkling eyes from which all laugh
ter was gone
Known him long Yes and no I
doubt if any soul even those nearest
him can claim truthfully to know
that man I lived for many years in
my uncles house where Capt Jean
also lived that is he came and went
But for the last three years Ive not
seen him until this morning
Something in her tone something
in her face her manner caused a sus
picion to flash through Mademoiselle
I happen to know because I have
heard the same talo from my uncle
who knew this boy at that time The
boy is now known to you as Capt
Jean Lafitte
Capt Lafitte was the amazed
half incredulous exclamation
Lazalio nodded
Capt Jean Lafitte repeated Rose
de Cazeneau her voice faint with as
tonishment And yet she added
as if trying to grasp the wonderful
fact he told me when he brought
me to my grandpere that he had
known my mother but I supposed he
had met her in New Orleans
Was it Capt Jean who brought
you from the Choctaws asked La
zalie now surprised in turn
Mademoiselle de Cazeneau nodded
but seemed disinclined to enter into
details and fortune favored her in
this for Lazalie said There is Capt
Jean now
He was coming across the fields
toward them apparently on his way
to Kanauhana But just as they no
ticed him he took a sharp turn to
the left in the direction of the tim
ber where at the edge of the woods
two men stood as if waiting his ap
proach One of them was Shapira
who was leaning on a long gun and
his compfinion was Baptistme
That man with the gun is the one
from whom grandpere rented our new
plantation said Rose as the two
girls walking slowly watched La
fittes tall figure approaching the
waiting men I wonder where he
lives He is always about the fields
and woods yet there is no house for
many miles except Gen La Roches
and the one at Kanauhana
Far in the depths of the wood upon
whose edge Shapira and Baptistine
stood and upon the domain of Kanau
hana was the entrance to the so
called Colonneh
It was apparently nothing more
than a ragged fissure of earth choked
by vines and tangled forest growths
and suggesting only the lair of a wild
beast or deadly serpent But some
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Then Barataria will defend herself
de Cazeneaus mind impelling her to
say before realizing that she had ut
tered the words Lazalie do you
love or hatexCapt Jean
Lazalie turned so fiercely that her
small companion was startled and
regretting her query hastened to say
You speak kindly of him yet your
eyes seem to hold no kindness for
him I myself do you know I really
dread him I cannot tell what to
think about the man for Zeney says
it was not Capt Jean who killed men
and burned their ships and was a
wicked pirate but that these things
were done by another man whom
Capt Jean was with and who is now
dead
Did Zeney tell you the name of this
ather man this wicked captain who
did such cruel things inquired La
zalie with assumed carelessness and
her companion could not see the sul
len fire in the dark eyes now staring
straight ahead
Oh yes he was called Capt
Laro
Rose was startled by a peculiar
laugh from Lazalie whose face was
still turned away But the hardening
curve of the red under lip to be seen
in profile told her that she had said
something to affect the Spanish
beauty unpleasantly
She could not help feeling uneasy
and after a short silence added with
the wish to say something which
might give no offense Is it not rath
er odd that it was this very Capt
Laro who brought my mother over
from France
Lazalies face had regained much
of its usual expression and Mademoi
selle de Cazeneau feeling somewhat
reassured slipped her hand within
the rounded arm of her friend
And my mother told me of such a
handsome boy who was in the place
with them that night one this Capt
Laro said he was as lond of as an
own son
A curious look was in the black
eyes that glanced sidewise as Lazalie
asked What was the name of this
wonderful boy
That I do not know my mother
never thought to mention it
Lazalie laughed Shall i tell you
his name
You How can you possibly know
it
years before an Indian had imparted
its secret to Lafitte and Shapiras de
ceased uncle the former owner of
Kanauhana had been one of Bara
tarias most faithful agents
Gen La Roche and Lafitte had held
a long consultation during which the
latter had told his host of the recent
visit from the English officers of
their proposition and of Beluches de
parture for New Orleans for the pur
pose of laying the Baratarian offer
before the governor
La Roche like Lafitte wondered at
Beluches unexplained failure to re
turn He also expressed surprise that
in the face of such an unusual and im
portant event he had not been sent
for by the governor with whom his
relations both personal and official
were very close and who he felt as
sured mid not decide the matter
upon his own responsibility
I must go to the city this after
noon or to morrow morning at the lat
est the general had said when the
consultation was ended and the clock
on the mantel of his study had by
chiming twelve caused Lafitte to rise
saying that he must go over to Kanau
hana and see Count de Cazeneau
He was back within an hour but
saw nothing of Mademoiselle de Caze
neau until all were seated at dinner
when young Stewart was giving a
lively account of something that had
occurred that forenoon while he was
hunting
The story created considerable
laughter and Lafitte noticing the
softened look and gracious manner of
the Island Rose toward himself as
cribed them as well as the fearless
glances with which she met his eyes
to an entirely wrong cause
They would have made him very
happy being so like those he had
formerly known had it not been for
the belief that love for another man
was now tempering her feeling and at
titude toward himself just as the real
ity of his own hopeless love was giv
ing his bearing toward Lazalie a gen
tleness he had never before accorded
the girl and which despite her cool
reception of his advances brought a
brighter color to her cheeks and
awakened In her heart a strange thrill
of hope
The effect of Zeneys defense of
Lafitte and surprising in
formation that he was tho hoy whom
her mother know had taken In con
notion with her former admiration
for him greatly shaken Roses recent
prejudices and with womanly Incon
sistency sho felt hurt becauso ho
was unablo to realizo this alteration
in her feelings
From pain she soon passed to
anger the exact sourco or nature of
which sho could scarcely have ana
lyzed But its Immediate effect waa
that she entered into a seeming filia
tion with the young Kentucklan who
vas only too pleased to respond
All this furnished a new and singu
lar illustration of loves blindness
these four playing at cross purposes
and wilfully misunderstanding ono
another while beaming upon them
from tho head of the table was Gen
La Roche his eyes and heart filled
with unsuspected admiration and love
for the beautiful Spanish girl who so
far as could bo inferred from appear
ances regarded him simply as her
friend and banker
Just as dinner was over a mud
bespattered negro and horse appeared
before the outer door tho former
bearing a letter from Gov Claiborno
to Gen La Roche urging his immedi
ate presence in New Orleans
Why you black scoundrel thun
dered the general his face ablaze with
wrath after ho had read the letter
and glanced again at its date this
is five days old amr should have reach
ed me four days ago
The frightened messenger looked
woefully at his left arm which was in
a sling and explained that a short
distance from New Orleans down by
the little Bayou dOr his horse had
fallen and broken a leg while he him
self pitching over the animals head
had been stunned and lay until found
by some negroes living in a cabin
near by who had bandaged his arm
and shot his horse
Come inside with me while I
make ready to start said La Rocho
to Lafitte after ordering his horse to
be saddled I want a few words with
you
When in his own room he handed
the letter to lafitte and fuming about
lit a cigar while giving instructions
to his valet in a most impatient man
ner that bespoke mental disturb
ance
The governor had written him that
having received from an unexpected
quarter a proposal promising valu
able support for the defense of New
Orleans he had called a meeting of
officials and prominent men of the
city at which he the general was
urged to be present
I see said Lafitte after perusing
the letter that tho conference was
to have taken place two evenings
ago
Yes damn it replied La Roche
rousing from his abstraction But
I doubt if Claiborne takes any de
cisive action before I can get to him
You think then that there can
be no doubt of Baratarias offer meet
ing with favor
How can there he was the dog
matically put question Claiborne
will not be so foolish so lacking in
foresight at such a time as this But
now showing a little anxiety even
should he refuse you will not go over
to the British
The flash of Lafittes eyes would
have been sufficient answer to this
Eut he said quietly In such case I
shall remain neutral
And if the British attack Bara
taria suggested La Roche
Then Barataria will defend her
self
To be continued
Depended Upon the Appropriation
Senator Cullom says there were no
weather maps and no weather science
when he was a younger man To
these new fangled notions lie ascribes
the increased volume of modern talk
about the weather In fact he thinks
we should have much less weather
were it not for the governments sci
entific meteorologists
The lack of foundation for weather
talk said he in conversation about
the cold wave reminds me of a Chi
cago man who came here years ago
in behalf of an appropriation for some
health project in that city
Pleuro pneumonia said he easily
is just sweeping through Chicago
Oh no 1 answered You cant
mean that severe cases of pneumonia
are prevalent now in Chicago
Well he explained they will be
if we dont secure this appropria
tion Washington Post
All to Ee Renounced
Prof Duncan Campbell Lee former
ly head of the Cornell department of
oratory is an Adonis in form a Ches
terfield in manner and a Beau Brum
mell in attire His one time colleague
Morse Stephens could readily obtain
employment as a dime museum fat
man did he not find history more lu
crative Finally Prof Harry Powers
of the same institution though one of
the most genial of men was nothing
less than Mephistophelian in appear
ance Coming down the compus one
day this striking trio passed two
ladies one of whom was evidently a
stranger being shown the local sights
Her companion was about to explain
Those were professors
Professors indeed interrupted
the visitor I should call them tho
world the flesh and the devil New
York Times
200 Persons Over 70 Years of Age
A canvass of the city and township
just made by George Phillips an old
resident to ascertain how many per
sons were living at the age of seventy
years and upward found 200 viz
males 95 females 105
The oldest person found was Mrs
Emily Cattlen colored aged 99 years
Quite a large number were horn in
this city and vicinity Salem Corro
spoudence Cleveland Leader
