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passionate pleading
Adieu now he whispered bend
ing so close- that his breath stirred
the bright hair rippling over her fore
head Adieu and Gods angels keep
vou I hope to see you soon again
He was gone but her hands still
tingled from his close touch and his
low tense voice still thrilled her ears
With a joyously beating heart that
made her inclined to weep as well
as sing the girl ascended with fleet
steps to the veranda and ned to her
room locked the door and threw her
self upon the bed
She was laughing but with tears
crowding to her throat and trying to
get into her eyes where for appear
ances sake she did not care to have
tiipm show
She did not ask herself why it was
what It meant or what it might mean
to her life She knew only a half
delirious joy such as never before
bad come to her
h how as she now admitted to
herself she had missed him out of
ker life her brave handsome Cap
tain Jean How she had missed his
chivalrous protecting friendship the
latent strength and decision showing
in all he did and said wow sne nau
missed the gentleness and reverence
with which he always addressed her
the kindly deeds he was always
striving to do for her
two hours high
The sun was nearly
on the following day when the boat
bearing Lafitte back to Grande Terre
stole out from the wooded mouth of
the Bayou
booking toward the island Lafitte
noticed an unusual volume of smoke
lingering above the tree tops and
wondered why the men had so much
fire at this hour of the day Then
turning his eyes to the east he saw a
the islands shore the
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CHAPTER XXV
Lafitte after the departure of Gen
Ta Roche permitted himself the sol
ace of tarrying an hour or so longer
although he exchanged scarcely half
a dozen words with Mademoiselle de
Cazeneau as they with Lazalie and
Harold Stewart sat on the broad ver
anda
He was unaccountably anxious and
depressed there semed to be some
1hing in the air about him that set
his nerves aquiver and filled him with
strange feelings
It was after three oclock when
with a reluctance of which his manner
gave no hint Lafitte rose and sigji
fled that he must be going
Will you not come again soon
ashed Lazalie a new wistfulness
showing in her face and voice as he
extended his hand to her
Lafittos only reply was a smile
and turning to say adieu to Mademoi
selle de Cazeneau he saw that she
had left the veranda and was stand
ing on the lawn some little distance
from the house
She was looking off toward the
woods and said as Lafitte paused be
side her There is the man from
viiom grandpere rented Kanauhana
sitting under a tree with his gun
He expects to see me before I go
and is waiting for the opportunity
Lafitte explained his voice softening
as it always did when addressing her
The violet eyes and the dark ones
looked into each other then a shape
ly brown hand possessed itself gent
ly of a small white one-
Oh Captain Jean I am so sorry
so very sorry Will you not say that
you forgive me
She spoke impulsively in a half
whisper and the other small hand
was now laid over the back of the
hrown one
Her look and words the faint pres
sure of her fingers sent a wild joy
through his veins
God in heaven bless you for those
fleet of vessels annarently going down
the southwest sky showed more dense
and Bantistine pointing to it said
That smoke looks to be not innocent
camp fire nor chimney smoke my cap
tain
Lafitte was about to reply when
the boat came abreast of an opening
in the trees through which some of
the buildings were seen to be on fire
A chorus of exclamations and exe
crations broke from Baptistine and
the crew and one of the latter cried
out This is the work of those cursed
English
Lafitte raised his hand to command
silence
Yonder vessels did it rather than
the English he said in a voice husky
with rage as he pointed to the dis
finnearinsr fleet
And they are flying the United
States flag shouted another of the
crew who had taken the spyglass
lying near him and was looking
through it
Shall we venture to land my cap
tain ventured Baptistine
Draw closer said Lafitte turning
to the crew who were staring with
fnrv fllled eves at the seemingly de
serted island Draw closer and I
will signal But be in readiness to
turn about in case I wish to head
for Shell Island
He waited until the boat was nearer
the shore and then arching a hand
over his lips sent a water birds shrill
nail ringing out twice over the water
Not ten second passed when a simi
lar call came from the island follow
ed by the appearance of a figure upon
the edge of the timber
It was Nato who waved his arms
wildly and came scrambling down tp
the beach
In a most disjointed fashion and
accompanied by hysterical sobbing
Nato told all that he knew of a story
which for bad faith and harsh pro-
Adieu and Gods angels keep you
words Only there can never be any
forgiveness between us save as you
may give me Heaven by forgiving
me Try and trust me child Try
and believe that I am not the monster
you have thoughfme Do this and
you can save me from what has been
an earthly hell
She looked startled but the glad
light showing in her eyes was assur
ance that she was not offended by his
cedure has few equals in history
Early that morning soldiers from
several vessels had descended upon
Grande Terre There had been des
perate fighting and all the Baratari
ans who were not now lying dead on
the bluff above had been carried off
as prisoners
Nato Juniper and Scipio had fled
from the stockade to the thicker
woods and more impenetrable part of
the island but they became separated
and the boy had seen nothing more
of his companions
Dey was dose Britishers Marse
Capn he declared between his sobs
and digging his fists into his eyes
What was the color of their
coats Lafitte asked of the boy
Dey wore blue coats Marse
Capn
As I thought said Lafitte calmly
turning to his men No British ene
my has dealt us this blow it was the
governor of Louisiana
He then started up the bluff the
othes following with Nato bringing
up the rear
Inside the stockade were many
signs of a fearful hand-to-hand fight
The house of the Lafittes was unharm
ed although there were indications of
its having been set on fire but the
flames appeared to have died out of
themselves
There was nothing more to be done
at Barataria All the men save Bap
tistine and his crew appeared to have
been killed or captured the buildings
were burned or despoiled the vessels
taken Lafitte therefore putting
aside as best he could all emotion
and anxiety gathered what was left
of his portable property and with
Baptistine and his crew together
with Nato Juniper Scipio the latter
two having late in the day come
from their hiding place in the woods
took his way to Shell Island
The older negroes could tell him
little more than Nato had already re
lated Neither could they give him
any information bearing upon Pierres
fate There was left only the hope
that he had escaped to S Island
where he might be found alive at
least if not unhurt
But in this Lafitte was disappointed
Dominique You and some of his mn
naa escaped but the former had seen
jfierre who appeared to be wounded
carried to a boat and taken out to the
ships
u was not until some time after this
that Latitte gathered a reliable ac
count of the affair and knew the rea
son ior this murderous descent upon
Barataria The facts were these
Beluche had been received ami
cably by Governor Claiborne who
alter reading Lafittes letter setting
j forth in detail the recent olfer from
the English listened to all the
tarian messenger had to- say anu in
formed him that he must before de-
the gulf While the boat sailed down R consuR with cer
0- - u iwovpr
tain otuer omciuis xiu men u
while treating Beluche and Lopez
with perfect courtesy held them as
prisoners
The copference in pursuance of in
vitations similar to that received b
Gen La Roche was held promptly
and a large majority of its members
having refused to believe the truth of
Lafittes statements Governor Clai
borne although himself in favor ol
accepting the Baratanan propobiuuu
allowed the others to over rule him
The decision was however kepi
from the knowledge of Lafittes mes
sengers as was also the fact that a
large armed force was quickly organlz
ed to descend upon Grande Terre
More bitter than ever before were
Lafittes thoughts that night and the
following day All seemed hopeless
so hopeless that as he reviewed the
situation he became stunned beyond
all ability to feel the rage which at
another time would have been likely
to control him
But true to his nature he did not
permit himself to be overwhelmed
by the great disaster and sorrow that
had come upon him A trusty messen
cer had been dispatched at once to a
point not far from New Orleans
where were those to be relied upon
for the latest news from the city and
upon the third day after the attack
upon Grande Terre the messenger
returned with information that de
termined Lafitte to proceed there at
once
Pierre was at New Orleans in gaol
wounded some said mortally otners
declared he was dying
Wrapped in a long dark cloak
with the broad brim of his hat mak
ing a deeper shadow over his face
Lafitte as he stepped aboard the craft
that was to convey him from Shell
Island looked a commanding figure of
stern sorrow
The men were reluctant to see their
leader going into New Orleans but
none of them dared express this feel
ing in words except as they talked
among themselves
If any harm comes to him wed
better join the Eiglish and help burn
New Orleans said one as they
watched Lafittes boat pulled up the
stream
Caramba growled a Spaniard
It is to the cutting of the illustrious
Senor Governors throat l woum pre
fer to give my attention
So would I declared a Yankee
lounging next to the last speaker It
is the governors fault that Grande
Terre was attacked Captain Lafitte
said so
Aye we all know that affirmed
several voices and Nato unable to en
dure the hint of harm coming to his
master rose from his place on the
edge of the group and stole away to
join Scipio and Juniper who were
sitting by themselves before the dooi
of Lafittes cabin
But here he found the same topic
under discussion for Scipio was say
ing to the younger negro as if in re
ply to an assertion the latter had
made Zey all so dam Zey Anglaise
an zey Merican hose so dam Yo
Juniper ef zat le capitaine he come
hack nevvair den yo bettair run
vamose avay lek de diable Zey git
yo to choke wiz rope roun yo neck
ef zat yo lose dey protection of le
capitaine
To be continued
Considerate v
Representative Kehoe of Kentucky
toiic nf n considerate judge in his
state who passed a sentence on a man
convicted of murder The judge said
Mr Dodson the jury says you are
guilty of murder and the law says
you are to be hanged It is my wish
that you and all your friends on the
river to know that it is not I whe
condemns you it is the jury and the
law Mr Dodson At what time sir
would you like to be hanged
The prisoner made answer that it
was a matter of indifference to him
and that he was prepared to be swung
off at any time The judge continued
Mr Dodson it is a serious matter
to be hanged It cant happen to a
man but once in life unless the rope
should break before the neck is broke
and you had better take all the time
it makes difference
you can But since no
ference to you you may hang four
weeks from to day at 12 noon but
vou may have a good dinner first
Engineers Find Bearings in Fog
When I was a guard said Mr
Richard Bell M P yesterday I
could sit in my van with my eyes shut
and tell where the train was at any
moment Working one section contin
uously one gets to learn the rythmic
song of the road and how it varies at
each signal box station curve gra
dient tunnel and bridge
The sixth sense which is nore
than mere hearing is of the utmost
value to a driver during fog Denied
the use of his eye7 he still does not
lose his way when he ison a familiar
road
A driver cannot learn te new road
when he is stoking which shouli oc
cupy all his time He should always
be allowed to travel as third man on
the footplate unfettered by work and
in two or three days by keeping his
eyes and ears open he would lear
the road London Daily ATail
GOL GODY LOSES
COURT FINDS HE IS NOT EN
TITLED TO A DIVORCE
DEFENDANT TO ALL POINTS
Judge Scott of Wyoming Says that the
Plaintiff Failed to Prove Any of the
Allegations in His Complaint
SHERIDAN Wyo The district
court here on Thursday refused the
petition of Colonel William F Cody
Buffalo Bill for a divorce
A decision in the case was not ex
pected before Friday at the earliest
but the court room was filled with
residents of Sheridan and the sur
rounding country when it was given
After the reading of the depositions
wno finichcwi tiiP livvers for both
sides announced that they would sub
mit the case without argument After
a short recess Judge R H Scott ask
ed the attorneys for the defendant
Wilcox Halligan of North Platte
Neb to amend their answer in the
case by striking out those sections
which dealt with charges against
Colonel Codys conduct in Chicago
nni Vile anriv ovppssfis at Fort Mc-
Pherson When this was done the
court found entirely in favor of the
defendant Mrs Louisa Cody
Judee Scott delivered an opinion of
considerable length reviewing the al
legations and evidence and giving his
conclusions
The law of the state does not
make incompatibility a ground for di
vorce but it does read that extreme
cruelty rendering the condition of
either party to the marriage contract
intolerable is sufficient ground to al
low the granting of a divorce
The first cause of action in this
case is the charge of poisoning on De
cember 2G 1900 or some time prior
thereto The evidence wholly fails to
support this issue but shows the de
fendant was trying to rescue the plain
tiff from a state of intoxication and
administered not poison hut remedies
which she deemed beneficial to him
His inability to speak on this occa
sion did not come from these rem
edies but came from his excessive
use of intoxicating liquors at the ban
quet hoard and was as humiliating to
the defendant as to the plaintiff
The unhappiness caused by the ac
tions of tne plaintiff is shown by the
letter of their daughter Arta Thorpe
whose beautiful character shone out
from her unhappy home and the words
of her letter written before her death
Oh papa why did he do it My heart
is just broken over it Oh why did ne
do it
Judge Scott also found that the
charge of unbecoming actions on the
part of the defendant toward the col
onels guests was not proven that
there was no evidence that she had
even threatened her husbands life
and that when attending the funeral
of her daughter Arta at Rochester N
Y in February 1904 she offered a
permanent reconciliation and no an
swer ever came to this He then con
tinued
She was an over indulgent mother
and wife who always took pride in his
success and always looked forward to
his home coming and made great pre
parations to receive him
She entertained his guests with
cordiality She did not use profane
language The poisoning of his pet
dogs was accidental She never rpoke
disrespectfully of him to his friends
or guests She always accompanied
him to the depot on his departure and
was there to receive him on his re
turn In return for this wifely devo
tion the plaintiff has been cruel to
her and heaped indignities upon her
An exception to the ruling of the
court was not noted by Judge II S
Ridgley attorney for Colonel Cody
and his request for sixty days for fil
ing a petition for a rehearing wus
granted
The motion for a new trial will be
argued at the next term of court and
in case this is denied Codys attorneys
will take the matter to the supreme
court of Wyoming
JULES VERNE PASSES AWAY
Novelist Dies at His Home in Amiens
Surrounded by His Family
AMIENS France Jules Verne died
on Friday His family was at his bed
side
M Verne has been subject to
chronic diabetes but the diease did
not assume a critical aspect until
March 10 He gradually failed and the
end was hastened by a stroke of para
lysis covering his right side until the
tongue was affected The novelist re
tained consciousness until shortly be
fore his death He calmly foresaw
death called the members of his fam
ily to his bedside and discussed his
departure Deceased was born in 182S
China Will Be Good
ST PETERSBUKU ram Lessai
the Russian minister to China has
transmitted to the foreign office the
most solemn assurances from the
Chinese government regarding its in
tention to preserve neutrality
RETREAT GOES ON
The Russian Army Continues Tovard
Harbin
ST PETERSBURG Commander-in-Chief
Linevitch in a telegram dated
Saturday says
On March 17 Japanese batteries
bombarded our divisions in the val
leys of Tavanpnn and Yanpu The en
emy appeared near Kaotitse on the
railroad about twenty two miles north
of Tie Pass and their cavalry has oc
cupied Fakoman Our armies continue
their concentration
RACE FOR HARBIN
Issue Depends on Marching Abilities
of Armies
ST PETERSBURG In view of tho
increasing number of doctors required
at the front an official order was pub
lished Tuesday permitting during tho
war the appointment of students to
medical posts and allowing foreigners
to join the service
General Linevitchs headquarters
has been established for the present
at Chenchiawatzu situated at the
crossing of the Sungari river whence
he is directing the retreat of the threo
armies and disposing of the fresh
troops of the Fourth corps just ar
riving from European Russia The
protection of the Sungari bridge is
vital to the salvation of the army as
the river is not fordable below Kirin
and once the line of the river is pass
ed and the bridge blown up the
ancse pursuit wm uu eucnuuj
checked At the same time the second
army is falling back on the line of
the railroad while the first and third
with transport are retreating along
the Mandarin road to Kirin both de
stroying bridges and roads and denud
ing the country behind them and
making it impossible for the Jap
anese to live in the immediate wake
of the retreat without their own
nnrnmiconriflt Tiip Tananese are
advancing over the Grand Trade
route twenty miles west of the
railroad However they could prob
ably live on the country the road
just before the opening of the naviga
tion of the Liao river being crowded
with Chinese provisions on the way
to market southward
Apparently it is a question as to
which army will outmarch the other
although the general staff seriously
doubts the ability of Field Marshal
Oyamas fatigued soldiers with the
difficulties of getting guns ammuni
tion and provisions over the ruined
roads to continue the pursuit ener
getically
No information is available regard
ing the strength of the Japanese col
umn advancing along the Grand Trade
route but the war office says It is
hardlv large enough to constitute a
menace with the dispositions General
Linevitch is able to make of such
troops Nevertheless St Petersburg
is in the dark as to the exact situa
tion and considering the resource
fulness of the Japanese there is con
stant fear that they may manage to
get astride of the railroad and bar the
Russians retreat
The Russian army in Manchuria is
still to have the services of General
Kouropatkin who is considered by
many in spite of his series of re
verses the best general and foremost
strategist of the Russian army Sink
ing all feeling of personal bitterness
because of his supercession and all
the old time enmity between himself
and General Linevitch in a patriotic
desire to be of service to the father
land the former commander-in-chief
volunteered to remain in any capacity
with the army which he had so long
commanded The tender has been ac
cepted by Emperor Nicholas and
gratefully received by the new leader
of the grand army
MUST FALL BACK
Rumor that Russians Will Not Be
Able to Make Stand at Harbin
ST PETERSBURG The possibil
ity that if the Russian army should
be unable to hold the lower line of
tho Rnnc nri river at Cliunchiatsu it
may be compelled to retreat not only
to Harbin but also further westward
along the railroad abandoning to the
Japanese northern Manchuria and the
Russian maritime Amur provinces as
well is the latest startling news from
the front
The strategic weakness of General
Linevitchs position as he falls back
northward is made clear by a Gunshu
dispatch to the Associated Press in
which it is pointed out that unless
Chunchiatsu and the Sungari lines a
scant 100 miles below Harbin can be
held it will be difficult to maintain
a position farther back before Harbin
where with the front of the army
paralleling the railroad the practic
ability of a turning movement to com
pletely sever communication and iso
late the army G000 miles from home
is too serious for Russian considera
tion In view of this possibility the
dispatch alluded to suggests the ad
visability of immediately providing
Vladivostok with war munitions and
supplies for a two years siege The
correspondent estimates the number
of reinforcements needed to give Gen
eral Linevitch the requisite superior
ity in force at 200000
Cody Divorce Case Drags
SHERIDAN Wyo Reading of de
positions in the Cody divorce case
was continued here Tuesday before
Judge Richard A Cott in the district
court Numerous objections raised by
counsel are delaying proceedings
Final arguments will be reached
Thursday or Friday
New Ritual for BNai BRith
NEW ORLEANS The convention
of the grand lodge Independent Order
BNai BRith which has been in ses1
sion here since Sunday held an exe
cutive session Thursday night The
day session was taken up largely with
committee reports Late in the session
commemorative services in honor of
deceased members was conducted At
the session the report of the commit
tee on ritual was adopted This is a
new ritual of secret work in force
greatly expanding and improving the
features
Dwarfe of Ox Family
One of the greatest curiosities
among the domesticated animals of
Ceylon is a breed or cattle known to
the zoologist as the sacred running
oxen They are the dwarfs of the
whole ox family the largest speclman
of tho species never exceeding SO
inches in height
Mad Dogs Held Sacred
It Is claimed that if a dog goes
mad among the Molds a special house
is built for him and thero he Is kept
and nursed in the greatest reverence
until he dies Like the venomous rep
tile the mad dog is sacred to this
eccentric Arizona redskin
Wedding Anniversaries
Wedding anniversaries follow
First cotton second paper third
leather fifth wooden seventh wool
en 10th tin 12th silk and fine linen
15th crystal 20th china 25th sil
ver 30th pearl 40th ruby fOth
golden 75th diamond
Mosquitos Usefulness Lasting
The old fashioned theory that a
mosquito bites but once and then dies
is a myth Some varieties are ready
for all comers although it takes hrec
days to digest a full meal of blood
What the Dentist Says
Toledo Ohio March 27th Special
Harry T Lewis the well known den
tist of C07 Sumit street this cit in
telling of his remarkable cure or ICU
ney Disease by using Dodds Kidney
Pills
I was flat on my back and irut
say I had almost lven up all hoi
of ever getting any help says lr
Lewis
My kidneys had troubled nu ft
years Tho pains in my back wrs
severe and I had to get up severa
times at night I tried different nieill
cines but kept on getting worse til
I was laid up
Then a friend advised me to trj
Dodds Kidney Pills and in about twe
weeks I started to improve Now
am glad to admit I am cured and
cannot praise Dodds Kidney Pills toe
highly
If you take Dodds Kidney Pii
when your kidneys first show sign U
being out of order you will never htv
Brights Disease Diabetes Dropsy
Gravel or Rheumatism
It is something to be very proud ol
if one has been so sick they had tc
have the doorbell muffled
A 430 ACRE FARM YIELDS
25 PER CENT PROFIT IN A YEAR
What a Mercer County Ohio Farmer
Received from One Years Crop
Extracts from an interesting letter
from P H Rynhard of Starbizck
Manitoba Canada gives an excellent
idea of the prosperity of those who
have gone from the United States to
Canada He says
I bought August 1902 4S0 acres
of land paying J12U0U for it V
threshed 2973 bushels of wheat ana
between 1200 and 1300 bushels ol
oats and barley from 200 acres But
part of the wheat went down beforw
filling and was not harvested except
for hay The crop was worth a
threshing time 3000 Besides 11
acres laying idle except a timothy
meadow which is not included in th
estimate Counting the value of th
product and the increase of value l
land will pay me more than 15
cent on the investment Two brct
ers in the same neighborhood lo
160 acres each six years ago Th -
have not done a single thing to tri
land except to fence it and break a 1
cultivate about one half of it Un
vested last year 28 bushels wheat i -acre
This year 27 bushels per ac
They can get any day 25 per at
These are only a few of many I
dreds of such chance It looks 1 -boasting
but truth is justifiable ai
the world ought to know it
ly the home seeker I know of qu
a few farmers that have made
tunes in from 10 to 20 years rctii
vith from 20000 to 100000
Writing concerning another distra
in the Canadian West S Sho
says
Dear Sir I have to inform y -
that I have just returned from t
Carrot River Country in Saskatche
wan where I located land of the vr
finest black vegetable loam which I
am proud of and will move in K -spring
Farmers are still plow in--there
A mild climate and beauti
country to behold Cattle are fat aril
running outside Wood and wa
good Saw oats weighing 42 porns
to bushel Potatoes large and
ripened also wheat that brtusr
there 82 cents The country excee
ed my expectations Saw oats
stock thicker on the ground than a
pears in many of the illustration
sent out in descriptive pamphlet-
have been in many western stae
but the soil excels any I ever aw
The Canadian Government
different points report that thf
for literature and railri
rates c to Western Canada s
the greatest in the history of -work
Some people drop out of a social --
and others climb out
Btat or Ohio Citt or Tolzdo I ss
LCCAS UIr l
Feask J Ciirsxr mafcei oath that ha It tcnl r
of the Arm of K J CHKfer Co dU4
mlneM la the City of Toleilu County anl
Bforead and that ad firm will pay the suin f
OSE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ere y
caw of Catasbh that cannot be cured by the Ui of
Halls Catahu C
BAjfK y CHENEY
Sworn to before me and ubcrlbed la iny
ence thla ta day of December A D ISA
tA A V OLEASO
f KotaET PCBLir
nalrTcaUrrh Cure Is taVen Internally d1 i t
directly on the blood and juucotn surface cf f
irateiii Send for teitlmonlaK free
Y J CHENEY CO Toledo O
Sold by all DruBKtuts 73c
Take Halls Faintly Tills forcomllpatlon
Dont quarrel with the cook uu 1
after you have dined
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