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sion of some of the many perplexing
questions with which they were con
fronted
We are too weak by far I tell you
Claiborne Gen Jackson was saying
with irascible emphasis and without
anything like a sufficient strength to
meet what is now at our very doors
I feel to be frank with you some
doubt of our ability to sustain the
piesent enthusiasm of these people
who were talking so lately of capitu
lating to damned Britishers
Capitulating echoed the governor
Surely general at this late day and
in the face of the pledges they have
made neither the legislature nor the
citizens would return to any such
idea
I am not so sure of that if they
were forced as are you and I to real
ize that the enemy outnumbers us ten
or more to one growled Jackson
Before the governor whose back
was to the door could reply to this
outburst he became aware that a
third person had entered the room
and he glanced over his shoulder to
see who it might be while his face
showed the irritation he felt at any
one presuming to interrupt him at
such a time
But his expression changed to one of
mingled anger and consternation and
Jackson who had been sternly re-
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BY ARY EVEREUX
MATH ILLUSTPAT10N5 BY DON C WILSON
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CHAPTER XXVII
Early in December 1814 Gen Jack
son arrived at New Orleans
Lafitte had some time before this
at Shell Island seen a copy of the
proclamation issued by Jackson while
yet at Mobile after the general had
received from Gov Claiborne a full
statement of the proposition made to
Lafitte by the English together with
the Baratarian leaders offer of serv
ice on behalf of himself and his fol
lowers
Between 8 and 9 oclock of an even
ing toward the middle of December
Jackson and Gov Claiborne were seat
ed in the library of the latters resi
dence engaged in an earnest discus
ble toward Gen Jackson who was still
staring at him as if in wonder at his
oulh and appearance
I ask general he said that you
and you also Gov Claiborne will ac
cord me the honor to read the original
documents I received some time ago
from your enemies and in respect to
which I understand my statement was
condemned as false
Be seated Capt Lafitte said Gov
Caiborne with rather reluctant court
esy
The former bowed slightly in recog
nition of the invitation but remained
standing as he continued with in
creased emphasis The statements I
made were true and my former offer
was submitted in perfect good faith
inspired by earnest desire to fulfil my
duty to the country in which I have
made my home and whose laws I
have never been found guilty of trans
gressing All I asked in return was
that the names of myself and follow
ers should be freed from the obloquy
which has unjustly become attached
to them
Lafittes words and manner were full
of stern dignity and Claiborne made
r either reply nor comment Jackson
however accepted the implied chal
lenge
Have you never been accused of
smuggling and slave trading Capt
Lafitte and of being a privateer he
asked in a tone of dry sarcasm
Accused yes but never convict
ed was the quick reply I was
ence as Gov Claiborne will tell you
indicted but I was tried before an
impartial judge and acquitted by a
jury composed of the foremost citi
zens of the state
Jacksons face expressed surprise
and he glanced inquiringly at Clai
borne who nodded as if in affirmation
of the statement Then the former
again turning his stern eyes upon La
fitte asked How is it with you in re
gard to privateering
Let me ask how it is with 3 011 Gen
Jackson and with your own country
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Surely Gen Jackson will not fire upon an unarmed man
garding the intruder started to his
feet
After bowing respectfully the new
comer stood silent while his black
eyes searched with curious intentness
the stern face of Gen Jackson whose
rght hand had stolen into the breast
ot his coat
The governor who had risen when
he saw the key turned in the door
i ow made a step or two toward the
chair where lay his sword but the
stranger picking up the weapon be
fore Claiborne could reach it present
ed it to the latter with a graceful bow
coupled with a courteous Permit me
sir
Then turning quickly to Jackson
he added extending both arms to their
full length either side of him Sure
ly Gen Jackson will not fire upon an
unarmed man And he advanced to
he table
Gov Claibornes face had reddened
angrily as he took his sword from the
Strangers hands and replaced it on the
chair and Jacksons expression
changed somewhat as with Assur
edly not sir he withdrew his hand
from the pistol
I beg gentlemen that you will par
don my intrusion said the unknown
visitor until you shall hear the ob
ject of my mission And I pray you
to believe that I come here for no
ether reason than a desire to be of
use to you and to the country both
of you serve
May we know your name sir
inquired Claiborne stiffly and with a
haughtiness of manner in which there
was no sign of softening
I am the man whom your excellen
cy has been pleased to proclaim an
outlaw and for whose capture you
nave offered a reward of five hundred
dollars the man now fixing his
piercing eyes upon Jacksons face
whom with his followers you sir
have branded as hellish banditti and
as the pirates of Barataria I am
Jean Lafitte
You are a bold man Capt Lafitte
to venture into New Orleans to say
nothing of presenting yourself here
was the governors unconciliatory re
sponse
Lafitte bowed as if acknowledlng a
compliment and drawing a package
trom his breast held it across the ta
in regard to privateering And a
curl of scorn touched Lafittes lips
Tell me I pray you sir how many
scores of vessels flying the flag of the
United States are at this moment
rreying upon foreign commerce
But only upon the commerce of
Great Britain with whom we are at
war declared Jackson his grim feat
ures relaxed but only for an instant
by a satisfied smile and they are
acting under regular letters of marque
and reprisal
True and the vessels in which I
have been interested acted under let
ters of marque from the Republic of
Carthagena and sailed under the flag
of that nation Never since I con
trolled them have they interfered with
the ships of any nation excepting
opain witii wnom as you are aware
the Republic of Carthagena is at war
Jackson was silent and glanced
scowlingly at Claiborne who was tap
ping the tabled
abstractedly and ap
peared absorbed by his own refec
tions
I thank you general Lafitte
resumed speaking with less em
phasis for the opportunity you have
give me to explain these matters
And without going into them any far
ther I wish to assure you once more
that my former offer was made from
legitimate and patriotic motives
Jackson bowed as if in acquies
cence
But demanded Lafitte a sudden
rush of indignation sounding in his
01ce how was it received My mo
tives were impugned my statements
branded as false my messengers were
imprisoned And as a fitting sequence
to this an armed expedition was sent
to Barataria my men were butchered
or taken prisoners my vessels seized
nd my property destroyed In addi
tion to this and harder than all else
my foster brother after being mor
tally Avounded was brought to New
Crleans thrown into the common gaol
and left there to die
Lafitte had been standing all this
time But now as he finished speak
ing he seated himself and folded his
arms while his face took an expres
sion of stoical indifference contrasting
sLarply with the impassioned words
that had just poured from his lips
Jackson and Claiborne looked at one
another as if each were waiting for
the other to speak until the former
while he fingered the package ho had
taken from the table said In a tone
whose gravity held something akin to
tenderness Capt Lafitte you under
stand of course that I an officer of
the army cannot criticise in your
presence anything that took place
prior to my assuming command here
But speaking as a man and as one
who has had his own share of hard
ship and sorrow I may venture to ex
tend to you my regret and sympathy
for the trouble and bereavement that
seem to have been yours
Lafitte bent his head silently
Claiborne who had been fidgeting
impatiently now hastened to say
Vou will do me the justice Capt La-
flte to believe that I wished to ac
cept your offer But my personal
views were overruled by those upon
whose judgment I relied and the ex
pedition to Barataria was sent at their
instigation not mine
And yet said Lafitte with dry
sarcasm that brought a faint smile to
Jacksons firm lips you are the gov
ernor of Louisiana
Claiborne winced but before he
could answer the thrust Lafitte add
ed with a shrug of his shoulders
But it matters not at whose instiga
tion the outrage was committed The
facts are as I have stated and what
is past must stand Now Gen Jack
son may I ask that you open that
package and read the papers it con
tains
As Jackson perused the first pa
per the impressions he gathered were
plainly observable in his look and
half audible comments
Fine bombast he growled before
going very far Then a little way on
Sophomorical rubbish Savors of
Eton with some of George the Thirds
silly maunderings And so on until
the end was reached
Claiborne had seated himself closer
to Jackson and presently the latter
with an exclamation of the strongest
disgust handed him the paper
Here Claiborne you have seen a
copy of this but you had better re
fresh your memory bv reading the
original
The governor took the paper and
had begun to read it when chancing
to glance at Lafitte he was puzzled by
the expression of the latters face
He was leaning back in his chair
his lips half parted and his face soft
ened by a glow seeming to come from
an inward light as his eyes rested
upon something hanging against the
v all back of the governor
It was an old engraving of Napol
eon one that as the governor knew
vas brought from Barataria by a sol
dier from whom he an ardent admir
er of the emperor had rescued it
The thought of this made him in
the new light thrown by Lafittes ac
cusations with reference to the attack
upon Barataria feel uncomfortable
for should Lafitte recognize the pic
ture as his own property its present
possessor would be placed in an unen
viable position
He had forced his eyes back to the
paper whose contents he recalled
quite accurately But now with the
impression already made upon him by
Lafittte and the latters face as he
had just seen it intruding itself be
tween his eyes and the writing he
was forced to acknowledge to himself
that pirate and outlaw as he had been
named the Baratarian leader had
shown the greatest generosity and
patriotism together with a personal
courage which appealed strongly to
his the governors sense of loyalty
Possessed by this feeling he glanced
again at the younger man to see him
still looking in the same direction ap
parently oblivious of all surroundings
wnile his rapt expression made the
governor wonder
Jean Lafittes heart was in com
rr union with that pictured face and
with its original whom he seemed to
be once more facing upon Elba look
ing into the eyes that had rested so
kindly upon him at the last and hear
ing the voice uttering words of old
time affection
To be continued
Troublesome Children
Everything is relative after all
even age yet one might suspect that
the children of one of Mr Muzzeys
Men of the Revolution might have
arrived at years of some discretion
and proper regard for behavior
When I saw the old soldier says Mr
Muzzey he was the sole survivor of
those who witnessed the battle of
Bunker Hill At the age of 95 years
he was attending a Whig celebration
held at Boston in 1S59 and there I
met him He was a good looking old
man with a large well shaped head
blue eyes and mild expression His
vhole countenance beamed with ben
evolence
I asked him if he had any children
Oh yes I have two sons he re
plied
Why did you not bring them with
you
The old mans smooth brow wrin
kled into a semblance of a frown as
he said
I didnt want to be plagued with
those boys on an occasion of this
sort
Why how old are they I asked
wondering if he could mean his grand
children
Oh one is 70 and the other is 72
But I couldnt be bothered with
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There is a difference between gov
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still there is a part of that which is
public property as for instance
parks and libraries which may be
used by the general public Forts be
long to the army and ships to the
navy are government property but
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Ways of Spelling Smith
A German resident in Portugal
whose patronymic is Schmitz or our
famous English Smith has been writ
ing home to Cologne complaining of
the spelling of his name adopted by
various Portuguese correspondents
Here are a few of them Smhytis
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At an English town council meeting
a newly fledged magistrate in thank
ing his colleagues for the honor they
ban conferred on him instead of say
ing he would temper justice with
mercy in the petty sessions court as
sured them that he would do his best
to tamper with justice and mercy
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For years I was in very bad health
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It is ever so much easier to be nice
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WHO OWNS THE RAILROADS
H T Newcomb of tho District of
Columbia Ear has compiled statistics
showing that 5174718 depositors in
savings banks of six eastern states
are directly interested in the joint
ownership of 442354086 of steam
railroad securities that insurance
companies doing business in Massa
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railroad stocks and bonds and 74 edu
cational institutions depend on 47
408327 invested in similar securities
for a portion of their income Other
fiduciary institutions own enough
railroad securities to bring such hold
ing up to more than a billion and a
half dollars about one sixth of the
entire capital invested in railroad
property These investments repre
sent the savings of the masses there
being twenty million holders of life in
surance policies in the country as
many more of fire insurance policies
and an even greater number of de
positors in banking and trust institu
tions where investments are largely
in railroad securities
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LONG TRIP WITH HEALTH AND
PLEASURE THE OBJECTS
Correspondent Writes of Journey In
Texas and Mexico With a Party as
Guests of the Southern Pacific Rail
road
Gilson Willett special correspond
ent of Leslies Weekly writes enter
tainingly of a thousand mile horseback
hunt in Texas and Mexico with a party
as guests of the Southern Pacific rail
road The members of the party rep
resented twelve different states At
Sabinas Mexico he says
Over half of tho thousand mile jour
ney has been completed and the fel
lows who are here for their health aro
now hard as nails those who came
along with an appetite for pleasuro
are well nigh satiated and the sports
men have brought in day after day
incredibly huge bags of ducks geese
rabbits squirrels and no end of small
game not to mention big hauls of
deer bear wild turkeys and fish All
of which is due to about tho most
healthful region in the Union to a
section of country where pleasurable
diversion is eternally at hand and to
a territory that is literally a sports
mans paradise hitherto untrod and un
shot and unfished
Mr Willett bestows a deserved
eulogy on the splendid hospitality of
the Southern Pacific and the hearty
welcome accorded the party in south
ern cities from New Orleans onward
Visitors to southwest Texas will not
need to be told of the really marvelous
work done by the Southern Pacific in
building up that section of the coun
try Mr Willett says
Then we again boarded our train
and railroaded on for the most of a
day through a country in which the
Southern Pacific has caused a blade of
grass not to speak of stalk of corn
cane or sugar and blossom of cotton
to flourish where none grew before
Thirty miles farther inland on tho
San Diego river we made our first
camp in Mexico After that our
camps were from twenty to fifty miles
apart And thus we have progressed
on our thousand mile horseback hunt
passing through strange villages and
seeing queer peon customs visiting tho
headquarters of mighty ranches of a
million acres where the owners escort
ed us to the front door with six hun
dred white horses or six hundred
black horses or six hundred bays as
the case might be and having all
sorts of diversions of big hunts and
witnessing many kinds of uniquo
sights in primitive and quaint old Mex
ico
Our first three or four camps were
made on one of the largest ranches in
the world the Trevino ranch of 1000
000 acres Of this great ranch as
big as a New England state as on all
the other great ranches we have trav
ersed the Southern Pacific manage
ment obtained all hunting and fishing
privileges
It was on the great Trevino ranch
that the healthseekers of the party
first discovered that they were get
ting in Mexico exactly what they had
come for a new constitution The
sportsmen of the party too were out
late and up early on the chase that
pleaseth The motto always was to
kill only such game however plentiful
it might be as was actually needed for
consumption at our table for the
Southern Pacific stands for the kill
ing of game for food only
Many interesting stories of the dis
trict traversed are related by Mr Wil
lett He concludes
Thus on this trip every promise
made by the Southern Pacific railroad
has been kept to the letter just as
similar promises will be kept on tho
second annual thousand mile horse
back hunting party already talked of
for next year
Dust Your Foliage Plants
All plants which are grown for their
foliage effect and which are therefore
to be kept for any considerable time
in the home must receive attention
at the tops as well as at the roots
In the cleanest of houses dust will ac
cumulate and this settling upon the
leaves blocks up the breathing pores
of the plant The only remedy is re
moval of the dust to which end a
sponging of clean water say at least
once a week should be given
Abbreviation Called For
What does P G stand for asked
Mr Justice Lawrence at the Ang
lesey Assizes the other day referring
to Llanfair P G It is the shortened
name for a village replied Mr J
Bryn Roberts M P who wisely ig
nored a request that he should give
the judge the full name The full
name of the village is
Liverpool Eng Mer
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Grand Opera in Georgia
Last Tuesday night the grand opera
people left an order for twenty bottles
of beer six half pints and two pints
of whisky Augusta Ga Herald
Average Supply of Coal
Half a ton of coal to each inhabit
ant is the average the world over
The United States produces four tons
to the Inhabitant
Lots of women would like to stay
at home and look after the children
and the house but if they did their
friends would say their husbands
were brutes
Attar of Roses
It is in Roumania and Bulgaria that
attar of roses is made from rose
leaves
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