Show r v act U 11 colaia under the name 0 of cap aln mazarac Saz arac and disguised ifa former freebooter lafatte 10 tarla 01 1 proscribed returns 0 the city 0 of mow orleans he 01 o recognized by two of jo sill his plo old 01 g alderman pla beluche IV at the gaming lazarao haa won much afuola soney tables from colonel can 1401 officer john ution daryls the cites first bohemian bohe 0 of the arts puma and letters UV an friend of 10 WI la fatte tells 0 of n v comans womans SUil face gov and gialle SV As hla hill last wager carr puts up a woman presumably a u nl ve custom tu compels 1106 batarao Ou to 01 accept the otil stake he wins sulm sih his plo old associates and count raoul op de Almona ater accost him as 91 A project o of 0 the youthful in adventurers o of 0 new agog jb orleans Is the rescue of jo napoleon bonaparte from IV helena and a ship the seraphine Seraph lne haa frail been made ocum ready from OCI do almonas kr jj bazaras 01 learns SU that the gill its girl ha eq won ju at the card table la fit white of JO viti high estate and that the oj matter haaf been made a byword bya word ul in the ott resorts saz arao finds mademoiselle I Lc stron V fellow passenger on a river steamer a U few days before and with whom he VIN had fallen in 11 love Is 81 the girl and in chivalry foregoes 01 his reven fai against carr jarula admires les tron ho Is 81 a witness of jo the otil meeting and abald up a camellia which the girl had thrown unnoticed to 01 mazarac Saz arac jarels Is 91 dangerous oil he talks too ool much ui in his cups his gin PIP old associates 1 of 30 the ar elviva ula days urge labute to 01 take command 0 of the sera guad ostensibly to ol rescue napoleon inq but really to ol fly au the otil black slig flag and cruise the smas seas OH he hesitates jarvis Is 91 a v witness 0 of the 0 of mademoiselle lespron Le stron but his story Is 81 not IOU WAIS given credence ea de Al monaster entertains mazarac Saz arac now admittedly jean lafatte jv at his elti country house I 1 CHAPTER A continued Z i and were oil he to ol order these young stops dons of jo ull tho saija blue blood to oj listone lr stone sill his decks he would have 01 land tit in JOAO every isle of jo the GO indies to 01 atle the DID 1 OX no OU no 18 sir a bonaparte ona parte rl Is safe from these salua gentry I 1 1 the two gentlemen smiled but sit as ley were to 0 part laud down the gill banquets banque tf the all rue gru chartres came two figures te olans supporting Bulla the gill other A short irh ragged man whose gold earrings istenes under filthy locks struggling 0 1 save gaus sill basket of JQ cooked crayfish ai 1 he all steered sill his companion on I 1 let be growled gorgio JOE the gill come jarels the cafe GOP des for you noa man I 1 I 1 A ship dm j 1 bawled jarels and being ch f the ott larger of jo the dill two he eq almost doiI spelled opel led pa the gill crayfish seller jollas into the gill ro elegant 2010 ItU gentlemen m who deals stepped pa de ul in disgust to ol let jai them pass A I 1 A rescue bid buccaneer I 1 I 1 ue lurched to ol the banquette pun and 1 glahn ere blinking old olaof hauled q vain nt his gill 9 sleeve 01 oo come lata eq be up ath me am 1 ina but the ifju bohemian bohe con polain d to 01 fumble nt III sill his AL was this SIM way sum they went gorgio ajl in even now alou on my aut way sum to 01 the gill po od to ol daj report 0 a 0 of the oil u affair I 1 shall vw to 01 ta oil mayor of Is tso 08 dumb as to 01 refuse rescue to 01 n U I 1 sa s1 juam he all lo of 10 inquired bonio haughtily oz painter bot to sill ms feet oll he was sum s a bash Zu across SS sill his n U sill sleeve oil ho lold crushed la id ri ir ta 1 camellia then I 1 T down UM the gill ama pull and elul lo 10 to 01 see what U 3 all 8 sill public and to ol en T ance denly shouted oils OR his jajola ill s quill Bull surl S the conj st IS abill antu allo as gull alny leonest IQ am I 1 djus ve ana th gill h anoon k won S ell it at all 1111 L guv ere O camo a carriage duj 1 n down alers the horses u apul 39 otis tia auau from the curtains curtal ns a luj rn T I 1 v allow roachel roache 3 to ol touch anol 11 and untilla tillA ui tt Ul als Q aalde I GM j 1021 I 1 got U PU aai e had stu my blossom I 1 swear q rt ajom las in jail her haert I 1 vat siroj 1 41 now MON ss 8 pip 00 ota wild autu an am C sald plus his honor 12 re stir sit 0 pun d howl S 2 te cwb tahe hia home and acme to 03 my cat clerk tor a dollar frn T it pl gill p R s e ax giju at 11 awk alio Wilu PUB and you 1101 sug sav nami loll 1 IT ii 1101 1 I I 1 sl 1 tilak barel I 1 I 1 IS till I 1 S 1 won tf ju ito 0 sill i U 11 tetu nim balos A ul in jail her so bics so 11 i sim 1011 t r I 1 1111 al sut 10 ru fsr 11 till bortl cor tl camo 1 with nio f 11 I 1 noso 0 put brow 81 tt he am still lina qualls stumbled Pol nightlong nebout otil plus D S y oa w veen koaki oil ho ITSUji LIS seller and I 1 pun nl dorman there shot 01 outs cs 0 f lort understanding oscr stretched sill his annd to 0 ill the an iriv jual upon mill him a 11 1 look 0 jo let 01 bol J grunted PO ca juLu S loas 1 bui last foell whispered Gor filo iio D upon fellow he all boro 1 him ull along with sill his cinq strength sill his back 11 oa no Is fit utterly ap drunk 4 come lct jai n us to 04 our coffee qu nt I 1 all took boj 11 the at ul mayors Jou josul erm turning him A block distant ito councilor looked back lauca fiddling with his velvet jina bufe nervously iiii catalan vagabond was dragging sill his comrade along ing gut nono save OAIs tho dill saw AUs aull tho oil hand of jo the dill onetime one olto time buccaneer SUA under allf SIA that sill his knife point pressed thero until ma coat was sum torn VII A word pa colu more o hissed tho gill los bellor la VUU and ilip then oil ho whispered a a pa 3 PUB the gill english enggill woman joan and tho wager oil he won buom who then has Q u better 1 right to 01 the gill woman home now djou get your anos va paint lit pots and paint a 13 poultice on your broken head J I 1 ina but gorgio pull had to ol drag tho gill un conscious suo snola wastrel aa up in the otil studio put and there lock MITI him in III ero to he went to 04 a whispered t conference behind a 11 cabbage caba stack in tho french market CHAPTER VI the mask Is 91 dropped it 41 was after the oil juall heat same sup day that two horsemen rode out ino from a courtyard of jo the gill faubourg Fau bourg st IS mario upon tho road count op do Al monaster breathed 1 relief a when tho dill river willows willo ws pill hid them pun and the steeds os rp broke into a gallop dollo my am blacks are waiting nt III the gill ferry 11 oil he murmured now OU captain S nc pip did the gill plainsman plainsmen plains men teach you WS to 01 ride MOD come a theal haq I 1 and the gill guest pal led the gill way sum in III a pnola cloud xo of dust A half dozen hazop slaves on as the oil two dashed over JOAO the gill leveo dismounted pau mid flung rein to 01 the oil grooms will then the gill scow boat swung off on the ott muddy mississippi Iddis propelled by the dill naked backed PO oars men main stood pools watching the gill wll lim camol lowed shores jolls Sa the ol 01 city was gum invisible but on the gill western bank arose the stately facades uala Sap of jo plantation uld homes among 0 great lua oaks beyond this glimpses of jo the gill grim gray forest wall ilium the gill impenetrable cypress swamp with SIT its watery aisles leading to 01 barataria Bar ataria the legend haunted even III at this early day oa de Al monaster stepped dOIS POI joasa on ns the gill scow grounded pun and pal led the dill way sum across tho gill broad lawns to ol the high steps 0 of the oil coed gallery o of 0 the oil white mansion black aula boys dashed for jo the III bridles at the great uati glass sloop doors arose a IU grizzled major domo at your anos loanword wold loan sir its said plus raoul A drink culap shall be q brought pull and the gill bath of 1 L I have thought it 41 strange azus rac oua smiled absently that you nos of o 0 the gill spanish Almon asters of o 0 wealth pull and connections beyond the dill proudest in III the city have chosen to ol idle unattached 1 I 1 have sw my haip 6 oa do said plus gravely A boys dream but it 11 does not IOU pass for six years now alou the gill loveliest face aau that could stir jilg youth has F been with out me it 11 was sum for will that I 1 cruised tila last year about the dill caribbean port lullu aimlessly seeking slowly trying to 01 forget ah v lq veil I 1 I 1 tuu am trying to 01 bo a practical sober man the gill new mou sugar proc old SOO ess r I 1 with n u bow he left jol the elli guest the gill stranger looked from the otil great windows upon rodn the gill gardens beyond the aill lull narrow 1 lu fields ran duj a 73 rutted road put and tenn lafatte litus smiled Pa up da that im same emus the gill clumsy carts of jo rood 1 pull had come ottoa 1 the gulf adventurers dill smugglers who met ul in the gill swamp rendezvous and brought the dill loot rf JJ silks pull and wines pun and jewels taken from ani luckless lucLle ss merchantman merchantmen merchant men on the spanish main by 41 pole boat from the const by carts then call IF at dead forest pull and to 04 the river 1 of night ferried by other agents ot jo the oil my warehouses the arross to 01 0 ind to ol alerre lantses Lant tes cloaking sethy litus Sil on the oil rue a bourbon came the winking watch the gill slaves work nants to 01 mere tte forges 90 while 1 they sall slyly RISIs murmured pa 1 I henr that IBM a u sip to 0 gia proprietor strangely P ua rom bilboa acred dimiat suid aek of bip balad o 0 op put all bed P house plate in at monsieur at grand terre dogs I 1 muttered th dinst r diw i respect the 1111 roughest i l of jjr my own band moro than butil 4 if slims clims who enriched latil josu sa on our atio 11 fall covertly 0 pro al ui while they w profited bawo angor to 01 denounce us when our lust itis phlp I 1 was UA 1 drawn 1 p k from tt tho ott gulfa tin ij bli liquor 11 ans su tit on n u highboy of JO heavy adall rosewood tho edven tui irs tik taca eyes lighted SU 03 lie 1111 it 41 flip aill great poll tho all pul the aill loot from 13 ill tho isle 0 aliu sl I 1 recall blocks poling it 11 from tin to ol be 01 sold to ol n u city factor 1 I it turns up in nt ill OCT do almonas tt ra ciul I 1 ani with ilia ellul pull had jull ceased ho joined talor N sill his lihosit voll at dinner never n u more well appointed guest if pull lind count lutlo greeted lhnn the dill lust acen who us ant across the gill boand beyond alio j boldon monsieur 1111 raised Po a 11 lennil he 41 moll hold Q u glass jaI before him As to ol he DI wine uia iunus sir its I 1 could swear adaill pull bud ill been a u situ mischief in III tho gill gulf laughed if JOAO ever sir als one of jo my tu uncles which brank our ino 11 from bordeaux pull lind 1 fallen v I 1 I 1 your way OA nil iju the dill baui of 30 bonn baud pull lind been 10 02 otil uproar oil he would k have come ill pailles tho ghost 1 L I would forget it 11 nil 1 I if wo OA let you noc ott ho signaled serving men to 0 withdraw now AWN I 1 nin delegated P by your anos own worthy companions for this sill tho oil plot old ST Is not IOU unit enough 1 NOW more lIlls smiled PoI distantly 1 I ull ma done with adventuring I 1 jp dream eluo of 30 n U plantation tit in the indies in louisiana even ji if again 12 granted amnesty stu my sud presence would olt bo 13 soro 0 spot let 41 sun any thieving brawl coma in III tho at ports pub and nt lu Laut ROU tes old men are charged ettli it aliey sol gait are peaceful men now scattered on the gill coast lutIll hungers sla siosiva of jo truck pun and fl let lai oal dead sud past j oil lie tuy sin friend I 1 tuu am bit an AD evil legacy S and 1 I am forty two 1 and yet tho oil lady of jo the gill packet boata mused strange to ol her nc tho to 01 you atil outlaw and yet IOS the all older man dols stopped Pod his gazo out the gill glass doors 1001 S to 01 the dill starlight and yet jas monsieur mazarac lubin if j you nog 0 of nil ilu men brought napoleon triumphantly out 1110 of 0 eullo to 01 the new AON world what proud lody of jo TIU all louisiana louall would not loti be thrilled by the name Lantt cl now ajon that sl Is ridiculous frowned tho oil other man she OtIS an Ul english tory S an Ill intrigue to 01 PU aid bonaparte win ulak all her approval oll laughed ah taw well a lovely SPUI lady for whom I 1 would have fought puli and I 1 had to 04 turn aside ul in lenco sl I 1 ulu am that SI Is ill the irony of JO lt two discredited it a fugl tho under jacun a mask pull and sho smiled upon the oil man who oil sl Is tho gill knave in either 10 role 1 I pip did not jou challenge colonel carr he concluded tod pointedly 1 1 I saw that raoul doa repressed hla gill curious note we knew you nox went juam to 01 him ho shrugged OD come Oua sul my captain jean 1 I 1 I too have greatly loved and lost now tills affair Is of jo the gill sea pull and will men would you not IOU listen you nol heard last night your anos plo old wild plim fellows chuckling with itt III the gill guest aso stared pauli hard U at him napoleon the gill devil they would gana for 10 him I 1 tooth put and nail on the gill idill merchantman loot scurry spend fist sin fuls o of 0 gold ul in fotij ports 0 of south america and guv then the oil yardarm yard arm for them till aall I 1 monsieur tho dill world has gull shuffled off our alto gentlemen o of 0 fortune foro I 1 it 1 is 91 the oil english women holds yon BOA from us said plus arnoul and then raw the oil black line gull deepen on the oil others brow the dill isott host bit his adil lip pun and then upon bolin the dip ralls silence oat there came footsteps A doorman was sum expostulating at the broad gallery there sum a scuffle lUnar Io uv an oath dut I 1 shall enter fellow ollo lAi t out ino of jo the dill loop dohrl I 1 ol de Almonn ster pull had arisen by silver laden board with k aji a hasty alonco nt III his guests impassive face under the gill galden candelabrum boim the oil burly grizzled hohanness Joh anness charged from tho gill hallway oll he turned without greeting luls staring aal at you na captain jean I 1 see gas i I 1 havy fought for youl inos A costoma pava guard g I 1 think jt if was isu went down by the gill cutlass zog nez coupe bohon pun and I 1 stopped them matli from the gill first crossing but the bill dragoons dan are herel I 1 V and p that lel he 94 Is at G ji in reality jean vl lafatte aji I 1 turned up d from j buoi 41 the dead TO 01 BE aa CONTINUED |