Show = = = IN THE MARSHES OUT T t l t l frheihU1f i tIt t like dttftims lougweshores It wa > deliciously t land so lotu3eAter the toms tfc atmosphere and dreamy eft was The surroundings landscape the of the qualities of lack some seemed LO ircre peculiar and re were so they realitysimd those dimly formed to inl1larity 11 Ions ope receives when in a halt nceptions which real sounds and real nn JJe intO conform th emse1V 3 s crcep and iTtv 5abj cS creep the mlstrtlram sBe theme of to the animated there was no pdesnurselses dei tbesight cf a human object in sight nor Far as the eye could se habitation stretched away thev3 t up1u < e of there with tall rush hue rofh covered sea with here and thfr islands in a grte f verdure clumps otlae oa1i td sea lb dark loutlin e yiing cheni s distant horizon The Gulf the niast a roots of the washed the very of exico w3 o mace little leJ along the coast feeh and allalong of STnUUoM or bass luta the edge tn hlxariaut herbage Tlc water thaT the keel without lide nude our glide 0 seempJ a gurgle t was or light lilac and the even oQtheast rod was not sufficient faint perfect smoothness or its the beak tJ the stLce In remsfkableduphC3tion along the shoreline wre reflecled marsh Brasses in the vntcr olowed lazy white ondsoverhead werQ folIowed by 51sterhrgosieS ot like rout outline down gsterargos empyrean that lay below the watery in bow asleep m the noonday Oi > our port its sands tremulous under the day sun beat lay Grand Terre La summers island where be and his fellow liues sa n lers for ears plied their profi table smugglers ta-ble trade forAbead and to starboard opened up Barataria bay Them was omnolence in the air and as we looked t n ° the side of the little Italian v luster the perfect quiescence of the seemed to repress any desire to cture e break the silence even by a word Far ashore Across the marshes hung ft small I cloud of smoke and dependent from its i it-s dart gray rosamer film reaching to the earth like a strand of wool from the j black fleece floating above It marked the noonday meal preparing in some lnesetlershntbna distant cheniere The excursion was one Of exploration m the inlets md bays lying along the coastof I Louisiana to the westward of the mouth of the Mississippi river and an Btust and a journalist were the only I Toyaers A lugger such as brings oj terstotheew Orleans market was cvttred for the cruise and the two I nlvlIhn laulchcd out with an ample I i sup ly of charts and provender seeking I seek-ing the ptanrsqae and curious About 2 ocw a brisk wind Beanie I out Irojn t tr i sthsouthwest and with theizh h tnaQed well aft the I ugcer went bonngicR aloJtU Bara I taru bay JUt b f sundown a shell I bank Xl s sighted on the starboard bow I i Dying close to the edge of the IDn baud i b-aud Unitingocit a grove of stately live oat It was proposed to camp here i for the night and so the helm was put i ap and a run made for It Approach < ig it one could hardly believe that the i gove tad not been planted by man The greattrees formed three sides mllfn a square about fitly yards across with i the waters of the bay for the front i Clusters 61 olewdcr grow near the edge j I of the water and the regularity of the I trees and the gradual slope of the jhell v I shore seemed to point to arUficial arrangement sheltered beneath one of the largest oaks and standing about filly feet from the water a Ur e palmetto bnt came nto view as tee cbraiere was reached b aDdlDl in front of It wai a tall alh letic looking man of about SS with 1 ng flowing locks of jet black hair and a heard fully two ieet In length He i I speared tQ bea magnificent specimen i ot the gedinyhtimo aada biting attri i I bute to tffe scene of wlitchlhe formed a part The Rigger I wsifxunaoward the ai I bank when one of the party leaped out I and waded ashore with the anchor and I i 1 I cable The roster of the forward and place stepped i i I extended a welcome in I good E1glhh the prononnciation how eer J Hroolr rnsrked with French accent 7 Uler some conversation at his mntation enough stores for the night were earned up to his private lodge and blow the lugger shanld made rome ecurein on case ahe1vy fnJfif hit J > ° ewhat aristocratic I for that parrot the coast forrt bOA red of t ouworooms boutten feet < < 0nsre It bad nme mule of ddd bits of wreck I I age and was covered with a number of layers of palmetto leaves the same ma lerial forming its sides A number of I WtM1e1 or dcgi > ata Jay on the ht11s back of fc i Sad olemn the but e U1d three solemn Jook1 tug water spaniel near1 I them were asleep near m bout tree to tree near the cabin i annal meshed shrimp wine was hang Rau U1g aldajU5 eyond the wielourei i made fire 1ioOd bI the seine stood i large pile ofj i lun tsoodreorp0red of pieces pt old j I otter that had 9oateef shore and otherjetsam j picked alon tbe of the up edge he bar A lire was burning before I etrance of ° the cabin and as even 5 was stealing on preparations sunDej were L J e for supper 4 beenon 1 P to this time the cop erstion < < had on comnioiiplaecZtoptonlyt and dUtsnce nlJiries 1Ualle and 1SWered relative to After SStance teeriarn points shag etc p 1tellan ajournment leas made maid that it Vas seen at once he proprietor teas no ordinary mdridnalA j rgeishelf etpnsled I cross 1 on side i of nbo Uttl room and t tbf best was ranged a choice selection ur French ettjfl Jwork arm e Iansian publiea ion A steel Thlers tnnsing and of Meigsonnier another of Jorath chromo oft Victor Hnpo the wall Thee handsome fowl T ° cc hung from their pegs and e out from 3 rough wood cabinet = ftl mu Ln English A i made microscope Aun or of tea his tS IWf only beverage d to lift I the latch of his commurii v i Jieiwtf and it was not long before jlnty was immersed in lple4 ant I CClon of Tyndnll i I s I aradaT < rltnetJ It t 1as sessed u t totinl n mnn pos of touch eruditfiiiibn P tltal f trudiii n and um ra yt eta 11 Capadtv hermu Iiin Ytbee mu one the l t ° uesti1n With some heitiucx f tar + tiUs Wa put as lo his reasati J the world volnntaniy JlIcqlghlm out 1 liS it were shadow t e wbea the seemed to JlAl acrns his I t Ount question we xt + i xmt motion ountenapce gave ryidenee of lop J TalDg from l rom his IC1Iter pals tebsao Lerolicdsnd I w > auu ll aiei eire and puffed tome roww in i Ills n a Vb l blue flannel shirt which nJ 4well tnpd expol a broad chest I 4 dw loped u ntrhtrhK almost massive j > a nwbchhis tII r T eanrlellhs + d t M t hU bti situ zrnceLu1altUl Inc bllot Uak thai r would have beep 1I0t i armr 01 same hemic Grecian tolUIf with alawy ax hts cigarette and a favorite wog as lie talked r he began in a low voice to tell something some-thing hispastifaistory exacting a promisehowever that nothlngerIt should y 00 given lo the public until afterLis death or his return to hi former for-mer home The second son of a judge of the court of Cassation of France he rada nted with honors at tue Ecola folitec niqne as he was intended for the army After his education was completed he retired to a country residence of his fathers near Alencon in Normandy where he enjoyed vacation of eighteen months The rare nnd delightful scenery thereabouts excited in him a xleep love nature aad he beguiled his time with short foot Journeys through the surrounding country To amuse himself he took up the study of botany and natural history and be co i inu enthusiastic on the snbject he decided to demote his energies to the profession of a naturalist It was during this time that he met frequently a beautiful girl the daughter oi J titled gentleman living no6fur from Alencon who catching something something of his Dei lion for the wild I and romantic in nature a aicompamed binrm lib viiiuto some oflha more i interesting localities in the neighborhood i neighbor-hood Her parents permitted this ns she was nlcrays escorted by her brother a year younger than her elf Thrown together so much and b J ing ok a lake disposition the affinity between them soon ripened into a strong and deep love The speaker here was silent for sometime some-time and then resumed his story The girl was engaged bv her father lo a yotag nobleman of that districts horn she heartily dulSkedbnjaccunntof his dissipation Theo < story was repeated TLe parent discovering her affection for the young naturalist prevented hi further visits to tue house but a secret correspondence wa Kcpr up between himself and hiscsw etbeart The end Came at last md Ilhe was takeii to Pans where she was married to his Embittered against the world lIe at once joined the army as a lieutenant ut the Fortythird of the line Couserva Uve an temperament he wasjanythint but a warm royalist and ibosuceess of hs titled rival drove him into ultra democracy He became a determined enemy of rank and bided his time to take revenge The war with Germany broke out and the excitement of tbut bloody contest kept his mind fully occupied occu-pied Disaster and defeat came and he I found himself in Paris when it surrendered surren-dered Through all the vicissitudes of camp and field he had not for an instant forgotten for-gotten his love and whereever he went made inquiries regarding the whereabouts where-abouts of tne countand his wfe The commune came and throwing down his word he joined it and became one of its leaders He sought every w nere lor his rival Wbo was reported to beta ParJ nut ailed to find himHe declinedto speak of his participation in the tern b1eecnts f the co + omun He was captured in a street assault and carried to jail where with thirteen others be was sentenced to be shot The night before the execution a Sister of Charity visited him When alone in the cell With him she divulged her iden dry True to her old love hU swcet heart of Alenc n at the hazard of exposure and disgrace bad resolved to elltct his escape She furnished him a disguise as a Carmel ire nun and after a daring passage between four inspectors 101 the prison both succeeded in gan ing the street Before parting promises were exchanged that if in the future she should ever become single she I would let uim know and he would go to I her no matter where she might be He i thought America the safest refuge for I him and in two months reached Lotus ana where plunged into the recesses in I gwhich we found him he sought oblivion obliv-ion of the past and patience for the future Here several years sped by and his thoughts buried in the contemn platoon of nature he sought > to Gcd 1 solacy for all the vicissitudes of the past bnt the one reatlesa unsatisfied desire to learn something of her he bad left beyond the seas the never abandoned aban-doned hope that the wishedfor summons sum-mons might one day reach himr continued con-tinued to burn in his bosom andto n der impossible all thoughts of content But all his pilgrimages to the little village vil-lage where an occasional letter from the outside world reached him had beau in vain no word of her ever came and the hope he had once cherished by degrees wore itself out till row he looked upon her as one departed and upon her memory as theonlyi solace leftto film in lire A pause succeeded this melancholy narrative which we did not attempt to break we were tie reciptents of his hospitality that night and the next morning pursued our journey leaving hjrn standing upon the shore wrapped in the same gloom that enveloped him when we approached his shore thfrnight before + t + The fallowing winter the calls of duty found both the artist and the journalist 1 at their work in Washington though they were no longer allied at their labors Th writer of thlSS not un prosperous artistkept np a studio in hwrootmat the r hotel his friend the journalist heldii position as correspondent corres-pondent of ewe uf tbegreat metropolitan dailies lOn Tudrauip astlie Inter returned to his hotel from a brief walk he was informed that a lady awaited him in hn studio Entering he found Lit visitor Ona with > whoe appearance lie was immediately struck she could not have bern more thaq 2 orG was waM in deep aleck and had coun l tenance singularly noble and hand I some tlm gh touched with an BBmw ° takable shade of melancholy When she joke it was evident that her she was e a foreigner though accent was the faintest In the t world i > heiadcalled to tit for her por I m trait she sand and tf desirable she would I like to hue the first ltting take place at once tdlaalylhe artist wffifctdlaalylhe would have made but he the appointment for another time confesses to a sort of attraction fascination if you ftror the subject and he expressed himself as willing to hpl immediately She stepped Into the toilet room to make a brief amneenirni of herdres and when she returned the only change evident was than ho hall removed ber bat and a small g ldgri locket depended from et + sin 8lOIIII a her ncct neckhihe seated her pelf ill he aatst In wa the act of nr ranging th Pose or her bead hthI8bunt when the about herneckbecatne stud tlir Itlket fell to the floor unclasped oor He quickly stooped to pick it UP and then notitrd that In falling U K It had apent Q he restored it to thtowntr he caught a ghulpse of the theface iasioe and a ttlrill went thnegh him as he recoJIl red untuitakaldv time feaytresofthestranee e mdhll1ut1 hehxneacountPred in II ht 1 wanderings the suwmerbrfore The nrcn III the marshes he had exclaimed I before hf rmpmbered hhntU The I J rladj rune tv tu ItttPleluIIJt tttpaleaniltrfnibhng j and asked explanation of his remark He told her scarcely less excited that late face in the locket was tbatotja man he bad once seen and hurriedlyjelat d the hiafc fy given Limby tbe or giua The denouement quickly came The Idy was as the artist had suspectel the heroine of the her mitls tale and had come to America in search of her lover dha hAd been widowed not long utter he left France and had repeatedly written him announcing an-nouncing that she was free No tJdl sever s-ever came back and ahe had almost abandoned herself to despair when abe learned alter one of the u den changi ain in tbe government that fine had been a suspect and that none of her letters had ever teen allowed to leave France She had at once sailedfor America herself her-self nnd was now guided to thc one she httf almost tome to regard as lost in this strange manner The remainder i of the tale may be quickly told The artist ttnim mod Li i jurnalistic friend who was scarcely lens excited than he hi Celt at the thought of uniting two brings who bad loved so long and faithfully faith-fully and the plan for the reunion was speedily arranged The lady listened tiith entire coutidenci to the i reposition reposi-tion which was that they should start at once for Louisiana and bunt in upon the hermit at his own retreat in the murlies f Four days later the boat of the artist and the journalist was again gliding through the rushes in the dark quiet bay a third passenger sac ruuf tied in the prow her eart beating and her breath quickened at the prospect before he they neared th spot acd landed afshort distance from the palmetto pal-metto hut walking the remainder of the way to the Slot where it stood All was silent around it but a faint em ke watch wreathed itself above the chimney told that there was some life within The two men decided to enter first in order thatitbcsarpri < c iijght not be too sudden and pushing e he door y left thcir companion leanjng again the I I doorway pile and scarcely able to support 1 sup-port herself The i emit sat before his hearthstone so engrossed in a book he held that he did not at first perceive the inmders When he did he arose suddenly and his face blanched with anticipation lie recognized in them the two men whom he bad made the sole repositories of his eventful life Be uttered an ejaculation of surprise of anticipatiofu J some joy or trouble to be apprehended and stepped t ward them Before they could sneak however how-ever that transpired which rendered words needless There was a swift rush adarkly robed figure parsed them and bet ore they fully realized alt that was transpiring their hands Jrere clasped In each others and the figure lay sobbing but encircled by love on the hermits ureas |