Show 0 YM I BY FARY genereux 17 emu illustrations ILLUSTRATION 5 BY DON DOM C va flaa fy 0 t c ff A vw owl caw x cv PA CHAPTER le fes f es fj than a latr lati r one early afternoon tile ambers m robers of the dolime hold at la ia I a tec tecc d 1 s eaux were nuart led by the booming of lannon cannon in the direction of lalo lain bagne bigne what nad happ happenie enid wan ah this an english left flet walh fill bundred nun mn lad had with ith tilt ilu Int rIllon A t throw ing an altae attacking kink tore aci UCK mii dikea and bouti ull all 1 d I li it lo 10 0 o lake dorm and opined an ail attack up on tile ami annil if ui ina who iliof 1 ince was a I 1 ill hi it IN i ati as rai cal f t I capi mirin tri fin ilni tit hi lull i hud had andt I 1 ill ili it 1 l tins this i it ii I 1 was wan d fensch ten Hilf ss hn A birc 1 rr I 1 it 1 oil lull 1 11 ink in a in IH i hal flat hitoi too I 1 1 I 1 i it hi I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 vho aho wire now noNN lilt n 11 tit tt i I 1 1 I 1 ill 10 11 1 it i it wax was till thi 1 sl I it i it i antl in ill li aln aftin aft in xin mn li ill I 1 i k vs to fit I 1 n tt titi it 1 if 1 I 1 aux au the houm was DOH ou in it lii bit I 1 ll 11 h of if th fh ln padan pad ln hn hit tily UK lc fi w thinks ih N k tari ro to taki tak with ill IK in ili in tin tilt ir 1111 lit and concill ins ing mull mich hiop ry rily tin its would be ilkay to attract bands amock thi cm m who ho will litile doubt I ait the I 1 lant lanta flon atlon as an report ed tb woods about tak lih brigne to bo be filled with madann madam whan not absorbed by ollir othar matters dl all I 1 not to hor toward accept ing UK th of this thin swarthy man whom she ehe had ber before i con kiri and whose very exis existing hit had ban unknown to her I 1 know noni of him spoke up lie ilose HOBO lie la 18 tile tho man of giand grandpre pre anted ka dian didn 1 you yon know it I 1 lagallo added before mad it ime no mcfeat had timo to fram a fitting reply and we ae have bave soen seen liliu jilin many times about al out the woods mooda hore here roso ratio and I 1 once saw allain jean talking with him an I 1 I 1 think lie to la Is very ill ing g tint oil all lilt ahls tic ho iolli us na of a cave one of his ou ot raft commanded by with was ing IHK off the owl s iolet aaltio aalt ln thi ill signal which bould antoune th coming of who bent upon a private in mi hion in th ui tit liml w not re reckon bovo il upon thi tbt iya n t nl III il llin now in vl w of all tin tilt I 1 re inn heane it in this the boat a 1 14 sit able nit mi anti for rolv ing th la in I 1 II 11 I 1 ill alv to shell shelf island islam whir ebli drw IN 1 i alv old scipio ju alp i in i ill bov N iio flo 1 wall ailiin in ill hi i ron for until lit ili saw sha I 1 tra ira I 1 I 1 li oleum li il ft T how llo I 1 IN I 1 ill hi N w i 1 I i lin i I 1 bollt nv who 1 0 li it tit nl I 1 i fill i ti 11 ill I 1 1 hi his I 1 I 1 in i 11 I 1 I 1 i 1 1 i 1 11 ll aln m to rollo follo I 1 in ti I 1 I 1 1 iain in an 1 1 I 1 li it 1 11 kiihn n ill 1 hill li i 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 N I 1 i I 1 1 lilt inn 11 II it i I 1 it 11 K g ich lat lai it ii if 1 ais is in ill it fl ink pin pat tn t till I 1 i 11 1 i alati 11 aai silt tilt th hill I 1 ti i it i li h if 1 tl it ill at 1 11 ih hi 11 1 i aro arit tit ni catl itil flora ili hi i I 1 i I 1 til m of if ir woodad boodt d wa iiii nil an all int 11 i li 11 elivd space chii I 1 tl it I 1 i 11 1 I 11 wn wil jh ah rii owl owls point pit it 1 I 1 I 1 illo th dimou and salting altink it hd I 1 ait oit 11 ll 1 1 1 1 4 1 I about him whilo I 1 he ith i i I 1 i I 1 1 a little di aw iv 0 a uw tit lilt quietly ilia roohi amov ni lilt 0 dul but b inn h con could MV kiv the signal to baptis tint whose I 1 lift aft was con around ill bend I 1 f th bou boll two mn li bm t from tb h ivr ovi r of a thicket apiu opposite ilk I 1 a pun gun was ai leveled veir d at hi his in bi wit ant and a hoarse vote voice shout I 1 uri rider v ni in cursed pirate ilos ilori lc de cal ca 11 mi au with a wild cry d bewen the w apon and la IM fitti ath flail haila who aho hat had becat bec ii star ing as though he arf N rt a ishrat ghost rt at tho ho ila holl I 1 r ol of ill min kun kellond tile the of h I 1 i s i do not do not shoot your hild she ehe arnd and ol at lar words oil all veney fliey abo tood stood rica resl tile jiin cr gave him ono one look and rufid tn ili turn braen her mistress treis 1 ao r eft 4 L I 1 k lo 10 L o ra 1 41 1 41 JC surrender you cursed pi pirates ratel where we can hide right licie on the plantation yet which I 1 no one has haa over ever heard ut of before and no one excels ing captain jean and himself seems to know an anything thing about sounds very strange and incredible did your grondorf gron girand doro wro know ot at this cave atta rione iio noa a I 1 11 I 1 do not inow but I 1 think not I 1 never heard of 0 such euch a thing yet inada root it surely purely la Is safer to trust tru st this roan man who tells t that hat captain jean sent hirn him than to stay at ay licie and ilsk a visit flom those soldiers I 1 we late dale n A t estly find and so BO wo vo roust must trust him bald madame with a ft weak attempt at resolution as ho be slid a jewel box into the tha bundle violet was nas pre patting to fasten old ziney had come oner oer iron from having Insi insisted ulton aion being taken away with her beloved young soling mis and now she entered fint ered the loom to announce that captain joan jean was mas below stairs geyr ley ir had hla his arthul at the planta tion bien so welcome as now mad 1 lad gme anie all rleon fot catching up lip her bor out boutot of door li wraps raps front from the he bod bed orders that the various bundas lie be brought downstairs for tho barbe ularbe had bad finla betl li ing up the tha last one na as chloe banded senorita I 1 aalde the lace apart for her hend head whala title maam brig ida waa vat fastening the ilia long clunk cloak the bho had insisted that her nm sling wear vear you may feel yourself fortunate badamo Itle fet that you are able to leave litre by daylight dai llight and tot not like ille some borne people I 1 know bo be roused from diepp to and if a prisoner in english engish hand ball Taft tte as aa they joined hm h on he ba stairway i As aa they the tha stairs he ha cuell cul aliv ll to Shap lra alo m ho was waa stand I 1 inon 51 on tho Ve landa and then hurrying down gave avo i lalur some instructions which the others did not bearkan they out of the ibe house and thu th slaved now huddle huddled d into waso with their faces 0 S om 9 tt lament 1 oun they v aw gam ayt blut y in lis 11 U ai anti quieta e abb 3 n JA r I 1 t r ad h ap nin ah w I 1 n it 0 0 A U I 1 a a 1111 om if I 1 md ind the gun just as it shot out a jet of lame flame A second report mingled so BO closely with tile the farst as to make them seem but one and zeney with tile the man who had shot her fell to the around all had hap happened pencil BO quickly that La lahitte litte who iho was for till an instant un nerved by lione do da carneau a effort to him tact scarcely time to giom a pistol before hta his unknown as fell as if from the discharge ot of lilt hla own weapon which had hilled Z bwy OD e Y in their surprise and fright and by reason ot of the con confusion funion no one no except had tiny any mean ins ing in the words which aich followed the wild cry ot of darbe w m ho now stood blood sob bob bing with lier ber arms anna around herl her mistress while lazalle Laa alle with dilating costill no stills still and blazing blaming oes sought to release berkof from madame who ht hil heard the allots reached the ho ahme in a small boat pulled by some of ilia crew soon poon after ap appealed at tho the edge of tile tho thick wooda from ubence had come the bullet that had killed filed bency 8 slay blay er thi the I 1 inglish bailor at I 1 adlue a command now lila ills arms to caplia old vaa mas freedom in exchange for a truthful sta statement of tile tho motive which brought hla his coni fanlon aua blinson to tho the spot ila bald that the other man had been unknown to him until that same morn ing nira ind and all he now noa knew of bim was nas that h was waa a scout picked i p from inciong i roon ahe ihs Ind indians inns and bought to the f inglish capt locknor who was in command ot of tile the Engl engleh lilt fleet alwn uke lillie borgne having learned that idatte was wag in that ican ita kit iad had me scout to find anti and c liture tho the man upon N whom hom lie h longed to extent per ional vengeance veng pance ilia ida orders hid aten to bring lafitte i him alexe all i it possible and dead father athor than toot bot at au all and tho the sailor pallor blei cna of thill tl crow crew who sho tle to their I 1 fa ang at b wn m the lawty V A tbt inq main in ni leonx jim ila r irit all ill rin 3 r edg ME I 1 lac I 1 gr gibli an neftal ian a aut we form that had bad tempted tite new acar acara a Mian mi aniline tinie Baptis thie had bad landed and leaving ills man ax n in the lust boat he be fame came leisurely y to La lafitte fitti waa the sailor tho the Bara tarlan 4 khi wd ech had glanced i er the sani ar tit find and the fallen bodia H s the of women omen all that h tk IUA iann told his alert what hail bad pr surn ably taken while ahto th sight ot hla his coan ands r banding randl tiR and Shap tras B at as he leaned upun upon lila his gun a as ared hirn him that the daner such as an it ft night have been vas past hi nee hla his nonchalant strolling hall gall to wh re lafaite laffite stood tit latter baw aw hirn him at one and in himself to lo bid s 41 hat tho the sailor avalli aval ll hla his further oi 01 arg rhin n dra drawing i 0 him inal ructions in akard n ard I 1 ft ludt anti th oi it ii mall maid aboard hi h nat bill it 11 anis m v ry dr dreadful adful to 0 I 1 an a I 1 1001 n hm him sail at I 1 ro ith a I 1 till IKU iel I 1 will 1 I lot IK I 1 a as in I 1 it ii M 1 t i hit li i tnt tit tin small II 11 I 1 I 1 S hill in 10 to 1 ill I 1 vl vi 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k M 11 II 11 I 1 I 1 1 i i I 1 i i ill h n ill I 1 1 I 1 I 1 h i li I 1 i ml 11 ahu it ii i 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 mil 1 1 1 I 1 1 j it ir i ft ill 11 II it 1 ti it i in I 1 0 il 11 ili I 1 li it i 1 11 I 1 11 it amr ar taine I 1 I 1 il I 1 i I 1 hn hi look ann i I 1 f in III nil ill ih n ni I 1 1 1 p h V Y 11 II it 11 I 1 ii I 1 1 ft ilk ii N ith it 11 I 1 nh fill I 1 I 1 killi clr n ma lain iti hi t t wit i pt 1 I I 1 lid bit with i 1 in ill not lv alth us aih uh apt I 1 va ao can not go fo w Alt hoji loll 1011 u anti and thew in im n A now nov argith nt will not hi li it tit il put it il aboard the boat ui luand to 0 o a sl ait t I 1 aballo while h b anaw rid nis ma lame rl RI f fi I 1 I 1 4 i outburst calmly Rith although tbt in r was ana evidence eviden ct of im patin li it id 1 in III luck hick I 1 int nil nd to scort cort nott ou personally personal I 1 y a 0 shi sh 11 1 I land but it lk ih lica ditc itc t afu ni at all to 10 aboard thi LOTI boit lu capt fit hii I 1 ili his s N biting around lh ill point 11 will tal ou to it and hen r ri luin tor for me a as I 1 have a duty lir inn I 1 cannot korv rv w 11 perform until noi m mid and th alu oth othia i ladles have bavo MIX thil mal tj english incisi pro virn in n tilt th ity and tho the annd bound a 0 th m lilt may bring them this wal if tills this should happen I 1 can all manage natt maters lr to tar far better belter ad by knowing that 3 ion ati tile aie out II 11 j harm ii NN illy ay Al Maclai adain iK made no reply but permit ted led him to place hoi bei in the ahe boat ma main ir lda foll hollwed wed her violet coming list and the he pushed d of off ai shiang aboard chy inay dota docs not baabe come with usa madams madame demanded ab as she blie saw tho french f rench mornan alk to avas as bending over tho the body of beney intending cis as ordred hs I 1 aflitto to carry it into file woods for burial 1 gantte answered from the shore barbe will come with inith me there la Is something I 1 her to do madame AIa darne it bovi 0 mill kindly permit pernile lie lad had unnoticed by lie others laid it a detaining land hand on bill be a arm and I 1 wish to speak with 3 oil vi volt alt litre until tile the boat returns 11 she gaie no sign of having heard him but stood silently until a al violet antas as following brigida into the boat she ehe turned arul and walked oer to ethere ahe lay the tha dead to ie be continued continue |