| Show 41 f ikel w BY GARY ARY genereux D PATH illustrations EV BY DON C mr tvan ty wt conmy wr pa CHAPTER XV after the he death of taro laro n new and what better order of things pre among the so called pirates of the gulf now the direct lealEr leadership ship of lantto alone and with fill bitter for knowing his chivalrous na ture the larger body ot of thrift them fo followed llowd unquestioningly hla his moie merciful and less lawless practices and not a few of tho the men actually rc IlAbel mt changed condl tlona in which they found garonne baronne who had bacen given a ves oct of his own had bad gathered feathered to him self the hie most unregenerate of laros laroo followers aud anti entered dpn upon a career carcer in which lie he observed the same gamo met math ada pda as aa hla his fiina commander com mandor with mith tho the result that bat lie he m ans its analla brought to exe execution ution together to with most of his craw colw la in a south american p port 0 rt life at the ursuline Ursul lne convent was dormar for mar months n to lalle and her whims and ca prices made it but little less lens so BO to tt 11 a c mother su bu perlor find and nuns tint with a lively remembrance f many generous favors favora front lantto I 1 ml it that they thay must bar with milli the charge lie be had left in thir their loping la IA coclie as hr her hanker banker and man of business arne ofton to se his fair client and allied en led by falling in love with lir hr it a fact lie mas aa wise enough to hep to himself anti and later on bo be obtained I ties consent to tier her aloin aiom the cri crivens vent and taking it house of her on wacie with mith maam an and a of claves high strung beauty iron contented allen ahen the ha summer of 1812 had bad brought the Cazen cau household to their Dara tailo hoine there I lefoll something which struck lah a new nem despair and ami took tok from him nil hop of ever being be ang asked to render wilt roselle the smallest service even should the occasion oi 01 necessity arise her childish trust in him bicaro de Etroy stroy td he sam hor her shrink front him in terror and nd abhorrence arid and this awakened in him tho the that the as aa ho be sul eui posed paternal im lovo e lie he had nen cherishing for the he child af pf always alays wits was not tile the affection of 0 n father for hla his da daughter uliter lilt but the love of a roan man for a woman the bItt bitterest orest potion lie ho had ever ener swallowed was as now working in ills hla veins yet no ao one would mould have site BUB peeked this his as ha be vent ment ills way arid and tor for a ume time with greater a than before although tho the rumor guillor men honed by had now become a fact inasmuch na as the gon arnor of lou iou I ou islarino had issued a offer ing I 1 a reward for apprehend elor this had bad come about by reason of a melea melco in the baa ou lafourche Lafo and which proved to be uie the chip which kindled to a blaze blae the long longa moulder iris fire of wrath rath against the bara hin the information aa brought to lafitte accompanied ly by a copy of the proclamation lie had bad without dolay delay taken a pin nikee and set out tor for tile tho extreme southerly side ald or of grande terre upon which was waa the count do catineau Ca 9 abode at the sound bound of La fittes feet upon the step a woman weakened ened face wrinkled and sc oling its contrasting with vf gray wiry wool mool showing from beneath a colored bandanna was mas projected from froin oro one of 0 the numerous doors opening from the tha hallway into various rooms la in the two wynns 4 inge ot of the bull ling it was apparent that she ahe recognized the visitor tor for she bhe cime out into tho the hall andi and dei spite her age advanced briskly toward him all ah zeney zener there you yon aro are looking as young as ever was mas his smilingly broken grec erecting ting 0 1 Us sou say sat words captain dealt alla pleasa even alien one ba kroeg ta they Tire M v vot 1 tiu f f I 1 glied lighter ligh tir h 1 young mistress wl he A ta I 1 rt le fc P 0 ift Z e eyob a w ered e 0 arfa n a tone 0 mich a aida Is she quite nappy happy zeney low how could a wild bird ile be happy in a rage cage even if its bars bani were made of gold she was aar about to continue but la fitte as aa if not caring to pursue the subject asked naked la Is your master herec beney nodded and pointed to a closed cloned door near them lie he Is lc in there and alone I 1 agute turning from tier her knocked at the door and no de B voice an answered iam ered this the former did leaving the door ajar nato isalo now a tall all wiry try lad of six ten teen and devo devoted devoed td body and soul to ilia his master waa mas the only ono one to ac company him to grande terre lie had seated himself upon the steps but too far away amay to catch the con blwck lafitte and arliey even had they spoken in a language bo understood kut he watched them with curious ees having often hoard heard of vency ency and her reputed powers to make her an ol olat Jt of awe and aver slon to 0 o him as aa to most of ills his class it was ft mith ath a sigh of relief that ho he saw her disappear after his master tall bad gone inside lie he remained sitting silting on tile tho steps hla his chin by two yellow I 1 alms while a group of young negroes m who ho had drawn near to gape at him aft r the lie manner of their kind proceeded proc ceded to converse tit in a way elj dently intended to attract ills his atten alien tion instinct lather than any sound made nato i calla realize that a pre Bince mas near near him and glancing over ills hla dr he bo saw a girlish white clad form standing in tile doorway through blitch lanite lad had passed a few min uta before presently lie ho saw one of tier her little hands go to hei side as if she had been startled start loj leJ or was encino some strong emotion and she fa I 1 W aw her captain Gap tain jean was none other than lafitte the terrible pirates stood with bended head as it if listen ing nato was wai still staring at the girl when she started impetuously and mont vant hurtled buni edly ly down domn the hallway led by curl the boy jumped to ilia hla feet and saw tier her descend the sapa sit pa of the back gallary gall try and K go swiftly into the woods moods which seemed to swallow up tile the snowy form and glittering hair swallow them BO sud end donly as aa to leave in the boys super supers sll tl mind an uncomfortable tion that she bhe was not real flesh and blood but a sli spirit crit or perhaps a second budoo pile stoss within the room near whose open door the girl had stood blood and do da were having a serious rom coul creation ersa tion following the custom of tho the time do de Caz eneau had bad reached out to ring ft a bell tor for refreshments when alien lafitte with an expressive gesture stayed his hia hand no AT bleur Is ie comte I 1 can tarry but bat r ft iery ery short atme only long enough to impart tho the vry iery important intelligence I 1 came annie to bring aou ou and lie held field out a paper he be had dramn dra n from ills his pocket aho count having put on h hla 1 I glasses glass ts took the document and his ma wavering havering vering hands made the blue piper quin quiver er as it his ox own n slat tied pulse puls 0 boats beats had bad into it while he lead the contents aloud whereas the nefarious not arlous practice of running in contraband goods which has bus hitherto preva prevailed lleti lit in different parts of nf the state to the great injury ot of the fair trader and the diminution of the of the united states slates has of late much increased and m whereas it has been officially known to nie me that on the of last month a quan quantity tit of smuggled goods seized by walter glibert Oll Gli hoit beit an officer of the revenue of the united states were forcibly taken from him lu ill open day nt at no great dt distance istance from the city or of now naw orleans by bv a party ot of armed men under the orders of i u certain joan v mho bo filed upon and gerlev bously wounded one of the assistants of the sold said walter gilbert h 1 I have thought proper to issue this 81 my proclamation and I 1 do caution all and singular of hag bining atly biad of acro ucro r si indor pra to the said bald jean T and associates but do call upon tilt th m to bo be aiding and abetting in art an ahting him and said as ai aid 1 I all athi ali r ra in lik manner atti off and I 1 do furthermore in flu 1114 f ill ih state fate 0 t r a raw reward r of flat if v dollars which aich will be paid out of the troa Hur to any person t li livering the aid jean I 1 aritte to the ariff h riff of the parish of orleans or to ny other oilier ilie riff in the state so ao that he be said jean lafitte may be brought to i ustice justice the island rose kose hall had heard the greater part ortho of tho document read in her grandfather noice low to he be sure but with ith a clear enunciation which made each syllable lable at distinct as though she lad had been the leader in stead of 9 listener and when he ended she heard the voice of him heretofore known to lr lor as captain jean and its tone was one of banter well M le ie count will you be the one to claim this flie file hundred dol lars jars and do 10 bour governor and state a brilliant by delivering to ibm this body of mine rame came tier lier grand grandfathers rathers stern ly cold reply what have I 1 eier eer done captain jean I 1 lafitte that eliat 1 load lead you tc suppose I 1 would mould stoop to traffic in the blood of my associates it was mas this that made the small hand band go fluttering toward the girls benit it was ans tile the levela tion that tier her captain lean jean was mas notte none other obber than Lal gallitte litte the terrible pirate 0 of f wl wm irn she had bad heard such dreadful aalst lie was the freebooter smug gler and outlaw tile the leader of that fearful band of men she ehe giad ashud dered to hear tear the slaves mention and not only was mas her grand grandfather fater cog nazant of this but lie ho wits this mans man s abettor his associate and brindl not brain in a khlil her heart torri hed fled by dread of an terror she lied from the hoebe and into the woods moods wande drig on scarcely know ing or caging whre where until tier her steps were mere by the matted thicket into which ole blie had penetrated with uns unseeing eing ebes now nom all was aas revealed to her the man mail whom of all others she trusted in this new nea st strange and fettered fett cred m 01 id into m which site she had been brought bioni the deac lul ful island ind homo home where life hal bren happ and free horn fear he was mas the notorious tile the pirate of the C bulf ulf who mho s scuttled ships who mho murdered men and women m bonien and whoso hands were mere led with mith blood shed that lie he might plunder ills his vie vic tims to be continued |
