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Show HEROES REST IN MARSHY SOIL OF OLD LOUISIANA? A persitont legend which has become be-come part of Louisiana folklore Isn't legend at all to the natives who live nlong naratnria bayou. In this picturesque pic-turesque marshy country, abot twenty miles south of New Orleans. 7 the natives are convinced that Napoleon Na-poleon does not sleep In Le-S In-valldes In-valldes and that John Taul Jones' great crypt t Annapolis honors an unknown sailor. They will reverently reverent-ly show the visitor three grass-covered graves, which, they announce with conviction, cover the ashes of the Little Corporal, of John Paul Jones, and of the pirate Lafitte. It Is, of course, historical fact that an expedition was organized to rescue Napoleon from St, Helena, but before the expedition under Dominique Domi-nique You sailed from New Orleans, Napoleon died. The I5aratarlans say different, however. They declare that all tho activity ' of You'a expedition ex-pedition was just huggermugger to conceal the fact that, while the show went on, Jean Lafitte was actually on his way to St. Helena. On the Isle he substituted a man closely resembling re-sembling Napoleon, and smuggled the ex-emperor off St Helena. But when the sloop was nlmost within sight of Louisiana on the return trip, Napoleon died, and Lafitte burled him at Barataria. As to Jones they Insist that th-.' great admiral joined Lafittc's forces after bis sea victories, instead of going go-ing to Yucatan as history tells us, that he died at sea on an expedition and was buried beside NapoleoiL The body buried at Annapolis Is just . some other fellow. Identified only by a navy uniform coat Skeptical visitors visi-tors may smile, but the Barntarians some of whom claim to be direct descendants of Lafitte cross themselves them-selves devoutly before the graves and heap them high with flowers every All-Soul's day. |