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Show lAFurra LODISIAMA BY gm QEVEREVX -- to let him put the various upon her plate. Jen yo please try less bit eh feesb, 111' Missy, wld a hit oh dese hominy; an' after dat, a nice slice oh venson," he said coaxlngly, evidently wishing to air' his English, or else supposing that she did not understand French. La Capltalne Lafltte, he say Mistress Rosemary Allyn ole Bciplo done know bes In dey worl how cook eem. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CX)N C. WILSON 8be smiled up Into his face, but of. gran oral Cbutmgi CCapjvIgM, 1903, & fered no objection to his helping her, Otf e&b fioxmrt) and Lafltte, who was watching the The girt eat with bended head, her two, did not appear to have heard CHAPTER "XXX. Lafltte, while walling for llapilstlne i eyes flxqd on the open fan ahe ccnld Madame Rlefets remark, which was now repeated rather sharply, as If to return with Implements for making gee but Indistinctly, Can you read It?" he whispered, that lady were bent upon acquiring a grave, left Sliaplra to look after the prisoner, and drew Burl e aside in or-- 1 lowering his face to look Into here the Information she sought I beg your pardon, madame, he and again possessing himself it her der to question here more closely. He was, after hearing what ahe had hand. said, starting slightly, and turning to to aay, convinced that she was not At the sound of his voloe. with his her. I wish you to tell us how you hap-mistaken in her statement, although lips so close that his breath stirred the opinion which there were no papers nothing In the her hair at the thrill of his touch pened way of further Identification found at the mere realization of their being has resulted In such benefit td us I alone together, a strange exultation mean In regard to what the English upon the dead man. to do? Barbe acquiesced readily In Lalltte's possessed the girl, lifting her spirit were-goinHer tone was quite cauetlc, and her decision that Rose de Cazeneau from its bodily enthrallment; and, should never be told the truth. yet acutely sensible, sharp dark eyes regarded him specn- Great was the disgust of Shaplra she read, as surely as though he had latively over the rim of her sherry and the two men who returned with uttered them, "No words may say how glass. I had, for some time, felt a misBaptistine when they found that It I love you! was Laflttes wish to bury the EngIt was as If an angel voice spoke to giving that something of the sort wss her Inner senses; and dropping the likely to occur, and I therefore prelishman, as well as Zeney. Even black brows went up In a sur- fan Into her lap, she covered her face pared for It; that was all, madams. He spoke hurriedly, and as If the prised disapproval which he wisely with lier hands. refrained from putting Into words. his Can you read It? he whispered matter held little lnterest-whll- e The dead were soon laid in the once more, feeling that she was qulv-- j eyes went back to the violet ones now looking at him, hastily prepared graves; the earth ering, as from a nervous chllL was shoveled over them, and some But, if you thought this, why was No, she murmured faintly; but and In a stronger It that others my brother, for Inpieces of fallen trees placed above, to adding, woman-llke- , stance did cot? Madame persisted, guard against any disturbance from tone, Tell me!' denizens of the woods. He laughed, and rose to his feet putting down her glass, and taking In the sunset-batheclearing, Bap- The laugh came from his exulting up her fork with a vigor suggestive tistine stood near Lafltte as the latter heart; and extending hls'hands to her, of an Inclination to enforce an answer gave Shaplra some parting orders. he said, with a new decision of man- by sticking the silver prongs Into LaHe was to take the English sailor to ner, Come, little Rose, this Is very fltte, rather than Into the Juicy venithe neighborhood of La Tetes des delightful, but not at all good for you. son steak upon her plate. Eaux, and let him find his way from What would Madame Riefet say to "That, madame, Is a matter I can me If she knew where you were at no more explain than can you yourthat point to his comrades. It was comparatively early when this moment? - I will take you below; self, he replied smilingly, but scarceparty, weary from the excite- and then you must go to sleep, like a ly glancing at her. ment of the day and the fatigue of good child. But you warned Gen. La Roche, by their long march through the woods, He took her hand, and she permit' telling him what you thought, deMtook themselves gratefully to such ted hlrii to lead her down the narrow clared Lazalle, for he told us so, accommodations as Baptlstlnes small stairway to the cabin below. himself. craft afforded for rest and sleep. Some day and soon, he said, as Yes, senorlta; I informed him of it The night had closed In darkly as he left her at the door of her little several weeks since. (he boat slipped away beneath the stateroom, I will tell you, if Indeed "And what did he say? asked La starlight, made dimmer by the wall- you know not already, what the fan salle; and Madame Riefet answered with: ing forest lining either hank of the said. There was a smile In his voice; and You remember, Lazalle, that he, bayou. It was some time after this that something else, as well, that made like others, declared such a thing to be Impossible. Gen. La' Roche smiled at the Idea,' answered Lafltte, with a careless shrug of his shoulders. Well, I, for one, am thankful for your forethought, which has saved us from a meeting with those hateful said Lazalle, with a Englishmen, flash of her eyes that bespoke the in heritance of her uncles hatred of j 1 Bap-tistin- d La-fltt- Bp M1LUCENT GspyiisM, USA by CHAPTER XIX Continued. do not know," she said, and shook her head. "I am sorry If Martin annoys you, sir; he Is restless today I cannot quiet him, she added. Poor devil, I ejaculated, as holding my heavy head tightly between my hands I was able to follow what he was reciting. Oh, God! Oh, God!' 'How wsauy, stale and unprofitable 'Get thee to a nunnery' Alas, poor Yorick He poisons him In the garden.' Poor devil! I repeated; a mad Hamlet truly. Turning to Alice I said courteousI see in some way unaccountly: able to me I have Intruded upon your hospitality I am waiting to hnew why?" "I will tell you If yon promise to talk no more, only listen, she added. I assured her of my willingness to listen, and she began: It Is new going on the fifth day since Martin and I found yon all unconscious dead, I thought but I will begin at the beginning. Yon aee, Martin and I were coming into London I know, sir. It Is risky but I did so long to see the town before I left It never to return, for you must know we are on our way to Bristol to sail for America. I thought I could easily stay hidden here for a few days. You mean to say that you will burden yourself with a daft person In x new land? I found myself asking. What else can I all, sir? she queried; "I could not leave him here alone he has no one else in the world save me it would be cruel to leave him alone. "Nothing else, I replied, not willing to spoil her fine charity. "We had not come Into London yet, when a fog closed In upon us such a fog as London had not seen In many a day, she said. "We were 1 E. MANN LUCAS-LINCOL- OoT had been struck upon the head and Before the rendered unconscious. miscreants had attempted the dastardly deed, however, they had made sure of the Identity of their victim, for I remembered a light being swung before my face, and an unhnown voice Who had struck crying, It is he. the blow? What was the object? I d been searched I saw from the wall where my clothes hung some of the pockets still lay turned out Tor what? Not money, Alice was positive, for there was plenty in the pockets which had been left in their original position For the paper given me by my father? I had told no one but the King of that I bade Alice bring me my coat when I recollected that I had given the locket with the note still Intact within It to Rosemary. For the other paper, perhaps? Well, I chuckled with satisfaction. If it was a paper they were after, they got not what they wished. I thank you, Alice, I said; for you and Martin I might be by now food for the worms. Again I thank you, for I honestly believe that I owe my life to you. Oh, sir, she cried, tears starting to her eyes they seemed ever ready to flow upon the Instant "I am not worthy to take It Did I not steal from your-a- nd you so good to poor Martin and me? "That Is past and done, my girl, I said. "And as It happened you did I grasped her hand. no harm. "From now on I am your friend, I added. While speaking, for Alice, seeing that It made me more excited not to talk, bad let me have my way, we had paid slight heed to Martin, who still spouted Shakespeare, now Hamlet now another. Suddenly he came toward ns; he strode with the stage glide of (he villain. As he neared us he pointed to but "Perhaps, ha acknowledged; I kept my bat slouched over my face,; and I put me on a wig, and long coat; you see It alters me somewhat?" I smiled a babe could have seen; through the trick. But no doubt my enemy, he who had been instrumental In my hart, thinking me dead, did not care to molest him. J "At last, desperate, I asked the ' services of both Lady Felton had Mistress Gwyn they could ferret out nothing new, he continued, and I waa shoot at my end, when It la hardly an hour agone I received s' whispered word, Back alley, foot of Chune Street Although I was after her like a flash It was a woman aha escaped me; hid herself among the where I: wings or stage came near to being lost As soon ae I found my way out I lost no time laJ coming here. "It must have been Mag, Alice put gtm-erack- Ini "Who Is )fag? questioned OIL "The woman who rents these rooms and lets ns stay here with her, she replied rather tartly. That settles It said he. "Did I not any that all the mischief was coo- cocted by the petticoat army?" "You did indeed, I could not help "But they smiling at his manner. also perform good services, witness what Alice did and would you have been any the wiser as to my whereabouts If Mag had not Informed you? "What did Alice do? he quickly naked. "She dragged me here from where she found me on Bow Street and has since cared for me," I said. "If It hail not been for her, instead of find- lng n quick man, you would have found a corpse, if anyone at alL "Em! he muttered. I care not they serve best where best paid. I must get you hence I will send for Torralne and a stretcher. Who knows but It may be s trap? Beast! ejaculated Alice. "Know, sir, that Mag would do no one a menu trick, she added to me. I reassured her with a smile. Tbe madman, Martin, whom the had taken care of aa a mother her tick child, came out of his corner at her raised voice, and laid his hand timidly on her arm. "Pretty Alice Lynson pretty Alice he murmured, "I know Lynson, where violets grow the color of you eyes rosemary, too, and fennel, and heres motor you. Why do you cry! And he started I will get yon some. for the door. "No, no, she said, Alice Is not crying you must stay with Alice. The madman hesitated and looked longingly at tha door. . Alice will cry, Indeed, If you leave her, she said. Thereat he came hack, and went Into Ills corner, from whence the crooning began agalm Gil watched the couple with shamed eyes; but he was not satisfied snd that nation. Can you read It? Lafltte. while picking his way along the deck, a lighted lantern swinging from his hand, came upon a cloaked female figure sitting well sstern upon a coll of rope, and bis foot struck sharply against a small object, sending It swiftly toward her. Holding his lantern lower to see what this might be, the rays struck across the white hand and wrist of Rose de Cazeneau as she reached forward and picked up an exquisite ivory fan, whose Jeweled sticks caught the light gllmmeringly. Oh, It Is Madame RIefet's pet fan one Monsieur Laussat gave her in place of one he broke, when she danced with him at the governor's ball. Her voice sank lower, and a fluttering, like that made by the wings of a startled wild bird, sounded in It. Lalltte's hand had stolen over one of hers, and now held It close. Why are you here, little Rose, and not asleep, like the others, as you ought to be? You must be very tired. I was; but I could not sleep, and came up here for some air. ghe stopped abruptly, and be felt the shiver that ran through her shoulder when it touched his own. The suppression made his voice tremulous as he asked, forcing a laugh, and taking the fan from her hand, Do you understand the language of the fan? Somewhat, she answered, wondering at his apparent change of mood. Lazalle has told me of It. Ah, said iralltte, with a touch of what might have been either playthen you have fulness or sarcasm, had an excellent teacher. Yet I doubt if she ever evolved for you a sentence I should like you to read. "What is It? let me try." she reintended plied, her thoughts as he ' should diverted. be they I wonder If there are enough sticks In this small bauble, he continued, not seeming to have heard her; and bending his face closer, he counted them. One, two, three, four yes, hers are the eight, and five to spare, for ' all the fan Is such a tiny one. a Then, having placed It In her hand, he added, speaking more softly, There are the eight sticks, little Rose. Can you rend what hey say to you from uieV a Indeed, yes, Capt. Lafltte; all of us have cause to feel most grateful to you, Madame now admitted, In a more amiable tone. But to think,? she added, "of that cave being on the plantation, and none of us knowing anything about It? "Its secret was given to pae some years since by an Indian chief, said Lafltte, and then, as If wishing to drop the matter, asked Madame Riefet If she wished any message taken to her brother, as that night must find him returning to New Orleans, In order to report to Gen. Jackson. If you can go why may not we? she Inquired with alacrity. Surely, Capt Lafltte, you do not Intend to go off and leave us alone la this deso- he whispered. - "Enter the ghost he comes, muttered: I think it best to go and call Tor raine. I kept Pat and him with me, sir, for they could go Into places that I dared not venture for fear of recog nltion. I will be back with n stretch er In a wink. He would have gone, but I called him hack. It Is early yet, Gil, be In no haste, I entreated. My lord, I have much to tell you, be pleaded. Tell it here and now, I com- ho comas! late place? heavily laden. Each of ua had a pack the window and said: her lashes dfoop to touch the flushed "Here Is surely the safest place for --our little belongings. I was fearful Enter the ghost he comes, he cheeks. He smiled you at present, madame. we trudged along, groping our way cornea make way, ye slaves is A shadow spread itself upon the encouragingly at Rose de Cazeneau, rom street to street lest we he set Madame Riefet found little to cavil who was looking perturbed, while Lafew possessions taken shade of the window and faded away. our and ipn us. A fog In Londons n fear-M- l Alice put her finger upon her at In the neat and comfortable, If zalle shot a scornful glance at Mad- yom lips to at If as of show her somewhat primitive arrangements at ame, Impatient Hardly n light anywhere silence Martin, while she went to tbe thing! Shell Island, which Lafltte and his fear. mve the few lanthorns carried by door without a sound snd stood listenparty reached the afternoon followMadame, with a sigh, sought relief provident wayfarers. You shrink from ing. ing their departure from La Tete des In a silence that was acquiescing; and iveryone and everyone shrinks from Eaux. CHAPTER XX. she could not but admit to herself you. Gentlemen carry their naked Madame and the two girls were that. In the present annoying predicawords in their hands. Men and woa A Wager and What Cams of It quartered In his own cabin, the pre- ment, the mysterious life of men prey upon one another. All Is vailing atmosphere of which wi A sword handle fell heavily upon had proved to 'possess certain tear! We had reached the end of owing to the jumble of foreign fur- advantages. Bow Street when Martin stumbled the door, wielded by no slight nishings that filled It and (To be continued.) "Open, It la I Gil Monte; open I over something huddled In the road lacquer. I cried a voloe, and again there recogBig Alaskan Bear. s say, I fell. taper and lighted Rose de Cazeneau was beside LaAlaska Is particularly rich la bears nised you! was n tremendous banging at the zalle, on one of the settees, with the and most of them belong to a group I thought (my head waa clearer Spanish girl's arm around her; and known as the Alaskan brown bears, sow) of Rosemary and our wild ride d"Open, I It la GIL the two were watching the flames, be- of which the Kodiak bear Is one. So conas as she Yea, yes, answered, Alftq that the night fog fore which sat Madame Riefet wide Is his reputation that sportsmen through with this poor womans wan- made haste to unhasp the latch, and trasted After the excitement of the trom all over (he world spend thouIn. derings with her daft mate; of Rose- Gil rushed day, and not yet having necov-ere- sands of dollars in order to add a Inst! At lord, at Inst! he cried, the door my of the at stood she as from their fatigue, the ladles skin to their collection of trophies. mary cloak half slipped from off ns be hastened to my side. From the her an, were disposed to be more silent than The weight of a full grown Kodiak of the petals which lay on her break In his voice I understood plainusual; but presently Lazalle re- bear Is not known, although specimens aer; shaken from the roses low er than words could have told me shoulder, marked. glancing around her, How have been killed that were estimated In nestling against her the anxiety he had passed through. her hair, cheerful and pleasant it seems here! to weigh between fifteen and eightwas no one more "It Is as I feared you have been there Ah, it Is almost as if Captain Jean had een hundred pounds, and some hunt- seek. she! And so thinking, hurt? he questioned. than senntlful known we were to come, and had pre- ers claim that they will go as high Not much, n crack on the hack of the thread of her discourse. hundred. While at Ko- I lost came hack from as twenty-tw- o pared for our reception. soaring near the head, I replied, "and this cut. I When If so, then I wish he might have diak several summers ago I measured "It Is enough, from your looks, he I heard her say: known still more, so that my brother the skin of one of these huge animals to heaven said dryly. on one tha ribbon of or I tied a bit would have prepared for our protec- which stretched the tape nine and a me how you succeeded in findTell eo I should that of the gate, pikes tion at La Tete des Eaux, and thus half feet from the nose to the tall, this hiding place? I asked anxwe ing because had and saved us from this wild flight, said and ten and a half feet across the know the place, For what you have done beneath the hedge iously. bundles our to hide Madame Riefet, as though determined outstretched front paws. Mr. A. CL do snd so Alices safety others may When to you. free be to carry as to be dissatisfied. Goss, who handles all of the brown so be Imperiled. I learned who them FOr my own part, I am so thankful hands of the Alaskan Commercial I went back for Ah! pretty Alice Lynson more who lived there. to have escaped them that I cannot Company at Kodiak, told me that he owned the place and Gil said, laying his hand recovered If petticoats, you you muster up the slightest regret over had seen skins that were three feet tUnklng that The house is upon his breast and bowing low beknow. to wish might anything else, declared Lazalle, who longer. J. Alden Loring In Recreaon Bow street surrounded by large fore her. had been thinking of that other flight, tion. "Poof! Ton! Alice cried scornfulgrounds, Inclosed by high brick walls, when she left the Barra de Hierro, and swung round on her foot, prely, Ivy grown. Odd Newspaper Names. and escaped to New Orleans. her back to him. I murmured. senting I know the place, Mademoiselle de Cazeneau had, so The names of American newspapers He gave a perplexed look at her she between us, carried We you far as appearances went, nothing to are a study in nomenclature. In ArOften we had to stop back and then turned to me. ray upon the subject, which was now kansas are the Buzz Saw and the eontlnued. When yon did not meet us at the Marlin and you n leave would I and Back dropped. Log; California, the Condor, the Inas agreed, he said, I sent marsh to and a go and corpse madman I cannot understand, Capt. Lafltte, Wasp and the Tomahawk; Colorado, men on to Long Haut, except all the first of the passerby said Madame Riefet, with the air of the Rattler, and Yesterday and To- quire the way In Torralne snd your linkman, Pat We heart thumping meet, could my I being somewhat annoyed at the fact, day; Iowa, the Postal Card, the Unit came hack to London by separate my breast for fear I should ask some how you came to have such a cor- the Nucleus and the Firebrand; Kenhave been rect opinion in regard to the possi- tucky, the Salt River Tiger, the Push, evil Inclined person and be directed ways and everandsince for you. It low wanderof high hours searching after ble movements of the English so the Boomer: Missouri, the Missing wrong. Thus, did not take ns long to find that you much dearer Ideas than those of any Lick snd the Cyclone; Nevada, the ing hither and thbher within a radius had been hurt or killed, we knew not to came we few a miles, Mags of Rustler. cne. else even my brother. Oklahoma rejoices In the she explained, which, near the Bow Street mansion. They were at the table, upon which Dinner Bell and the Plain People. She 2s a charwoman old at clean the to Drury Then what had become of yon was a used who a South has Dakota Plain Talker. In Scipio and his coadjutors had placed In 1 was once able mystery I could learn nothing. I there.' acted when ths preliminary courses of a most ap- West Virginia Is the Irrespresibla. I hung about the Dukes theand the for despair a service, do her to Missouri Crank slight has the Enand and old was the the petizing meal; negro In. ater devoting much of his attention to tering Wedge. Wyoming reads Bill sake of those old days she took us A risky thine to do. I Interrupted My brain waa not idle the night Mademoiselle de Cazeneau. urging her Salon's Budget. of the fog rftcr I had left Rosemary I him. I Bara-tarl- tid teak-woo- d tolled pfire-viou- s ' ' manded. He gave a sigh of resignation. Do you know where the pocket Is that you wore pinned upon you coat the night yon left me? be queried. "Yes, I replied. Had I not given' K myself to Rosemary? Where is It? he demanded. It appears to me, Gil, that yon are busying yourself about something which does not concern yon. My I started np only to fall back God! again. How many days have I lain here? Five days, sir, replied Alice and Gil In the same breath. (To he continued.) WEAR GEMS OF PHARAOHS. London Society Women Proud of Jewels From tho Pyramids. Happy the woman of today who owns some gem worn by a princess off Egypt when the world was younger; Joyous Is she who adorns herself with any ornament taken from n mummy, for such jewels bring the. best luck, women firmly believe at the moment, and they an yearn to wear them. Mrs. Clarence Msckay of New York possesses a weird carnellan necklace that decked a daughter of the Pharaohs and Mrs. St John Broderick rejoices over some quaint priceless jewels that shone by the Nile. Many fashionables are wearing a little pendant or' charm made of New Zealand jade, tbe Founamu stone, which always bestows good fortune. Sarah Bernhardts favorite masoot Is a necklace of gold nuggets which the admiring miners of California presented to her. An English actress. Miss Irene Van Brugh. pins her faith to a girdle of splendid turquoises. In' Lent Henry M. Flagler, at a dinner party at Palm Beach, said, apropos of Lent: "A clergyman told me one day In Lent how, the Sunday before, he had preached from the text, All flesh le grass.' "The next day he met-- parishioner of his. a lowly laboring man to whom testing was anything but congenial. This man said to the clergyman with a smile: I much enjoyed, sir. yesterday, yer sermon about all flesh bein grass, and I wish to know whether, In this listen season, I couldn't be after bavin a small piece of pork ly way of a sal-- 1 si?' |