Show j www car MR A C charles tenney jackson by irwin myers copra by the 1 balb C compier an 1 ojean JEAN I 1 under rider u the nanie of OrSIS BT satanic and utsey captain lafatte fo former freebooter lean jean returns c f barataria Bara Bar tarla ataria proscribed ile he city of 0 now orleans 0 recognized the nev by two of hla his old it i alderman Dornin litle companions and dd bluche luche at the earning tablet table sa batarao ara has hab won colonel carr arlt from money john jarvis the cites officer lih ish art arts a and gt drat bober nian of the tha line friend of laate letters an and tells of a wor comans womans ans face imalle aa A hla his last wager ger corr carr ably a up a wol woman man puts alave ilave lay custom coll compels saedrac Sae arac a C tile wins win s accept the e he to jig his old associates and count raoul do de accost him of the A project as lahitte Lat itte youthful adaven adventurers jurers of new orleans leans Is 18 the rescue of napoleon nal bonaparte fro from in et bt 1 jelena helena and a ship the seraphine Seraph lne has hae been inace ready from do de almonas ter lazarao sa arac learns that tho the girt girl he be won at tile the card tab table e ta a white of high estate an and d that the matter has been made a byword in the altys resorts baz baa irac arac finds mademoiselle lespron Le atron stron a fellow pa passenger menger on ft rive steamer a few days day before and with whom he had fallen in love Is the ha girl and in chivalry foregoes his revenge against carr jarvis jarula admires mademoiselle tes les tron iron lie he la Is a a witness of 0 the fleeting and picks up a camellia which the girl had thrown unnoticed to lazarao Saz arao jarvis jarels to Is dangerous he talks too m much uch in hla his cups I 1 CHAPTER IV the tha old sea rovers awaken at midnight captain saarah arned from the ruo rue le do la levee to D brood broad pavement that skirted the ice darmes and for a moment the changes which even few years of American the occupy A had bad wrought in tho the paris pails of tile the w world A painted iron palisade th it ornate grill gates ell enclosed closed the we jare before the cathedral which he J d known as a duty dusty parade aroun ground ar v which lazily flapped now inow OTIL one s w v the other the royal standard ot 0 alnor the fleur de its of france A alon artion of the ancient wooden gallows 11 1 remained but about it now the idren played of mornings listening the fearsome tales of bras braa coupe terror of tho the swamps who preyed human flesh and was proof to mus inus balls as the colored nurses had it IL in n the narrow way between the cc ca dral and the old spanish calabaza cala calab boza exile paused again documents of oc urt at and avocat advocat were tacked to tile the oden doors not so many years me had not he jean sent 1 men up from the pirates fortified age BS on grated terre island to be for the escape of his brother irre ire from froin this same prison and le ie and again had they not both glied to read on these same boards I 1 1 cites for their cap lethe le the laws futile fury when no ri durst lay hand them so 80 comply did the tin grand terre lers nive awe the town VOW ow many changes 1 mused the hailed by the city as it to ro PId pardoner oneil by the he Presta president cn t and ed for service to the new re alc K denounced again and driven n Z the seas I 1 yet I 1 walked ta these ese IT beets brien no mer charit was too 60 aa to traffic for tile the goods we aught from the gulf private ering alar biln again the good sea cains again kt 4 small email door in a high wall or of st te ile ord hilt with his it ienco Ien ned cd lie he stood within small rarden garden of tile the cafe la veau up le tete auns tuns tn A dlin tah light showed lowyd tho the did IM M n in tile the se shadows S the in worthy alder lifted 0 ae a 11 etin re pewter mur mug in th mothered lf a dazen C algi lies arose w exclamations they re aps about hin rang clasping isid his hands kring ioro joyously I 1 sly rh ati captala jean I 1 arse came n 6 ast islands voice in the 0 old ld of the alere aru are we all iced out or of old days I 1 arts I 1 ess old braa brawler ar of of tile the r t 1 lw heard they had hanged you voll 1 e J I 1 F loot of tho the santa off fr grand bronil te te sn nian laughed bushed his joy oy ee off il that the british sank I 1 I abo galveston hang me ah lia B to dents pardons pardon jean I 1 V ww it in th tl say raf peddle flacks ducks and e C ity city markets mar hety thovie the 7 1 children ionni tile me out opt and put pill their nyo 1 0 old teto john in t they I 1 IS cull 1 l 1 IIII III nio 1111 I 1 who 0 o sailed with telee theet I 1 hotter fletter for adil cu nil swinging nt t here Is tile the worthy ill deriman de lie luche with a mi miss s ploll on nos N coupe coppe corn coin still stilli it fugi native tIvo in tile the deep deel swamp i till inn told and ami hore here 11 monsieur do Al almonaster monaster eli well grunted Johnni iosa Dond doninique brought tho the gentleman D n gentry say 1 I fears to whistle lost lest it hurt ills his politics 11 we are indeed ln died respectable smiled the capt captain itin only last year I 1 run rim told my brother pierre now n planter of st james was second to monsieur st geme in n duel that chilt Is h getting into society indeed gentlemen benl I 1 grunted dominique four inches ot off my iny bolly belly and id be nt at sen sell again only today I 1 argued with the M mayor byor that tho the city was better olt off when it fattened on the arl was it not equal robbery when tile tho americans under tinder commodore patterson looted our grand terro terre wn warehouses we should have fought instead of scuttling out grumbled Johnn ness the yankees could not have taken us its by storm glad they in inter ter to have our fellows aid them who did general jackson turn to hut but cap t aln beans yeans jeans skilled artilleryman artillerymen artillery men when tho the british threatened the city bahl bah I 1 I 1 never saw sue lucli a lame lot of dogs OB cis our fellows were the day the pompous governor ge vernor announced wo we were all recommended for n pardon 1 we stood dangling our cutlasses cut lasses listening to lawyers speeches praising us for saving tho the city when we should have been to sen sea again captain jean thou wert tho the only wise one of tile the band departing to tho the texas country and seizing Gal galveston reston island against the spaniards I 1 could curse my heart hear that I 1 did not enlist again with thee I 1 1 I intended to have tho the new establishment lish ment legitimate enough murmured lafatte but after the war the politicians lost no chance at washington nor with the spanish viceroy at vera cruz to poison nil all minds against me when they sacked an galveston iveston I 1 took young bowle bowie and went inland to the santa fe that was wag my history since comrades I 1 came back from the west drown drawn by I 1 know not what to tread these streets again I 1 the old buccaneers bucca watched his calm face in tile tho moonlight tie fie had taken off the hat and pe cerulo rulO a bronzed handsome man with dark eyes tinged with melancholy such was lafatte eh well grunted old dominique would have taken tile the city in the rear if you had accepted the bribes the british offered you at bara tarla and lo in turn what have tho the yankees done for you jean scat scattered terea your fortuno fortune to aye you enriched tills this city and you stand a fugitive upon its streets I 1 the captain raised his hand band gravely 1 I am a citizen of tile the united states gentlemen proscribed just now it Is true but it might t be I 1 could servo e again there tire are curious things reported in the colonel travis I 1 recall and brockett drock crockett ett ind young bowle bowie were hot for me to join the alie texans in it new republic arid in kentucky all ah but my captain growled old Johann what hast thou to do with their miserable erable politics of the day the sea for us I 1 D d be tills this gabble of the town towal I 1 look you what it tins has made of oc DomInI dominiquez quel I 1 sitting bitting adling his thumbs on ills his fat belly I 1 A and nd Bo beluche luclie taking oil off and putt putting ington im ills his gilt chapeau cha penu as if fearing to get dust on his cease your spewing growled the 1 I sail with proper co corn M missions slona ifould I 1 would have you know from colombia and be d d with your malj papers ers I 1 roared tile the old man 14 admiral there does not live one for roe me J nor coun cilous nor nobility dobi lity young sprigs of dandles dandies coming to pat our hard salted fists I 1 ile he glared about his gaze lingering on count d do Al monaster told old man said kabul quietly you lind had better keep your place n 1 the old sea dog was starting up invitto lantto laughingly laid hands upon him sit down old tar earst ears t 1 I shall be bep pardon for you 1 I know I 1 knowl know old days old ways lt it bishard to put things by ile HB put P his hand affectionately tiona telY on hohanness Joh anness shoulder ido do you vou remember tile the time I 1 sent you with tile the eight oared bargo barge to conduct mr grymes es back to tile city after tile the feasting roaring week at grand terre 11 aye interrupted beluche he tl tho I 1 who defended you fg famous s attorney torney ot and alerre in tile the first indictment in tile they V issued issue against you for P piracy irney I 1 and you sent word tle that t if tho the labye lawyers rs wished their fee thy must tome come fetch it fro from m our fort for at a grand terre the city wagered that tha grymes W would ull never return alive but ku ile he ven aured ure dot recall 11 the week the feasting dancing the dr until the skies rocked all in our guests honor I 1 aye an and roe johann hohanness Joh anness beat M hairy diest chest 1 I the jt it was to whom captain Js an In trusted the law vor on oil tile return ri tarn by tim ID river we rame agit fell vs pulling tile barze fire mil roaring ehan chan chantiles ties at every wharf nu e shopped ped the he nd ad oe lite bottled of tile ainest vintages vin diges 0 suaan yi n and shouting greet IKS and on oil the deck plied piled irl in tile ho sun still forty thousand dollars in gold where here till all might acol E every very gentle innas annn s house ri from oll english turn to tile lie pry city en must bo be routed out that mr graines could galil gamble blo against his 1118 hosts so BO alint when our villains finally halted him blin into town not n dot r did 1141 lie h have left of all ills hla fco F bohl iohl ohl evon even now they talk of tit lot 01 in n nil all loul louisiana slana such princely hospitality us as the famous attorney found in the house of ladette tile tho pirate I 1 old man smiled tile tho lender 1 never liked that bordt 1 I know that Is oil all I 1 ever held against you beant I 1 recall tho the day you shot gamble 1 1 through tile tho hort heart for bong boasting ting of a hit bit ol 01 0 blood lie ho let you yero over ever n bit finicky for some 0 our to ensle scum but I 1 swear they loved you jean jcarl 1 tho the adventurer nd looked nt at tile the grim faces about tile the table the silent beluche the complacent Donil tile lie hairy and then tile tho slender elegance 0 of f tile tho count tie do Al monaster almonaster Almonn ster and to him lie ho spoke gravely you are hearing much young air tho the city sleeping and those these old comrades creeping by stealth to greet mo here ivo ive heard tho the old tales avd dreamed anaed ho he laughed slightly these are dull days the gallants of tho the town at their or projecting some gent lemans masquerade 0 or r dancing attendance nt the opera they boast of making a little paris of now new orleans but who Ilon monsieur wishes a little paris after knowing tile tho big biff one your modesty str Is refreshing after these cheso town gallants who make one trip to the oaks receive a rapier tip in the arm and the rest of their days deem themselves bravos who have the ladles in a flutter 1 I have been twice abroad sald said raoul 1 I saw a bit of pi in tile the indies during tho the blacks revolt and there among a shipload of refugees refugee 1 met the affair that sobered me inc made matlz a man of tho the boy monsieur 1 A woman smiled mazarac Saz arac A 14 child I 1 fought for her in tho the flames of lier her fathers house when 1 lay wounded they sent her ber away or phan anba in the ship caPt captains alls ell charge arge ire he laughed that Is fill all a trifle toiuo of adventuring to jean laffit Lant tol I 1 IS bahl growled johann hohanness Joh anness putting back his long gray hair women I 1 then seeing tile figure on tile tho bench that had snored the hour through he forthwith kicked this hard couch from under tinder it an uncouth disheveled pian nan struck tile the stones rolled over and cursed them nl al ijar jarvest visit growled the boisun lie has seen more than you monsieur do 10 and ho he has never handled handle 1 l a pistol 17 in his eifel Jarv ls started back you did not tell mel ne I 1 I 1 bo Is utterly drunk we did not dare tell him in 1 n 1 l public place because of his clattering ring tongue ito at tile tho drink again I 1 the profligate stag staggered up nib bing his e yes D nt nl old drumheads rum heads mulling a wity away of barataria Bara Bar tarla ataria days of jean aga agnan ani tie he bro broke ke oft st staring dring do I 1 dream rn still in the liquor I 1 it Is 1 I jarvis come clear your eyes I 1 jarvis reeled forth jean whom I 1 painted at tile the famous isle I 1 jearil jean t not so BO loud gt grunted Domini dominique qua 1 I leear the watchman do down wu tile the street t 11 beair jeamel Jea Ml t the two friends were greeting fondly 4 beant I 1 knew you lived jenn jean of the petral I 1 MY hand upon him halml ill i and what have you done with your genius lad it d 7 1 I 1 have learned to drink retorted jarvis drink and debt into jail and out again betimes I 1 belabor daml lilane for a dollar 11 he e div gives 0 s it with fatherly advice and hales nio 1110 to pore pere antoine for rl reformation formation between tho the alderman and the priest I 1 arn ana utterly lost A pity mur murmured aured do de monaster almonaster Al the best families would befriend him but he Is oftener in the gutter than elsewhere th this w week the sensation Is 1 L choosing loosing Ci 1 0 1 g the cr crew to man the ta napoleon p I 1 ship h TO B BE M CONTINUED |