| Show CAPTAIN r TAIN 0 AZ AT AC by charles tenney jackson copyright by the bobbt com company rent THE OTHE PLOT NAPOLEON SYNOPSIS Under the name ot of Cap captain badarac Baz arao arac and disguised jean jann L aflitto former freebooter of Bara tarla proscribed returns to the city of 0 now orleans no lie Is by two of hs his old companions alderman dominique and beluche Oe Do luche at the gaming tables bazanac has haa won much money anoy from colonel carr brith P lah officer john larvis the first bohemian hemlin bo of the tha arts and letters let tors an friend stend of lafitte tells tolls of a womans comans face and smile an his last wager carr puts up a woman presumably a slave blavo custom compels bazaral to accept the stake lie he wind ills ilia old associates clates and count raoul do da Al Almona monaster ater accost him as La lantto titto A project of the youthful adventurers of now new or leans Is the rescue of napoleon bonaparte from st helena and a ship chip the seraphine haa been mado made ready from do almonas ter mazarac lazarao learns that the girl ha won at tho the card table la Is white of high estate and that the matter has haa boon been made a byword in tho the cites resorts bas baa arao arac finds mademoiselle lespron Le stron a follow passenger on a river steamer a fow days before and with whom he I 1 had fal fallen lenAn in love Is the girl and in chivalry fore ROOM hla his revenge against carr jarvis admired mademoiselle les lea tron lie ile to la a witness of the mooting meeting and aleks up a camellia which the girl had thrown unnoticed to bazanac Saz Baz arao arac jarvits jarula to la dankie ferous rous ho he talks too much in his cups ilia old associates of I 1 tho Bara nara tarla days daya urge lafitte I to take command of the sera phane ostensibly to rescue napoleon but really to fly the black nag and cruise the sits adaa lie ho hesitates hoalt atea I 1 CHAPTER IV continued a ho would bo at homo home anywhere M balucho watched watch ed the jester who had wandered back among tho the wine tuns auns searching for hta his pewter mug do you recall how our rough fellows were amazed when we first tumbled him off a sacked merchantman hantman down among us and at ones with our pistols at his hend bend lie he began to bawl for drink As I 1 live thereafter on tho the petrol petral ho feared nothing save that the next prize might tavo have wore more gold than liquor 1 no ile did us ua all honor mused la fatte eh tho the old faces about ane met I 1 jarvis jar vis tho the youngest c them all save raoul staggered to the table piracy ile ho lamented ruined mel I 1 was treated all too famously by the cutthroats cut throats but jean now non it we had a ship ob eh well I 1 the drink this way I 1 ah the it appears wo we have forgotten why wo we are ard liere I 1 tho the ship wo nye have a ship I 1 A ship growled adew a now voice nez coupe the small wiry annary islander antler with a face most frightfully disfigured disfIgure il by a saber cut tho the most lawless of tho the former grand terre privateers an outlaw still caroe came to tho the table lamp what talk I 1 not one of us all could purchase a yowl yawl boat I 1 beluche and dominique fidgeted gestured uneasily to tho the fastidious do de Al monaster it seemed boomed he must speak it was for that they had fetched him to the council thero there Is a 0 ship appointed for a purpose began tho the count reservedly the girod ship fitted by the citizenry for a certain purpose pose 11 ball bah I 1 that folly I 1 growled Johnn hohanness Joh anness ness childs ah but a ship for your eye my captain I 1 tho grim grizzled faces looked from froin tile the captain to tile tho youngest man it Is to announce continued arnoul but I 1 have this ibis day taken over ray my mints interest and that of monsieur allnan in the girod ship I 1 have therefore a word os as to her As you all know tho the napoleon venture Is not a secret the mayor tho the creole families of tile tho city are ano heartily in sympathy with it 1 I have been against it until Mon monsieur dominique proposed that we int intrigue for captain mazarac to omm command and thero there was a shout derl derision sion incredulity protest the wilder ones feverishly dominique would have spoken but jarvis staggered up cup in hand A toast t tho the plott plot I 1 iio villains ull ill to tho the plott plot I 1 anti and lie roared the louder the devil take youl grow growled led be lucho 11 the watchman on the corner mazarac raised his hand 1 to to command what madness again 1 the young blades of the town are to man the se schooner booner they would be spanked to bed it if lafatte was to lie be known among them I 1 we have thought powerful influence could be brought to bear for your pardon monsieur A rare exploit to re reinstate you seizing the emperor from his prison illel mazarac laughed idly quito impossible gentlemen I 1 beg you A J ship I 1 shouted hohanness Joh anness ni it suddenly to his old eyes had find leaped the vision viston of far sea days the sera jean and a ship again I 1 A ship shaken free in tho the gulf and any an y ting flag will bervol servo 1 silence f foell DOI I 1 gasped daml Q perdition with aldermen I 1 ho you 13 cluche with the gilt gim gimcracks cracks on your shoulders what do you think jean on tho the quarter deck and you and I 1 nt at tho the lookouts name 0 G d I 1 ono one crack at tho the fat fleets and then south across tho the dinolt line I 1 in the swamps off point le lc garde shouted nez ness coupe 1 I can enlist a dozen overnight who once sailed balled with jean find Pl errol Hi distill stIll lamented they can heat you to the levee I 1 lot the young gentleman talk then our captain will have it clearly ile ho shall be mazarac until wo we ore are cleared captain gaspar caspar mazarac with recommendations from the americans of the west monsieur do de monaster almonaster Al Almonn ster will vouch for mazarac Saz arac 1 I myself the alderman alderm nn have known this worthy mazarac badarac w who ho Is to bo be the secluded house guest of monsieur do Al monaster and introduced aright ero ere we broach branch tho the napoleon matter 11 jarvis suddenly thrust his drink swollen face close to the lamp lie ho grinned with tipsy awakening why so this toils acl ila iio jean I 1 a woman I 1 you are overnight in tho the town and at once a woman ile he fumbled in his breast and brought out a crushed flower and laid it down witha mock flourish did you ever captain gaspar caspar mazarac smell camellias in the moonlight mazarac stood gla glancing heing fir arm m john jarvis to tho the camellia upon th tb table the jester was grinning knowingly the count do Al monaster turned a puzzled face upon them both tho the affair of tho the english woman grumbled balucho Be lucho I twaddle waddle of tho the gossipers gossl pers on the promenade A drunken tool fool and an evil lest jest I 1 baza rac need not challenge the scandal Is upon carr and his two women but jarvis continued to leer upon the leaders silent face 1 I wish I 1 could paint love in a 11 comans womans eye ho he mocked then there should be a mistress with a cam camellia 1 ellia in her hair at my studio no lie turned away to draw Ms measure of wine CHAPTER V two gentlemen of mystery tho honorable the mayor monsieur stood on the stone flags of tho the city hall or principal as it was yet called from the spanish days and looked contentedly out on the rue chartres lie ile had come early before befaro the heat of the day for some bu business with ills clerks o ol I 1 sighed the mayor A long day for mol mel the council will not meet until ten but bu ii I 1 shall cut them short I 1 ah the there re goo good d morning monsieur mudge cudgel 1 1 mr M mauge of the banking firm of at mudge fickert was wa s turning from the street a tall and immaculate gentleman in high bell hat and new long tight trousers outside hla eq equally tally tight boots and behind him the mayor noted was mr langhorne the consul of great britain Br itala the greetings word were of punctilious respect what makes you so early astir gentlemen queried his honor As for mei me I 1 am the most lamentably overworked man in louisiana tho governor sends me vast communications all in the english these days which unfortunately I 1 cannot read I 1 so 40 well and monsieur la tour getting up his now new city directory insists that I 1 read his proofs and there here Is not a picayune nor a mender of pots that lie he does not get in so that now new orleans may claim rank with philadelphia or new york la lal la I 1 were there are too t I 1 oo 00 many of us now I 1 you may well say rejoined mr mudge hurriedly coin complaint Plaint has hag already been made by the english captain petty thieves made away with some of his merchandise on the al aterine aock the customs people divio ha 10 pursued thern them I 1 believe bellaro one fellow was shot in a 0 fracas down bayou near tho the plantation of Yon monsieur berthoud an outrage sir air protested the consul in the hamd of his majesty I 1 must make representations to it Is an affair sir said blon monsieur politely more for the united states authorities yes but they are laight laughing ng about the town sirl rough fellows of the wine shops and the levees are all agog with this rumor that tho the bandit of barataria Bara Bar tarla ataria has returned and at once an outrage Is put on tile ole ports shipping I 1 num said tho the mayor 1 11 I kao know thirty cases of muskets by som some e mistake put out from tile tho english ship on the dock the port the captain of the genoron lias protested sir fumed the ahe consul abe he cargo was destined for the 60 coes but some thieving villains take ad I 1 vantage of the question raised the Barat mons monsieur abr mayor i blustered thon erchant the pardoned pardon ed 18 of jean La tho very rumor of his return disturbs corn com fierce look now hero bere comes old gorgio tho crayfish seller as dig big tt a villain as Is pardoned by the president I 1 and do dd you think lie will trouble himself to step off tho the ban quette wi when jen gentlemen come by when ho 0 knows that half of louisiana lias has como come to think of bf lean jean ta labite flite ns as wore more pa patriot t r lo 10 t t than h n n girat pirat e r 1 1 I 1 U uuro u m 1 iu in r mused a u gad the placid mayor somo some maintain that he saved the city in 1815 hh eh my dear consul I 1 but wo we are very good friends friend i now are wo we not ilum hum hum and hero here comes monsieur dominique who ought to know something about this idle gossip of lafitte mudge the banker bowed stiffly to the portly alderman langhorne with a frown thero there were avero some fastidious gentry who did not care for equality with the pardoned end and Falstaf nan buccaneer the alio mayor turned slyly to him ali ah Alon monsieur the gentlemen ask of a matter upon r which you might enlighten us fatutoa LatU toa routed reputed P buted return 11 t the councilor raised a fat hand and if it were true ruo rue would bo be rib boned bonea to jo Nv welcome elcome him I 1 do believe 1 the J respectable lilb banker shrugged enough I 1 mr longhorne langhorne we shall take mice our bus business inezs to the customs custom sl 1 the city Is a triflers trl tri fleis flers town and th this Is other jest the sailing of the napoleon ship mr flagor tho the folly leaps leals and add grows I 1 sober decent merchants entering the ahe coffee houses are badgered by young roisterers roister ers to subscribe to the plot napoleon I 1 anything for a even if it brought england and the united states to war I 1 langhorne the consul raised a hand laughingly the serap Seraph alne inep good sirs airs 1 will bo well watched once these put her nose out tho the passes I 1 his majesty ls Is not at this athla frolic froli cill 1 and with a bow the two gentlemen departed half a square distant the consul turned to the banker colonel carr sir lias haa me distracted ile be brings creden credentials tInIs from quebec that cannot ignore and yet I 1 mistrust eifim styled ali aa a commissioner tu iu the rebellious subjects of tile the spanish king in new granada he has haa seemed up the mississippi on his way war overland you fear ear carrs cares honesty faith the fellow has been too drunken to be dangerous and you know hla his brawl with this captain mazarac Saz arac I 1 should abound say they are both men of mystery out of the northwest the at old talk of aaron burrs rival republic in the mississippi sis sippi valley Is revived again but if england Is in it perdition sirl tt it to Is not sot sol ile he who cornea comes to louisiana thinking to find friction between the yankees and th the e creoles cheoles must be a better diplomat than colonel carr sir if that Is what you mean I 1 the merchant took snuff gravely we trust that ho he represents nothing but sot some no malicious fur traders sir last night I 1 am informed lie he had madame pages pension in an uproar starting to beat a black girt girl he wound up by striking his wife and then having a setto set to with some unknown guest or caller and the lady who Is his wife sir Is not of mettle to brook outrage mrs carr Is of an 0 old id tory daml family ly that fled from now new york in tile the first war bitter against the american government far more than the british themselves then there la is carrs ward 1 I had bad heard beard a famous beauty sir the young gallants already are agog for a peep at her when she Is driven on tho the esplanade but the wo women men seek absolute absolu ta seclusion hu mil utterly at colonel aares carra conduct the girl Is of value to carra cares schemes eq you think langhorne took his snuff absently that Is the question she sh was of a family that lind great estates in the islands she Is loyal to the tha carre carra through grail gratitude tudo to those who saved her life the merchant gl glanced alced at tho ahe clock in the cathedral facade well enough of this the coffee houses have bava already forgotten the at al fair of carr and this adventurer sa barac I 1 this thia week the sensation Is choosing the crew under dossiere Boss Los lere siere to roan man the napoleon ship nothing has hag go tickled the popular fancy of the creoles cheoles ill I 1 1 I trust your government doles does not take it seriously the tha consul laughed shortly we lire watch it siri the clipper may take two score gallant ou out of the city for if the thing Is made fashionable enough the seraphine Seraph lne would suit sail with her decks crammed by ambitious admirals comm commodores adores captains and lieu tenants I 1 bonaparte liona parte himself would be astounded at the array of perfumed erp gentlemen who would rould greet him in his exi exidell lell Boss lero Is to command mused caused mr sludge mudge he at elfast la Is it a seaman 1 I arn am an evil legacy I 1 ern arn forty two a TO 10 BE |
