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Show J by Mary evereux Hj 1- I HUH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DOM C. WILSON H CHAPTER XXX. Hi Lafltte, while waiting for Baptistlno i Hi to return with Implements for making HHJI n grate, left Shaplra to look nfior tbn ' Hi prisoner, and drow Ilarbo aside In or- i far to question here moro closely. Ho was, after hearing what she had i to sny, convinced that she was not Ha mistaken In her statoment, although I thero were no papers nothing In the ' Hi way of further Identification found Hi upon the dead man. HI Barbc acquiesced readily In Lufltto's Hi decision that Koso do Cazencau should never bo told the truth. Hi Great was tho dlszuBt of Shaplra Hi and tho two men who returned with Ha llaptlstlne when they found that It ' HJHJ was Lafltte's wish to bury tho Eng- JH llshman, as well as Zeney. Even Bap- tlstine's black brows went up In n sur- HJHJ prised disapproval which ho wisely refrained from putting Into words. Tho dead were foou laid In the HHB hastily prepared graves; the earth HI was shoveled over them, and some J pieces of fallen trees placed above, to Hfl guard against any disturbance from HI denizens of the woods. J In tho sunset-bathed clearing, Bap- HJHJ tlstlno stood near LaQtte as the latter HJHJ gave Shaplra somo parting orders. JHJ Ha was to take the English sailor to HJHJ the neighborhood of La Totes des HJHJ Eaux, and let him find his way from HJHJ that point to his comrades. HJHJ It was comparatively early when La- HJHJ fitte's party, weary from the excite HJHJ ment of the day and tho fattguo of HJHJ their long march through tho woods, HHJ betook themselves gratefully to such HJHJ accommodations as Baptistlne's small HHJ craft nfforded for rest and sleep, HJHJ Tho night had closed in darkly as HJHj tho boat slipped away beneath tho HJHJ etarllgbt, mado dimmer by the wall- HJHj lng forest lining either bank of the hhj HJHJ It was some time after thla that H Lafltte, while picking his way along HI the deck, a llghtod lantern swinging HI from his hand, catno upon a cloakod HI fomalo flguro sitting well astern upon HI a coll of rope, and his foot struck H sharply against a small object, send- log It Bwlttly toward her. HI Holding his lantern lower to sea HJHJ what this might be, tho rays struck across tho white hand and wrist of HI Roso do Cazcneau as sho reachod for- HJHJ ward and picked up an exquisite H ivory fan, whose Jeweled sticks H caught the light gllmmerlngly. HJHJ "Oh, it Is Madame Rlefet'a pet fan HHJ one Monsieur LauBsat gave her in placo of one he broke, when she HH danced with him at the governor's HHH HHH Her voice sank lower, and a flutter- HHJ ing, like that made by the wings of ft HHJ startled wild bird, sounded In it. HHH Lnfltto'B hand had istolen ovor one HHH of hers, and now held it close. HHJ "Why aro you here, little Rose, and HHH not asleep, like the others, as you HHH ought to boT You must be very HH HHH "I was; but I could not sleep, and HHH came up hero for some air." HHH Bho stoppod abruptly, and ho felt HHH tho shiver that ran through her shoul- HHH dor when It touched his own. HHH Tho suppression mado his volco HHH tromulous as ho asked, forcing a HHH laugh, and taking tho fan from her HHH hand, "Do you understand tho Ian- HHH guage of tho font" HHH "Somowhat," she answered, wondor- HHH lng at his apparent change of mood. HJHJ "Lozallo lifts told me of It." HJP""1 "Ah, said Lafltto, with a touch of ..yg what might have been either play- UH fulnuEs or sarcasm, "then .you have HJHJ had on excellent teacher. Yet I doubt HHH if she ever evolved for you n sen- HHH tence I should like you to read." HHH "What is It? lot roe try," sho re- HHH piled, her thoughts as he Intended HJHJJ they should to diverted. HHH "I wonder if there are enough HHH sticks In this small bauble," ho con- HJHJj tinned, cot seeming to have heard HHH her; and bending his face closer, he HHH counted them. HJHJJ "One, two, three, four yes, bore HHH are tho eight, and Ave to spare, for HJHJj all the fan Is such a tiny one." HJHJj Then, haying placed it in her hand, HJHJj ho added, speaking more softly, HJHJj 'There are the eight sticks, ilttlo HJHJj nose. Cantyou rend what 'hoy say to HJHJj you from wo?" sHHn ' The girl sat with bonded head, her eyes fixed on tho open fan she cculd sco but Indistinct!)'. "Cnn you read H7" ho whispered, lowering his faco to look Into hers and ngaln possessing himself it her hand. At the sound of his voice, with his lips so ulooo that his breath stirred her hair at the thrill of his touch at tho niero realization of their being nlono together, a strange exultation possessed tho girl, lifting her spirit from Its bodily embroilment; and, half-swooning, yet acutely sensible, sho read, as surely as though ho had uttered them, "No words may say how I lovo you!" It was as If an angel voice r polio to her Inner senses; and dropping tho fan Into her lap, she covered her faco with her hands. "Can you read It?" he whispered onco more, feeling that she was quivering, quiv-ering, as from a nervous chill. "No," sho murmured faintly; but adding, woman-like, and In a stronger tone, "Tell mo!" Ho laughed, and rose to his feet. Tho laugh camo from his exulting heart; and extending his hands to her, ho said, with a new decision of manner, man-ner, "Come, little Itoso, this is very delightful, but not at all good for you. What would Madamo Itlcfet say to me If she knew whero you wero at this moment? I will take you below; and thon you must go to sleep, like a good child." Ho took her hand, and sho permitted permit-ted lit ill to lead her down tho narrow stairway to the cabin below. "Somo day and soon," he said, as he left her at tho door of her little stateroom, "I will tell you, it indood you know not already, what tho fan said." There was a smile In his voice; and something else, as well, that made H "Can you read it?" he whispered. her lashes droop to touch the flushed checks. Madame RIefet found little to cavil at in the neat and comfortable, if somewhat prlmltlvo arrangomento at Shell Island, which Lafltto and hla party reached tho afternoon following follow-ing tbalr departure from La Tete des Kaux. Madame and the two girls were quartored in his own cabin, the prevailing pre-vailing atmosphoro of which was owing to the Jumblo of foreign furnishings fur-nishings that filled it teak-wood and lacquer. Itose de Cazcneau was beside La-zallc, La-zallc, on one of tho settees, with the Spanish girl's arm around her; and the two yore watching tho flames, be-foro be-foro which sat Madame Rlefct After tho excitement of the previous pre-vious day, and not yet having cecov-ered cecov-ered from their fatigue, the ladles wero disposed to bo tnoro Bllent than usual; but presently Lozalle remarked, re-marked, glancing around her, "How cheerful and pleasant it seoms heret It Is almost as If Captain Jean had known wo wero to come, and had prepared pre-pared for our reception." "If so, then I wish he might have know.i still more, so that my brother would havo preparod for our protection protec-tion at La Toto des Kaux, and thus saved ub from this wild flight," said Madamo niefet, as though determined to bo dissatisfied, "For my own part, I am so thankful to havo escaped them that I cannot muster up the sllghtost regret ovor anything else," declared Lozalle, who had aeon thinking of that other flight, when she loft tho Darra do Hlcrro, and escaped to Now Orleans. Mademoiselle de Cazencau hod, so far as appearances wont, nothing to say upon tho subject, which was now dropped. "I cannot understand, Capt. LaflKe," said Madamo Rlefot, with tho air of being somewhat annoyed at tho fact, "how you camo to havo such a correct cor-rect opinion In regaid to tho possible possi-ble movements of tbo English mo much clearer Ideas than those of anyone any-one else oven my Irothor." They wore at tho table, upon which Sclplo and his coadjutors had placed the preliminary courses of a most appetizing ap-petizing meal; and the old negro was devoting much c: his attention to Mademoiselle de Cazencau. urging br to let him put the various daiattea upon her plate. "Jes' yo' please try dese hit ob fces)i, 111' Missy, wld a hit ob dese hominy; an' utter dat, a nice slice ob ven'non," ho said coaxlngly, evidently evident-ly wishing to air his English, or else supposing that she did not understand French. "La Capltalne Lafltto, he say nlo Sclplo dono know bes' in doy worl' how cook eera." She smiled up into his face, but offered of-fered no objection to his helping her, and LafKto, who was watching tho two, did not appear to have heard Madamo Hlefet's remark, which was now repeated rather sharply, a if that lady were bent upon Acquiring tho Information she sought. "I beg jour pardon, madame," he sold, starting slightly, and turning to her. "I wish you to tell us how you happened hap-pened to entertain the opinion which has resulted In i.uch benefit to us f mean In regard to what the English wero going to do?" Her tone was quite caustic, and her sharp dark eyes regarded him speculatively specu-latively over the rim of her sherry glass. "I had, for somo tlmo, felt a mis-clvlng mis-clvlng that something of the sort was likely to occur, and I therefore prepared pre-pared for It; that was all, madaroo." Ho spoke hurriedly, and as if the matter held little Interest while his oyes went back to tho violet ones now looking at htm. "Dut, If you thought this, whx was It that others my brother, for instance in-stance did cot?" Madamo persisted, putting down her glass, and taking up her fork with a vigor suggestlvo of an Inclination to enforco an answer by sticking tho silver prongs into La-flttc, La-flttc, rather than into the Juicy venl-ton venl-ton steak upon her plate. "That, madame, is a matter I can no more explain than can you your-self," your-self," ho ropllcd smilingly, but scarcely scarce-ly glancing at her. "But you warned Qcn. La Iloehe, by telling hlra what you thought," declared de-clared Ijtzalle, "for he told us so, himself." "Yes, sccorlta; I Informed him of it several weeks elnco." "And what did ho say?" asked La-zallo; La-zallo; and Madamo Itlcfet answered with: "You remember, Lazallc, that ho, llko others, declared such a thing to bo impossible" "den. La Itoche smiled at the Idea," answered Laflttc, with a careless shrug of his shoulders. , , "Well, I, for one, am thankful for your forethought, which has saved us from a meeting with thoso hateful Englishmen," said Lazallo, with a flash of her eyes that bespoko the Inheritance In-heritance of her unclo'8 hatred of that nation. "Indeed, yes, Capt. Lafltto; all )f us havo causo to feel most grateful to you," Madamo now admitted. In ,a moro amlablo tone. "Hut to thlnMj' sho added, "of that cavo being on1 tho plantation, nnd none of us knowing anything about It?" "Its secret was given to me some years slnco by an Indian chief," said Lafltto, and then, as If wishing to drop tho matter, asked Madame Itlefct If she wished any message taken to her brothor, as that night must And him returning to New Orleans, In order to report to Gen. Jackson. "If you can go why may not wo?" sho Inquired with alacrity. "Surely, Capt. Lafltto, you do not Intend to go oft and leave us alone in this desolate deso-late place?" "Hero Is surely tho safest place for you at present, madame." Ho smiled encouragingly at Rose de Cazencau, who was looking perturbed, whtlo Lazallo La-zallo shot a scornful glance at Madame, Mad-ame, as It Impatient at her show of fear. Madame, with a sigh, sought relief In n sllenco that was acquiescing; and she could not but 'admit to herself that, In tho present annoying prod lea-mont, lea-mont, the mysterious life of Dara-tarla Dara-tarla had proved to possess certain advantages. (To be continued.) Big Alaskan Brar. Alaska Is particularly rich In bears and most of them belong to a group known aa the Alaskan brown bears, of which the Kodlak bear Is one. So wide is his reputation that sportsmen trom all over tho world spend thousands thou-sands of dollars in order to add a skin to their collection of trophies. The weight of a full grown Kodlak bear Is not known, although speclmont havo been killed that ero estimated to weigh between fifteen and eighteen eight-een hundred pounds, and some hunt crs claim that they will go as high as twenty-two hundred. Wbllo at Kodlak Ko-dlak several summers ago I measured tho skin of one of the to hugo animals which stretched tho tape nlno and a ball feet from tho cose to the tall, and ten and a halt feet across the outstretched front paws. Mr. A. 0. (loss, who handles all of the brown hands ot tho Alaskan Commercial Company at Kodlak. told mo that ho had seen skins that wero ttireo foot longer. J. Alden Lorlng In Recreation. Recrea-tion. Odd Newspaper Names. The names ot American newspapers aro a study In nomenclature. In Arkansas Ar-kansas are the Duzz Saw and the Rack Log; California, tho Condor, tho Wasp and the Tomahawk; Colorado, tho Rattler, and Yesterday and Today; To-day; Iowa, (ho Postal Card, the Unit, tho Nucleus and the Firebrand, Kentucky, Ken-tucky, the Salt River Tiger, tho Push, tho Roomer; Missouri, tho Missing Link and the Cyclone; Novada, the Ruatlor. Oklahoma relolces In the I)lnnr Hell and tho Plain Peoplo. South Dakota has a Plain Talker. In West Virginia is the Irrespreilble, Missouri has the Crank and the Entering En-tering Wedge. Wjomlne roads Bill Dalon'i Budget. |