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Show HEROES REST IN MARSHY SOIL OF OLD LOUISIANA? A piTMi-nt legend which has become be-come part of Loiii.siana foil-lore Isn't legend at all lo the natives who live along I'.aralaria bayou. In Ihls plc-ttireMjue plc-ttireMjue marshy country, about twenly miles south of New Orlean.i, tho natives are convinced that Napoleon Na-poleon does not sleep lit Les III-v.aliih-s anil that John Paul Jones' great crypt at Annapolis honors an unknown sailor. They will reverently reverent-ly show the vlsilnr three grass-covered graves, which, thoy announce with conviction, cover the ashes of the Little Corporal, of John Paul Jones, and of the pirate Lalitte. 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 Baratarians say different, however. They declare that all the activity of You's expedition ex-pedition was just htiggermugger to conceal the fact that, while the show went on, Jean I.afitte 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 almost within sight of Louisiana on the return trip. Napoleon died, and I.afitte buried him at Barataria. As to Jones they Insist that the great admiral Joined Lafitte's forces after his 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 Napoleon. The body buried at Annapolis is just some oilier fellow, Identified only by a navy uniform coat. Skeptical visitors visi-tors may smile, but the Baratarians 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. , |